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Everyone Welcome Back Manohla Dargis!

After a nearly two-and-a-half month hiatus, the gifted and beloved NY Times critic Manohla Dargis returns today with a pair of reviews, including a steadfastly tolerant glimpse at Joaquin Phoenix’s otherwise intolerable I’m Still Here : “Much of the movie involves Mr. Phoenix’s having, or more likely pantomiming, a meltdown, for which he puts on a really good show,” she notes, describing the star’s rejection of celebrity and rebirth as a rapper. “But the programmatic nature of his antics strongly suggests that he is self-consciously playing a role in a narrative, one that isn’t simply about him.” This calls for a toast! Coffee mugs up… [ NYT ]

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Everyone Welcome Back Manohla Dargis!

Sarah’s Key, Casino Jack Get Picked Up at TIFF

Let the deals begin ! At the Toronto International Film Festival, The Weinstein Company has just purchased the U.S. distribution rights for Sarah’s Key , a decades-spanning Holocaust drama based on the best-seller by Tatiana De Rosnay. Meanwhile, ATO Pictures announced that they’ll be distributing Casino Jack , the George Hickenlooper film starring Kevin Spacey as disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Look for that one to hit theaters in December. [ Deadline , MCN ]

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