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Film

	New York Cool Drinks True Blood Recapping the Fifth Season of True Blood The Fifth Season of True Blood starts Sunday, June 10th at 9PM and after much hemming and hawing, New York Cool (I like to speak of myself in the plural) will be recapping...(more).
	David W. Ross: A Double Threat Former Brit Boyband Star, David W. Ross has written and starred in a powerful new film about gay rights and gay identity, titled I Do...(more)
	Qfest 2012: Simply the Best! July 12 - 23rd Ritz East Theatre 1 and 2 and Ritz at the Bourse Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The east coast celebration of all things LGBT is upon us. July is the month we get Newfest in NYC and Qfest in Philly!...(more)
	An Evening With Jane Fonda Film Society of Lincoln Center Why Jane Fonda deserves an Oscar nomination for Peace, Love & Misunderstanding…and why she probably won’t be nominated for an Oscar for Peace, Love & Misunderstanding… (more)
	Tribeca Film Festival Reviews April 18-29, 2012 Various Venues in New York City New York Cool Film Critic Frank J. Avella has been attending the Tribeca Film Festival. Click here for his reviews. Click here for more information about the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival.

	Film Reviews
	Julie Delpy's 2 Days In New York Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Fernando Meirelles 360 Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Stephen Elliott’s About Cherry Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Brian Crano's A Bag of Hammers Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Peter Berg's Battleship Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Declan Donnellan and, Nick Ormerod's Bel Ami Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Richard Linklater's Bernie Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Christophe Honoré's Beloved (Les bien-aimés) Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	John Madden's The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	David Frankel's The Big Year Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Tony Gilroy's The Bourne Legacy Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud's Chicken With Plums (Poulet aux prunes) Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Craig Zobel's Compliance Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Steven Soderbergh's Contagion Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Alice Rohrwacher’s Corpo Celeste (Celestial Body) Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Glenn Ficarra, John Requa's Crazy, Stupid, Love Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Fred Schepisi's The Eye of the Storm Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon and Bruno Romy's The Fairy (La Fée) Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Lance Daly's The Good Doctor Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Stephen Gyllenhaal Grassroots Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Todd Louiso's Hello I Must Be Going Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	David Palmer, Dax Shepard's Hit & Run Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	David Frankel’s Hope Springs Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Bart Layton's The Imposter Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	William Friedkin's Killer Joe Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	John Hillcoat's Lawless Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Josh Radnor's Liberal Arts Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Guillaume Canet's Little White Lies (Les petits mouchoirs) Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Daryl Wein's Lola Versus Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Rob Reiner's The Magic of Belle Isle Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Barry Sonnenfeld's Men in Black III Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Bennett Miller's Moneyball Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Peter Hedges' The Odd Life of Timothy Green Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Ridley Scott Prometheus Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Lauren Greenfield's The Queen of Versailles Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' Ruby Sparks Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Chen Kaige's Sacrifice (Zhao Shi Gu Er) Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Oliver Stone’s Savages Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Steve McQueen's Shame Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Steve McQueen's Shame Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Rupert Sanders's Snow White And The Huntsman Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Seth MacFarlane's Ted Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Jill Sprecher's Thin Ice Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Michael Knowles's The Trouble With Bliss Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Woody Allen's To Rome With Love Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Woody Allen's To Rome With Love Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Nancy Savoca's Union Square Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Susan Froemke's Wagner's Dream Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Daniel Auteuil's The Well Digger's Daughter (La Fille du Puisatier) Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Lynn Shelton’s Your Sister’s Sister Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Newfest
	Thom Fitzgerald’s Cloudburst Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Joshua Sanchez’s Four Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Travis Mathews’s I Want Your Love Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Bavo Defurne’s North Sea Texas (Noordzee, Texas) Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Ash Christian’s Petunia Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Coley Sohn’s Sassy Pants Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Eytan Fox’s Yossi Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Qfest
	Todd Verow’s Bad Boy Street Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Thom Fitzgerald’s Cloudburst Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Terracino’s Elliot Loves Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Glenn Gaylord’s I Do Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Travis Mathews’s I Want Your Love Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Ferzan Ozpetek’s Loose Cannons (Mine Vaganti) Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Rob Williams’s The Men Next Door Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Robert Hasfogel’s Men to Kiss (Männer zum knutschen) Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Nathan Adloff’s Nate & Margaret Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Bavo Defurne’s North Sea Texas (Noordzee, Texas) Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Coley Sohn’s Sassy Pants Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Simon Chung’s Speechless Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Ryan Gielen’s Turtle Hill, Brooklyn Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Stephen Cone’s The Wise Kids Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Open Roads Film Festival Reviews
	Pippo Mezzapesa’s Annalisa (Il Paese Delle Spose Infelici) Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Daniele Vicari’s Diaz: Don’t Clean Up This Blood Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Francesco Bruni’s Easy! (Scialla!) Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Massimiliano Bruno’s Escort in Love (Nessuno Mi Puo’ Guidicare) Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Ivan Cotroneo’s Kryptonite! (La Kryptonite Nella Borsa) Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Ferzan Oztepek’s Magnifica Presenza (Magnificent Presence) Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Emanuele Crialese’s Terraferma Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	2012 Tribeca Film Festival Reviews
	Jay Gammill’s Free Samples Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Lee Kirk’s The Giant Mechanical Man Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Andrew Semans’s Nancy, Please Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Daniel Schechter’s Supporting Characters Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Lynn Shelton’s Your Sister’s Sister Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	DVD/BLU-RAY Reviews
	Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Marc Webb’s (500) Days of Summer Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	David Michôd's Animal Kingdom Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	HBO's Big Love: The Complete Third Season Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	HBO’s Big Love: The Complete Fourth Season Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	HBO’s Bill Maher: …But I’m Not Wrong Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	HBO's Bored to Death: The Complete First Season Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Robert Altman’s Brewster McCloud Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Pedro Almodóvar's Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos) Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Steven Antin’s Burlesque Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Laurent Cantet’s The Class Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Dallas: The Complete Fourteenth Season Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Damages - Season Two Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Dark Blue: Season One Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Marco Filiberti’s David’s Birthday (Il Compleanno) Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Stephan Elliott’s Easy Virtue Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Ryan Murphy’s Eat Pray Love Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Rowan Woods' Fragments Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	HBO Mini-Series Generation Kill Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Steven Williford’s The Green Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	HBO's Grey Gardens Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	*Films by Gordon Ball* Reviewed by Peter Neofotis
	Gossip Girl: The Complete Third Season Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman’s Howl Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	John Cassavetes’ Husbands Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Armando Iannucci’s In the Loop Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	HBO’s Into the Storm Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Phyllida Lloyd’s The Iron Lady Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Nora Ephron's Julie and Julia Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Samuel Maoz’s Lebanon Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Gary Winick’s Letters to Juliet Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	David Lewis’s Longhorns Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Nigel Cole’s Made in Dagenham Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Crayton Robey’s Making the Boys Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Kenneth Lonergan's Margaret Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	Simon Curtis's My Week With Marilyn Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Rob Marshall’s Nine Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Nip/Tuck: The Sixth and Final Season Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	The Norman Conquests Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Sam Taylor-Wood’s Nowhere Boy Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Agatha Christie's Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Steve Shill’s Obsessed Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Jake Cashill's Oral Fixation Reviewed by Harvey Karten
	HBO’s The Pacific Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Alexandre Aja’s Piranha 3-D Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Marco Berger’s Plan B Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Johnathon Schaech's The Poker Club Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	David Kittredge's Pornography A Thriller Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Rob Williams’s Role/Play Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	HBO’s Rome: The Complete Series Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Tom Ford’s A Single Man Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	David Fincher’s The Social Network Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Brian Koppelman & David Levien’s Solitary Man Reviewed by Frank J. Avela
	Jack Garfein's The Strange One Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Peter Tewksbury’s Sunday in New York Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Amir Bar-Lev’s The Tillman Story Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	James Mottern’s Trucker Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Alan Ball's True Blood Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Patrick Tatopoulos' Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	V: The Complete First Season Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Matt Tyrnauer's Valentino: The Last Emperor Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Oliver Stone’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Ari Folman's Waltz with Bashir Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Woody Allen’s Whatever Works Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Woody Allen’s You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Reviewed by FrankJ. Avella
	New York Film Festival
	Michel Hazanavicius’s The Artist Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Roman Polanski’s Carnage Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Alice Rohrwacher’s Corpo Celeste (Celestial Body) Reviewed by Frank J.Avella
	Alexander Payne’s The Descendants Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne’s The Kid With a Bike (Le Gamin au velo) Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Aki Kaurismaki’s Le Havre Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Lars von Trier’s Melancholia Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Simon Curtis’s My Week With Marilyn Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Steve McQueen's Shame Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Pedro Almodóvar’s The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito) Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Newfest Reviews
	Christian Martin & Darren Flaxstone’s Buffering Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Casper Andreas's Going Down in La La Land Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Rashaad Ernesto Green's Gun Hill Road Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Benjamin Cantu's Harvest (Stadt Land Fluss) Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	J.T. Tepnapa's Judas Kiss Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Andrew Haigh's Weekend Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	John Lavin’s Hollywood to Dollywood Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Jean-Claude Schlim's House of Boys Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	J.T. Tepnapa's Judas Kiss Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Michael Simon's The Love Patient Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Caytha Jentis’s The One Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Webster Forrest’s Over the Edge Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Open Roads Film Festival
	Sergio Castellitto’s La Bellezza del Somaro (Love and Slaps) Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Gianni Di Gregorio’s The Salt of Life (Gianni e le donne) Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Lucio Pellegrini’s Figli Delle Stelle (Unlikely Revolutionaries) Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Luca Lucini’s The Woman of My Life (La donna della mia vita) Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Tribeca Film Festival Reviews
	Steven Silver’s The Bang Bang Club Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Philip Gelatt’s The Bleeding House Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Lee Hirsch’s The Bully Project Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	The Vicious Brothers’ Grave Encounters Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Jasmine McGlade Chazelle’s Maria My Love Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Peter Mullan’s NEDS Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
	Brady Kiernan’s Stuck Between Stations Reviewed by Frank J. Avella