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There is a lot to like in "Mister Lonely," Harmony Korine's 2007 oddity about a group of celebrity impersonators who live on their own island. Like his best work — including "Gummo," "Julien-Donkey Boy" and "Trash Humpers" — Korine identifies with the fringiest of the fringe in society, people who are usually mocked or ignored with a slight air of contempt. Yet whereas "Gummo," "Julien...

America is a nation of consumers. All human beings throughout history have consumed, of course — for survival, pleasure or both — but there is a difference between consuming out of necessity or for enjoyment and doing so as an obsessive indulgence. One look at American economic excessiveness and exploitation proves this point. We spend more than the rest of the world, eat more than the rest...

Indie films are often criticized for being pretentious, and to be sure quite a few richly deserve that epithet. Yet there is a difference between going out of your way to seem "artsy" and actually having an authentic, offbeat way of using the medium of cinema to tell a compelling story and/or offer insightful social commentary. One of the reasons I love Harmony Korine is that the six movies he...

"Halloween H20" is the worst film in the series, and for one reason… its distracting plot holes. If you've seen the first two "Halloween" movies, which were released in 1978 and 1980, I can't imagine why you're reading this article. They are staples of the American horror film genre, from John Carpenter's storytelling to Donald Pleasance's anchoring performance as the brilliant and heroic Dr....