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Layers of narrative and the art of indictment: notes and questions about Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer

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The opposite of Up in the Air: field notes on a 68 hour trip to Dublin

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How to foul up a classic: 11 notes on Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland

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