Article: SKETCH COMEDY; `Art School Confidential' winningly spoofs wannabe hipsters.(Arts and Lifestyle)(Movie review)

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The Boston Herald
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May 12, 2006
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Byline: JAMES VERNIERE

"ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL"

Rated R. At the AMC Boston Common, AMC Fenway and Kendall Square cinemas.

Grade: B+

Falling short of being an art-school "Animal House," "Art School Confidential" is nevertheless an edgy, entertaining postmodern comedy.

Directed by Terry Zwigoff ("Crumb"), collaborating once again with his "Ghost World" and "Bad Santa" writing partner Daniel Clowes, "Art School Confidential" takes its name from sleazy pulp magazines of the 1950s and is such a deeply cynical look at the East Coast art-school scene, it might as be shot in Jaundice-O-Vision.

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