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Article: Fall in the house of ushers
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- Pacific Sun
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- September 11, 2009
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Drew Barrymore's directorial debut and highlights of the cinema season
FILM
Autumn isn't just a time of schoolbooks and falling leaves and that nip in the air that says "Irish whiskey," it's when the fall films hit the local octoplex. Landing some- where between the summer blockbuster and all that holiday Oscar-bait, the typical fall film is a critically acclaimed, Sundance-approved cinematic achievement (preferably subtitled) with either a meditative approach to the hu- man equation or a dark, edgy take on man's inhumanity to man. Happily, all sorts of movies manage to slip between the cracks, from horror flicks and romantic comedies to family-friendly cartoons and aime thrillers. The ...