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At the turn of the last century, Georges Méliès was literally a stage conjuror, and his eye for the magical led to the creation of some of the most startling silent films ever made. Méliès: First Wizard of Cinema (DVD release, March 11) is a thirteen-hour collection of 173—count ’em, 173!—shorts … Watchmen (wide release, March 6), perhaps the most overrated graphic novel ever made, bullies its way into theaters at the hands of Zack Snyder, who gave us the odious 300 … One of the least heralded comedies ever, and an inspiration for Mario Puzo’s Godfather, Alberto Lattuada’s 1962 Mafioso (DVD release, March 18) is being given Criterion’s white-glove treatment … Stewart O’Nan’s melancholy novel Snow Angels (Lagoon Cinema, March 21) is a story of murder, infidelity, and trying to make it as a teenager in a sullen town. Director David Gordon Green (George Washington) is the perfect choice to capture O’Nan’s honest observations of blue-collar life.


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