A Useful Life - NYT Critics' Pick

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Jorge Jellinek in “A Useful Life.”
Death of an Art House Means a Start to a Life
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
Published: January 12, 2011

“A Useful Life,” Federico Veiroj’s sneaky second feature, chronicles the death throes of a small independent movie theater in Montevideo, Uruguay, through the sad eyes of Jorge, its longtime programmer. As played by the Uruguayan film critic Jorge Jellinek (who resembles a less scary Alfred Molina), Jorge is portly and indoors pale, a middle-aged slab of calm and competence. More