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Director Todd Solondz Returns with 'Palindromes'

Fresh Air | By David Edelstein

Published April 15, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

The film's central character is a put-upon 13-year-old, cousin of the departed Dawn Weiner of 1995's 'Welcome to the Dollhouse.'

Copyright 2005 Fresh Air

David Edelstein

David Edelstein is a film critic for New York magazine and for NPR's Fresh Air, and an occasional commentator on film for CBS Sunday Morning. He has also written film criticism for the Village Voice, The New York Post, and Rolling Stone, and is a frequent contributor to the New York Times' Arts & Leisure section.

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