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"Shot in sequence and featuring many long takes, it retains some of the feel of the television original despite the broadening of context ..."
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"Sometimes the village looks like an antique postcard come to life, at other times like outtakes from a lost Marx Brothers film or an overly precious PBS documentary."
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(2009) |
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"...by the end of the 88 minute journey you'll learn more about contemporary Afghanistan than you will from a month of watching television news in the United States."
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"Sanders...was ideally cast in this role: you can feel in Addison's every word the world-weariness of the actor who would eventually commit suicide at age 65..."
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"If there's an overarching theme it's that people respond to incentives and so regulation of the financial market is necessary to see that the incentives offered are not perverse."
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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"American Harmony is the Pumping Iron of barbershop quartet singing."
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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Dabis wisely keeps her film firmly grounded in the personal and specific...focusing on the experiences of one family which she makes us care about."
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9/10 |
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(2009) |
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"...a complex and morally ambiguous story which rewards the audience's attention without resorting to pushing their buttons."
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Anger Me is basically an extended interview with Anger, who appears at the side of the frame before a blue screen showing archival footage and clips"
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"If Anita O'Day had to choose a motto for her life, it would probably be "That's how it went down.""
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8/10 |
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(2000) |
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"Weaving together interviews, archival materials, re-enactments and readings from Schwarzenbach's works, it's an excellent introduction to the writer and her times."
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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"It certainly helps that Gervasi has a sense of humor... the band's adventures often resemble a real-life version of This is Spinal Tap"
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(2006) |
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"Calm is the prevailing mood in Arctic Son, as if director Andrew Walton wanted to reflect the experience of the Gwich'in lifestyle in his film."
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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Edel doesn't force an interpretation on the audience: instead his film provides an experience which raises questions rather than answering them."
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"...Ballerina looks behind the scenes ...to offer a closer look at the system of selection, training and rehearsal which keeps Russian ballet the envy of the world."
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Petr Jarchovsı's script is elliptical, building the story through a succession of small scenes whose import is not always immediately obvious."
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5/10 |
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(2008) |
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"...fails to deliver on the potentially intriguing premise of an interracial romance set in India in 1937, against the backdrop of the Indian independence movement"
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"A wide-ranging look at the use of performance-enhancing drugs in America"
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6/10 |
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(2006) |
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"... an entertaining experience, with lots of action, humor, fanservice, a huge cast of characters, and some philosophical heft."
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Bomb It is clearly in the pro-graffiti camp, as signaled by its tag line: "Street Art is Revolution.""
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"As long as Brick Lane remains focused on Nazneen, it succeeds admirably."
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6/10 |
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"There are three films competing for attention in The Bubble, and they do not always coexist gracefully."
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8/10 |
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(2008) |
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"It's a big enthusiastic film ... and adds yet another element to the ever-growing picture of diversity within America's gay community."
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"A creative community is as fragile an ecosystem as any salt marsh and just as easily destroyed: Chelsea on the Rocks celebrates a hotel which nurtured some of the greatest talents of the twentieth century."
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Cherry Blossoms is not a complete train wreck, although at 127 minutes it's way too long for the ground that it covers."
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Morgan is more interested in recreating the confusing experience of living through those times than in evaluating them in a perspective informed by 40 years of hindsight."
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9/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Long before anyone was talking about gay marriage, that's what Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy had"
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"Cinematographer Style is more of a collage of well-chosen opinions and anecdotes about the art and practice of cinematography than a tutorial or overview of the profession."
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(2008) |
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"The marvelously detailed world of Ember was created through a combination of sets built on a brownfield in Belfast and CGI effects which blend in almost seamlessly..."
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"Unlike many American films centered on the classroom (Dangerous Minds and Freedom Writers come immediately to mind) there are no heroes in The Class, and no glorious victories."
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"The script...adheres closely to biopic conventions but is brought alive by the magnetic performance of Tautou with strong support particularly from Poelvoorde and Devos."
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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"The actors are interesting rather than glamorous, their acting style consistently low-key, and their triumphs and failures realized on a human rather than grandiose scale."
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"...feels like two films, one which is a perceptive and naturalistic study of modern life in Japan, and one which is an animated Hallmark card of montages and soaring strings..."
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5/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Director Marcos Carnevale makes sure to get his ticket punched at every station in this journey through cinematic convention."
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9/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Everlasting Moments ... returns the viewer to a time before reproduced images had saturated our culture..."
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Every Little Step is on firmer ground with the 2006 revival; the filmmakers' great coup was winning the right ..to film the audition process."
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"The fear inspired by these stories is more akin to dread, a slow, creeping suspicion that something is not quite right ..."
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8/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Despite the serious subject matter the film itself is not downbeat: ...[the filmmakers] emphasize the strength of Malawian women and the possibility of positive change."
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Five Minutes of Heaven is a frustrating inconsistent film which provides a vehicle for some truly outstanding acting..."
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"For the Bible ... serves very nicely as an educational tool and aid to discussion, and is supported by an impressive array of materials downloadable from the film's web site"
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"...explores gay life in New York primarily through the eyes of Luke ... who is so busy trying to sparkle that he's made himself into the perfect gay cliché."
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(2008) |
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"Western people often react to mentions of polygamy with a wink and a leer: all sex all the time! ...The reality is something quite else..."
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8/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Garrone avoids punching the usual emotional buttons: His stories have no heroes, his crime lords no glamour, and his victims no nobility."
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Given how conventional and formulaic The Great Buck Howard is, it's a wonder that it works as well as it does."
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6/10 |
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(2006) |
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"...a nice cross-generational and interracial romance while giving more than an eyeful to admirers of muscular women."
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince won't win any awards for intellectual depth, but it's a thoroughly enjoyable summer movie..."
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7/10 |
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(2006) |
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"The most interesting feature of Honey and Clover is how different it is from most American movies aimed at teenagers."
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(2007) |
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"...a charming but somewhat superficial portrait of Edward Espe Brown, Zen priest and cookbook author."
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(2009) |
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"Bigelow has taken the truism that "movies are life with the boring bits cut out" to the extreme..."
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(2008) |
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"... full appreciation requires both a grasp of European history and an appreciation for stories which have many layers of meaning."
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