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(2006) |
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"Not an anti-war tract or a glorification but, rather, a fair consideration of humanity that exists within the inhumanity of armed conflict."
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(2007) |
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"'Juno' is on some counts unrealistic and does not probe deeply, but it has undeniable charm."
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(1959) |
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"Although dubbed a 'tone poem,' it is better to consider 'Araya' as visual biblical parable, an artfully artless triptych built on sacred-mystical threes."
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(2006) |
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"Sequences fade into the pack and make it difficult to differentiate one player from the others, much less remember them after the lights go up."
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(1998) |
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"A vignette, really, a couple of days in a boy%u06E5s life recollected in tranquillity."
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(2009) |
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"Individual or societal in thrust, 'Disgrace' is hampered by a lack of resolution and the impenetrability of motivations."
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(2009) |
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"'Paris' works its spell in perceptions heightened for anyone suddenly made aware of mortality and on what was formerly taken for granted."
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(2009) |
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"Soul is what distinguished man from brute, and 9 and his appealing cohorts have that in abundance."
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(2009) |
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"Captures a lost innocence -- but the toneless monosyllables and "very cool's" and "groovy's" grow quickly vapid or spacey."
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(2009) |
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"Alas for 'Five Minutes of Heaven,' confrontations seem rigged and resolution is tacked on in minutes."
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(2009) |
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"The user-used/player-pawn/Fergus-Marty relationship is what counts here, braced by Kingsley and Sturgess in a consideration of conscience in wartime."
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(2009) |
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"Bits strike out in every which way but are not long, deep or effective, so 'I Sell the Dead' develops neither momentum nor personality."
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(2009) |
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"Bits strike out in every which way but are not long, deep or effective, so 'I Sell the Dead' develops neither momentum nor personality."
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(2009) |
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"Bits strike out in every which way but are not long, deep or effective, so 'I Sell the Dead' develops neither momentum nor personality."
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(1969) |
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"Forty years ago, pioneer Gordon Parks had to step with extra care filming 'The Learning Tree' lest the door shut behind him."
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(2008) |
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"This noir in underlit blacks and blues grows too complex for its own good."
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(2009) |
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"Among its type, 'Thirst' succeeds despite too many distractions."
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(2008) |
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"With a slight hint of developing into more than a teen-pleaser gorefest, 'Deadgirl' instead goes for the jugular and splatters blood."
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(1985) |
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"'Shoah' is difficult to watch, but few other films match its consideration of unspeakable evil and indifference."
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(2005) |
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"Camera work in the first half of 'Tropical Malady' appears jumpy and interrupted by confusing cuts and artsy tricks."
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(2009) |
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"'Nollywood Babylon' teases, for its themes are interesting but, too many of them brought up, they do not get the incisive treatment each deserves."
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(2009) |
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"Boys in the audience may groan indulgently, but their dates ought to squeal with delighted pride."
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(2009) |
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"Technique is nothing fancy in this straightforward chronological account that leaves a warm glow for the linked personalities, the programs and the era."
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(2009) |
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"DJ Spooky's 'Rebirth of a Nation' is an admirable fusion film in its own right."
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(2009) |
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"The film's late, unprepared-for perversity turnabout undoes what has gone before."
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(1966) |
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"Political, religious and personal niceties of the period are streamlined, and the movie concentrates on the impressive steadfastness of Sir Thomas More."
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(1998) |
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"Accurately and lovingly filmed, so one easily slides into this world."
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(2009) |
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"Far from Scandinavian Lutheran deep seriousness, this is all homage to a generally shallow genre and fun for those who cotton to that sort of thing."
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(2009) |
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"Scripted or posed pieces blend seamlessly with the spontaneous non-fiction in this impressive documentary."
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(2009) |
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"Fascinating, 'Afghan Star' pictures the familiar dropped into a totally foreign context distanced even more by recent and continuing bloody strife."
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(1968) |
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"Surface gloss is what you get in this caper-romance."
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(2009) |
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"Subtitles, pervasive obscenity, macho mother insults and some nudity/sex probably will not draw in the viewers who made a family hit of Bend It Like Beckham."
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(2009) |
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"The tiring repetitiousness of 'Limits of Control' may prove too much for many viewers."
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(2009) |
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"Lovely as a tree."
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(2009) |
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"This raging bull...is unaware how simultaneously untouchable and vulnerable he is."
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(2007) |
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"A celebration of hope, humor and resilience among the humble and only secondarily a dig at media distortion and the disconnect between the Church and the poor."
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(2009) |
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"No suspense is developed, and low-income housing and women's house of detention alike are prettied up without any feeling for gritty reality."
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(2009) |
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"Stars Mother Nature and the photography deserve standing applause."
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(2009) |
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"Sucked in by her subject, the director gets too close for objective necessary cutting."
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(2009) |
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"'Alien Trespass' is neither soulless nor bad. Yet it does not improve on the sources that inspire it, so why not watch them instead?"
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(2009) |
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"'Pontypool' succeeds where many a less intelligent, purely visceral-visual movie leaves us cold."
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(2009) |
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"The internal nature of the story here is underscored by Michael Simmonds' camerawork, which appears daring in simplicity without being claustrophobic."
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(2009) |
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"'Sin Nombre' is informative and gripping in story and technique."
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(2009) |
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"This Peruvian tale is about the superstitious but psychologically valid effects of terror."
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(2009) |
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"Uninspired performances and a lack of chemistry fail to project whatever has brought and kept the film's odd couple together."
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(1975) |
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"Ahead of the pack, filmmaker Peter Davis illustrates the human toll on 'victor' and 'vanquished.'"
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(1937) |
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"A lion's share of the fault lies in the narration, the kind of one-sided screen advocacy journalism that has resurfaced in contemporary non-fictions and based-ons."
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(2009) |
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"This even-keel love story so deliberately unfolds that it seems fuller and longer, but not tiresomely so, than its 131 minutes."
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(2008) |
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"The film does an excellent job projecting suspense among all castes gathered in front of television sets while watching a popular quiz show in India."
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(1981) |
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"Although filmed with striking light as though through a fine veil from mists rising from the river, 'Fever' includes no heroes -- just villains and fools."
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