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"Details a Japanese cause célèbre with ramifications for Pacific Rim Asia and, today, for world politics at the highest levels."
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(2008) |
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"Jeff Goldblum transforms even his lanky befuddlement into tall dignity here and ends up giving the intellectually mature performance of his career."
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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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(2003) |
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"Told what to think, the viewer is distanced by film acknowleging its film-ness."
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(1979) |
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"It scares us despite our knowing what is coming."
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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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(2003) |
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"Terrific filmmaking that plays at the level of instinct and emotion."
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(2000) |
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"Vastly moving."
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(2002) |
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"The filmmakers do not flinch in the face of emotions almost too great to watch."
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(2006) |
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"'American Gun' takes the wise step of looking not at a particular school massacre, but at those intimately affected."
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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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(2003) |
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"Fluff love."
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(2007) |
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"With a charming quality, 'Antonia' avoids the triteness of many music films that touch on triumph, heartbreak, decline, and then a new, determined start."
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(2005) |
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"A predictable comedy-of-errors picture of self-inflicted misunderstanding."
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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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(2007) |
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"'Arctic Tale,' a cuddly family film touching on the dangers of claw and fang, contains a global warming caution. Without whining its alarm, the movie quietly incorporates it."
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(1969) |
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"Not a bad effort -- but filled with credibility gaps and much in need of tightening."
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(2004) |
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"Michael Caine and Christopher Walken, as father & son, do marvels with silences, spaces and gestures while skirting loveable old codger stereotypes."
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(2005) |
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"Whereas good noir dialogue has a biting, sardonic edge, here the self-conscious literary-ness falls flat and foolish."
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(2004) |
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"Prescient like the overlooked 'The Siege,' this film moves us with the roots of unpleasant realities."
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(2006) |
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"Predictable but not preachy, its likeable types quirky and familiar, 'Aurora Borealis' is a good if undemanding watch."
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(2003) |
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"A wry, tender embrace of ageing and loving, dying and living, to the fullest, as best one can."
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