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4/5
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86%
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Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2012) |
"
A terrifically entertaining, smartly constructed trip down memory lane with one of the American stage's most legendary troupers."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Jan 19, 2012
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2/5
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23%
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Angels Crest (2011) |
"
Catherine Trieschmann's script, based on the novel by Leslie Schwartz, barely scratches the potentially loaded surfaces it serves up."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Jan 13, 2012
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4/5
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57%
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It's About You (2012) |
"
Ultimately, Kurt Markus, whose low-key narration punctuates the journey, seems to have learned as much about himself as about his titular subject - while enjoyably enlightening viewers about both."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Jan 6, 2012
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3/5
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57%
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8 Murders a Day (2011) |
"
[Although it's] somewhat repetitive and not terribly well-organized, it shines an important light on what the filmmaker deems "the greatest human rights disaster in the world today.""
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Jan 5, 2012
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4/5
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81%
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The Look (2011) |
"
A unique documentary portrait of one of cinema's most quietly enduring talents."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 15, 2011
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3.5/5
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75%
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House of Pleasures (2011) |
"
"Pleasures" becomes as enveloping - and sometimes as awkward - as one of the L'Apollonide ladies' heaving corsets."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 15, 2011
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4/5
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94%
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Corman's World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel (2011) |
"
A highly entertaining tribute to Roger Corman, one of Hollywood's most prolific, enduring and unconventionally influential film producers."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 15, 2011
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2/5
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9%
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Answers to Nothing (2011) |
"
There's a lack of real conclusiveness to many of the film's characters and situations."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 1, 2011
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3.5/5
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100%
|
Kinyarwanda (2011) |
"
While hardly an all-inclusive look at this complex conflict, paints a heartfelt, fairly restrained picture of a nation under siege."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 1, 2011
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1/5
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18%
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A Warrior's Heart (2011) |
"
A ho-hum drama whose many moving parts feel decidedly recycled."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 1, 2011
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3/5
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78%
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Battle for Brooklyn (2011) |
"
Although not exactly even-handed, the movie proves a deft look at a reluctant crusader and how financial sway and political override can so effectively trump the power of the average citizen."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Nov 23, 2011
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1.5/5
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——
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Nothing Special (2011) |
"
Badly paced, ineptly written and filled with superfluous moments, the film is further hindered by awkward performances."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Nov 17, 2011
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—
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——
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Connected (Bo chi tung wah) (2008) |
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Nov 17, 2011
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3.5/5
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——
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A Journey in My Mother's Footsteps (2011) |
"
[A] stirring, if inconclusive documentary..."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Nov 10, 2011
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2/5
|
7%
|
The Greening Of Whitney Brown (2011) |
"
It flies off the rails in a third act so devoid of logic it could have been concocted on the moon."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Nov 10, 2011
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3/5
|
70%
|
Elevate (2011) |
"
It's all presented with equal parts humor and sensitivity..."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Nov 3, 2011
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1.5/5
|
44%
|
The Catechism Cataclysm (2011) |
"
A grating and witless would-be spoof of religion, male-bonding and, it seems, horror movies."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Nov 3, 2011
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2.5/5
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48%
|
The Mighty Macs (2011) |
"
[It's] given such old-fashioned, kid-gloves treatment that its potential warmth and excitement caves under the weight of writer-producer-director Tim Chambers' good intentions."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 20, 2011
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4/5
|
——
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Back Door Channels: The Price Of Peace (2011) |
"
Packed with impressive archival footage and rare interviews with dozens of the era's participants and observers, the film remains all too timely given the conflicts that continue to plague the Middle East."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 14, 2011
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3.5/5
|
——
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The Greater Good () |
"
These profiles are frank, absorbing and heartbreaking, if also a bit inconclusive."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 14, 2011
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2.5/5
|
81%
|
Where Soldiers Come From (2011) |
"
A work that's less urgent and involving than its intense subject matter might have dictated."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 7, 2011
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4/5
|
60%
|
Toast (2011) |
"
"Toast," is by turns sweet and tart, airy and rich and, above all, a thoroughly irresistible confection."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 7, 2011
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3/5
|
33%
|
A Bird of the Air (2011) |
"
Though you could fit its story on the head of a pin, "A Bird of the Air" is a gently involving character dramedy with a pair of appealing leads who help give this offbeat movie flight."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 7, 2011
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2/5
|
32%
|
Courageous (2011) |
"
The many topics raised - gangs, drugs, immigration, absentee parents, poverty - are examined with didacticism and platitudes instead of by mining their inherent complexities. "
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 3, 2011
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2/5
|
27%
|
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology (2011) |
"
The film ultimately works best as a daughter's heartfelt tribute to an enormously devoted and emotionally generous parent. Unfortunately, that's just not enough to, well, connect us to the bigger picture."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 29, 2011
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1/5
|
——
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In Search of God (2011) |
"
[A] painfully inept, mercifully short documentary."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 23, 2011
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4/5
|
87%
|
Bobby Fischer Against The World (2011) |
"
A once-in-a-lifetime character makes for a fascinating documentary subject in producer-director Liz Garbus' "Bobby Fischer Against the World.""
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 22, 2011
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1/5
|
——
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First Dog (2011) |
"
Dolly Parton provides three original songs that suitably match this spottily acted picture's corn and treacle."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 16, 2011
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2/5
|
10%
|
One Fall (2011) |
"
Despite its grander ambitions, the film ultimately feels minor and superficial."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 8, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
38%
|
The Afterlight (2010) |
"
It's hard to embrace this glacially paced, symbolism-heavy film's elusive - when it's not being elliptical - story about a city couple's escape to rural life."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 2, 2011
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4/5
|
83%
|
Circumstance (2011) |
"
A taboo-busting snapshot of contemporary Tehran - a provocative psychodrama that's part Iranian "Girls Gone Wild," set just before the 2009 elections."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Aug 25, 2011
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2/5
|
5%
|
The Family Tree (2011) |
"
Friedman's inability to successfully reconcile the film's duality undercuts an eclectic cast gamely committed to Mark Lisson's thematically ambitious, if scattered, script."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Aug 25, 2011
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|
3.5/5
|
100%
|
The Boy Mir: Ten Years in Afghanistan (2011) |
"
Mir gets under your skin in ways that are memorable and poignantly real."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Aug 22, 2011
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|
2.5/5
|
——
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Cafe (2011) |
"
The problem is that, although the staff's and customers' concerns may be of relative import to their characters, their issues largely come off as either mundane or clichéd - or both."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Aug 19, 2011
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|
3.5/5
|
88%
|
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (2011) |
"
The gripping documentary If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front offers an intimate look at the radical environmental group."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jul 22, 2011
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4/5
|
91%
|
Winnie the Pooh (2011) |
"
Proves a fitting tribute to one of the last century's most enduring children's tales."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jul 14, 2011
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|
—
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83%
|
Trust () |
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jul 12, 2011
|
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3/5
|
25%
|
The Chameleon (2011) |
"
Salomé and co-writer Natalie Carter offer some explanatory psychology, but the complexities remain underdeveloped. Still, you won't be bored."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jul 8, 2011
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3/5
|
——
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35 And Ticking (2011) |
"
Although writer-director Russ Parr sometimes overstays his welcome - peppier editing would have helped - a generally warm approach helps distinguish his oft-told story."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jul 1, 2011
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|
|
78%
|
Dear Lemon Lima (2011) |
"
The filmmaker knows how to gently skew reality just enough to offset the excess cuteness."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 28, 2011
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|
2/5
|
26%
|
The Best and the Brightest (2011) |
"
Flies off its comic rails after an engaging start, never to land back on solid ground."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 23, 2011
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4/5
|
97%
|
Queen Of The Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us? (2011) |
"
"Queen" sheds much-needed light on a disaster in progress."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 16, 2011
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4/5
|
59%
|
Jig (2011) |
"
This highly involving film deftly captures the unique physical, emotional and financial aspects of diving into competitive Irish dance, with the participants' addictive immersion the overwhelming takeaway."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 16, 2011
|
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3/5
|
63%
|
Just Like Us (2011) |
"
Proves an amusing, uniquely unifying effort."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 9, 2011
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|
—
|
——
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A Beautiful Life (Bu Zai Rang Ni Gu Dan) (2011) |
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 7, 2011
|
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1/5
|
——
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The Putt Putt Syndrome (2011) |
"
After watching the leaden comedy "The Putt Putt Syndrome," you actually might understand less about marriage than you did going in."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 2, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
40%
|
A Proper Violence (2011) |
"
So unsatisfyingly structured and sluggishly paced that its debits far outweigh its potential merits."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 2, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
84%
|
Make Believe (2011) |
"
The various sleights of hand are impressive even if we're afforded little insight into their actual execution. Still, it's fun stuff."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 27, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
79%
|
Blank City (2011) |
"
The doc flags toward the end, but it remains an absorbing snapshot of a daring time."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 27, 2011
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