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5/5
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93%
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127 Hours (2010) |
"
In the end, "127 Hours" is one man's incredible, unforgettable journey; it took the extraordinary alchemy of Boyle and Franco to also make it ours."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Nov 4, 2010
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5/5
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96%
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Restrepo (2010) |
"
Just how close the filmmakers were to the action, and the risks they took with the project, filter into virtually every scene. We hear the bullets whizzing past, breaking branches in nearby trees."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 24, 2010
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5/5
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95%
|
No One Knows About Persian Cats (Les Chats Persans) (2010) |
"
The film has a remarkably exuberant spirit that is impossible to resist..."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 23, 2010
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4/5
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82%
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Natural Selection (2012) |
"
In Harris' hands, Linda is guileless but believable, her smile so worn and wary that it almost hurts to see it."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted May 17, 2012
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4/5
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100%
|
Under African Skies (2012) |
"
The affection between the musicians and Simon is clear. The portrait that emerges time and again is personal and a reflection of the realities of apartheid."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 10, 2012
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4/5
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88%
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Bernie (2012) |
"
A true-life Texas tale so perfectly told it seems more like eavesdropping than moviegoing."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 26, 2012
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4/5
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74%
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Chimpanzee (2012) |
"
[It] might as well be called "Simply Irresistible," because thanks to the mischievous monkeyshines of a baby chimp named Oscar, it comes pretty close."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 20, 2012
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4/5
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96%
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The Kid with a Bike (2012) |
"
A wonderfully human and humane story about one of those lost-and-found children who tend to slip through society's not-so-safe safety nets."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 16, 2012
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4/5
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85%
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21 Jump Street (2012) |
"
Miller and Lord clearly understand the push-and-pull and hyper-competitiveness that make guy friendships both complex and stupid."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 15, 2012
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4/5
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86%
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Chico & Rita (2012) |
"
A buttery rich animated tale of love, jazz, showbiz, fame and politics in the late '40s and early '50s that is as catchy as its tunes."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 8, 2012
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4/5
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88%
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The Turin Horse (2012) |
"
Starkly beautiful and exceedingly demanding, "The Turin Horse," which Hungarian master Béla Tarr has said will be his last film, is both easy and impossible to define."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 1, 2012
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4/5
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50%
|
Bonsai People: The Vision of Muhammad Yunus (2012) |
"
Packed with details that somehow don't weigh it down, this is a hopeful film - about the power of honest work to confer dignity as well as put food on the table, about how the seed of an idea can take root and grow."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Feb 9, 2012
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4/5
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85%
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Chronicle (2012) |
"
This mind-and-fork-bending sci-fi saga comes from the freaky imaginations of director Josh Trank and screenwriter Max Landis, who've packed their feature debut with smartness."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Feb 2, 2012
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4/5
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74%
|
Kill List (2012) |
"
The camera is unflinching, and so is Wheatley, as the story moves toward the unthinkable. It's left to you when and whether to look away."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Feb 2, 2012
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4/5
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87%
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Miss Bala (2012) |
"
There is a larger message to be found here, but it never derails the taut vintage thriller that's been constructed."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jan 19, 2012
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4/5
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96%
|
Pariah (2011) |
"
Oduye as Alike is "Pariah's" subtle center, with the actress moving seamlessly between the tomboy thrilled to play hoops with her dad to the sour-faced daughter forced to wear pink by her mom."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 28, 2011
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4/5
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93%
|
Coriolanus (2011) |
"
Fiennes brings to scorching life on-screen, spitting out his rage with such force the words seem likely to damage literally as well as figuratively."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 1, 2011
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4/5
|
82%
|
Tyrannosaur (2011) |
"
It is the kind of film that leaves you limp, exhausted and feeling battered by the end. But its wrenching performances make the beating worth weathering."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Nov 17, 2011
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4/5
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89%
|
The Descendants (2011) |
"
A tragedy infused with comedy [that] calls for a balancing act from filmmaker and star alike, a tightrope they navigate with nary a wobble."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Nov 15, 2011
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4/5
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77%
|
Melancholia (2011) |
"
It is a lighter Von Trier, a lovely Von Trier, a seriously romantic Von Trier that emerges from "Melancholia," and I quite hope he stays around."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Nov 10, 2011
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4/5
|
90%
|
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
"
What writer-director Sean Durkin has given us is an existential thriller about identity and just how tenuous a grasp we have on who we really are."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 20, 2011
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4/5
|
77%
|
The Swell Season (2011) |
"
It's an accomplished piece of filmmaking from the trio, who are making their feature-length documentary debut."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 7, 2011
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4/5
|
84%
|
My Afternoons with Margueritte (2011) |
"
This little gem is all about the nature of chance encounters and how they can change us in unexpected ways."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 15, 2011
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4/5
|
80%
|
Happy, Happy (2011) |
"
For all the zaniness, the movie's understanding and insight come in moments so incisive that the sharpness will sting."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 15, 2011
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4/5
|
80%
|
Littlerock (2011) |
"
An ethereal and ephemeral musing on the art and artifice of communication."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 1, 2011
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4/5
|
76%
|
The Debt (2011) |
"
Bristling with dangers both corporeal and cerebral, "The Debt" is a superbly crafted espionage thriller packed with Israeli-Nazi score settling."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Aug 31, 2011
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4/5
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76%
|
The Help (2011) |
"
Laughter, which is ladled on thick as gravy, proves to be the secret ingredient -- turning what should be a feel-bad movie about those troubled times into a heart-warming surprise."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Aug 9, 2011
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4/5
|
81%
|
Life in a Day (2011) |
"
Carved out of cyber-reality and global in reach, this fast-paced documentary is shaped as much by Internet savvy as traditional filmmaking, which doesn't make the experience of it any less satisfying, or the implications any less provocative."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jul 28, 2011
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4/5
|
78%
|
Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) |
"
This grand romantic gesture about grand romantic gestures conjures up the bittersweet magic of first loves, lasting loves, lost loves and all the loves in between."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jul 28, 2011
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4/5
|
64%
|
Another Earth (2011) |
"
Director Mike Cahill has woven sci-fi imaginings and quantum physics theories of parallel universes into a provocative meditation on the prospect of rewriting your life history."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Jul 21, 2011
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4/5
|
86%
|
Terri (2011) |
"
A lovely lyrical ode to high school misfits and the adults they grow into."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jul 1, 2011
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4/5
|
88%
|
Buck (2011) |
"
What a relief in times saturated with news of the worst of humanity to see something of the best."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 16, 2011
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4/5
|
84%
|
Beginners (2011) |
"
A buoyant and disarming drama about sons and fathers, death and dying, living and loving and all the ways we find ourselves starting over, hoping to finally get it right."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 2, 2011
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4/5
|
81%
|
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) |
"
That expressiveness combined with the talented voice cast brings a nuance, a sense of reality that is hard to achieve in animation."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 25, 2011
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4/5
|
90%
|
Bridesmaids (2011) |
"
That rarest of treats: an R-rated romantic comedy from the Venus point of view."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 12, 2011
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4/5
|
58%
|
The First Grader (2011) |
"
A tearful, joyful, imperfect, yet nearly irresistible ode to the human spirit."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 12, 2011
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4/5
|
78%
|
Fast Five (2011) |
"
Who knew that the best place to put Vin Diesel would be between the Rock and a hard place? The spot has never been tighter, or righter, and the testosterone never higher than in the hot jacking action of "Fast Five.""
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 28, 2011
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|
4/5
|
85%
|
Meek's Cutoff (2011) |
"
Reichardt has stripped "Meek's" down to bare essentials and careful emotions. The cast captures that quality beautifully - like the water that is running out, everything is conserved."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 21, 2011
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4/5
|
23%
|
Sucker Punch (2011) |
"
A wonderfully wild provocation - an imperfect, overlong, intemperate and utterly absorbing romp through the id that I wouldn't have missed for the world."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 24, 2011
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4/5
|
71%
|
Paul (2011) |
"
After the sharp bite and harsh light of most American-style guy-based funny films today, "Paul" comes as such sweet relief."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 17, 2011
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4/5
|
73%
|
Heartbeats (2011) |
"
Dolan is proving to be adept at and unafraid of teasing out the flaws of his characters, seemingly more concerned with whether they are interesting than whether an audience will like them."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 3, 2011
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4/5
|
88%
|
Rango (2011) |
"
In a world choked with animated films -- the good, the bad and the ugly -- it's hard to be either original or great. Yet director Gore Verbinski has done both -- and without 3-D..."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 3, 2011
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4/5
|
64%
|
Biutiful (2010) |
"
[It] ultimately gives us a story of hope, and from Bardem, a performance of staggering depth, unquestionably one of the year's best."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 29, 2010
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4/5
|
88%
|
Blue Valentine (2010) |
"
An intensely intimate rendering of love that limits itself to that first falling in and that last falling out."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 29, 2010
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4/5
|
90%
|
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2010) |
"
This is a story of few words, a lot of great music and countless emotional shadings."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Dec 10, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
48%
|
Love and Other Drugs (2010) |
"
Finally, after years of suffering through Hollywood's predictable pap, sentimental mush, boring bromances and mean girl clichés, comes a love story that is actually worth falling for..."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Nov 23, 2010
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|
4/5
|
80%
|
Made in Dagenham (2010) |
"
In "Dagenham," the filmmaker applies just the right pressure in examining why paying someone a fair wage, no matter their gender, shouldn't be all that difficult to agree to. Harrumph."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Nov 18, 2010
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4/5
|
53%
|
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2010) |
"
An extremely satisfying ending to the story of Lisbeth Salander, the tough Swedish cyber punk that actress Noomi Rapace has turned into an iconic New Age heroine."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 28, 2010
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4/5
|
73%
|
Letters to Father Jacob (Postia pappi Jaakobille) (2010) |
"
It's a story of faith expressed with simple grace and the small deeds of a pardoned sinner still searching for forgiveness. It is like a minimalist stage play -- three acts, two characters, quietly redemptive."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 14, 2010
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4/5
|
94%
|
Carlos (2010) |
"
[A] hypnotic and sprawling five-hour-plus piece of cinematic genius from master French filmmaker Olivier Assayas..."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Oct 14, 2010
|
67%
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