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4/5
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81%
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Yadon Ilaheyya (Divine Intervention) (Chronicle of Love and Pain) (2003) |
"
Wonderfully effective, funny and yet horrific."
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Film Threat
Posted Mar 11, 2003
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79%
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Orlando (1992) |
"
Warmer color and sound enhance this new release print, but the film's wry humor, action fantasy, and a literary leaning may make for tough sledding with today's viewers. "
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Jul 10, 2010
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78%
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The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector (2010) |
"
Filmmaker Vikram Jayanti anti-Michael Moore-ishly absents himself and allows his heretofore reclusive, acidly humorous subject to hang himself or not."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Jul 9, 2010
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Zero no Shoten (Zero Focus) (1961) |
"
Sentimental strings help to relate this drama to Western noir of years ago. But landscape, season and historical context also couple the stylish film to a distinctly Eastern sensibility."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Jul 4, 2010
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63%
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Great Directors (2010) |
"
This documentary, full of interviews and clips, is not for the casual moviegoer but for the hard-core, often art-house crowd and the historian."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Jul 1, 2010
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96%
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Restrepo (2010) |
"
This real-action vérité is as tense as the beachhead sequence of 'Saving Private Ryan' and all the more emotional in that these are not actors in recreation."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Jun 26, 2010
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85%
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Reel Injun (2010) |
"
Though stricter selectivity would not have harmed this documentary, its enthusiastic embrace is instructive and moving. "
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Jun 20, 2010
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75%
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John Rabe (2010) |
"
This is a story of courage and integrity, and the phlegmatic Ulrich Tukur does well by a quiet hero ignored for over half a century. "
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted May 20, 2010
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97%
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Maria Full of Grace (2004) |
"
'Maria Full of Grace' offers a clear picture of the economics that drive the hopeless many to take risks in the enrichment of the few. "
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Apr 28, 2010
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99%
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Metropolis (1927) |
"
The true stars here are Fritz Lang's grandiosity of conception, the camerawork by Karl Freund and Günther Rittau, and the symmetrical sets and special-visual effects. "
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Apr 26, 2010
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89%
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Breath Made Visible: Anna Halprin (2010) |
"
Not artsy, or about 'art' per se, 'Breath Made Visible' inspires but, given demographics, a viable audience may prove hard to drum up. "
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Apr 22, 2010
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27%
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After.Life (2010) |
"
Has some first-timer flaws but avoids 'cheesy horror movie' status by serious tapping into the vein Poe mined for premature burial. "
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Apr 15, 2010
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Lady Snowblood 2 - Love Song of Vengeance (Shura-yuki-hime: Urami Renga) (2004) |
"
That the second film, 'Love Song,' does not match its predecessor only shows that sequels are seldom equal. It is still a good view, however."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Apr 9, 2010
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88%
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Sun Behind the Clouds (2010) |
"
Avoids talking head-itis, limiting commentators to a digestible few, mostly Tibetan-in-exile authors, historians, dissidents and activists."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Mar 31, 2010
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77%
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The Eclipse (2010) |
"
'The Eclipse' is announced as 'exquisitely crafted supernatural drama,' which it may arguably be except for the 'supernatural.'"
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Mar 25, 2010
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92%
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Vincere (2010) |
"
At its center are a strong Filippo Timi as Mussolini and, in a shattering performance, Giovanna Mezzogiorno as the woman he cast aside in the name of expediency."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Mar 18, 2010
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92%
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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) |
"
Fables for a less saturated and cynical age, 'The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad' deserves more than it has received."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Mar 18, 2010
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98%
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Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) (Nosferatu the Vampire) (1922) |
"
'Nosferatu' is worthwhile on two counts: mise-en-scène and the actor who is the title (and sole) vampire."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Mar 10, 2010
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Man Who Skied Down Everest () |
"
In this documentary, striking hand-held photography is done on the spot as opposed to post-production gussying up."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Feb 18, 2010
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100%
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Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari. (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) (1920) |
"
Even if taken as social or Freudian statement, Caligari's real star attraction is in the visuals."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Feb 7, 2010
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69%
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Delta (2009) |
"
Despite home front deprivation, films like 'Delta' give evidence of Budapest's reserve of talent and promise."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Feb 1, 2010
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97%
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Ajami (2010) |
"
Complex like its nation's own ethnic and cultural stew, this is bracing cinema even while its implications are distressing in the extreme."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Jan 30, 2010
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87%
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Soundtrack For A Revolution (2009) |
"
It's the clips of early television broadcast reportage -- along with the emotional memories of those who participated, that still move one to tears, awe and pride."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Jan 21, 2010
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100%
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My Neighbor, My KIller (2009) |
"
While 'My Neighbor, My Killer' should be applauded for avoiding the call to sensationalism, its beaten-down, nearly toneless low key grows repetitious."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Jan 15, 2010
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97%
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Burma VJ: Reporter i et Lukket Land (Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country) (2008) |
"
Events are movingly and fortuitously recorded here, but the world's attention has shifted to other media moments."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Jan 15, 2010
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96%
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Sweetgrass (2009) |
"
The men who inhabit the land and herd the sheep grow in stature and remain with the viewer after 'Sweetgrass' is over."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Jan 4, 2010
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85%
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The White Ribbon (Das weisse Band) (2009) |
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The narrator-teacher's voice and shy personality lull and convince, and approximation becomes acceptable reality."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Dec 27, 2009
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75%
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The Young Victoria (2009) |
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Victoria's schooling in responsibility takes a back seat to the emergence of passionate womanhood, not cheapened by cinema's usual descent to sex steam."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Dec 17, 2009
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97%
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The Hurt Locker (2009) |
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The tension of life-and-death situations and of egos that need to cooperate to survive, is manifest in 'The Hurt Locker.'"
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Dec 4, 2009
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96%
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Intolerance (1916) |
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Foreshadows what film could be -- spectacle reinforcing eternal themes of love and death -- and, at its best, would be."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Dec 1, 2009
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67%
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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009) |
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Robin Wright Penn delivers the mature performance of her career as the title character in 'The Private Lives of Pippa Lee.'"
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Nov 27, 2009
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91%
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Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) |
"
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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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Oct 23, 2009
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94%
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Juno (2007) |
"
'Juno' is on some counts unrealistic and does not probe deeply, but it has undeniable charm."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Oct 13, 2009
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87%
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Araya (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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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Oct 7, 2009
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50%
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Shadrach (1998) |
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A vignette, really, a couple of days in a boy%u06E5s life recollected in tranquillity."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Sep 28, 2009
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68%
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Paris (2008) |
"
'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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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Sep 16, 2009
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56%
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9 (2009) |
"
Soul is what distinguished man from brute, and 9 and his appealing cohorts have that in abundance."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Sep 6, 2009
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87%
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Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008) |
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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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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Aug 16, 2009
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73%
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The Learning Tree (1969) |
"
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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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Aug 5, 2009
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82%
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Bakjwi (Thirst) (2009) |
"
Among its type, 'Thirst' succeeds despite too many distractions."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Jul 23, 2009
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100%
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Shoah (1985) |
"
'Shoah' is difficult to watch, but few other films match its consideration of unspeakable evil and indifference."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Jul 17, 2009
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22%
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Blood: The Last Vampire (2009) |
"
Boys in the audience may groan indulgently, but their dates ought to squeal with delighted pride."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Jul 9, 2009
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93%
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Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (2009) |
"
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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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Jul 9, 2009
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67%
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DJ Spooky's Rebirth of a Nation (2009) |
"
DJ Spooky's 'Rebirth of a Nation' is an admirable fusion film in its own right."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Jun 28, 2009
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86%
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A Man for All Seasons (1966) |
"
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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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Jun 24, 2009
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Life on Earth (2000) |
"
Accurately and lovingly filmed, so one easily slides into this world."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Jun 20, 2009
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66%
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Dead Snow (Død snø) (2009) |
"
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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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Jun 16, 2009
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81%
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Unmistaken Child (2009) |
"
Scripted or posed pieces blend seamlessly with the spontaneous non-fiction in this impressive documentary."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted May 31, 2009
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100%
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Afghan Star (2009) |
"
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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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted May 30, 2009
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Hyazgar (Desert Dream) (2007) |
"
Lovely as a tree."
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Apr 24, 2009
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68%
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