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5/5
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90%
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The Oath (2010) |
"
that rare breed of documentary, a film so exquisitely told you don't want it to end. "
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Filmcritic.com
Posted May 6, 2010
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5/5
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98%
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Blindsight (2006) |
"
If anyone tried to tell you a story about this climb and these kids, Blindsight is exactly what you'd think it should look like."
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Filmcritic.com
Posted Mar 21, 2008
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4.5/5
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80%
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We Need to Talk About Kevin (2012) |
"
... impressively designed, narratively complex and simply scary. And it's the best film to be released in 2011."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Jan 26, 2012
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4.5/5
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97%
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The Artist (2011) |
"
... warm cinema surprises and a seemingly endless creative energy that's easy to fall for."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Dec 21, 2011
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4.5/5
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76%
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The Other F Word (2011) |
"
Whoa, what's this? A punk rock documentary tearjerker? "
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Filmcritic.com
Posted Nov 3, 2011
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4.5/5
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72%
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Bellflower (2011) |
"
It's impossible not to get caught up in a movie made with such brash boldness and brass balls."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Oct 8, 2011
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4.5/5
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87%
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Bobby Fischer Against The World (2011) |
"
When Garbus begins to document the post-disappearance Fischer years, it becomes clear that her film will stand as one of the quintessential Bobby Fischer records."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Jul 31, 2011
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4.5/5
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92%
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Dogtooth (Kynodontas) (2010) |
"
... remarkably creative and strangely entertaining. "
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Feb 19, 2011
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4.5/5
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72%
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Enter the Void (Soudain le vide) (2010) |
"
... aggressive (some would say gratuitous) filmmaking ... pushing, prying and pissing off with what can simply be defined as a true cinematic experience."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Nov 13, 2010
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4.5/5
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82%
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Cairo Time (2010) |
"
... Clarkson lives and breathes the Cairo experience from an American woman's eyes, in a performance that gracefully transcends story and setting. "
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Nov 10, 2010
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4.5/5
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96%
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The Social Network (2010) |
"
Fincher and Sorkin give us no winners and losers ... a refreshing change from dumb-it-down fare. "
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Oct 7, 2010
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4.5/5
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95%
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Best Worst Movie (2010) |
"
Even if fame is fleeting for guys like George Hardy, Best Worst Movie shows us that, like lightning, it might strike twice. "
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Filmcritic.com
Posted Apr 15, 2010
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4.5/5
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69%
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Shutter Island (2010) |
"
... a carefully orchestrated masterwork."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Feb 22, 2010
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4.5/5
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61%
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Brothers (2009) |
"
powerful and damning."
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Filmcritic.com
Posted Dec 3, 2009
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4.5/5
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84%
|
Nights and Weekends (2008) |
"
I can't recall a film with as much character insight as this one; not necessarily character development, but insight."
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Filmcritic.com
Posted Oct 8, 2008
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|
4.5/5
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87%
|
Jesus Camp (2006) |
"
will be viewed as a modern classic in the decades to come."
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Filmcritic.com
Posted Jan 28, 2007
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4.5/5
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79%
|
Chalk (2007) |
"
Led by a likable cast, Chalk toes the line between memorable character study and flat-out ensemble satire."
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Filmcritic.com
Posted Dec 30, 2006
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4.5/5
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81%
|
Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) |
"
that rare first-time gem that does everything remarkably well"
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Filmcritic.com
Posted May 3, 2005
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4.5/5
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96%
|
Bowling for Columbine (2002) |
"
Moore's combination of horror and levity is sharp, uncomfortable, and evocative."
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Filmcritic.com
Posted Oct 11, 2002
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4.5/5
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91%
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Y Tu Mamá También (2001) |
"
There are coming-of-age movies out there nearly all the time, but very few with the heart and wild sexual soul of this one."
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Filmcritic.com
Posted Mar 8, 2002
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4.5/5
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88%
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Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen (2000) |
"
Nothing short of a taut, American classic."
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Filmcritic.com
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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4.5/5
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64%
|
The Yards (2000) |
"
Gray adds the kind of design and style that make The Yards his own, and casts Mark Wahlberg in an increasingly more impressive light."
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Filmcritic.com
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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4/5
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60%
|
Scalene (2012) |
"
an unflinching, character-driven drama"
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Filmcritic.com
Posted Feb 9, 2012
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4/5
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85%
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A Better Life (2011) |
"
Weitz creates an effective, surprisingly artistic heart-tugger ..."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Nov 11, 2011
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4/5
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78%
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Melancholia (2011) |
"
Classic von Trier: handheld camerawork, hand-wringing emotion, and the heavy feeling that everything within the very proper setting is a big, disastrous mess."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Nov 11, 2011
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4/5
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94%
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Win Win (2011) |
"
... insightful look at the idea of friendship, delivered by an enviable collection of poignant performances."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Oct 1, 2011
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4/5
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47%
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The Bang Bang Club (2011) |
"
Silver's recreation of actual events has an almost tangible energy that recalls Paul Greengrass's work."
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Filmcritic.com
Posted May 8, 2011
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4/5
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87%
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Mad Bastards () |
"
lives in a heartbreaking place of real people and their real-life hopes."
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Filmcritic.com
Posted Feb 10, 2011
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4/5
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96%
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True Grit (2010) |
"
An old-time, classically told Cowboy Movie, and a darned good one. "
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Filmcritic.com
Posted Dec 21, 2010
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4/5
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97%
|
Cell 211 (Celda 211) (2009) |
"
not your average jailbreak genre movie"
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Filmcritic.com
Posted Oct 14, 2010
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4/5
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86%
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Inception (2010) |
"
... a bold brain-bender that may stand up as the ultimate thinking man's Hollywood blockbuster."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Jul 20, 2010
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4/5
|
91%
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Winnebago Man (2010) |
"
turns from a simple idea into a complex look at cultural iconography and public perception"
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Filmcritic.com
Posted Jul 8, 2010
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4/5
|
99%
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Toy Story 3 (2010) |
"
... the richest, most overwhelming world ever seen in an animated movie."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Jun 23, 2010
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4/5
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84%
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The Good, the Bad, and the Weird (2010) |
"
Imagine if Terry Gilliam decided to make a spaghetti western by substituting some Asian noodles and leftover beats from Quentin Tarantino and Takashi Miike"
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Filmcritic.com
Posted Apr 9, 2010
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4/5
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73%
|
Children Of Invention (2010) |
"
keeps the danger and sadness at bay, instead giving us two fairly developed kid characters"
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Filmcritic.com
Posted Mar 18, 2010
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4/5
|
79%
|
Politist, adj. (Police, Adjective) (2009) |
"
Award voters usually slobber over performances that demand tears and loads of external turmoil; a performance like Bucur's is the opposite, almost universally overlooked, yet remarkably consistent."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Feb 7, 2010
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4/5
|
60%
|
Frozen (2010) |
"
The brain is far more afraid of the possible than the impossible, and Green knows this"
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Filmcritic.com
Posted Feb 4, 2010
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4/5
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90%
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The Messenger (2009) |
"
It's that fear of the unknown that Moverman (co-writer of I'm Not There and Jesus' Son) captures with urgency and tension."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Dec 21, 2009
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4/5
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98%
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Up (2009) |
"
Meaningful, sweet and sympathetic to two age groups that too often get overlooked."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Dec 20, 2009
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4/5
|
78%
|
Humpday (2009) |
"
engaging conversation that drills into the male psyche%u2014without the heavy psychological edge or goofball antics a Hollywood film might provide."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Dec 20, 2009
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4/5
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67%
|
Grace (2009) |
"
you may never look at a baby sound monitor the same way."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Sep 21, 2009
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4/5
|
79%
|
Chasing a Dream (Miles from Nowhere) (2009) |
"
an artistic celebration of sorts -- with the emotional pain that can come with dedication, and maybe a little madness."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Jun 10, 2009
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4/5
|
83%
|
Pontypool (2009) |
"
a frightening little Canadian chiller"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted May 28, 2009
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4/5
|
82%
|
Two Lovers (2008) |
"
hardcore drama, with desire at its center"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Feb 12, 2009
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4/5
|
83%
|
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2006) |
"
a skillful combination of humor, sadness, and tension"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Jul 25, 2008
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4/5
|
100%
|
Crawford (2008) |
"
shows a skilled hand at documentary filmmaking, entertaining above all"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Jul 6, 2008
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4/5
|
96%
|
Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008) |
"
impressive flexibility and continuity, and there's rarely an uneven moment."
—
Meet In The Lobby
Posted Jun 10, 2008
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4/5
|
97%
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Dave (1993) |
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Mar 21, 2008
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4/5
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83%
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The Dragon Painter (1919) |
"
Important not only artistically, but for its meaning to Asian-Americans in the early 20th Century."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Mar 21, 2008
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4/5
|
100%
|
I Am Cuba (Soy Cuba) (1995) |
"
a chest-thumping source of pride for the Soviet government, full of inciting imagery, enormous filmmaking prowess and the flavor of revolution"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Nov 20, 2007
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