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2.5/4
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90%
|
Ain't In It For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm (2013) |
"
Less than satisfying treatment of beloved musician, who never quite lets his guard down."
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Newsday
Posted May 2, 2013
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|
2.5/4
|
43%
|
Midnight's Children (2013) |
"
Mehta has given us something as pale as it is panoramic."
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Newsday
Posted May 2, 2013
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1.5/4
|
42%
|
Paris Manhattan (2013) |
"
One supposes that if, by some unlikely convergence of circumstance, the mind that came up with this premise could also invest it with wit, the result would have seemed like genius. It does not."
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Newsday
Posted May 2, 2013
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—
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——
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Ekspeditionen til verdens ende (The Expedition to the End of the World) () |
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Variety
Posted May 2, 2013
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3/5
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——
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One Night Stand (2013) |
"
"One Night Stand" manages to illuminate something very real about theater, the way each craft contributes to the whole and the sense of community that can develop, even in a day."
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New York Times
Posted Apr 25, 2013
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|
3.5/4
|
87%
|
In the House (2013) |
"
Ozon is an artful provocateur and observer of human nature."
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Newsday
Posted Apr 25, 2013
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3/4
|
98%
|
Mud (2013) |
"
Nichols' wild narrative tributaries all eventually intersect, and at no time does he let one's attention stall."
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Newsday
Posted Apr 25, 2013
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3/4
|
94%
|
Room 237 (2013) |
"
There's enough real evidence supporting the theory that Kubrick was a genius, and that's pretty entertaining all by itself."
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Newsday
Posted Apr 18, 2013
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|
3.5/4
|
89%
|
The Angels' Share (2013) |
"
Unexpectedly, and blithely, amusing."
—
Newsday
Posted Apr 18, 2013
|
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1.5/4
|
42%
|
To The Wonder (2013) |
"
"To the Wonder" is a trailer for itself, although it could be mistaken for a high-end perfume commercial ..."
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Newsday
Posted Apr 18, 2013
|
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4/4
|
87%
|
Upstream Color (2013) |
"
Elliptical and utterly fascinating adventure in cinema, one that defies simple explanations, but worms its way into the brain."
—
Newsday
Posted Apr 18, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
68%
|
Trance (2013) |
"
For much of the film ... Boyle's innate flair as a dramatist and conjurer keeps one clamped to the armrests."
—
Newsday
Posted Apr 11, 2013
|
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3/4
|
65%
|
Starbuck (2013) |
"
"Starbuck" is essentially a situation comedy, but what a situation."
—
Newsday
Posted Apr 11, 2013
|
|
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76%
|
No Place On Earth (2013) |
"
A substantial contribution to Holocaust cinema."
—
Variety
Posted Apr 5, 2013
|
|
|
44%
|
Thale (2013) |
"
It's too wordy by half, saying what it should be showing -- which is ironic, given helmer Aleksander L. Nordaas' able hand, early on, with unspoken, unseen horrors."
—
Variety
Posted Apr 5, 2013
|
|
|
92%
|
Free Angela & All Political Prisoners (2013) |
"
Fugitive, radical, communist and philosopher Angela Davis was the lefty hipster's pin-up girl and the right-winger's Afro-ed nightmare, and her authority and charisma are on full display in Free Angela & All Political Prisoners."
—
Variety
Posted Apr 5, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
96%
|
Blancanieves (2013) |
"
Sensuous, mischievous, hotblooded retelling of the old Teutonic fairy tale."
—
Newsday
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
81%
|
Renoir (2013) |
"
Sumptuous, savvy study of art making, love and light. Much of the passion, however, is in the pictures."
—
Newsday
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
81%
|
From Up On Poppy Hill (2013) |
"
Both genuinely emotional and blithely engaging."
—
Newsday
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
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45%
|
Leonie (2013) |
"
Failing to carve anything graceful or fluid out of a slab of biography, helmer Hisako Matsui does bring to light a curious and intriguing story of a great-woman-behind-a-great-man in Leonie."
—
Variety
Posted Mar 25, 2013
|
|
|
93%
|
Sugar (2008) |
"
Sugar, a baseball movie, an immigrant parable and a thoroughly entertaining drama that accomplishes the seemingly impossible task of putting a fresh face on the fractured American Dream."
—
Newsday
Posted Mar 20, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
67%
|
Stoker (2013) |
"
Even though Park creates and sustains a mood, and shows what an athlete he is with the camera, the actors are struggling valiantly to give some emotional texture to a story that, ultimately, defeats itself."
—
Newsday
Posted Mar 14, 2013
|
|
4/4
|
90%
|
Beyond The Hills (2013) |
"
Cristian Mungiu's "Beyond the Hills" moves so effortlessly through the gnarly intersection of love, loss, God and godlessness that you barely notice how much he's doing, and with such effortless grace."
—
Newsday
Posted Mar 14, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
92%
|
No (2013) |
"
On every level, "No" leaves one with bittersweet feelings about democracy, love and the cost of compromise."
—
Newsday
Posted Mar 7, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
13%
|
Molly's Theory Of Relativity (2013) |
"
For all of "Molly's" naturalistic, low-budget indie ambience, the film is a fantastical curiosity, whose indulgences will try one's patience."
—
Newsday
Posted Mar 7, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
88%
|
Hava Nagila: The Movie (2013) |
"
The attitude is so much fun and the story so involving that a little naches is forgivable."
—
Newsday
Posted Mar 7, 2013
|
|
4/4
|
92%
|
The Gatekeepers (2013) |
"
A remarkable character study."
—
Newsday
Posted Feb 28, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
58%
|
Snitch (2013) |
"
Ultimately, the social-issue element of the movie gets buried in the wreckage, but it's comforting to know it's there."
—
Newsday
Posted Feb 21, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
82%
|
Like Someone in Love (2013) |
"
Masterful filmmaking bridges a few gaps in the narrative."
—
Newsday
Posted Feb 21, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
100%
|
Sound City (2013) |
"
A cocky, affectionate and very musical documentary that may make its central point a few times too often."
—
Newsday
Posted Feb 7, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
88%
|
Yossi (2013) |
"
Beneath its economical story line, "Yossi" is also about leaving the past behind in a larger, national, more metaphysical fashion, too."
—
Newsday
Posted Jan 31, 2013
|
|
|
67%
|
Manhunt () |
"
"Manhunt" is dense with information and revelations, and Barker interweaves his archival footage, Philip Sheppard's moody music and contrasting lighting to keep the film's sensibility nimble and shifting."
—
Variety
Posted Jan 29, 2013
|
|
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——
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Krugovi (Circles) () |
"
An unorthodox morality tale about Serb-on-Serb crime in which concentric narratives make for considerable resonance."
—
Variety
Posted Jan 29, 2013
|
|
|
33%
|
The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman () |
"
A profoundly unnecessary movie."
—
Variety
Posted Jan 23, 2013
|
|
|
——
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Un giorno devi andare (There Will Come a Day) () |
"
A film that mixes the earthy and the ethereal to intoxicating effect."
—
Variety
Posted Jan 22, 2013
|
|
|
——
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Salma () |
"
Salma might have been treated with a kind of knee-jerk triumphalism, but the helmer has an uncanny ability to achieve intimacy with her subjects."
—
Variety
Posted Jan 22, 2013
|
|
|
71%
|
In a World... (2013) |
"
To call Lake Bell a magnetic, intelligent, blithely screwball leading lady in the Carole Lombard tradition might be selling her short."
—
Variety
Posted Jan 22, 2013
|
|
|
——
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Pandora's Promise (2013) |
"
Most issue docs are propaganda, and Robert Stone's latest is a formidable sales pitch for nukes, yet the film's points are well reasoned and urgent."
—
Variety
Posted Jan 22, 2013
|
|
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——
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Charlie Victor Romeo () |
"
Charlie Victor Romeo defies one convention after another: A thriller with arthouse bona fides, minimalist in design but shot in 3D, it brings the original 1999 play to the screen in a fashion that's stagebound yet otherworldy."
—
Variety
Posted Jan 22, 2013
|
|
|
——
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99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film () |
"
A doc as messy as the movement it tries to portray, 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film possesses energy, passion and about a dozen docs inside it yearning to breathe free."
—
Variety
Posted Jan 22, 2013
|
|
|
100%
|
The Kings of Summer (2013) |
"
Toy's House, Jordan Vogt-Roberts' debut feature, is a full-on fairy tale, and one that could win plenty of friends with its absurdist, caustically funny take on adolescent agitation."
—
Variety
Posted Jan 22, 2013
|
|
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——
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Pussy Riot- - A Punk Prayer (2013) |
"
They're not John, Paul and Ringo, but Nadia, Masha and Katia -- aka Pussy Riot -- are now among the most famous rockers in the world. In Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer, they also appear to be the bravest."
—
Variety
Posted Jan 22, 2013
|
|
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——
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This Is Martin Bonner (2013) |
"
A mood piece, a character study and an exercise in poetic gesture possessed of a sort of evanescent, secular spirituality."
—
Variety
Posted Jan 22, 2013
|
|
—
|
50%
|
FrackNation (2013) |
—
Variety
Posted Jan 22, 2013
|
|
—
|
100%
|
Radio Unnameable (2012) |
—
Variety
Posted Jan 22, 2013
|
|
—
|
——
|
Crave () |
—
Variety
Posted Jan 22, 2013
|
|
—
|
70%
|
Sushi: The Global Catch (2012) |
—
Variety
Posted Jan 22, 2013
|
|
—
|
56%
|
The Revenant (2012) |
—
Variety
Posted Jan 22, 2013
|
|
|
92%
|
Future Weather (2013) |
"
Centered around a quietly spectacular performance by young Perla Haney-Jardine, Future Weather integrates a green message into a striking and emotional drama about intergenerational female conflict."
—
Variety
Posted Jan 22, 2013
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