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3/4
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80%
|
The Summit (2013) |
"
The Summit joins a small but distinguished canon, which include Jon Krakauer's best-selling Into Thin Air and Kevin Macdonald's gripping documentary Touching the Void."
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Oct 4, 2013
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|
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88%
|
Captain Phillips (2013) |
"
With its twists and turns and at 99 minutes, A Hijacking outsmarts the 132-minute long Captain Phillips."
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Sep 30, 2013
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2.5/4
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Je m'appelle Hmmm... (My Name Is Hmmm...) () |
"
The film is quietly observational and, in terms of style, all over the place. The director obviously borrows from the looseness of the early French New Wave."
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Sep 30, 2013
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2/4
|
78%
|
Abus de faiblesse (Abuse of Weakness) () |
"
The physical demands of the role offer a new opportunity for Huppert, who is otherwise on automatic pilot, aloof and disdainful."
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Sep 30, 2013
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|
2.5/4
|
55%
|
Child Of God () |
"
This is a tough sell, a heavy-duty Southern gothic that makes the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men seem lightweight."
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Sep 30, 2013
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3/4
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Club Sándwich (Club Sandwich) () |
"
A more intimate mother and son relationship is hard to imagine. "
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Sep 30, 2013
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3/4
|
100%
|
Le Week-End (2013) |
"
Delightfully tart ... you can feel elated and sad at the same time."
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Sep 30, 2013
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|
3.5/4
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——
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Eastern Boys () |
"
Fascinating and suspenseful"
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Sep 23, 2013
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3/4
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L'armée du salut (Salvation Army) () |
"
Beautifully observed and melancholic"
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Sep 23, 2013
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2.5/4
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——
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The Dog () |
"
An unexpurgated blast of gay 1970s New York"
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Sep 23, 2013
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|
3.5/4
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——
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Pelo malo (Bad Hair) () |
"
The most endearing film I saw out of 36 films [at the Toronto International Film Festival] was Bad Hair."
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Sep 23, 2013
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|
3.5/4
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95%
|
Enough Said (2013) |
"
Even without the foreknowledge of [Gandolfini]'s recent death, the film has a lingering sense of regret, despite its Hollywood ending. "
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Sep 23, 2013
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|
2.5/4
|
——
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Amazonia () |
"
In a visually resplendent French/Brazilian live-action co-production, a scene-stealer little capuchin monkey survives a plane clash and has to learn to fend for himself ... Run, little monkey, run! "
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Sep 23, 2013
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|
3/4
|
98%
|
Gravity (2013) |
"
High-class hokum 600,000 feet in orbit"
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Sep 23, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
97%
|
12 Years a Slave (2013) |
"
The drooping Spanish moss is about the only visual icon that this film shares with Gone With the Wind."
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Sep 23, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
12%
|
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) |
"
A passable late-summer stand-in for its core audience until the new fall CW television season begins."
—
School Library Journal
Posted Aug 21, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
68%
|
The Artist and the Model (2013) |
"
With understated performances and unabashed arty nudity, it's drama au natural."
—
Film-Forward.com
Posted Aug 16, 2013
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2/4
|
38%
|
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) |
"
{Percy] wants to prove that he's not a "one-quest wonder," but this movie franchise-wannabe doesn't escape that dig."
—
School Library Journal
Posted Aug 7, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
98%
|
Wadjda (2013) |
"
It engages largely because of its rebellious title character, an enterprising, plucky, and very obstinate 10-year-old girl."
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Aug 4, 2013
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3/4
|
84%
|
Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers (2013) |
"
The film will more than scratch an itch for heist film fans waiting for the next Topkapi, Rififi, or The Thomas Crown Affair."
—
Film-Forward.com
Posted Aug 1, 2013
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|
3/4
|
91%
|
The Spectacular Now (2013) |
"
The director's attention to well-rounded, non-stereotypical characterization is spread evenly throughout the ensemble."
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School Library Journal
Posted Jul 30, 2013
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|
3/4
|
——
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Jîn () |
"
Every frame tells a story."
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Jul 28, 2013
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|
3/4
|
100%
|
The Rocket (2013) |
"
The director moves the incident-packed story line at an energetic pace; there's never a dull moment. You're bound to hear applause as the final credits roll."
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Jul 28, 2013
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|
3/4
|
——
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Stand Clear Of The Closing Doors () |
"
An indirect tribute to the 1951 independent landmark The Little Fugitive"
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Jul 28, 2013
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|
2.5/4
|
——
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Sunlight Jr. (2013) |
"
An atypical American social realist film that offers a low-key and somber look at the country's underclass"
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Jul 28, 2013
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|
2/4
|
——
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Bluebird () |
"
Without a variation in the film's morose tone, it comes off as a slice of rust belt misery."
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Jul 28, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
——
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Six Acts (2013) |
"
The tyranny of popularity among high schoolers has rarely been depicted so brutally. It's a different kind of teen horror movie."
—
Film-Forward.com
Posted Jul 28, 2013
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|
3/4
|
91%
|
Blue Jasmine (2013) |
"
Though it's still early, this will likely be the best-written and most layered female character in an American film this year."
—
Film-Forward.com
Posted Jul 26, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
40%
|
The Secret Disco Revolution (2013) |
"
Much will be familiar, though this is the first time I've heard that the original discotheques came about in France under the Nazi Occupation."
—
Film-Forward.com
Posted Jul 10, 2013
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3/4
|
——
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Les garçons et Guillaume, à table () |
"
[It reminded] the Cannes audience that it was okay to laugh. Lightweight, but winningly amusing."
—
Film-Forward.com
Posted Jul 10, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
92%
|
The Selfish Giant () |
"
And apparently there's life after Downton Abbey. In a 180-degree departure from that show's scheming Miss O'Brien, actress Siobhan Finneran plays Swifty's abused, soft-spoken mum. She and the boys are wonderful."
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Jul 10, 2013
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|
2.5
|
67%
|
Magic Magic (2013) |
"
For viewers stuck on this island for 90 minutes with three boisterous extroverts and one semi-catatonic, semi-hysteric guest, it's like coming down with a case of both schizophrenia and high cabin fever."
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Jul 10, 2013
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3/4
|
——
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La Jaula De Oro (1991) |
"
The point of view is effortlessly empathetic. In a year where there have already been numerous films showcasing great non-professional casts ..., this one joins the ranks."
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Jul 10, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
——
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My Sweet Pepperland () |
"
The lead actors have chemistry, and with Baran's hazel eyes and Govend's high cheek bones, what else do you need?"
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Film-Forward.com
Posted Jul 10, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
——
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Dast-Neveshtehaa Nemisoosand (Manuscripts Don't Burn) () |
"
The film observes rather than thrills, methodically demonstrating: this is how it happens. This tone and the even-keel direction avoid the trappings of a screed. It's actually a quiet but angry film."
—
Film-Forward.com
Posted Jul 10, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
64%
|
Tiger Eyes (2013) |
"
Guided by a gentle pace, this is a quiet film, in tone and in its acting."
—
School Library Journal
Posted Jun 18, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
92%
|
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) |
"
May be the Coens' saddest yet"
—
Film-Forward.com
Posted Jun 11, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
81%
|
Nebraska (2013) |
"
A straightforward road trip with an embracing sense of melancholia"
—
Film-Forward.com
Posted Jun 11, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
40%
|
Only God Forgives (2013) |
"
Gosling plays it cool, maybe too much so. He's on no-emote control ... Though morally and emotionally superficial, the film mesmerizes visually"
—
Film-Forward.com
Posted Jun 11, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
84%
|
A Touch of Sin (2013) |
"
This was one film that I gladly wished was longer. It's the best omnibus in quite some time."
—
Film-Forward.com
Posted Jun 11, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
88%
|
La Vénus à la fourrure (Venus in Fur) () |
"
Polanski knows the jig is up: this is a beautifully framed mounting of a play, filmed elegantly with simply composed shots. "
—
Film-Forward.com
Posted Jun 11, 2013
|
|
4/4
|
94%
|
The Past (2013) |
"
A great novelist-as-filmmaker, Farhadi has written another mystery where every plot detail counts, beginning simply and innocuously enough."
—
Film-Forward.com
Posted Jun 11, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
95%
|
Blue Is The Warmest Color (2013) |
"
Forget the on-screen sex, it's the emotions that are too explicit."
—
Film-Forward.com
Posted Jun 11, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
91%
|
Our Nixon (2013) |
"
An insular time capsule, and a somewhat snarky tweak, of the country's most complicated president."
—
Film-Forward.com
Posted Mar 26, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
——
|
Anton tut ryadom (Anton's Right Here) () |
"
And boy, has the director found a compelling story line ... Remarkably, the overall point of view remains sober-it's uplifting, but no Kleenex is necessary."
—
Film-Forward.com
Posted Mar 26, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
——
|
Eles Voltam (They'll Come Back) () |
"
Though geared for adults, this quiet and enfolding film feels like a remarkably perceptive YA novel."
—
Film-Forward.com
Posted Mar 26, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
79%
|
Reality (2013) |
"
The effect of watching this beautifully crafted and sincere film about desire run amok is virtually hypnotic, thanks to the long gilding takes."
—
Film-Forward.com
Posted Mar 15, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
——
|
Mauvaise Fille () |
"
The film refuses to embrace even its audience. Take that as praise and a warning."
—
Film-Forward.com
Posted Mar 7, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
71%
|
Le magasin des suicides (The Suicide Shop) () |
"
After the success of the irreverent The Book of Mormon, this would be a natural for the stage-Broadway would be so lucky."
—
Film-Forward.com
Posted Mar 7, 2013
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