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89%
|
Pink Ribbons, Inc. (2012) |
"
The movie's indignation seems justified on at least one point: that the pink-ribbon movement thus far has done more for marketing than for medicine."
—
NPR
Posted May 31, 2012
|
|
4/4
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90%
|
I Wish (2012) |
"
It's about the wonders of everyday life, and of childhood imagination."
—
Washington Post
Posted May 25, 2012
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77%
|
The Intouchables (2012) |
"
The movie, while inherently patronizing, is frisky and mostly likable. But its amiability depends on airbrushing potential sources of misunderstanding, both cultural and political."
—
NPR
Posted May 24, 2012
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|
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97%
|
Oslo, August 31st (2012) |
"
In its depiction of a man who's considering death, the film is never less than fully alive."
—
NPR
Posted May 24, 2012
|
|
|
90%
|
Polisse (2012) |
"
As humane as it is disturbing, Polisse rifles the files of Paris' Child Protection Unit in search of successes, failures and all the shades of ambiguity in between."
—
NPR
Posted May 17, 2012
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|
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38%
|
Where Do We Go Now? (2012) |
"
It's the sort of well-meaning fable that's ultimately more admirable than persuasive."
—
NPR
Posted May 10, 2012
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|
|
92%
|
Nobody Else But You (2012) |
"
The movie may teeter on the edge of Switzerland, but its playful sensibility is entirely French."
—
NPR
Posted May 10, 2012
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|
|
86%
|
Last Call at the Oasis (2012) |
"
[It] may be slick enough to reach people who aren't already familiar with such substances as "new water," atrazine and hexavalent chromium."
—
NPR
Posted May 3, 2012
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|
1.5/4
|
——
|
Fetih 1453 (Conquest 1453) (2012) |
"
Making history may require only bravado, but making historical movies demands subtlety as well."
—
Washington Post
Posted Apr 27, 2012
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|
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24%
|
Elles (2012) |
"
The sex scenes are attention-getting, but Elles is most remarkable as a naturalistic portrait of a woman."
—
NPR
Posted Apr 26, 2012
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|
|
67%
|
Payback (2012) |
"
Ultimately, this intriguing but scattershot movie turns on the incompatibility of two worldviews - the corporate-financial vs. the environmental-spiritual."
—
NPR
Posted Apr 26, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
88%
|
A Simple Life (2012) |
"
Often poignant but leavened with humor."
—
Washington Post
Posted Apr 20, 2012
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|
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74%
|
Chimpanzee (2012) |
"
Perhaps the best strategy for enjoying the movie would be to a) leave sensitive tykes at home and b) bring a portable music player to provide an alternative soundtrack."
—
NPR
Posted Apr 19, 2012
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|
|
86%
|
Whores' Glory (2012) |
"
To combine stories of exploited Third World women with feisty songs by female Anglo-American rockers is to flirt with glamorization."
—
NPR
Posted Apr 19, 2012
|
|
|
90%
|
Post Mortem (2012) |
"
Post Mortem is - intentionally - not an engaging movie."
—
NPR
Posted Apr 12, 2012
|
|
|
50%
|
Late Bloomers (2012) |
"
Ultimately, it's not distinctive enough to draw viewers who haven't given much thought to aging. But that still leaves a substantial audience for the film's gentle laughs and modest insights."
—
NPR
Posted Apr 12, 2012
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|
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75%
|
Surviving Progress (2012) |
"
A provocative if scattershot documentary from directors Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks, who wander off topic more than once as they introduce myriad other voices."
—
NPR
Posted Apr 5, 2012
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|
|
61%
|
We Have a Pope (2012) |
"
It's a half-sweet, half-rueful existential drama in which the satire comes secondary."
—
NPR
Posted Apr 5, 2012
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|
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35%
|
Womb (2012) |
"
The eeriness is underscored by the subtly intricate sound design, and by Green's subtle performance. She deftly balances her desire for the lost Tommy with the maternal responsibility to shield her son."
—
NPR
Posted Mar 29, 2012
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|
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83%
|
The Raid: Redemption (2012) |
"
This electrifying movie isn't just a collection of gory moments. It actually goes somewhere."
—
NPR
Posted Mar 22, 2012
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|
——
|
Pray For Japan (2012) |
"
If the movie's tone is a little sappy, that's hardly inappropriate. Sorrow and resilience are the common bond of the major characters."
—
NPR
Posted Mar 16, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
0%
|
A Thousand Words (2012) |
"
Even when "A Thousand Words" is counseling us to just be quiet and in the moment, it can't just be quiet and in the moment."
—
Washington Post
Posted Mar 9, 2012
|
|
|
98%
|
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2012) |
"
The movie's first word is oishi, Japanese for "delicious," and what follows is a treat for sushi veterans."
—
NPR
Posted Mar 8, 2012
|
|
|
91%
|
Footnote (2012) |
"
The movie is not a story but a text, and Cedar is its playfully intrusive interpreter."
—
NPR
Posted Mar 8, 2012
|
|
|
82%
|
The Salt of Life (2012) |
"
Aided by fluid handheld camerawork from cinematographer Gogo Bianchi, Di Gregorio conjures a Rome that's homey and literally warm - it seems to be August again - with just a hint of Fellini-like frenzy."
—
NPR
Posted Mar 1, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
83%
|
Bullhead (2012) |
"
Many terms applied to action movies - muscular, animalistic, testosterone-fueled - are literally true of Bullhead."
—
Washington Post
Posted Feb 24, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
25%
|
Act of Valor (2012) |
"
The exercises are genuine, and so is the hardware. But the script undermines the sense of authenticity at every turn."
—
Washington Post
Posted Feb 23, 2012
|
|
|
100%
|
The Fairy (2012) |
"
For all its brazen goofiness, The Fairy is subtly designed to reward careful viewing."
—
NPR
Posted Feb 23, 2012
|
|
|
79%
|
Michael (2012) |
"
Like its protagonist, Michael is deliberate and very discreet. It shocks by suggestion, not by display."
—
NPR
Posted Feb 16, 2012
|
|
|
90%
|
The Turin Horse (2012) |
"
The Turin Horse is an absolute vision, masterly and enveloping in a way that less personal, more conventional movies are not. The film doesn't seduce; it commands."
—
NPR
Posted Feb 9, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
85%
|
Chronicle (2012) |
"
A pretty good idea for a sci-fi thriller is undermined by hastiness - and by the pretense that it was mostly shot by one of its protagonists."
—
Washington Post
Posted Feb 3, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
33%
|
The Theatre Bizarre (2012) |
"
These elements may be shocking and even bizarre. But, like a lot of midnight-movie provocations, they soon turn predictable."
—
Washington Post
Posted Feb 3, 2012
|
|
|
72%
|
Windfall (2012) |
"
A veteran film editor making her first feature, Israel emphasizes the area's low-key beauty."
—
NPR
Posted Feb 2, 2012
|
|
|
55%
|
How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster? (2012) |
"
Whether contemplating his own sensibility or challenging himself in cross-country ski marathons, the 76-year-old architect appears here as a man who stands heavy upon the planet."
—
NPR
Posted Jan 26, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
38%
|
Red Tails (2012) |
"
The African American fliers' great achievement merits a great movie. "Red Tails" isn't it."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 20, 2012
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|
|
89%
|
The Pruitt-igoe Myth: An Urban History (2012) |
"
In some ways, The Pruitt-Igoe Myth is more elegy than analysis."
—
NPR
Posted Jan 20, 2012
|
|
|
25%
|
The Divide (2012) |
"
As the loosely aligned band of survivors turns into a pack of sociopathic loners, the only reasonable conclusion is that they were all pretty rotten to begin with."
—
NPR
Posted Jan 12, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
7%
|
The Devil Inside (2012) |
"
You can see where this is going, and the filmmakers can see that you can see. So they rush to the hideous yet hilarious climax in little more than an hour and then pad the running time with the slowest-moving credits ever."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jan 6, 2012
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|
|
74%
|
Norwegian Wood (2012) |
"
The truth is knotty in Norwegian Wood, deftly adapted by Franco-Vietnamese writer-director Tran Anh Hung from Haruki Murakami's most popular novel."
—
NPR
Posted Jan 5, 2012
|
|
|
92%
|
El Sicario, Room 164 (2011) |
"
The stories are horrific, if laced with Tarantino-style humor."
—
NPR
Posted Jan 4, 2012
|
|
|
55%
|
In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011) |
"
In the Land of Blood and Honey is far from the best movie on this subject made since the war ended -- or even this year."
—
NPR
Posted Dec 23, 2011
|
|
|
87%
|
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) |
"
The Swedish version was sloppier and trashier, which suited the material. If that movie was more lurid, it also packed more genuine emotion."
—
NPR
Posted Dec 20, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
61%
|
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) |
"
It's a modest improvement on bad-boy director Guy Ritchie's first tweaking of Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic detective."
—
Washington Post
Posted Dec 16, 2011
|
|
|
75%
|
Addiction Incorporated (2011) |
"
It's engrossing, even if it does lack the element of surprise."
—
NPR
Posted Dec 15, 2011
|
|
|
45%
|
My Piece of the Pie (2011) |
"
A stirring if occasionally over-obvious clash of capital and labor."
—
NPR
Posted Dec 8, 2011
|
|
|
80%
|
Shame (2011) |
"
It was frantic sex that earned Shame an NC-17 rating, but this arty drama is mostly slow and methodical. And thoroughly unsexy."
—
NPR
Posted Dec 2, 2011
|
|
|
78%
|
A Dangerous Method (2011) |
"
A Dangerous Method didn't have to be another Naked Lunch, but Freud plus Jung plus Cronenburg should have equaled something a little more dissonant and troubling."
—
NPR
Posted Nov 23, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
83%
|
My Week with Marilyn (2011) |
"
Williams's Monroe is more vital than anything else. The actress captures Monroe's range of emotions and personae, her shifts from vulnerability to brashness."
—
Washington Post
Posted Nov 23, 2011
|
|
1.5/4
|
25%
|
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011) |
"
The Twilight Saga hasn't matured along with its heroine. In fact, the latest movie regresses a bit, delivering more filler, less feeling and crummier CGI than last year's Eclipse."
—
Washington Post
Posted Nov 17, 2011
|
79%
33%
54%
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