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77%
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Augustine (2013) |
"
Visually, the film conjures the past with shadowy interiors and harsh light. Winocour, who also scripted, often makes her points without words."
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NPR
Posted May 16, 2013
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75%
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Bidder 70 (2013) |
"
Seems designed primarily for teach-ins and rallies."
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NPR
Posted May 16, 2013
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84%
|
Something in the Air (2013) |
"
Viewers who didn't live through the period may not find them evocative. But this movie is about the choices that turn children into adults, and the attempt to balance conflicting enthusiasms."
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NPR
Posted May 2, 2013
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62%
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Paradise: Love (2013) |
"
Paradise: Love is startlingly frank if narratively underdeveloped."
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NPR
Posted Apr 25, 2013
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24%
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Arthur Newman (2013) |
"
Arthur Newman fails to finesse an essential problem: how to make a boring man interesting."
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NPR
Posted Apr 25, 2013
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88%
|
Herman's House (2013) |
"
The contrasting demeanors of its two main characters give Herman's House its spark, but the movie has some pungent moments without them."
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NPR
Posted Apr 18, 2013
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42%
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To The Wonder (2013) |
"
Pretty but inert, To the Wonder is a vaporous mystery wrapped in a gauzy enigma - a cinematic riddle that'll appeal principally to those eager for another piece, however tiny, of the puzzle that is Terrence Malick."
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NPR
Posted Apr 11, 2013
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77%
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Renoir (2013) |
"
The performances are assured, the ambiance impeccable and the themes resonant."
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NPR
Posted Mar 29, 2013
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28%
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) |
"
What's the difference between an action figure and an action star? Very little in G.I. Joe: Retaliation, which features no performances of note, even from such combat-tested thespians as Bruce Willis, Jonathan Pryce and Dwayne Johnson."
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NPR
Posted Mar 28, 2013
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|
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90%
|
My Brother The Devil (2013) |
"
El Hosaini fights the conventions of the brotherly gangster melodrama, but the conventions win."
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NPR
Posted Mar 21, 2013
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37%
|
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) |
"
There are some funny bits and characters around the edges of The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, but its core is empty of humor."
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NPR
Posted Mar 14, 2013
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2.5/4
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31%
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Emperor (2013) |
"
Wrapping a history lesson in a romantic melodrama can make for a lively movie, but only if the love story is juicier than the educational narrative."
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Washington Post
Posted Mar 8, 2013
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|
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90%
|
Beyond The Hills (2013) |
"
Ultimately, the bleak universe conjured by Beyond the Hills is more compelling than what happens in it."
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NPR
Posted Mar 7, 2013
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25%
|
Phantom (2013) |
"
Phantom offers no more plausible a vision of the doomed K-129 than A Good Day to Die Hard does of post-meltdown Chernobyl."
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NPR
Posted Feb 28, 2013
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82%
|
Like Someone in Love (2013) |
"
Like Someone in Love boasts gently insightful moments, but sometimes Kiarostami just seems like a wide-eyed tourist in unbuttoned Tokyo, the anti-Tehran."
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NPR
Posted Feb 14, 2013
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27%
|
The Sorcerer and the White Snake (2013) |
"
These showdowns feature spectacular, Lord of the Rings-style CGI settings, but not much in the way of thrills or terror."
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NPR
Posted Feb 7, 2013
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85%
|
Side Effects (2013) |
"
The movie maintains its sense of style throughout, but that hardly matters as the story just gets stupider and stupider."
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NPR
Posted Feb 7, 2013
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47%
|
Bullet to the Head (2013) |
"
The plot fails to deliver a single surprise ... and the characterizations are thin even by the standards of the tough-guy genre."
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NPR
Posted Jan 31, 2013
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85%
|
The Pirogue (2013) |
"
What distinguishes it is not the depiction of danger and loss at sea, but a deep understanding of West African culture. Unlike such glib Hollywood issue pictures as Blood Diamond, The Pirogue is rich with authentic details."
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NPR
Posted Jan 22, 2013
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—
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52%
|
Where Do We Go Now? (2012) |
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NPR.org
Posted Jan 22, 2013
|
|
—
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92%
|
Farewell, My Queen (2012) |
—
NPR.org
Posted Jan 22, 2013
|
|
—
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95%
|
Chasing Ice (2012) |
—
NPR.org
Posted Jan 22, 2013
|
|
—
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51%
|
Trouble with the Curve (2012) |
—
NPR.org
Posted Jan 22, 2013
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|
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30%
|
Broken City (2013) |
"
As an opportunity for hard-boiled types to trade threats, blows and caustic banter, this modern-day noir works reasonably well."
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NPR
Posted Jan 17, 2013
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76%
|
Hors Satan (2013) |
"
Hors Satan is stark, strange and uncompromisingly personal. It's also vivid and unforgettable."
—
NPR
Posted Jan 17, 2013
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19%
|
The Baytown Outlaws (2013) |
"
Although artistically slight and thematically haphazard, it's enjoyably flashy."
—
NPR
Posted Jan 10, 2013
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|
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98%
|
56 Up (2013) |
"
It offers a few insights, and fascinating updates on the most compelling characters."
—
NPR
Posted Jan 3, 2013
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|
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95%
|
West of Memphis (2012) |
"
It took way too long, but the crowd finally bested the mob."
—
NPR
Posted Dec 27, 2012
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|
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69%
|
Not Fade Away (2012) |
"
Alas, Not Fade Away is far less pungent than the period it attempts to evoke."
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NPR
Posted Dec 20, 2012
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|
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40%
|
Yelling to the Sky (2012) |
"
Mahoney barely explains her characters' circumstances, which makes the movie obliquely intriguing. But whenever the story comes into focus, it's revealed as fairly conventional."
—
NPR
Posted Dec 13, 2012
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4%
|
Playing for Keeps (2012) |
"
Is it a heartwarming romantic drama? Or a cynical sex and sports comedy? There is no wrong answer, dear ticket buyer."
—
NPR
Posted Dec 6, 2012
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|
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32%
|
Deadfall (2012) |
"
For Ruzowitzky, Deadfall seems nothing more than work for hire."
—
NPR
Posted Dec 6, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
40%
|
Back to 1942 (2012) |
"
"Back to 1942" shows the director's mastery of chaotic spectacle, massed human motion and elegant camera movements."
—
Washington Post
Posted Nov 30, 2012
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|
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84%
|
Dragon (2012) |
"
The widescreen cinematography and mountain rain-forest locations retain their interest, as does the deftly incongruous score, which ranges from samba to hard rock."
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NPR
Posted Nov 29, 2012
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|
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94%
|
The Central Park Five (2012) |
"
In addition to recent interviews with the five, the filmmakers deftly marshal news footage, clips from the supposed confessions, and trenchant analysis."
—
NPR
Posted Nov 22, 2012
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13%
|
Red Dawn (2012) |
"
[Its] portrayal of violence derives more from video games than from history."
—
NPR
Posted Nov 20, 2012
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|
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33%
|
Buffalo Girls (2012) |
"
Stam, Pet and their families don't seem to think much about what they're doing. Neither does Buffalo Girls."
—
NPR
Posted Nov 15, 2012
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|
|
98%
|
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God (2012) |
"
Gibney's most powerful film since the Oscar-winning 2007 Taxi to the Dark Side."
—
NPR
Posted Nov 15, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
47%
|
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012) |
"
For Python cultists and completists only."
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Washington Post
Posted Nov 9, 2012
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|
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67%
|
Dangerous Liaisons (2012) |
"
This is a relatively shallow entertainment, but its glossy surfaces certainly are, well, seductive."
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NPR
Posted Nov 8, 2012
|
|
|
95%
|
Chasing Ice (2012) |
"
What sustains the film are neither words nor music but spectacular images of places few people have ever seen."
—
NPR
Posted Nov 8, 2012
|
|
|
68%
|
This Must Be The Place (2012) |
"
This mashup of genres and themes doesn't entirely succeed, but it is warm, funny and ably crafted."
—
NPR
Posted Nov 1, 2012
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|
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80%
|
Orchestra Of Exiles (2012) |
"
Orchestra of Exiles will interest anyone who's concerned with European Jewry or classical music in the first half of the 20th century. But it provides mostly the facts of Huberman's legacy and little of the flavor."
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NPR
Posted Oct 25, 2012
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70%
|
The Loneliest Planet (2012) |
"
The Loneliest Planet does have a quiet power, which is amplified by the movie's rugged landscape."
—
NPR
Posted Oct 25, 2012
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|
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12%
|
Alex Cross (2012) |
"
As goofy as it is gruesome."
—
NPR
Posted Oct 18, 2012
|
|
|
61%
|
Tai Chi Zero (2012) |
"
Fung is enjoying himself so much that he doesn't want the movie to end - and his delight is infectious."
—
NPR
Posted Oct 18, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
5%
|
Atlas Shrugged: Part II (2012) |
"
Rather than refresh the cast with new actors, the producers would have done better to just digitally reanimate Patricia Neal and Gary Cooper, the stars of the 1949 adaptation of Rand's The Fountainhead."
—
Washington Post
Posted Oct 11, 2012
|
|
|
88%
|
The Big Picture (2012) |
"
This existential thriller is about a person who seeks personal freedom by becoming somebody else."
—
NPR
Posted Oct 11, 2012
|
|
|
93%
|
The House I Live In (2012) |
"
Jarecki's documentary assembles [its arguments] deftly, with much help from former crime reporter David Simon, who left the Baltimore Sun to become the auteur of such mean-streets TV dramas as The Wire."
—
NPR
Posted Oct 4, 2012
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