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4/5
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71%
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Wish You Were Here (2013) |
"
a peek at the power of heavy consequences, an amped-up version of that dreary feeling you get after vacation"
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Film Racket
Posted Jun 6, 2013
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2/5
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50%
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The Great Gatsby (2013) |
"
... the characters play second fiddle to their surroundings, plotted out in carefully architected 3D depth, lightly glazed with an (East) egg wash."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted May 9, 2013
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3.5/5
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92%
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Silver Linings Playbook (2012) |
"
Cooper and Lawrence--Cooper especially-a-re naturally inviting actors, so we're willing to put up with their BS, and the screenplay's... "
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted May 1, 2013
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3/5
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89%
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Lincoln (2012) |
"
... just too much, a pressing, melodramatic attempt to take its own place in film history as a capital-A Achievement."
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Film Racket
Posted Apr 13, 2013
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3.5/5
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77%
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It's a Disaster (2013) |
"
When the script experiences a weaker or slower spot, the action moves along at a welcome clip, admirable considering the film's constrained spaces. "
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Film Racket
Posted Apr 12, 2013
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8.6/10
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94%
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Room 237 (2013) |
"
Confounding, eye-opening, and often hilarious."
—
Paste Magazine
Posted Apr 5, 2013
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4.5/5
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100%
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Burn (2012) |
"
... an American treasure, expertly told and exceptionally executed "
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Mar 28, 2013
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3.5/5
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62%
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We Have a Pope (2012) |
"
Piccoli is so overwhelmingly effective as the pope that his touching performance commands the film, and overrides Moretti's odd storytelling shortcomings. "
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Mar 24, 2013
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4.5/5
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65%
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Starbuck (2013) |
"
By the film's satisfying final scenes, Scott and company are tugging at heartstrings earnestly and damn effectively."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Mar 24, 2013
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4/5
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60%
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John Dies at the End (2013) |
"
... where George Romero, the Evil Dead series and Richard Kelly's brain are having cheap sex, and everyone is on laughing gas."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Feb 23, 2013
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3.5/5
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98%
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56 Up (2013) |
"
Apted's subjects have the physical changes, of course... and there's a greater tendency toward the self-awareness and resignation that comes with age. But fans of the series may be otherwise surprised by the update's distinct lack of stopping power. "
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Feb 8, 2013
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3/5
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79%
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Quartet (2013) |
"
Hoffman knows and respects his audience, but his film refuses to challenge them... Quartet is just, well, appropriately pleasant."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Jan 24, 2013
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3.5/5
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84%
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Detropia (2012) |
"
... photography and spare music that sustains a hauntingly dim tone, while suffering the occasional monotony of a documentary without a story arc."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Jan 17, 2013
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4/5
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69%
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Les Misérables (2012) |
"
A rewarding musical movie. Its sweeping orchestrations and memorable acting make those longer sequences feel shorter, make the overly saccharine stuff not too sticky."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Dec 26, 2012
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9/10
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93%
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Zero Dark Thirty (2013) |
"
The result is a remarkably thorough, unexpectedly cinematic, two-and-half-hour chronicle of American persistence."
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Paste Magazine
Posted Dec 21, 2012
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3.5/5
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52%
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This is 40 (2012) |
"
... a narrative mess, a stack of repetitive story blocks hastily piled into a 2-hour-plus comedy. But it's also really funny. "
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Dec 18, 2012
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4.5/5
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98%
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This Is Not a Film (2012) |
"
... we start to believe this just might be one of the great bold, clandestine film projects ever made."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Dec 9, 2012
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3.5/5
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91%
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Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) |
"
Once the actors get into a comfortable groove, Safety reveals some touching moments... "
—
Meet In The Lobby
Posted Nov 20, 2012
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3.5/5
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78%
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A Late Quartet (2012) |
"
When Hoffman and Keener are onscreen... Yaron Zilberman's debut feature plays its most beautiful and intelligent music."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Nov 1, 2012
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4/5
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67%
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Cloud Atlas (2012) |
"
Tom Tykwer and The Wachowskis have created a film that transcends its heft, adapting David Mitchell's mega-novel into a brisk, cinematic showcase of excitement and surprises. "
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Oct 28, 2012
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2.5/5
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51%
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Pusher (2012) |
"
... the story hasn't aged particularly well, and the director's attempts to recreate that 1990s style are uneven, unintended, or just plain unnecessary. "
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Oct 28, 2012
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8.7/10
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96%
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Argo (2012) |
"
For those people with lingering questions about Ben Affleck's talents as a filmmaker, Argo should remove any doubt."
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Paste Magazine
Posted Oct 12, 2012
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2.5/5
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28%
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Backwards (2012) |
"
In this romantic drama, sweet and innocent equals plain and predictable. And unless you're a hopeful teenage moviegoer, that's a subpar equation for a feature film. "
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Sep 27, 2012
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4.5/5
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88%
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Welcome To Pine Hill (2013) |
"
... feels so richly authentic, you could easily mistake it for a documentary."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Aug 25, 2012
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4.5/5
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89%
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Compliance (2012) |
"
The setup is cinematically basic - and, as a director, Zobel has fine skills in ensuring a movie about a phone call doesn't feel static - but there are plenty of cultural and sociological layers within."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Aug 25, 2012
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58%
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Sparkle (2012) |
"
Sparkle never really gets big. It pretends to."
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Paste Magazine
Posted Aug 23, 2012
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4.5/5
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73%
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Dark Horse (2012) |
"
Dark Horse does offer a melancholic connection to the audience, one with eerie, unexpected impact."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Aug 11, 2012
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3.5/5
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79%
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Ruby Sparks (2012) |
"
Ruby Sparks clicks, making the most of rich performances by stars Dano and Zoe Kazan, with a script by Kazan that embraces as much convention as it intends to buck."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Jul 26, 2012
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3.5/5
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87%
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The Dark Knight Rises (2012) |
"
... a huge, mixed bag of Nolan-sized ambition, working both for and against the film. "
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Jul 19, 2012
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4.5/5
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95%
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5 Broken Cameras (2012) |
"
... a story that posits man's tender connections against its violent tendencies."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Jun 26, 2012
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2/5
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35%
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) |
"
... unsure and inconsistent, waffling between horror humor and historical fiction, never feeling firm enough to establish either..."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Jun 22, 2012
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2.5/5
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53%
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Patang (2012) |
"
Bhargava is so caught up in his subtle, non-participant viewpoint - which works very well, by the way - that he doesn't emphasize dialogue or actors enough to craft an emotional bond."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Jun 16, 2012
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7.0/10
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96%
|
Yellow Submarine (2012) |
"
Whether it was a case of inspiration or coincidence, most of Yellow Submarine's more creative and graceful visuals are those that complement the songs."
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Paste Magazine
Posted Jun 8, 2012
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4/5
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77%
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The Color Wheel (2012) |
"
Perry takes two characters, a road trip plot, and grainy 16-millimeter Kodak film (yes, film) and smugly rips up a generation of indie film trends."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Jun 3, 2012
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4/5
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79%
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The Grey (2012) |
"
Joe Carnahan's Alaska-set survivalist fable feels familiar, but it's also sharp and focused, Carnahan's best film in a decade."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Jun 3, 2012
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4.5/10
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20%
|
Chernobyl Diaries (2012) |
"
It's appropriate that the young cast spends a good deal of time running in circles -- it's a metaphor for first-time director Brad Parker's repetitive, colorless action."
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Paste Magazine
Posted May 25, 2012
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3.5/5
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80%
|
About Sunny () |
"
...it illuminates the miserable upbringing suffered by a horrible number of American children, amplified by the possibility of escape."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted May 16, 2012
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3.5/5
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85%
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The Hunger Games (2012) |
"
... older folks (like, ages 25-45) who've witnessed frightening tales of oppression or violence in fiction before, will generally be unaffected by the hand-to-hand combat, sword-throwing, poisoning and other such untimely demises. "
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Mar 23, 2012
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4/5
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78%
|
Jeff Who Lives at Home (2012) |
"
easily the Duplass brothers' most accessible, crowd-pleasing film"
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Filmcritic.com
Posted Mar 15, 2012
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4.5/5
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95%
|
Moneyball (2011) |
"
Pitt's performance is deceptively great, and the award season accolades he received are well deserved. "
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Mar 12, 2012
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4/5
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67%
|
Scalene (2012) |
"
an unflinching, character-driven drama"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Feb 9, 2012
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4.5/5
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76%
|
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."
—
Meet In The Lobby
Posted Jan 26, 2012
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1.5/5
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23%
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Angels Crest (2011) |
"
a bare-bones affair for the cast and the audience."
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Filmcritic.com
Posted Dec 29, 2011
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2.5/5
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74%
|
Rampart (2012) |
"
When Moverman stays out the way, the action is plain, almost matter of fact. When he gets his camera moving in artificial ways, the action is practically neutered."
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Meet In The Lobby
Posted Dec 21, 2011
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4.5/5
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98%
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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
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84%
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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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77%
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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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4.5/5
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77%
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The Other F Word (2011) |
"
Whoa, what's this? A punk rock documentary tearjerker? "
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Nov 3, 2011
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3.5/5
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75%
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The Woman (2011) |
"
... despite its reputation as a gratuitous shockfest, (it's) tense, well-paced, and does have some social commentary to make. By way of screaming, of course."
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Filmcritic.com
Posted Oct 24, 2011
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4.5/5
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73%
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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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