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3.5/5
|
——
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Aurangzeb (2013) |
"
Mr. Kapoor and Mr. Shroff, stars of an earlier generation, are well cast and well matched. Where a '70s Hindi film might pit villagers against an evil landowner, "Aurangzeb" paints a more complex picture of villainy."
—
New York Times
Posted May 19, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
——
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Re-emerging: The Jews Of Nigeria (2013) |
"
"Re-emerging" can be pedestrian as filmmaking, though it remains interesting as long as it remains in Nigeria."
—
New York Times
Posted May 16, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
73%
|
Becoming Traviata (2013) |
"
[It] may not be fully satisfying as a documentary. But it has what any good movie needs: a star - the ever-game soprano Natalie Dessay."
—
New York Times
Posted May 14, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
0%
|
How Sweet It Is (2013) |
"
The movie's message, delivered in song at the end, seems less like a credo than like an excuse: "Sometimes all you need to do is try.""
—
New York Times
Posted May 9, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
40%
|
Midnight's Children (2013) |
"
A movie that, if never exactly dull, feels drained of the mythic juice that powers the book, which won the Booker Prize in 1981."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 25, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
83%
|
The Revolutionary (2013) |
"
It's a remarkable story, even if "The Revolutionary," a no-frills documentary drawn from five years of interviews, isn't much of a movie."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 12, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
29%
|
Everybody Has a Plan (2013) |
"
Mr. Mortensen keeps you watching, even when the movie's storytelling underwhelms."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
45%
|
Leonie (2013) |
"
Leonie Gilmour was almost certainly unusual and unusually self-reliant. Too bad that the film that bears her name ultimately reduces her to the mother of her child."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
79%
|
I Killed My Mother (2013) |
"
As a director, Mr. Dolan has a freewheeling style, and he's self-dramatizing enough to want to call attention to it without being too much of a visual show-off."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 13, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
——
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I, Me Aur Main (2013) |
"
A workaday Bollywood romance ..."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 4, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
88%
|
Hava Nagila: The Movie (2013) |
"
The filmmakers mix the playful and serious, with only occasional lapses."
—
New York Times
Posted Feb 28, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
57%
|
Kai Po Che! (2013) |
"
Mixes, not quite successfully, traditional Bollywood storytelling with something less conventional."
—
New York Times
Posted Feb 21, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
78%
|
Red Flag (2013) |
"
If only "Red Flag" were funnier and tighter and had a sharper idea about what it means to blur the lines between self-interrogation and self-absorption."
—
New York Times
Posted Feb 21, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
60%
|
Rubberneck (2013) |
"
It's dragged down by non-scene after non-scene, and filmmaking choices that don't earn their keep."
—
New York Times
Posted Feb 21, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
——
|
Race 2 (2013) |
"
"Race 2," directed by Abbas-Mastan, has little to offer besides its loving gaze at wealth and flesh."
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 26, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
33%
|
Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola (2013) |
"
A mix of gently outraged populism and low-powered romantic comedy, Vishal Bhardwaj's "Matru ki Bijlee ka Mandola" might have been better with a chunk lopped off its two-and-a-half-hour runtime."
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 13, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
——
|
Beijing Flickers () |
"
Mr. Zhang, whose wide-screen compositions have an unfussy elegance, mostly manages his balancing act. His measured style gives the film a steady-as-she-goes ballast even as it follows impulsive, unsettled lives."
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 9, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
44%
|
Save The Date (2012) |
"
[It] may sound like Sitcomland, but Mr. Mohan's sensibility - visually, comically, in terms of character - is more naturalistic, more Sundance. It's just not particularly sharp."
—
New York Times
Posted Dec 13, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
67%
|
Talaash (2012) |
"
It's very much a Hindi film, but updated and delivered with conviction and style."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 29, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
86%
|
The Law In These Parts (2012) |
"
By keeping its focus admirably tight, the sober and sobering Israeli documentary "The Law in These Parts" presents a devastating case against the occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 13, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
——
|
The Return of Lencho (2012) |
"
Instead of pulsing with freewheeling energy, it sags under its earnest polemics."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 8, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
——
|
Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana (2012) |
"
It may be old-fashioned - love, family and grandfather's famous Khurana chicken win the day - yet it feels fresh."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 1, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
50%
|
Vamps (2012) |
"
Aging is probably the real theme here, but it's approached sidelong and has no punch. Still, only the nostalgia has any real conviction."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 1, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
0%
|
That's What She Said (2012) |
"
"That's What She Said," an unpleasant comedy about friendship, aims to be a female twist on the bromance."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 18, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
61%
|
Tai Chi Zero (2012) |
"
Fast and mostly fun, the movie also seems compulsively too much, throwing everything it can think of at you, lest it fail to entertain. "
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 18, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
26%
|
War of the Buttons (2012) |
"
The slick filmmaking - the movie has a glossy, Hollywood-ready feel that sometimes tips into the cutesy - works against its themes."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 11, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
90%
|
Gayby (2012) |
"
"Gayby" is too diffuse to have much pop when it comes to the topics at hand: love and friendship, and how unconventional modern permutations might help rewrite the script of romance."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 11, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
58%
|
Bel Borba Aqui (2012) |
"
We're left to imagine the hero's formative struggles and learn almost nothing about the history and distinctiveness of Salvador."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 2, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
86%
|
Harvest of Empire (2012) |
"
The filmmakers retain a touching faith that most Americans won't tolerate injustice when they know about it. This film is meant to teach them. "
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 27, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
——
|
Heroine (2012) |
"
Pulpy but attenuated, "Heroine" tries to do too much: deliver an exposé of the back-stabbing film business while also drawing a portrait of a woman caught in its vice."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 24, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
83%
|
Barfi! (2012) |
"
Against your will, you may even shed a tear."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 15, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
——
|
Raaz 3: The Third Dimension 3D (2012) |
"
The film world setting could be better exploited and Shanaya's jealousy made less mechanical, but "Raaz 3" delivers other goods ..."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 7, 2012
|
|
1.5/5
|
——
|
Desperate Endeavors (2012) |
"
The movie, stuck like a scratched record, doesn't know what to make of this one point it compulsively and clumsily dramatizes."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 6, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
——
|
Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution (2012) |
"
This is an excellent story, and Ms. Draper tells it clearly and stylishly, teasing out the interesting angles and repercussions."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 6, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
——
|
Anhey gorhey da daan (Alms for a Blind Horse) () |
"
It shows us unhurried bits of daily life and lived-in faces but remains firmly on the outside, carefully making its slow study."
—
New York Times
Posted Aug 21, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
60%
|
Ek Tha Tiger (2012) |
"
Tiger and Zoya both make good kung fu street fighters, but as spies they're unconvincing, and as lovers they're cookie-cutter bland."
—
New York Times
Posted Aug 16, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
90%
|
The Green Wave (2012) |
"
For all its omissions and problems, "The Green Wave" communicates certain basic truths effectively: Many Iranians want their voices to be heard and their votes to count."
—
New York Times
Posted Aug 16, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
62%
|
It Is No Dream: The Life of Theodor Herzl (2012) |
"
"It Is No Dream" satisfies neither as a movie nor as a history lesson."
—
New York Times
Posted Aug 9, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
70%
|
Sushi: The Global Catch (2012) |
"
The film's arguments about sustainability are convincing and hard to shake. And, the movie suggests, you - the sushi eater - can help: Crave it and enjoy it, but eat sushi responsibly."
—
New York Times
Posted Aug 2, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
25%
|
Drunkboat (2012) |
"
Though studied and grating at times, "Drunkboat" does sustain a distinct, odd tone. Like its characters it's dreamily restless and prey to its own quixotic ideas. "
—
New York Times
Posted Jul 12, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
——
|
Bol Bachchan (2012) |
"
It feels over-familiar, worthy of only the occasional grin."
—
New York Times
Posted Jul 7, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
53%
|
Patang (2012) |
"
[It] has a lovely, unforced quality."
—
New York Times
Posted Jun 14, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
81%
|
Corpo Celeste (2012) |
"
"Corpo Celeste" often stumbles, along with its 12-year-old heroine, Marta (Yle Vianello)."
—
New York Times
Posted Jun 8, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
——
|
Rowdy Rathore (2012) |
"
Ridiculous and undeniable, it's a punchy cartoon, rightly confident of its power to entertain. Why resist?"
—
New York Times
Posted Jun 1, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
54%
|
Wallander: The Revenge (2012) |
"
"The Revenge" is well-made, above-average TV, but it seems small for the big screen. The plot is a bit predictable, and we're still getting to know the characters when the story ends."
—
New York Times
Posted May 31, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
57%
|
Arjun the Warrior Prince (2012) |
"
If you could separate spectacle from story, "Arjun" wouldn't be half bad."
—
New York Times
Posted May 24, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
——
|
The Woman in the Septic Tank (2012) |
"
[It] hits its targets, but softly, more in amusement than in anger."
—
New York Times
Posted May 22, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
——
|
Dangerous Ishhq (2012) |
"
Ms. Kapoor and Mr. Duggall don't have much chemistry, and the film is too silly to have any emotional traction. In Hindi cinema, that's unforgivable."
—
New York Times
Posted May 11, 2012
|
|
1.5/5
|
5%
|
Hick (2012) |
"
Forced irony or klutziness? Too often that's the question you ask of "Hick," which makes the answer all too clear."
—
New York Times
Posted May 10, 2012
|
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