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An American Promise (2013)
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"...what this documentary perhaps concludes is that the American Promise lies not in the endless opportunities the country offers, but in the pact parents make with their children, to support them in whatever opportunity they happen to seize."
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Kevin Jagernauth
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29%
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The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (2013)
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""The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty" employs hackneyed and mawkish methods to achieve a false sense of joyfulness."
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Rodrigo Perez
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74%
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Concussion (2013)
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"Weigert's full range of emotion is quite staggering: she can be funny, maternal, and flirty all at once, and in a film that relies on her so greatly, she is endlessly watchable. "
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Gabe Toro
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78%
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The Dirties (2013)
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"This could have been a great film, and even in its limp final state is oddly effective, but it's no where near the movie that it wants to be, or thinks it is. "
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Drew Taylor
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68%
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Bad Milo! (2013)
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"...Bad Milo! is about a man who has a monster that grows out of his ass and kills people. If you're not willing to get onboard with that premise, this isn't a movie that's going to sway your initial feelings."
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Gabe Toro
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8%
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Runner Runner (2013)
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"Runner Runner feels like a movie you've seen a hundred times on cable, and hearkens back to numerous, thoroughly average, mid-budgeted dramatic thrillers of the mid-'90s that will fill programming slots on late night forever."
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Kevin Jagernauth
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80%
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I Used To Be Darker (2013)
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"...by its end, the film had worked its way under our skin deeper than we expected, and through skilfully unobtrusive editing and camerawork, we felt we had a clear, honest picture of these lives. "
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Jessica Kiang
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——
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Je m'appelle Hmmm... (My Name Is Hmmm...) ()
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"As an art installation, this could be an interesting film to watch, cock-eyed, intrigued by the visual techniques of an obvious first-timer. But it is not a film. "
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Gabe Toro
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8%
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Argento's Dracula 3D (2013)
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"With Dracula 3D, we finally know which of the great '70s genre filmmakers have fallen the hardest, and the answer is Dario Argento."
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Gabe Toro
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84%
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Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa ()
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"The pleasure and the pain are all up there on the screen; we just wish it was less painful to watch. "
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Drew Taylor
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83%
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Shepard & Dark (2013)
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"Instead, after all that effort being put into showing this relationship in its fullest terms, they allow the men to, true to their mythic southwestern surroundings, simply walk into the sunset..."
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Drew Taylor
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53%
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A.C.O.D. (2013)
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"First-time director Stu Zicherman deserves the most praise just for assembling this cast, and particularly for giving Scott such a big role. These are astonishingly talented people who do most of the heavy lifting."
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Kimber Myers
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93%
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The Gatekeepers (2013)
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"This is unprecedented stuff right here, on a topic so volatile it feels like it's just waiting to explode. And as a film, it's effective - for the most part."
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Nikola Grozdanovic
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86%
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Tabu (2012)
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"It's one of those rarities when too many compliments are not enough and the recommendation to see it as soon as it's near you cannot be stressed enough. "
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Nikola Grozdanovic
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60%
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Mr. Pip ()
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"Adamson claims that this was a labor of love, but it leaves you with the feeling that it was made for those who've read the book, and in such a lackadaisical approach to storytelling that it's unlikely to attract new fans."
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Nikola Grozdanovic
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43%
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Clip (2013)
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"The Dutch were not wrong in awarding it for its bravery, but the old maxim of whether the glass is half full or empty takes on a whole new meaning with Clip because the glass is shattered into pieces too small for reconstruction."
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Nikola Grozdanovic
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Yellow ()
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"It is Nick Cassavetes' most adventurous and fun-loving film, in its own sense of freedom reminiscent of his father, the late great John Cassavetes."
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Nikola Grozdanovic
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100%
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Metro Manila (2013)
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"It's drama, it's crime, it's a story of a family's survival against the struggle of life and even though it lacks the blood, gore, zombies and the monsters of the Fantasia Film Festival, Metro Manila is a horror story in its own unflinching way."
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Nikola Grozdanovic
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——
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: His ()
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"What makes The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby truly stand apart from all the other films of its kind...is the emotional depth that is allowed to be dug by the film's premise and length, executed almost perfectly"
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Nikola Grozdanovic
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——
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Hers ()
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"What makes The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby truly stand apart from all the other films of its kind...is the emotional depth that is allowed to be dug by the film's premise and length, executed almost perfectly"
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Nikola Grozdanovic
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60%
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Mr. Nobody (2013)
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"Both overblown and half-baked, too long and not edited enough, Mr. Nobody describes exactly the kind of audience it will likely get."
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Kevin Jagernauth
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90%
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Inequality For All (2013)
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"That a documentary about economics could be so personally emotional and affecting is remarkable. And to learn from Reich in this film, as his students at Berkeley do, is a treat and a privilege. "
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Katie Walsh
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100%
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On The Job (2013)
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"The true story is inherently compelling, but director Matti can never seem to use the real-life case, or these cop tropes, to mine for any deeper truth. What's left is a particularly colorful procedural..."
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Gabe Toro
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89%
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Captain Phillips (2013)
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"The white-knuckled immediacy Greengrass delivers to every scene is transportive, dropping you like a passenger, gagged and bound, into this extremely volatile situation. The fear, panic and emotional pain every character endures is utterly tangible."
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Rodrigo Perez
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83%
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Don Jon (2013)
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"An assured directorial debut as we've seen in recent years, Gordon-Levitt's comedy is vibrant and poignant and moves like a shark with nary a dull second. "
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Rodrigo Perez
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96%
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Mother Of George (2013)
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"From the acting...to the music (especially Strauss's "Four Last Songs), it is remarkably full of life."
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Christopher Schobert
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78%
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Metallica Through the Never (2013)
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"It's one of the most unexpectedly enjoyable cinematic experiences of the year, even if you couldn't pick a Metallica track out of some hypothetical never-ending playlist."
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Drew Taylor
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94%
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Muscle Shoals (2013)
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"..Muscle Shoals and its presentation doesn't reinvent the wheel...the treasure trove of stills and found footage makes for a compelling and effortlessly watchable film that even the casual music fan should find themselves totally engrossed in."
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Rodrigo Perez
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62%
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About Time (2013)
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"About Time, inadvertently, reveals itself to be About Men, and how they devise lies in order to create the illusion that all women supposedly want to see. "
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Gabe Toro
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60%
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+1 (2013)
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"...the film is so po-faced that you wonder what the point of all this is, let alone what we should be hoping is the outcome."
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Gabe Toro
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10%
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Jewtopia (2013)
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"Under the direction of Bryan Fogel, Jewtopia is hopelessly cheap and stage-bound in a way that pushes the jokes to a higher and more intolerable pitch. "
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Gabe Toro
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67%
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Haute Cuisine (2013)
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"Unlike Hortense's flavorful cooking, Haute Cuisine is aggressively bland. It's the type of French film that you'd recommend to people who think they don't like French films for being arty."
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Kimber Myers
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100%
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Le Week-End (2013)
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"Michell's handling of the relationship between the two is touching in how little judgment he passes."
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Gabe Toro
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——
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Grand Piano ()
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"Probably the best Brian De Palma movie he never made, "Grand Piano" expands the boundaries of single-location, real-time mysteries like "Phone Booth" and "Panic Room" with a brilliantly simple concept and nimble, elegant style."
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Todd Gilchrist
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——
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We Gotta Get Out of This Place ()
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"Gorgeously photographed, the Hawkins' film has a functionality to their work that doesn't add too many unnecessary flourishes, but it exudes a grace that elevates what might have been purely cliched material to something more special."
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Todd Gilchrist
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67%
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Escape From Tomorrow (2013)
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"Randall Moore's film feels, quite frankly, like a Disney-fied version of a David Lynch film, exposing the underbelly of an American institution without offering any sort of real critique and featuring characters too unlikeable to care about."
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Todd Gilchrist
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67%
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Newlyweeds (2013)
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"... a touching weed comedy-drama that finally captures just what it's like to put your lips to some sticky icky and breathe in a mental holiday no other experience can match."
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Gabe Toro
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51%
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A Single Shot (2013)
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"A Single Shot does not add up to anywhere near the sum of its parts, and as individually impressive as any of those parts might be (Rockwell), we are left with a film that, if not quite a Frankenstein's monster, is certainly patchworky."
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Jessica Kiang
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50%
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Thanks For Sharing (2013)
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"An uneven, somewhat out-of-time dramedy, the film takes great pains to confirm that sex addiction is just like any other addiction, but isn't sure what to say beyond that."
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Kevin Jagernauth
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71%
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C.O.G. (2013)
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"Despite some good performances and sharp screenplay, C.O.G., like its lead character, seems stuck in the space between. "
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Cory Everett
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——
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Felony ()
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"Felony isn't a federal case of a bad film, but it's certainly a serious misdemeanor, one whose crime is running away from the challenge the story sets up, to settle on something cheap and conventional. "
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Kevin Jagernauth
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——
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Therese (2013)
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"Therese is almost voyeuristically distant from what's happening on screen, asking the audience to observe, but...the impact is more academic than sensual. "
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Kevin Jagernauth
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78%
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Kill Your Darlings (2013)
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""Kill Your Darlings" doesn't really humanize these characters beyond half-drawn caricatures in an origin tale that wouldn't be out of place in an average super hero film."
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Rodrigo Perez
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20%
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Die Frau des Polizisten (The Police Officer's Wife) ()
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"For a film with so many parts-many of which are terrific on a standalone basis-their sum ends up not amounting to all that much. "
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Oliver Lyttelton
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——
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Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon ()
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"There is so much more to 'Supermensch' than simply sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, which is what makes Mike Myers' directorial debut so involving, satisfying and even moving."
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Kevin Jagernauth
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70%
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Tom à la ferme (Tom at the Farm) ()
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"It's great to sit back and watch a fascinating filmmaker continue to find his voice. "
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Oliver Lyttelton
|
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86%
|
Palo Alto ()
|
" The film overstays its welcome a touch and ultimately feels fairly disposable, simply due to how well-trodden the territory is. But it's still a strong and soulful debut from Coppola."
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Oliver Lyttelton
|
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55%
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Child Of God ()
|
"The whole thing feels sort of tossed off, like it was made by film students over a couple of weekends. "
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Oliver Lyttelton
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86%
|
Blue Caprice (2013)
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"Washington's performance is one of the best of the year, a high-wire act that is careful not to dip into survivalist caricature, even if the film begins to blister off into a sense of foreboding doom. "
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Gabe Toro
|
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——
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Plush (2013)
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"Ultimately Plush exceeds its very limited expectations of a youth-oriented erotic thriller. It's arch, smart, and incredibly melodramatic."
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Drew Taylor
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