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06/14/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...artfully and convincingly immerses us into the world of one of the greatest, painting." |
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03/14/12 |
Outstanding |
"...magnificent and evocative observances of Richter laboring in his studio come as close as cinema gets to tracking the impulses and paradoxes of a gifted imagination." |
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10/20/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...may be the funniest movie ever made about trying to hold on to one's artistic integrity in an image-obsessed world.... a ramshackle, HD-shot delight... a minor triumph..." |
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04/11/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Amy Seimetz is the year's first Best Actress contender as a recovering abductee made tragically susceptible to hypnotic suggestion..." |
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03/27/13 |
Outstanding |
"...spellbinding... vexingly ambitious.... Is it a sci-fi thriller? A metaphysical romance? A spiritual fever dream?" |
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08/17/11 |
Outstanding |
 "Baroquely sinister and grotesquely funny... a stunning funhouse-mirror allegory of Franco-era Spain that makes 'Pan's Labyrinth' look like 'Sesame Street.' " |
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12/10/09 |
Outstanding |
 "As richly compelling and artfully shot as rock docs get, it goes beyond charting black metal's underpinnings and the tabloid sensationalism of its fiery saga." |
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07/09/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...a warm-hearted celebration of these adorable do-gooders..." |
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06/04/09 |
Outstanding |
"...one of their buyers' rules of thumb is that everything must fit in their rent-controlled one-bedroom apartment..." |
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06/03/09 |
Outstanding |
"...watching the Vogels mull over art that they don't need to understand only makes their delight more infectious." |
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04/23/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...most documentarians would rest on the laurels of a great subject... Zagar has observed too much of his father's creative logic to cheat us with artless hagiography." |
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04/16/09 |
Outstanding |
"...exhibits as much beauty and sensuality as Isaiah's work..." |
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04/08/09 |
Outstanding |
"...the unabashedly personal nature of the filmmaker-subject dynamic is as candid about familial madness as 'Tarnation' and captures more insight than those Friedmans." |
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03/27/13 |
Excellent |
 "...delirious and delightful.... a black-and-white, seriocomic lark... co-writer Greta Gerwig is a flailing, free-spirited Annie Hall for the 'Girls' generation." |
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06/28/12 |
Excellent |
 "Onstage, behind a piano or sitting with a guitar and harmonica, Young doesn't need a backup band to take control of the room or a movie theater." |
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06/27/12 |
Excellent |
"Jonathan Demme and five other camera operators expertly capture an intense, pared-down 2011 solo show at Toronto's Massey Hall... absorbing..." |
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05/23/12 |
Excellent |
 "Julia Loktev's marvelous, slow-burning follow-up to her minimalist thriller 'Day Night Day Night' somehow manages to be both audacious and subtle..." |
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10/26/11 |
Excellent |
 "...gorgeously enhances the talking-head commentaries of architects, policymakers, and other progressive thinkers with spatially clean, static-camera compositions..." |
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07/14/11 |
Excellent |
 "...overflows with musical charm, nostalgic wonder, and visual wit... This one will make you feel eight years old again." |
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07/13/11 |
Excellent |
"Vivaciously confirming the timelessness of A.A. Milne's talking teddy bear... frickin' adorable... a wonderfully faithful throwback to the '60s animated features." |
