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12/20/12 |
Outstanding |
 "Exhausting, thorough, and sharply crafted... more a work of advocacy than of journalism. As such, it has been uncommonly effective." |
| 2. |
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12/19/12 |
Outstanding |
"This is a movie that can stun you.... the most rare of films: one that indisputably matters.... What is more terrifying: killers or accusers?" |
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02/07/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Herzog tracked down Dmitry Vasyukov, who shot the footage. Herzog's offer: to take the four hours of finished film and cut a movie out of it." |
| 4. |
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01/23/13 |
Outstanding |
"...remarkable.... It's fitting that this film of people making do with what they have should itself look somewhat humble, without lyricism... beautiful..." |
| 5. |
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10/25/12 |
Outstanding |
 "Spike Lee has given the world the first tribute that fully measures up to Michael Jackson the artist." |
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10/18/12 |
Outstanding |
"...a bliss-out. The performance footage alone is thrilling, and Spike Lee has augmented it with archival treasures... Come on get your sham on." |
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05/23/13 |
Excellent |
 "...strongly focused, covering little but Sivadier and Dessay's work and her singing; Béziat understands that anything else would be a distraction." |
| 8. |
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05/16/13 |
Excellent |
 "Jay is as much student as master... directors Molly Bernstein and Alan Edelstein are never stingy with footage of the magicians with whom Jay has studied..." |
| 9. |
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05/15/13 |
Excellent |
"...spare and ravishing.... celebrates the sweat and prep that goes into such performances, showing us the rich collaborative interplay between director and star..." |
| 10. |
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05/08/13 |
Excellent |
 "With extraordinary access, Nisha Pahuja illuminates extraordinary conflicts and contradictions facing modern girls in a country even less ready for them than ours." |
| 11. |
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04/17/13 |
Excellent |
"...what sticks with you is Jay, supremely calm, his body's every stray movement natural and normal even as you come to suspect that they're anything but." |
| 12. |
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12/20/12 |
Excellent |
 "The Rosses offer little context.... There's just New Orleans and a trio of likable kids, trooping through it, finding every marvel." |
| 13. |
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12/05/12 |
Excellent |
"The Rosses have captured on film something rare: what a night spent stumbling about New Orleans actually feels like.... the film is rich with pleasures." |
| 14. |
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10/11/12 |
Excellent |
 "The film opens up as its leads flee to the desert, becoming thoughtful, expansive, and funnier than ever, something like Pirandello or 'Duck Amuck.' " |
| 15. |
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10/10/12 |
Excellent |
"Remember the shitty crime comedies every Hollywood brat tried to make after 'Pulp Fiction?' It took an Irish playwright to get it right. See it with an audience." |
| 16. |
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04/18/13 |
Very Good |
 "...presents the hard truths of Somali pirates' hostage-taking, ransom-holding, and brandishing of Kalashnikovs..." |
| 17. |
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04/11/13 |
Very Good |
 "Perhaps the first great indie apocalypse potluck comedy.... aces many of the fundamentals bobbled by too many of the films with which it shares DNA." |
| 18. |
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04/10/13 |
Very Good |
"Julia Stiles is something of a revelation.... she is the best thing in a good movie... the rare film with a perfect -- absolutely perfect! -- ending." |
| 19. |
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04/04/13 |
Very Good |
 "...halfway through comes the turn, a superlative twist that you might not want to know about. (So, seriously, if you're inclined to see this, quit reading and go buy a ticket.)" |
| 20. |
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03/28/13 |
Very Good |
 "Things perk up considerably with the arrival of William Fichtner as Master Chang, a billionaire telepath who writes books on how to mind-talk with your pets." |
