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05/19/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...the Coen brothers at their richest... while it is often satirical and sometimes hard-hearted, it is rendered with such loving craftsmanship that it never feels cruel..." |
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05/18/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...it's densely plotted and full of twists and turns, with an element of detective story.... it's the work of a master." |
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05/09/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...transformative, unforgettable.... a work of ingenious and even devious craftsmanship, a haunting triumph of imaginative art... heartfelt and heartbreaking." |
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04/23/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...bracing... the breakthrough here comes from 59-year-old Dennis Quaid... this movie offers tremendous acting and considerable thematic subtlety." |
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04/11/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...the work of an artist who's boiling his craft and his message down to essentials, and who has reached the point of not much caring what other people think." |
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03/28/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...extraordinary.... This movie about a labyrinth with a monster at its center is itself a labyrinth... better leave a trail of breadcrumbs behind you if you hope to get out." |
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03/26/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...profoundly strange.... As this wry, dry and glittering near-masterpiece proclaims, life is full of wrongness, but also full of mystery and wonder." |
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03/11/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...intense and mesmerizing... a long way from being an easy or conventionally uplifting viewing experience.... one of the year's most powerful films." |
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02/15/13 |
Outstanding |
 "A troubling, exhilarating and ingeniously realized film that's part stirring political drama and part devilish media satire... strikes a tone of deliberate ambivalence." |
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01/31/13 |
Outstanding |
 "A brooding, ominous and endlessly fascinating exploration of the hidden history of our age and the hidden costs of power... a quiet but unforgettable work..." |
| 11. |
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12/28/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...peculiar and hypnotic... like some bizarre night-blooming orchid... not just the last movie released in 2012, but possibly the most original of them all." |
| 12. |
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12/21/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...an unforgettable love story set at the close of day, as tragic and beautiful in its way as 'Tristan und Isolde'... a portrait of the impossible beauty and fragility of life..." |
| 13. |
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12/13/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...mesmerizing, operatic and profoundly troubling... a sweeping and magnificent work of cinematic craft... it holds a dark mirror before us..." |
| 14. |
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11/30/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a story of racism, paranoia and groupthink; a story of injustice piled on top of injury and of one terrible wrong compounded by another." |
| 15. |
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11/23/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...vibrant, violent and ferociously sexy.... a sizzling celebration of the power of music, the power of images, and the electric, destructive power of the human body." |
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11/16/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a rom-com that succeeds in revitalizing that discredited genre where so many others have failed, injecting it with the grit and emotion of realist drama..." |
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11/08/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a thrilling, tragic and gripping moral tapestry of 19th-century American life, an experience that is at once emotional, visceral and intellectual." |
| 18. |
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10/18/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...mesmerizing... constantly surprising... the coolest and strangest movie of the year, and once it gets its druglike hooks in your brain, you'll never get them out again." |
| 19. |
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10/17/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...may well be the most optimistic, inspiring and downright thrilling movie released all year... depicts I.S. 318 as a vibrant, hopeful microcosm of urban America..." |
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10/11/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...propulsive, claustrophobic... Affleck gets marvelous supporting turns from Alan Arkin and John Goodman... Tension, humor and drama are built up masterfully..." |
