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05/03/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...brilliant, haunting... the filmmakers have enlisted Onata Aprile, a wide-eyed, dark-haired pixie whose quiet watchfulness is perfect for the role." |
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11/25/12 |
Outstanding |
 "If you need reassurance or grounds for optimism about the Middle East, you will not find it here. What you will find is rare, welcome and almost unbearable clarity." |
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11/09/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...splendid... the genius of 'Lincoln,' finally, lies in its vision of politics as a noble, sometimes clumsy dialectic of the exalted and the mundane." |
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09/14/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...imposing, confounding and altogether amazing... a glorious and haunting symphony of color, emotion and sound... 'The Master' is wild and enormous..." |
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06/29/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a passionate and unruly explosion of Americana... winks at skepticism, laughs at sober analysis and stares down criticism.... boisterous, thrilling..." |
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03/09/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a piercing satire, a poignant family drama and an investigation of the competing claims of honesty, loyalty, ambition and love.... the stakes could hardly be higher." |
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02/29/12 |
Outstanding |
 "I'm at a bit of a loss to explain, to tell you the truth, since my job is to review movies, and this, obviously, is something different: a masterpiece in a form that does not yet exist." |
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02/10/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a kind of Genesis story in reverse, an account not of the world's apocalyptic destruction but rather of its step-by-step de-creation.... beautiful..." |
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11/16/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...surprising, moving and frequently very funny.... a film that understands, in every way, how hard it can be to say goodbye." |
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11/11/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...from the sad to the sublime by way of the preposterous... it nonetheless leaves behind a glow of aesthetic satisfaction." |
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10/21/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...extraordinary.... It is hard to believe that 'Margin Call' is Mr. Chandor's first feature. His formal command is downright awe inspiring." |
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09/30/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...remarkable.... a horror movie that will trouble your sleep not with visions of monsters but with a more familiar dread." |
| 13. |
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09/23/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...astonishingly self-assured, unassumingly profound... one of the most satisfying love stories you are likely to see on screen this year." |
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05/27/11 |
Outstanding |
 "There are very few films I can think of that convey the changing interior weather of a child's mind with such fidelity and sensitivity." |
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03/30/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...idiosyncratic and amazing... nearly every shot contains a revelation, sneaky or overt, cosmic or mundane... You have never seen anything like this movie..." |
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12/22/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...has the kind of emotional depth and thematic complexity that rewards repeat viewings.... the cinematic equivalent of prose that is clear, elegant and lyrical... great..." |
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12/10/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...a tour de force of smart and sensitive editing.... as digressive and, miraculously, as coherent as the monologues that are its principal inspiration." |
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11/05/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...nearly flawless.... leaves you with the impression of having lived, vicariously but intensely, through something whose meaning is both profound and elusive." |
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08/06/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...provides American audiences with fresh evidence of the artistic awakening of Israeli cinema... 'Lebanon' accomplishes about as much as any war movie can." |
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07/09/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...outrageously funny without ever exaggerating for comic effect, and heartbreaking with only minimal melodramatic embellishment." |
