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	Title Publication	Review Date	Rating	Quote
1.	There Was Once... New York Times	09/23/11	Good	"...a bit of visual scholarship that delves into Kalocsa, Hungary, and the loss of its once-thriving Jewish population.... it has integrity, recording one specific town's slice of living history. Simple as that, it's a worthy document."
2.	Benda Bilili! New York Times	09/30/11	Excellent	"...brutally real... shows not only the magic of transcendence -- which may be fleeting -- but also the transformation of aspiring to it, every struggling step of the way."
3.	Surrogate Valentine New York Times	09/30/11	Weak	"The direction, by Dave Boyle, sometimes catches an insightful moment in the offstage lives of gigging musicians, and shots of San Francisco have photo-realist charm. But the story never asserts itself..."
4.	Incendiary: The Willingham Case New York Times	10/07/11	Good	"...involving... isn't focused on sorting out the ethical rights and wrongs... It centers instead on whether we understand or respect evolving standards of scientific evidence."
5.	You All Are Captains (Todos vos sodes capitans) New York Times	10/18/11	Good (Not Great)	"...audacious.... I can't say I enjoyed it, but I acknowledge that 'You All Are Captains' has something to express that can't be said except the way it's said, and that way there be art."
6.	The Reunion (2011) New York Times	10/21/11	Moderate	"It's relaxing to watch formula roll in front of you if that formula is engaged with affection, and that's the case here, much to the credit of the writer and director, Mike Pavone."
7.	In Heaven Underground: The Weissensee Jewish Cemetery New York Times	11/18/11	Very Good	"...there's history here... captures the aura of the Weissensee in its many layers. The sense of place may be expected, but it's also poetic and exquisite."
8.	Kinyarwanda New York Times	12/02/11	Good	"...dry but thoughtful... the imprimatur of place ensures an authenticity that the uneven acting doesn't always support.... Less compelling is the central plot..."
9.	Don 2 New York Times	12/23/11	Good (Not Great)	"If 'Mission: Impossible' and 'Ocean's Eleven' had a bombastic, funny and slick cousin, it might be 'Don 2'.... The director, Farhan Akhtar, seems out to create a spectacular, international entertainment.... he is mostly successful..."
10.	Don't Go in the Woods (2012) New York Times	01/13/12	Fair	"...a standard campfire horror story... plain, old tepid; it's as if Vincent D'Onofrio created the movie for teenagers wanting safe scares while they were making out."
11.	The Divide (2012) New York Times	01/13/12	Weak	"...filthy, horrific torture porn.... It's bravura filmmaking by the director, Xavier Gens.... But for what end? In this realm 'The Divide' fails miserably."
12.	All's Well, Ends Well 2012 (Baat seng bou hei) New York Times	01/27/12	Good	"...puts the happy in 'the happy idea'... No one is winning points for creativity here, but nice reflections on class and culture are in the mix, and the strong, playful acting knows this genre, even when flirting with broadness."
13.	Tyler Perry's Good Deeds New York Times	02/25/12	Moderate	"...honors goodness, which isn't at all a bad thing, and it's not without moments of genuine feeling. But by the film's end, I felt bludgeoned by thesis-driven dialogue..."
14.	Where Are You Taking Me? New York Times	03/01/12	Very Good	"Not quite a travelogue, not quite an art show... a cinematic trip to Uganda that explores both the viewed and the viewer.... Some scenes appear as artfully composed as a painting..."
15.	Boy (2012) New York Times	03/02/12	Excellent	"...has a surprising rhythmic genius: joy juxtaposed with humiliation, silliness with sadness, fantasy with reality, and none of it formulaic."
16.	Sound of Noise New York Times	03/09/12	Good	"...a character study mixed with outlandish crime procedural. Everyone's quite serious about the joke... a dry treat -- a solid, self-aware cult pleasure."
17.	L!fe Happens (2012) New York Times	04/13/12	Fair	"...well-acted if mild and silly... swamped in Movie People who have Movie Finances, Movie Homes, Movie Emotions and a Movie Ending."
18.	To the Arctic 3D New York Times	04/20/12	Good (Not Great)	"...a little dry. The 3-D adds little of impact, and the environment as rendered here isn't as visually rich as it is in 'Everest' or 'The Living Sea.' "
19.	Joffrey: Mavericks Of American Dance New York Times	04/27/12	Good	"...an important piece of not only the company's history but also of dance history, explained by interviews with former company members and others there at the time."
20.	Never Stand Still New York Times	05/18/12	Good (Not Great)	"...too often pedantic (pull out your notebooks)... The dances themselves are entertaining... has the everyday vibe of a bunch of friends putting together a summer camp video."

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