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05/23/13 |
Excellent |
 "Singh tracks the evolution of America's relationship to the Middle East from benign indifference to fear and loathing, with a brief stopover in mass-market exoticism." |
| 2. |
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05/16/13 |
Excellent |
 "...gorgeously shot, lavishly costumed... Chiara Mastroianni is especially good in a small role as Charcot's shrewd wife, Constance." |
| 3. |
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05/16/13 |
Very Good |
 "...if Terrance Nance can write or attach himself to a script that is as risky and unconventional in its story as he is in his craftsmanship skills, he'll be a powerhouse..." |
| 4. |
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05/15/13 |
Excellent |
"...well acted.... the film is something of a paradox, passionate and dispassionate, its ending tethered to both bruised triumph and a sense of things falling apart." |
| 5. |
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05/15/13 |
Very Good |
 "...has the look and feel of a documentary, which adds senses of urgency and immediacy to a tale that moves at a languid, but never boring, pace." |
| 6. |
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05/15/13 |
Excellent |
"A crash course in history, politics, and social science... both sobering and illuminating, and its execution is thrilling." |
| 7. |
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05/09/13 |
Very Good |
 "...what it does extraordinarily well is capture the work ethic and under-sung smarts of the sisters while taking viewers deep into their enviably close relationship." |
| 8. |
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05/09/13 |
Very Good |
"The Williams clan is captivating.... But the film isn't hagiography. The sisters are never denied their complexity or humanity..." |
| 9. |
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05/01/13 |
Very Good |
"...a visually dazzling ode to romantic angst among Afro-bohos.... Teeters somewhere between film school precocity and impressively assured audaciousness..." |
| 10. |
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04/25/13 |
Good |
 "You don't have to be a rightwing wacko or naive lefty to be chilled by some policies and practices of the Obama administration." |
| 11. |
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04/25/13 |
Fair |
 "...visually arresting.... Good and evil are broadly sketched here, and the plot bends along biblical lines..." |
| 12. |
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04/24/13 |
Fair |
"Ron Morales isn't helped any by lead actor Arnold Reyes who pulls his hair, quivers his lips, and emotes with all the nuance of a silent-screen actor on a bender." |
| 13. |
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04/17/13 |
Good |
"...sleekly crafted... packages its dire warnings about the ways truth-speakers are penalized in a way that is accessible without sacrificing nuance or intelligence." |
| 14. |
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04/10/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...splendid... engrossing.... a powerful consideration of loss and the struggle to make sense of competing truths about someone you thought you knew." |
| 15. |
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04/04/13 |
Good |
 "Filled with interview footage of the OGs (Ed Hardy, Charlie Cartwright, Jack Rudy, Freddy Negrete) who forged the style that has become a global phenomenon..." |
| 16. |
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04/04/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Shola Lynch's film shears away mythologies while demonstrating why Davis and other activists of the time became, for many, enduringly romantic figures." |
| 17. |
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04/04/13 |
Very Good |
 "It's likely that none but the most ardent scholars are aware of the role the Philippines played in saving Jewish lives while much of the rest of the world looked the other way." |
| 18. |
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04/03/13 |
Good |
"...the images of the style as it evolves, especially those that fill the last 15 minutes, are so beautiful and often majestic that they overshadow the film's small shortcomings." |
| 19. |
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04/03/13 |
Outstanding |
"...stirring, soulful... Shola Lynch mixes original interview footage and archival clips with the agility of a master turntablist, syncing images and ideas with precision and focus." |
| 20. |
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03/27/13 |
Very Good |
"...well-crafted.... powerfully illustrates how the vagaries and variables of seemingly unconnected events can converge in ways that change the course of history." |
