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11/25/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...poetic... but it's Fuentes-León's nuanced handling of the affair -- respecting the POV of Miguel, Santiago and Miguel's heartbroken wife -- that impresses most." |
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11/24/10 |
Outstanding |
"Writer-director Javier Fuentes-León's directorial debut is sublime.... less a coming-out tale than a magic realism-infused coming-of-consciousness love story." |
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03/11/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...exquisite... an unabashed love letter to its subject. It fawns and gushes. But it also makes a convincing case for its own adoration -- it's hard to not get caught up in the swoon." |
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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." |
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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." |
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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." |
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02/28/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...it's been a while since any film (fiction or nonfiction) illustrated Corporate America's foulness with the passion, focused fury, and humanity of Marquette's documentary..." |
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02/27/13 |
Outstanding |
"One marvel is how it conveys so much information so quickly, and with such accessibility. A scalding critique of American government and capitalism..." |
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04/07/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...the film's most moving element is the way Schock captures the backbreaking work of sustaining the circus. He neither condescends nor fetishizes..." |
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03/30/11 |
Outstanding |
"...a riveting patchwork of interconnected dramas... filled with beautiful images and haunting moments..." |
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03/25/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...a warts-and-all tale of clashing egos and the eternal war between art and commerce, wrapped inside Hollywood's favorite self-stroke material: the comeback." |
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03/24/10 |
Outstanding |
"...teems with amazing behind-the-scenes footage... Filled with enough bloodletting and male bitchiness to be endlessly entertaining..." |
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05/21/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...theirs is a palpable mixture of love and disdain that led to the men not socializing with each other for more than 40 years, even as they worked together." |
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Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
05/21/09 |
Outstanding |
"The duo provided song scores for such classics as Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, The Parent Trap, and Bedknobs and Broomsticks." |
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05/20/09 |
Outstanding |
"...anyone expecting a saccharine-mapped trip down memory lane from this engrossing documentary is in for a bittersweet, heartbreaking surprise.... first-rate..." |
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03/12/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...so immediately and fully engrossing that it meets its ambitious goals... vaults into the upper echelons of must-see hip-hop documentaries: It's smart, informative, and hugely important historically, filled with rare performance footage that still crackles." |
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02/19/09 |
Outstanding |
 "Jenkins' dialogue is crisp and witty, sounding and flowing the way real people speak." |
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Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
02/12/09 |
Outstanding |
"Jenkins has cited the great French filmmaker Claire Denis as one of his influences, and it shows in the way he incorporates his intoxicating landscape into the narrative..." |
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01/28/09 |
Outstanding |
"...tender, smart, soulful... pointedly and poetically about race, gentrification, and the emotional temperature of the modern Afro-American..." |
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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." |
