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12/20/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...brilliant... Somehow, in this stirring narrative, Barbara manages to keep hold of her principles, and her humanity and courage..." |
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03/29/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...among the best films by Belgium's Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, and perhaps their most religious... one of the classic international works about juvenile delinquency." |
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08/05/10 |
Outstanding |
 "Think Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre taking on 'Citizen Kane,' but with talent-challenged thespians, and Halloween-masked goblins in burlap bags." |
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02/28/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Great cinema journalism... the National Society of Film Critics' winner for Best Documentary of 2012." |
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12/21/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...chilling, unsettling... Winner of the Audience Award at the 2012 Boston Jewish Film Festival." |
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11/15/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...what Balog captures on camera is horrific and even tearful: mighty glaciers eroding, collapsing before our eyes, sending melting ice and waters southward." |
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08/16/12 |
Outstanding |
 "A terrific tale of deception and self-deception, propelled by the presence of the smirking, cocky Barclay claimant, Frédéric Bourdin." |
| 8. |
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04/19/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a subtle, wise, beautifully rendered tale, with exemplary scenes in the classroom between an amateur cast of savvy children and, as Monsieur Lazhar, a great actor..." |
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03/15/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...deftly sprinkles wacky humor in with the melancholy, and Gianni Di Gregorio is a winning talent, both as the amusing star actor and as the film's co-writer and director." |
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01/05/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...the real-life story of a young marine, Sergeant Nathan Harris, who is brilliant and an inspiring leader in battle but lost and dazed on the home front..." |
| 11. |
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12/01/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...lovely... the deserving Jury winner at the Berlin Film Festival of the Teddy Award for the Best Gay or Lesbian film." |
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11/10/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...charming, amusing documentary has its sad side too, when some of the punk protagonists confess that their anger resulted from abysmal abuse in childhood..." |
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07/14/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...inscrutable... director-writer-star Michael Tully has forged an original independent work of spirit and intelligence, perhaps the best American feature so far in 2011." |
| 14. |
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06/02/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...the kids whom Jacobs and Siskel have chosen for us to watch are so enthralling, with such remarkable life stories, that their autobiographical poems have actual power." |
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05/26/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...about the teen boys and girls who are tossed out of Warren Jeffs's Mormon cult and forced to scramble without any worldly knowledge... Their valiant attempt to find themselves is stirring, and sometimes depressing..." |
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05/12/11 |
Outstanding |
 "Of the five pictures nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, 'Incendies' is the one that should have taken the Oscar.... a thrillingly philosophical art movie..." |
| 17. |
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04/14/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...an unusual, sometimes enchanted essay film... As for the goats, we see them up close, much the way we hung with the sheep in 'Sweetgrass.' " |
| 18. |
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04/07/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...a sweet, heartfelt celebration... a sensation in the Big Apple, where it smashed box-office records at the Film Forum." |
| 19. |
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03/24/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...an exemplary, absorbing, muckraking documentary." |
| 20. |
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01/06/11 |
Outstanding |
 "Cianfrance is a major new talent in the John Cassavetes mold.... Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams deliver the most nakedly courageous performances of 2010." |
