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04/27/12 |
Very Good |
 "A crucially important film, a crucially important artist.... makes the case that there is really no separation between the artist and his work." |
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03/16/12 |
Very Good |
 "It's rare for a documentary style to match its subject so ideally." |
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01/13/12 |
Very Good |
 "The question subtly, craftily documented is whether the fans or Hansard himself want to see the singer cast in the new role of success." |
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12/30/11 |
Outstanding |
 "Not only does 'Pina' excel in recording the modern dance dynamically, making it all the more accessible - it lifts Bausch's compelling, beautiful work onto an entirely new stage." |
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12/09/11 |
Very Good |
 "You were either part of the establishment or part of the youth movement. Goodman was neither.... He was his own person." |
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10/28/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...simply one of the most engrossing concert films in recent memory.... unlike many concert films, there's still a great deal of visual information. You can still see how the band plays the songs." |
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09/20/11 |
Very Good |
 "Even those more neutral about Pearl Jam will find it impossible not to enjoy director Cameron Crowe's driving retrospective of the band's stage-diving 20 years... like two hours spent rediscovering the band through excellent headphones." |
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08/05/11 |
Very Good |
 "...about so much more than ornithological evidence. It's as much about the loss of a certain quality of human reasoning, as about ecological loss." |
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05/06/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Aside from the adrenalin rush of chasing down the story, there's very little to get hearts either pounding or stirred here.... can be as shallow as the marketing Spurlock's ridiculing." |
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11/05/10 |
Very Good |
 "Beautifully shot and recorded with a lovely sound on the highly varied drum kits, 'A Drummer's Dream' isn't really about drumming, but about joy and self-expression." |
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10/01/10 |
Outstanding |
 "Suzuki delivers the most convincing and fascinating argument yet heard on every person's right to a clean Earth. It's a speech easily on par with the greatest orations of the last 50 years." |
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09/18/10 |
Very Good |
 "Part documentary, part scientific footage, Herzog's film lingers on the mesmerizing drawings, produced incredibly when prehistoric animals still roamed the Earth and Neanderthals were still a competing human species. A historic, invaluable film." |
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09/17/10 |
Very Good |
 "...took the top prize at Critics' Week at Cannes, and it's easy to see why." |
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09/11/10 |
Very Good |
 "Guggenheim ('An Inconvenient Truth') has a knack for making documentaries that are accessible and yet fact-filled." |
