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10/20/12 |
Outstanding |
 "A feast for the eyes and clearly a labor of love.... sets out to make the case that 'evolution is written on the wings of butterflies.' " |
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02/03/12 |
Outstanding |
 "Asghar Farhadi's fifth feature film demonstrates a technical assurance and a storytelling gift that make you wonder why his previous work hasn't been widely seen." |
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10/21/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...a knockout.... the movie communicates a sense of mystery -- and dread -- that can't be shaken." |
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03/27/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...a sublime tale... the filmmakers stop and listen, almost literally smelling the roses as they discover the miraculous in the seemingly mundane." |
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05/24/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Using archival footage and sometimes surprisingly candid interviews, Scahill suggests that we're in for many more years of blowback in the Middle East." |
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04/26/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Seimetz proves an astonishingly intuitive filmmaker.... she's drawn remarkable performances from Kentucker Audley and Kate Lyn Sheil..." |
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12/14/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...it's Cumming, playing a broken man who wants to be the next Bette Midler, who demonstrates the possibilities in a character who is sometimes his own worst enemy." |
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11/21/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a liquid dream... If the religious discussions occasionally seem contrived, they're also quite sincere. Best of all, they fit the characters -- and their ages." |
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10/19/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...serious, moving, sometimes astonishingly well-organized... What makes the most vivid impression is the film's carefully researched chronological parade of disaster." |
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10/05/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...passionate... Sachs creates a genuinely romantic bond between his actors that feels fresh and free of clichés... The love scenes are both fierce and intimate..." |
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04/27/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a complex, multilayered tale that reveals new meanings as it introduces each new character.... The lack of predictability helps to keep the narrative flowing forward." |
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02/24/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...the kind of unabashedly romantic movie that endorses and celebrates the notion of love at first sight.... made with more passion than caution..." |
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11/23/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...dense with witty visual detail that helps to distract from the somewhat trumped-up moral dilemma at its center." |
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11/11/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...there's something profoundly inspirational about this portrait of a community coming together to battle prejudice and disease.... celebrates the selflessness of caregivers..." |
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10/28/11 |
Outstanding |
 "Tom Cullen and Chris New are British stage actors... Perhaps because they don't feel bound by a set of rules, they've created one of the year's most enjoyable surprises." |
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09/02/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...engrossing... You could argue that the chief villain of the ambiguously titled 'Amigo' is language, which is used quite deliberately to mock and mislead and betray." |
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08/12/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...a fascinating, surprisingly ambiguous documentary.... James Marsh carefully captures the ultimately tragic side of Nim's story..." |
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07/29/11 |
Outstanding |
 "What could have been a gimmick turns out to be philosophical and heartfelt." |
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07/15/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...one of the year's timeliest and most moving films... Rarely has the plight of illegal immigrants seemed so vital or complex." |
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07/08/11 |
Outstanding |
 "Lu Chuan's version may be the most compassionate and emotionally satisfying treatment to date.... The wrenching final episodes are reminiscent of 'Sophie's Choice.' " |
