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08/24/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...isn't merely the best new movie I've seen this year; it may well be the best Brazilian movie since the 1970s.... a sharply observed portrait of today's Brazil..." |
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01/19/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...remarkable.... this searing, exaggerated, sometimes weirdly funny film plays like a cross between Franz Kafka and 'No Country for Old Men.' " |
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07/16/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...smart, touching, sometimes unabashedly silly, as when Varda dresses up as a potato." |
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02/19/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...written by an ambitious young Neapolitan journalist named Roberto Saviano, who witnessed his first murder when he was 13..." |
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09/14/10 |
Outstanding |
 "Lixin Fan shot the movie himself, and his images are absolutely ravishing.... gorgeous... lively as well as deep... heartbreaking yet doesn't wallow in depression." |
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04/23/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...explains why hundreds of thousands of young people have taken to the streets, and why the Iranian theocrats should be worried that the times, they are a-changin'." |
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02/25/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...gripping... It's a dark, unsparing vision, yet what makes watching bearable, even pleasurable, is Copti and Shani's humane intelligence." |
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08/02/10 |
Excellent |
 "...what makes this documentary so memorable is that it offers teasing glimpses of the dreamed-of masterpiece caught in the rubble of Clouzot's obsession." |
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08/27/10 |
Very Good |
 "Jean-Francois Richet's juiced-up style seems steeped in rollicking American pictures like 'Goodfellas'.... most enjoyable as a classic, French-style character study..." |
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07/02/10 |
Very Good |
 "...reminds us that a story about a middle-aged woman risking everything for love can be more thrilling -- and explosive -- than any action picture." |
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10/26/09 |
Very Good |
 "...smart... traces the connections between Wall Street's high-flying practices and the countless citizens on Main Street who now face bankruptcy and eviction." |
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02/22/12 |
Good |
 "...offers a fresh glimpse into how Putin's Russia actually works. We see why Putin, who always looked to me like a '60s James Bond villain, enjoyed years of popularity." |
