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07/28/11 |
Outstanding |
 "The smartest, funniest cheap monster-movie import this side of 'Trollhunter'..." |
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07/27/11 |
Outstanding |
"...near-perfectly balanced... Anchored in social realism yet determinedly goofy... puts more serious-minded indies to shame." |
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09/13/12 |
Excellent |
 "Startlingly intimate and direct... It's impossible not to care about these people... a deeply personal explication of resistance..." |
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02/15/12 |
Excellent |
 "Epic in scope, intellectual agility, and the potential to induce panic and despair... the film reveals how absurdly self-defeating human and ecological exploitation through mechanization has become." |
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10/26/11 |
Excellent |
 "...the most affecting 'horror' movie I've seen in a while, as Swanberg ignores tired supernatural scare-flick trappings and locates terror in the shadowy, passive-aggressive process of making, and watching, movies." |
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06/29/11 |
Excellent |
 "...confident enough to take its time... Ed Gass-Donnelly's follow-up to 2007's 'This Beautiful City' interrogates the hazards of character with devastating precision." |
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08/02/12 |
Very Good |
 "...the white-knuckle climax, in which the newly shorn filmmaker reveals his inner Garden Stater to team Kumaré, is incredibly moving..." |
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07/26/12 |
Very Good |
 "...sidesteps arthritic VH1-style 'where are they now' antics in favor of a more equivocal interrogation of celebrity culture." |
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07/25/12 |
Very Good |
"Fluid, open-ended documentaries that demand more of an audience than foregone assent or fleeting bouts of passive outrage are rare these days..." |
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06/21/12 |
Very Good |
 "...satisfies on practically every level -- provided you allow its narcotic pace, lysergic visuals, and throbbing soundtrack to tickle your cortex into a contained frenzy..." |
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06/20/12 |
Very Good |
"Prepare to have your assumptions pitched out the window by this tense, surprisingly probing satirical documentary... an immersive lark..." |
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06/06/12 |
Very Good |
 "...minutely observed, emotionally complex... refreshing... An anti-spectacle in every way.... the ideal cinematic antidote to the summer doldrums." |
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05/16/12 |
Very Good |
"...no more (or less) than a brilliantly executed lark, but it's not often that we're reminded with such potency that movies are most delightful as sensory experiences." |
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05/10/12 |
Very Good |
 "Tiny budgets work wonders on ghost movies -- it's what's not shown that truly frightens... Filipino writer-director Yam Laranas understands..." |
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05/09/12 |
Very Good |
"...something grave and lingering.... every shot, courtesy of writer-director Yam Laranas himself, is ravishing... has a whispering menace and visual grandeur all its own." |
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05/09/12 |
Very Good |
 "Ingeniously simple yet deceptively intricate... about halfway through, 'Sleepless Night' clicks into something funny and warm without sacrificing its edge..." |
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04/25/12 |
Very Good |
 "...fearless... demystifies trick turning with a bluntness and sneaky artistry that's sure to make even the most jaded of us choke on our next sitcom-hooker-joke chuckle." |
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04/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "...contemplative, gorgeously shot documentary-fiction hybrid... keeps an unsentimental distance from its titular saint-savant and the existential crisis he endures." |
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04/12/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a frightening, infuriating glimpse into a procedure most of us, hopefully, will never endure... could have a similar social impact as Frederick Wiseman's Titicut Follies." |
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04/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a tender, thoughtful paean to geek community.... The emphasis is on fun and inclusiveness.... having a tribe to belong to can't be underestimated." |
