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11/12/12 |
Very Good |
 "Pahuja manages the tricky feat of providing intelligent and illuminating commentary on such a vast, sprawling subject as India within an accessible 90-minute package." |
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09/15/12 |
Very Good |
 "...challenging.... often remarkable in its stark, moving simplicity, such as Yingying silently and reflectively munching on yet another potato." |
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09/07/12 |
Moderate |
 "...veers close to self-parody on occasion and emphasizes just how far this once-outstanding director's creative star has plummeted." |
| 4. |
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09/06/12 |
Fair |
 "Overall, Xan Cassavetes' clunkily functional approach to well-trodden tropes yields disappointingly bland results: The Velveeta Vampire, perhaps." |
| 5. |
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08/30/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a playfully complex and gently slippery analysis of memory and personal narrative... engages us in what's essentially the private business of total strangers." |
| 6. |
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08/13/12 |
Good |
 "A wry charmer with poignant undertones, there's just enough vinegar in the vanilla to keep things engaging... a minor footnote in Fonda's eclectic filmography." |
| 7. |
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08/11/12 |
Good |
 "...slow-burning, distinctive... Though flawed, the film is confidently handled and commendably audacious in its deployment of repetition and duration..." |
| 8. |
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07/13/12 |
Very Good |
 "Young and Demme have established an easy rapport, with the rocker letting down the metaphorical drawbridge to the fortress of his mind." |
| 9. |
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07/06/12 |
Good |
 "...smart if slightly chilly.... while there's the nagging suspicion it might have been best developed as a novel, the film does work as cinema..." |
| 10. |
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07/03/12 |
Good |
 "...the film works as a character study.... deserves credit for its boldness and wit... a sterling showcase for Toby Jones's uniquely hangdog mournfulness." |
| 11. |
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06/24/12 |
Good |
 "High-octane claustrophobia... a reasonably tight little package that builds to an unexpectedly tart payoff." |
| 12. |
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05/27/12 |
Moderate |
 "...ends up - even at nearly two hours - saying surprisingly little about the hot-button subjects it ambitiously sets out to explore." |
| 13. |
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05/25/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...consistently hilarious... cements Ben Wheatley's reputation among his generation's smartest and edgiest filmmakers." |
| 14. |
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05/24/12 |
Weak |
 "Reygadas' waywardly wilful approach to screenwriting and structure severely outweighs whatever fleeting pleasures his movies may impart." |
| 15. |
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05/21/12 |
Very Good |
 "...amusing and intriguing -- if hardly earth-shattering.... a brisk trio of larkish tales.... it may give many Isabelle Huppert admirers their first sampling of Asian auteur cinema..." |
| 16. |
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05/21/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...doesn't present itself as a rounded exploration of the issues it analyzes... while its techniques are manipulative, it ultimately swerves pitfalls of hectoring preachiness." |
| 17. |
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05/21/12 |
Moderate |
 "The eminently understandable need to pay emotional tribute to beloved family members ends up superseding considerations of pacing, story-shape and narrative..." |
| 18. |
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05/20/12 |
Very Good |
 "...absorbingly luminous.... Overall, this is a handsomely-mounted period picture which transcends the stuffiness of costume-drama..." |
| 19. |
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05/18/12 |
Fair |
 "...waterlogged... sluggishly torpid... will likely baffle, frustrate and tax those unfamiliar with director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's back-catalogue." |
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03/04/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...dour... As a critique of mainstream, commercially-dominated American catering - and, by implication, American culture - the film is quietly cutting..." |
