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04/18/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...inventive.... All the way up to the stunning final shot, Ozon urgently asks whether, for storytellers, it's better to be on the outside looking in, or the inside looking out." |
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03/28/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...intense. It's a deep dive into the rabbit hole of semiotics, designed to train viewers to become alert to what they're really seeing." |
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03/21/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...has an energy that's been missing from independent film lately. It's not dreary or quirky; not excessively stylish or stubbornly formless." |
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02/28/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...an immersive experience, plunging viewers into darkness and chaos, amid a rush of vivid color and rapid movement.... It's difficult to describe the eerie beauty..." |
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01/31/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...doesn't try to do anything radical as a piece of filmmaking, but Neil Barsky -- a former newspaper reporter -- covers Koch's story magnificently as a journalist." |
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10/11/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...quietly devastating.... less wry and more melancholy than Ross McElwee's earlier documentaries; it's a lot like his superb 2003 film 'Bright Leaves.' " |
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09/27/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a remarkable feat of imagination and execution... even as it asks the audience to contemplate how and why humanity keeps making the same rotten mistakes." |
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09/11/12 |
Outstanding |
 "There's a soul to these nesting and rhyming stories of ruthless killers and what motivates them to pick up their guns and knives -- and in some cases, gas cans." |
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05/10/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...amply Kore-eda-esque, full of life, heart, and funny little details about daily existence, as it meanders its way toward moments of real profundity." |
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03/08/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...part quirky comedy, part existential mystery, part flash-mob musical.... works well just as an offbeat cops-and-robbers picture." |
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02/16/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...well-plotted, with a powerful ending, but its most brutal scene comes early, explaining why for Matthias Schoenaerts, life has been one long wince." |
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02/09/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...strong... The film is all about the mysterious world down below, how camaraderie turned to conflict, and the nagging feeling of loss." |
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01/24/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...remarkably even-handed when it comes to the subject of apartheid and the cultural boycott, letting the people who protested Simon have their say..." |
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01/23/12 |
Outstanding |
 "The highest praise that I can give to this movie is that in the first fifteen minutes, I was rolling my eyes at these kids, and by the end, I was eager to re-watch..." |
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01/20/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a wondrous spectacle, and it feels fundamentally true.... it's very wise about the ways the rich are different and the same as us. Even marble bathtubs get rings." |
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09/12/11 |
Outstanding |
 "I was swept away by how original 'Damsels' is, and how funny. It's essentially an '80s-style campus comedy..." |
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09/10/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...romanticizes the fervor of adolescent relationships -- particularly the way that young lovers feel prematurely like grown-ups -- and illustrates why they're untenable.... poignant, bittersweet, and true." |
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07/28/11 |
Outstanding |
 "July is focused throughout, mediating on movement -- the seduction and fear of it -- while encouraging the audience to care about a pair of do-nothings..." |
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05/26/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...a suspense film of a kind... more about well-observed moments of everyday life than it is about heightened melodrama." |
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05/19/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...about how an amazing program has helped bring the best out of these kids, and how these kids have shown the ability to amaze right back." |
