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08/17/12 |
Outstanding |
 "The mother of all stranger-than-fiction yarns... dazzling... an exciting, edge-of-your-seat experience superior to any Hollywood mystery you're likely to see for a long time." |
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05/03/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...a series of puzzles with no answer that achieves that rare aesthetic peak contemporary art seems to eschew with extreme prejudice: The sublime." |
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10/12/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...assembled in a montage style that is hard to take at times.... But its raw quality also makes it compelling viewing." |
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09/21/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...gritty, devastating.... An honest, stark look at the connection between sex, intimacy, friendship, and love.... This is no fairy tale." |
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08/24/12 |
Outstanding |
 "A taut, understated minimalist masterwork... proves that true horror isn't physical... it shows that everyone, each and every one of us, is more than capable of perpetrating it." |
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08/10/12 |
Outstanding |
 "A remarkable, joyous piece of filmmaking... It's likely to change the way you think about art and politics and the state of China today." |
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08/03/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a masterful character study... In a feat of cinematic magic, Joachim Trier molds and sculpts the mood into a haunting, sublime work of art." |
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11/04/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...superb, violent, jarring, daring... lays bare the truth of war - its hellish quality - with such power, you're not likely to look at this, or any other conflict, the same way again." |
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08/26/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...enchanting... full of heart, passion, and human longing - but also a good dose of existentialism. Think of it as Sartre's 'Being and Nothingness'-meets-Dr. Seuss." |
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08/21/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...a beautifully choreographed 3D tone poem about lust, sex, death, and mayhem.... there's a conspicuous absence of sentimentality..." |
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04/05/13 |
Very Good |
 "While it's impossible to surpass the original -- so much of its fame is a function of its time -- Alvarez's version still manages to measure up.... He is a great new talent..." |
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09/07/12 |
Very Good |
 "...an exquisitely crafted, brilliant, confusing, disordered, maddening, and wonderfully flawed film that tries to show life as it is lived." |
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07/13/12 |
Very Good |
 "...enacts an odd - and, at times, oddly endearing - love story.... Solondz tempers his ironic gaze and satiric edge with real humanity." |
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09/30/11 |
Very Good |
 "One of the best comedic horror films since 'Shaun of the Dead'... solid writing, brilliantly executed slapstick comedy, and nicely choreographed ultraviolence..." |
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09/16/11 |
Very Good |
 "...a portrait of a generation of young men adrift between harsh reality and an even harsher fantasy world... a virtuoso performance by a genuine new American auteur." |
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10/01/10 |
Very Good |
 "Gaspar Noé wrenches viewers out of their comfort zone and into a visceral trip as unforgettable for its ideas as for its provocative imagery." |
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09/18/10 |
Very Good |
 "...a tight, imaginative little flick... guaranteed to keep you on tenterhooks from beginning to end..." |
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09/03/10 |
Very Good |
 "It's hard to think of another film this summer that offers such sheer anarchic fun." |
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08/27/10 |
Very Good |
 "...a superbly creepy story about a disillusioned preacher-turned-showman... pulls off its sweetly scary magic trick with great style and panache." |
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08/06/10 |
Very Good |
 "...awe-inspiring, nail-biting... less about the epic struggle of human vs. nature, or the soaring ambitions of the human spirit than about obsession." |
