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01/09/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...an unprecedented, intimate opportunity to enter the inner sanctum of the people who have steered Israel's decision-making process for almost half a century." |
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11/26/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...terrific... navigates a tricky, compelling tone, defined by an unsparing strategy that alternates detached restraint with the visceral thrills and frills expected of such fare..." |
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07/25/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...dazzling... insightful.... Wiseman's trademarks as a seminal figure of the genre are evident in every shot of this documentary." |
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06/11/12 |
Outstanding |
 "Poetic without being pretentious, evocative without being nostalgic... a haunting feature about a lifestyle and characters that very few people know or are even aware of." |
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05/21/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...contests personal and cultural definitions of love, marriage, aging, illness, and dying.... one of Haneke's softest, gentlest, most touching and compelling films..." |
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05/21/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...thematically harrowing and emotionally gripping... ultimately it is rewarding, and the remarkably uncompromising closure is as painful as it is logical and necessary." |
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03/31/12 |
Outstanding |
 "It is such a relief to see a film about teens that does not condescend to them -- not even in the backhanded way that the 'Twilight' movies and their like often do." |
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03/30/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a must-see work.... a unique documentary, which is both an historical chronicle of a plague, and also an intimate and visceral recreation of the period..." |
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12/15/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...finds David Fincher at the top of his form, reaffirming his status as the most inventive and brilliant American director working in Hollywood today." |
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09/15/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...intriguing and fascinating... the most personal, intimate, and haunting dance film I have ever seen, including 'The Red Shoes.' " |
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09/12/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...uncompromising, painfully intimate, and challenging.... digs so deep into the nature of human sexuality and its abhorrent, deviant sides..." |
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05/16/11 |
Outstanding |
 "Cosmic and metaphysical in its narrative, ambitious to a fault in its goal, and gorgeously beautiful... A provocative and challenging film on any number of levels..." |
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04/10/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...ambitious and powerful film... joins the small league of cinematic war masterpieces about the human price and devastating effects of battle and occupation." |
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02/27/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...poignant and original... a solid debut for director Robin Hessman.... highly effective at raising many not-easy-to-answer questions in a subtle, graceful way..." |
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10/31/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...achieves a sense of magic-realism as well as elegiac lyricism in capturing the character of a woman who's larger-than-life and yet is utterly realistic in anticipating what awaits her beyond death." |
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09/28/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...focuses on the life of a little-known contemporary artist, Mark Hogancamp... has a keen sense for images that surprise and even shock." |
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09/24/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...offers insights into the very fabric of what is broadly classified as the American Dream and its tenets of individualism, competition, achievement and success." |
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09/20/10 |
Outstanding |
 "Moody and spellbinding... a fugue with cumulative impact, gathering an off-handed mystery and poetic rapture.... achieves an ineffable grace and maturity." |
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07/22/10 |
Outstanding |
 "French director Claire Denis at the top of her game... a wily narrative and character study... an uncompromising political statement about Africa... ferocious filmmaking." |
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05/23/10 |
Outstanding |
 "Apichatpong Weerasethakul is one of those unclassifiable directors... art cinema of a very high order. It is also a great movie..." |
