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05/17/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...the characters pop out at us with a new dynamism.... a sleek, thrilling epic that's also a triumphantly witty popcorn morality play." |
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05/03/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Cardsharps, cheats, and conjurers.... Jay pays tribute to his mentors in a fantastically sly documentary. You'll feel like you're witnessing miracles." |
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05/03/13 |
Outstanding |
 "There's a great 'Badlands' vibe as the truth is revealed, with a captivating performance by Kate Lyn Sheil and a final line that haunts you long after the credits roll." |
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03/22/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...finds huge laughs in tiny moments... has an off-kilter charm that studio money can't buy." |
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02/15/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...superb, Oscar-nominated, fact-based... third in a trilogy of powerful political dramas from Pablo Larraín, including 'Tony Manero' and 'Post Mortem'..." |
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02/08/13 |
Outstanding |
 "I don't know how Moreh persuaded six former heads of Israel's Shin Bet secret-service agency to talk... these are tough men who have never spoken about their work before." |
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01/18/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Here is a chronicle of real human souls evolving in real time, a longitudinal study unique to the medium of moving images -- and a documentary masterpiece." |
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12/07/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...meticulous and electrifying... a gripping salute to the desk warrior who spent not minutes but years going in for the kill." |
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11/30/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a lurid and nasty little nihilistic hitman noir, with an ingenuity that sneaks up on you.... a mesmerizing tale of kill-or-be-killed capitalist desperation." |
| 10. |
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11/30/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...magical... we hear her voice and glimpse her soul as never before.... It presents Marilyn without the cosmetic cover of her mythologies." |
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11/16/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a crazy beaut of a comedy that brims with generosity and manages to circumvent predictability at every turn.... lit with a love that catches the viewer by surprise." |
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11/02/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...grand and immersive... brilliantly dramatizes the delicacy of politics, along with the raw brutality of it... a dream of history as it might truly have happened." |
| 13. |
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11/02/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a thrilling addition to the James Bond movie canon... stars the totally captivating cool cucumber Daniel Craig as Agent 007... both an elegy and a mission statement." |
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11/02/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...keenly felt, knuckle-biting... Fiercely alive yet never showy, Washington inhabits the uncomfortable skin of Whip Whitaker with a kind of angry majesty." |
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10/26/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...original and emotionally profound... a collage of visual and aural sensation assembled by a 42-year-old filmmaker with a strong, mature artistic sensibility." |
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10/26/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...crazy-beautiful... everything is exactly as it should be in such an exhilarating puzzle, one of the grand cinematic eruptions of the year." |
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10/05/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...powerfully despairing... Working as a superb investigative journalist, Eugene Jarecki demonstrates all the ways that the 'war' on drugs has become futile..." |
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10/05/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...electrically suspenseful, cunningly original... the rare movie that has great fun while touching a raw political nerve.... Affleck ups his game..." |
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09/21/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...graceful and beguiling... The movie is tough-minded... Yet 'Perks' also finds an original and lovely nostalgia..." |
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09/21/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...one of the great movies of the year -- an ambitious, challenging, and creatively hot-blooded but cool-toned project that picks seriously at knotty ideas..." |
