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05/16/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...a riddle that keeps us guessing every minute, and what Polley ends up with is so oddly shaped that it could be categorized as an experimental film." |
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05/09/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...a work that has the power to ignite long-dormant synapses.... Plunging viewers into the thick of chaos, it explodes the antiquated paradigm of the documentary..." |
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05/02/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...less like a standard movie shot than a memory that has dissolved over time only to reassemble itself more vivid and beautiful than ever." |
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01/24/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...the rare movie you can get tongue-tied just trying to describe.... Better to stick with a simple 'wonderful.' " |
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12/20/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...what impresses most is the long time it spends in the middle distance, immersing us in the workaday lives of agents and analysts..." |
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12/20/12 |
Outstanding |
 "Exhausting, thorough, and sharply crafted... more a work of advocacy than of journalism. As such, it has been uncommonly effective." |
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12/20/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...boisterous, outlandish... Tarantino has ascended to a new level of filmmaking craftsmanship and narrative sophistication." |
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12/20/12 |
Outstanding |
 "A transfixing Cold War thriller... punctuated by indelible details.... a richly textured imagining of the time." |
| 9. |
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11/15/12 |
Outstanding |
 "Jean breaks into song... the linguistic construction of the song's opening lines seems, like Oscar himself, to be in constant flux, always slipping just out of our grasp." |
| 10. |
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10/18/12 |
Outstanding |
 "In families, this fascinating film suggests, acknowledging or denying the darker truths of one's legacy is a choice that must be made again and again, each and every day." |
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06/14/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...artfully and convincingly immerses us into the world of one of the greatest, painting." |
| 12. |
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04/12/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...understated, affecting... nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar." |
| 13. |
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02/23/12 |
Outstanding |
 "The flat, snowy landscape strips away all but the essentials from its tale: Two teens, best buddies from different families, have a bloody encounter on a hunting trip." |
| 14. |
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02/02/12 |
Outstanding |
 "The beauty captured is summed up in Andree's definition of eroticism: 'The ultimate thing is to suggest without offering oneself.' " |
| 15. |
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11/03/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...captures like no other film the ways that parents unwittingly manipulate and even emotionally terrorize their kids... Miss this masterpiece at your peril." |
| 16. |
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11/03/11 |
Outstanding |
 "The Dunst/Von Trier collaboration is one for the ages..." |
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07/14/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...a climax of truly epic proportions..." |
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07/07/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...instead of editing his subjects into pre-ordained music biz roles, Michael Rapaport uses his access to present the members as full dynamic characters..." |
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05/26/11 |
Outstanding |
 "Better than a masterpiece... an eruption of a movie, something to live with, to think and talk about afterward." |
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05/12/11 |
Outstanding |
 "Clio Barnard's pitch-perfect Dunbar biopic... revisits the foredoomed career and tragic afterlife of this slum-born, self-educated writer to electrifying effect..." |
