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04/12/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...a story that begins and ends in Toronto and returns every year -- and it's never been so spectacularly and passionately retold until now." |
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03/01/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...doesn't pretend to have all the answers. It shows how mistakes have been made on both sides of the conflict... makes for grimly fascinating viewing..." |
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02/01/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...a hugely affectionate tribute to the virtue of old-fashioned music making.... the passion of this project really pops right out of the groove." |
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01/11/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Anyone who calls 'Zero Dark Thirty' pro-torture is not only wrong, but clearly not paying attention." |
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01/11/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...the simplest yet most passionate film of Haneke's incredible career. His actors reward him with outstanding performances of grace and wisdom..." |
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12/21/12 |
Outstanding |
 "An unusual and unsettling love story... shows once again that Oscar-winning French actress Marion Cotillard is as close to perfect as any female has ever been onscreen." |
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11/16/12 |
Outstanding |
 "You must give yourself over to this film, even if you ultimately reject it... the most exhilarating cinema ride of 2012, a marvellously mobile mystery trip." |
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11/08/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...successfully blends the old and the new of Bond mythology... It could make you fall for James Bond all over again, or discover him at the moment of his vital rebirth." |
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10/12/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...an intimate story of truth, memory and reconciliation... You just have to trust in Sarah Polley's steely determination and follow her relentless lens. In a word: Wow." |
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09/21/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...explosive... transfixing.... Phoenix and Hoffman command the giant screen so completely it's hard to imagine anyone pulling it away from them." |
| 11. |
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07/19/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...soul-deep. It prompts us look at our most private fears and how we cope with them. It questions what happens if we give into those fears." |
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06/15/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...sheer force of personality infuses everything Abramovic says and does with such charisma... In the odd boom genre of artist biodocs, this one stands above them all." |
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05/04/12 |
Outstanding |
 "By the time this movie ends, you might very well believe that Richard Wagner would have loved every nail-biting, goosebump-inducing minute." |
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03/23/12 |
Outstanding |
 "Emotions run so hot that if it weren't for Amit Poznansky's jaunty score, and the film's Pythonesque visual flourishes, we could forget at times that this is a comedy." |
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01/27/12 |
Outstanding |
 "There are just adults and kids struggling with a reality shaded by euphemisms, secrets and loss.... as simple as sunlight, yet as difficult as forgiveness." |
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01/20/12 |
Outstanding |
 "The clothing and customs may seem foreign, but the issues of 'A Separation' are universal." |
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12/09/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...while it's not a conventional romance, it's a passion project all the way, made by people with their heads in the present but their hearts in the past. Feel free to swoon along with them." |
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07/22/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...a stunning documentary... has the feel of a dramatic film; more than once you will have to remind yourself that this is indeed reality." |
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05/16/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...evokes wonder, dread, hope.... prompted by the cascade of images in something that's closer to epic poetry than to anything resembling narrative cinema." |
| 20. |
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03/25/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...a genuine triumph.... The film's title provides a clue as to writer/director Kiarostami's views on the mercurial nature of love: can it always be believed, or even felt?" |
