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‘All Is Lost’ Grips Viewers and Refuses to Let Go
Robert Redford's new film, ALL IS LOST, is brilliant.
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‘Captain Phillips’ Is A Masterful Achievement From Greengrass and Hanks
Russell Hainline reviews Paul Grassgrass' CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, starring Tom Hanks.
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‘Runner Runner’: A World of Beautiful People and Corruption You Hardly Care For
The star power one possesses when able to disappear for a few years and come back with a vengeance is limited to a few number of performers. Justin Timberlake is one of those few; his ability to go off the celebrity radar and come back in both the music and fi...
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‘Insidious: Chapter 2’ Is Scarily Ambitious But Not Fully Successful
While it isn’t quite as satisfying as a lot of his other work, it may ultimately be more memorable, just because of Wan’s willingness embrace the sillier elements of the genre other filmmakers might wish to play down.
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TIFF Review: ‘Visitors’ Is Beautiful But Empty
Adriana Floridia reviews VISITORS from the Toronto International Film Festival.
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‘Man of Tai Chi’ Is A Flawed and Occasionally Spry B-Movie From Keanu Reeves
Ty Landis reviews 'Man of Tai Chi,' the directorial debut of Keanu Reeves.
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‘A Teacher’: A Queasy Kind of Love, Handled With Grace
This review was originally part of our Sundance NEXT Weekend coverage.
Female high school teachers having affairs with male students has long been the object of lurid tabloid attention and melodramatic movies of the week. But A Teacher takes a reserved, co...
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‘The Invader’ Is A Beautiful, Provocative Look at Race, Sex, Class
The Invader is a mini-masterpiece, a hypnotic exploration of identity, sex and class politics set against the backdrop of urban anomie.
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‘Stories We Tell’
Narrative is the way we relate to the world and to each other. We tell stories to communicate ideas, and to relate the events and emotions we experience. We tell stories to hold on to our memories. Sarah Polley’s new film, Stories We Tell, is an exploration of...
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Review of Something in the Air
B+
The U.S. title of Olivier Assayas’ new film, Something in the Air, misleads from the direct implications of the original Apès Mai, translated literally as “After May”. The former gives the impression of trouble stirring, of planets aligning to generate a...
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