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Review of Satantango (1994)

By Jason Anderson (395) for Artforum (101) on 20 May 2014

It may sound absurd to say that a seven-hour movie has hardly a wasted moment -- as famously insisted by Susan Sontag -- but Tarr's minimalism…

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Review of Three Night Stand (2014)

By Jason Anderson (395) for The Grid (42) on 19 Feb 2014

Canadian efforts to replicate the blend of raunch, smarts, and heart of the Judd Apatow comedy factory have mostly missed the mark but this…

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Review of Blood Brother (2013)

By Jason Anderson (395) for The Grid (42) on 13 Dec 2013

In spite of his clear love and admiration for Braat, Hoover is also brave enough to consider the ethical questions that arise from any well-intentioned…

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Review of The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)

By Jason Anderson (395) for The Grid (42) on 07 Nov 2013

A bold, big-hearted Belgian drama about love and loss, The Broken Circle Breakdown is as full of joy and sorrow as any of the bluegrass ballads…

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Review of Thor: The Dark World (2013)

By Jason Anderson (395) for The Grid (42) on 07 Nov 2013

Pleasingly old-school, Thor: The Dark World has a greater kinship with the science-fiction movies of the 1950s or even the first Star Wars…

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Review of Escape from Tomorrow (2013)

By Jason Anderson (395) for The Grid (42) on 24 Oct 2013

Less provocative for its assault on the false ideals of corporate-controlled family fun than its clever repurposing of many of the same German…

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Review of All Is Lost (2013)

By Jason Anderson (395) for The Grid (42) on 24 Oct 2013

As a rugged yet wise exploration of manhood and mortality, All Is Lost gives great Hemingway…

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Review of Captain Phillips (2013)

By Jason Anderson (395) for The Grid (42) on 09 Oct 2013

What opens as an often perceptive study of ordinary men struggling to cope with forces beyond their grasp becomes a juiced-up action thriller,…

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Review of Watermark (2013)

By Jason Anderson (395) for The Grid (42) on 03 Oct 2013

Watermark succeeds both as a rumination on our varied relationship with H2O and as a warning about the perils we'll face when we're down to…

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Review of Gravity (2013)

By Jason Anderson (395) for The Grid (42) on 03 Oct 2013

Cuarón is so successful at immersing viewers in the astronauts' environment that Gravity is only marginally hampered by its flaws…

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Review of Parkland (2013)

By Jason Anderson (395) for The Grid (42) on 03 Oct 2013

Its scenes of bloodied doctors, panicked aides, and devastated Secret Service Agents are gripping, but Parkland is marred by Landesman's efforts…

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Review of Muscle Shoals (2013)

By Jason Anderson (395) for The Grid (42) on 03 Oct 2013

Music docs with untold stories about unsung talents are an increasingly scarce commodity…

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Review of Enough Said (2013)

By Jason Anderson (395) for The Grid (42) on 03 Oct 2013

Though the general anxiety level doesn't run quite as high in Enough Said as it did in Holofcener's brilliant 2010 effort, Please Give, there's…

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Review of Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

By Jason Anderson (395) for The Grid (42) on 03 Oct 2013

Jim Jarmusch's most lucid, satisfying, and flat-out gorgeous feature since Dead Man…

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Review of Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

By Jason Anderson (395) for The Grid (42) on 03 Oct 2013

Though the subject matter inevitably seems a little sexed-up and contrived compared to recent docs like How to Survive a Plague, director Jean-Marc…

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Review of Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013)

By Jason Anderson (395) for The Grid (42) on 03 Oct 2013

The lack of original Hendrix music is a serious hindrance, but director John Ridley is far less interested in any onstage displays of flamboyance…

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Review of When Do We Eat? (2006)

By Jason Anderson (395) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 24 Sep 2013

Sure, the food looks good and the prayers are worth hearing, but there just isn't enough wine in the world to tempt the prophet Elijah into…

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Review of We're the Millers (2013)

By Jason Anderson (395) for The Grid (42) on 07 Aug 2013

An affable if only passably funny effort that reunites Jason Sudeikis with his Horrible Bosses co-star Jennifer Aniston, We're the Millers…

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Review of Elysium (2013)

By Jason Anderson (395) for The Grid (42) on 07 Aug 2013

Elysium is yet another badly derivative and poorly engineered contraption in a summer movie season that's already thick as blackflies with 'em…

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Review of Old Joy (2006)

By Jason Anderson (395) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 25 Jul 2013

A precise, subtle and emotionally affecting portrait of the fraying friendship between two men, director Kelly Reichardt's Old Joy is an increasingly…

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