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By Farran Smith Nehme (295) for New York Post (6,650) on 08 Feb 2013

Such is literature’s power that the cast is more at ease portraying ancient Romans than speaking as versions of themselves…

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By Maria Garcia (194) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 07 Feb 2013

Paolo and Vittorio Taviani brilliantly merge documentary and fiction in this film about a prison production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar…

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By Grant Butler (8) for Oregonian (1,550) on 07 Feb 2013

For a movie with such a brisk pace -- it clocks in at just 76 minutes -- Caesar Must Die has surprising depth, particularly when it comes to…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for AV Club (2,778) on 07 Feb 2013

In Caesar Must Die, the characters are both actor and audience, looking at themselves through the lens of a centuries-old fictionalization of history…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for New York Times (5,786) on 05 Feb 2013

There’s an elemental, almost primitive quality to the Tavianis’ condensing that, at its most effective, dovetails with the prison’s severely…

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By Donald J. Levit (489) for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (1,771) on 04 Feb 2013

As much in the corridors, cells and courtyards as on the virtually prop-less stage, these nearly entirely non-professionals give moving performances…

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By Bob Mondello (417) for NPR (1,713) on 31 Jan 2013

The Taviani brothers, Paolo and Vittorio, have been blurring the line between reality and fiction in their films for six decades…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 29 Jan 2013

Italy's Oscar entry for best foreign pic of 2012 is a bold choice, one featuring hardened criminals who deliver a shattering performance of…

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By Shaun Munro (472) for What Culture (594) on 24 Oct 2012

A clever meta-narrative achievement that boasts winningly naturalistic performances from the real inmates and doesn't outstay its welcome…

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By Gail Tolley (36) for The List (2,018) on 21 Oct 2012

The 'play-within-the-film' concept keeps the audience held slightly at arms length, but in many of the more intense scenes it's hard not to…

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By Richard Brody (868) for New Yorker (1,403) on 30 Sep 2012

The movie's predominant black-and-white palette pares the action to its starkest outlines, and a few color sequences reconnect the prison,…

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By Don Groves (134) for sbs.com.au (697) on 10 Jun 2012

Shakespeare's tragedy gains extra piquancy in a Roman prison…

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By Blake Howard (505) for 2UE That Movie Show (314) on 06 Jun 2012

Friends, Romans, Countrymen; Caesar Must Die is flawless, and must be seen…

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