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By Brandon Harris (3) for The New Republic (897) on 12 Nov 2015

Wiseman's work takes on the moral density of a Dickens novel…

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By Alan Zilberman (171) for Washington Post (9,851) on 12 Nov 2015

Wiseman’s voracious curiosity and evenhanded approach to his subject ensures that viewers will have a wide range of responses to the material…

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By Chris Barsanti (896) for PopMatters (2,617) on 12 Nov 2015

It would be difficult to find a stronger, more effective rebuke to Tea Party reactionaries who would erase Emma Lazarus' welcoming words from…

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By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 06 Nov 2015

Frederick Wiseman, now 85, has made a politically engaged film about people confronting the gentrification that is robbing NY of its soul…

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By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 05 Nov 2015

Microcosm of everyday life in Queens neighborhood. . .on summer days…

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By Farran Smith Nehme (295) for New York Post (6,650) on 05 Nov 2015

Much of it is entrancing…

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By Alan Scherstuhl (679) for Village Voice (8,525) on 05 Nov 2015

It's a work of community portraiture that slowly develops into collective drama…

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By Eric Hynes (189) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 04 Nov 2015

Whether we're digging in, driving by, spending time with or merely glimpsing, going long or going short, there's not a frame of In Jackson…

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By Matt Zoller Seitz (637) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 04 Nov 2015

It's hard to write about In Jackson Heights without sounding like you're trying to write poetry…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 04 Nov 2015

A fascinating documentary that immerses us in a diverse and lively Queens neighborhood where community activism is alive and well…

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By Jake Cole (292) for Movie Mezzanine (782) on 04 Nov 2015

Wiseman's film is a beautiful tribute to a community with dozens of nationalities and languages…

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By Mike D'angelo (730) for AV Club (2,778) on 04 Nov 2015

The sheer variety of humanity that Wiseman documents keeps the film lively, and he finds plenty of terrific subjects…

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By Ethan Alter (997) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 03 Nov 2015

One of the most invigorating portraits of democracy in action to come along in recent memory…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for New York Times (5,786) on 03 Nov 2015

Over time, as the movie returns to specific spaces, touching on human rights and gentrification along the way, it develops into a deeply stirring…

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By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 03 Nov 2015

No one has as clear an eye as Frederick Wiseman, and with each deep dive in a new place he makes mere observance seem immersive…

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By Richard Brody (868) for New Yorker (1,403) on 02 Nov 2015

Wiseman’s very subject is the difference between neighborhood and community—between the happenstance of urban geography and the commitment…

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By Jaime N. Christley (95) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 02 Nov 2015

The lightning in the film’s bottle isn’t some generic feel-good humanism, but a complicated one, fighting for its own existence, sometimes…

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By Pablo Villaça (1,590) for Cinema em Cena (1,589) on 15 Oct 2015

Um filme que inspira humanidade e expira empatia…

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By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 18 Sep 2015

In Jackson Heights serves to remind us that our worlds are full of living things, and that, being the social creatures we are, we need each other…

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By Boyd Van Hoeij (303) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 18 Sep 2015

By simply contrasting short sequences that each tell a small story, Wiseman constructs a much larger mosaic…

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