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By Marc Mohan (821) for Oregonian (1,550) on 02 Oct 2014

A must-see, especially in a theater, where the lack of distractions makes it even more mesmerizing, a cinematic Rorschach test that lets you…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 26 Sep 2014

It's hypnotic work with a terrific sense of cultural study and geography…

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By Norman Wilner (961) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 26 Aug 2014

If you're prone to carsickness, this might not be the ideal movie for you…

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By Adam K (1,533) on 06 Aug 2014

Yes, of course it is about the viewer as much as the traveller, but this film is a little too one dimensional - a little bit like Cage's silent music…

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By Reini U (107) on 01 Aug 2014

Cheap and minimalistic exotism exploitation, which would have been caused immediate film-school ejection in a better european university…

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By Chris Knight (998) for National Post (1,405) on 06 Jul 2014

In the hands of Spray and Velez, the journey is far more important than the destination…

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By Dave White (762) for Linoleum Knife (40) on 26 Jun 2014

The beauty and rhythms of the fixed camera's highly specific focus builds a hypnotic group narrative of religion's possibility, the ways in…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 25 Jun 2014

Observational with a vengeance, more an art piece than a conventional motion picture, Manakamana is simple in conception, but the reactions…

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By Amelia H (84) on 20 Jun 2014

Tranquil, breathtaking, and charming. I feel like a fly on the wall observing passengers in their most mundane yet intimate moments…

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By Daniel Walber (66) for Nonfics (197) on 02 Jun 2014

It's a lovely, occasionally charming, and rarely beautiful slice of life, but it doesn't grasp for much more…

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By Ray Pride (544) for Newcity (539) on 26 May 2014

There is little dialogue and no explication, only a succession of dreamy rides, one of which is given over to goats…

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By Jonathan Romney (434) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 20 Apr 2014

Manakamana is a travel film that's not about the ride, but the riders. Ourselves included, of course…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for New York Times (5,786) on 16 Apr 2014

By focusing on such a narrow slice of Nepali life, Ms. Spray and Mr…

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By Mark Jenkins (515) for NPR (1,713) on 16 Apr 2014

Manakamana doesn't answer any questions, yet makes its point: Nepal, like the rest of our planet, is a picturesque but far from peaceable kingdom…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 14 Apr 2014

Manakamana is both calming and imagination-sparking, forcing viewers to look at human faces for 10-minute stretches, whether those faces are…

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By Clayton Dillard (209) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 12 Apr 2014

Filmmakers Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez insist that altered spectatorship, particularly patience and duration, is the foundation of cinematic…

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By Mark D (2,239) on 30 Mar 2014

An interesting experiment provides rewards for those who can burrow themselves into the film's rhythms, but it will leave many a viewer wondering…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 05 Mar 2014

If Leviathan showed us the primal terror of everyday life, this new film is a warm hug, a salute to our shared humanity…

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By Michael H (3,299) on 16 Feb 2014

An 8 1/2 minute ride to or from a mountaintop temple. 11 times. Sometimes in silence, sometimes with constant chatter…

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By Antti Q (108) on 02 Feb 2014

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