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Review of About Time (2013)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 31 Oct 2013

Admirable effort, but the movie aims for the heartstrings so resolutely that it ultimately leaves much less of an emotional impact than it should…

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Review of Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 31 Oct 2013

I'm all for slower movies, and longer movies, films that reflect the rhythms of life…

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Review of About Time (2013)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 31 Oct 2013

Admirable effort, but the movie aims for the heartstrings so resolutely that it ultimately leaves much less of an emotional impact than it should…

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Review of Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 31 Oct 2013

It's about the ways we confront our mortality when it's shoved in our face. That's powerful stuff…

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Review of Kill Your Darlings (2013)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 17 Oct 2013

The movie is fundamentally a look at how Allen Ginsberg became Allen Ginsberg, so it's rife with the thrill of artistic discovery…

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Review of 12 Years a Slave (2013)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 17 Oct 2013

McQueen brings urgency to the subject by depicting it with a documentarian's precision; there's no false hope, only despair, in this portrait…

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Review of All Is Lost (2013)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 17 Oct 2013

Redford's voice might be largely silent, but the soul is there and the magnitude of all that is lost hits home…

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Review of Paradise (2011)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 17 Oct 2013

Most everyone's very nice and pleasant and it's all extremely boring, about as flavorful as dry toast…

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Review of Paradise (2013)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 17 Oct 2013

Most everyone's very nice and pleasant and it's all extremely boring, about as flavorful as dry toast…

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Review of The Fifth Estate (2013)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 17 Oct 2013

There's a propulsive energy that keeps things moving and fits the breakneck speed of modern media…

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Review of Captain Phillips (2013)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 10 Oct 2013

If the film doesn't represent a new challenge, it's still a leap forward for Paul Greengrass and further proof that he has mastered the art…

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Review of The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 10 Oct 2013

This isn't a grim wallow in the depths of poverty. There's hope here and it's earned, not forced…

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Review of Gravity (2013)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 03 Oct 2013

Here is a movie that is everything a movie should be: relentlessly suspenseful and packed with cutting-edge effects while it's simultaneously…

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Review of A.C.O.D. (2013)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 03 Oct 2013

The screenplay simply doesn't provide enough reasons to feel bad for Adam Scott's Carter amid his personal crisis…

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Review of All Is Bright (2013)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 03 Oct 2013

The story is low-key and quiet, performed by big-time actors acting for the sake of their craft, not a major paycheck or a higher profile…

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Review of Haute Cuisine (2012)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 25 Sep 2013

A feature-length cooking show with some biographical details thrown in for good measure…

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Review of We Are What We Are (2013)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 25 Sep 2013

If, in the end, it doesn't really work, there's still plenty to admire in the gothic exploration of the timeless conflict between family tradition…

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Review of Don Jon (2013)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 25 Sep 2013

It's never boring, but the film plays like a thesis on the modern condition more than a genuine depiction of a romantic relationship…

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Review of After Tiller (2013)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 25 Sep 2013

It's an in-the-trenches exploration of bravery…

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Review of The Family (2013)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 11 Sep 2013

The movie repeats the same basic humorous conceit ad nauseam: The Blakes violently overreact to things, setting fire to grocery stores and more…

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