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Review of Polisse (2011)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 17 May 2012

It's filled with shocking dialogue and disturbing content, but treats it all in a strangely facile way…

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Review of God Bless America (2012)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 09 May 2012

A stark vision of American civilization crumbling amid a morass of loud, cacophonic nonsense…

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Review of I Wish (2011)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 09 May 2012

This powerful drama is set at that key moment in life when the realities of the adult world impinge on and irrevocably alter the optimism of youth…

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Review of Bernie (2012)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 26 Apr 2012

A dark, humorous look at southern oddballs that's also a powerful meditation on human fragility…

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Review of Darling Companion (2012)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 18 Apr 2012

The predictably fine acting can't save the movie from the insipid writing, which is centered on the less-than-illuminating insight that some…

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Review of Monsieur Lazhar (2011)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 11 Apr 2012

This is a quiet movie centered on small moments that collectively form something deep and profound…

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Review of Lockout (2012)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 11 Apr 2012

What could have been a smart Kubrickian enterprise, or at the very least a top-of-the-line sci-fi piece, instead aspires to little more than…

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Review of We Have a Pope (2011)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 05 Apr 2012

What really matters is the affectionate, humanist perspective from which the filmmaker dramatizes the plight of a man who simply can't bare…

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Review of Goon (2012)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 29 Mar 2012

It's every bit as sharp and funny as Slap Shot…

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Review of Intruders (2013)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 29 Mar 2012

It's impossibly labored and dull, a case study in the wrong way to make a horror movie…

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Review of Intruders (2011)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 29 Mar 2012

It's impossibly labored and dull, a case study in the wrong way to make a horror movie…

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Review of The Deep Blue Sea (2011)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 23 Mar 2012

A collection of beautiful visual compositions, deliberate long takes and all-around distinguished dramatics that remains perilously detached…

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Review of The Deep Blue Sea (1994)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 23 Mar 2012

A collection of beautiful visual compositions, deliberate long takes and all-around distinguished dramatics that remains perilously detached…

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Review of The Kid with a Bike (2011)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 15 Mar 2012

A lovingly understated film from masters of naturalistic cinema…

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Review of Friends with Kids (2012)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 09 Mar 2012

Jennifer Westfeldt's observant writing keeps things grounded and the strong performances root the movie in truthful emotions…

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Review of Footnote (2011)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 09 Mar 2012

The modern Jewish parable Footnote imbues a classic moral dilemma with a fraught, fascinating twist…

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Review of Being Flynn (2012)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 01 Mar 2012

The film is so bent on reflecting its abrasive main characters' psychological states that it's often insufferable…

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Review of Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 01 Mar 2012

The movie gleefully pushes boundaries, but it's a collection of a few worthy skit ideas and lots of non-starters in search of a unified whole…

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Review of The Forgiveness of Blood (2011)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 24 Feb 2012

It's a classic slow burn, a collection of patiently assembled observational sequences that collectively portrays the psychological toll facing…

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Review of Safe House (2012)

By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 09 Feb 2012

Denzel Washington is one of those rare actors blessed with enough natural charisma that he can repeat things and still entertain us…

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