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Review of The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (2014)

By A.a. Dowd (854) for AV Club (2,778) on 12 Sep 2013

It’s dazzling, but also excessive; by the end, even those consistently wowed by the directorial showmanship may find themselves feeling that…

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Review of Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

By A.a. Dowd (854) for AV Club (2,778) on 12 Sep 2013

There’s something undeniably affecting about that trajectory, which allows McConaughey to turn his character into an empathetic figure —…

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Review of Manakamana (2013)

By A.a. Dowd (854) for AV Club (2,778) on 12 Sep 2013

Really, though, the film’s focus is on neither the destination nor the journey, but on the individuals planting themselves in front of the lens…

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Review of Jayne Mansfield's Car (2013)

By Nick Schager (2,294) for AV Club (2,778) on 11 Sep 2013

Characters scream, throw glasses, screw, and strip nude for the self-gratifying viewing pleasure of others, but Jayne Mansfield’s Car never…

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Review of And While We Were Here (2012)

By Nick Schager (2,294) for AV Club (2,778) on 11 Sep 2013

A committed Bosworth gives herself over to the role. Yet, there’s ultimately no real role for her to play…

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Review of Salinger (2013)

By Kyle Ryan (12) for AV Club (2,778) on 04 Sep 2013

When Salinger succeeds, it’s in spite of Salerno’s heavy hand and because of the implicit intrigue of J.D. Salinger’s life story…

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Review of Winnie Mandela (2011)

By Scott Macdonald (9) for AV Club (2,778) on 04 Sep 2013

Poor Hudson tries to live up to both the character and the clothes, but she isn’t anywhere near assertive enough a screen presence; whenever…

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Review of Riddick (2013)

By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for AV Club (2,778) on 04 Sep 2013

In an era of high-falutin’ tentpole sci-fi, there’s something to be said for a filmmaker still devoted to crafting plain old genre pleasures…

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Review of Good Ol' Freda (2013)

By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for AV Club (2,778) on 04 Sep 2013

The impression left is that of a movie bending over backward to not let its subject tell her life story…

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Review of Populaire (2012)

By A.a. Dowd (854) for AV Club (2,778) on 04 Sep 2013

A candy-coated French throwback to the Hollywood rom-coms of the ’50s — especially the ones starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day — Populaire…

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Review of Our Nixon (2013)

By A.a. Dowd (854) for AV Club (2,778) on 28 Aug 2013

The results are akin to seeing the Nixon presidency through the eyes of his top aides; it’s as much a portrait of innocence lost as a behind-closed-doors…

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Review of Passion (2013)

By Mike D'angelo (730) for AV Club (2,778) on 28 Aug 2013

Passion, De Palma’s latest film, will irritate the faithful for about an hour, then thrill them as the master abruptly springs to life and…

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Review of Passion (2013)

By Mike D'angelo (730) for AV Club (2,778) on 28 Aug 2013

Passion, De Palma’s latest film, will irritate the faithful for about an hour, then thrill them as the master abruptly springs to life and…

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Review of The Lifeguard (2013)

By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for AV Club (2,778) on 28 Aug 2013

Like its lead character, The Lifeguard is stuck in a rut…

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Review of Afternoon Delight (2013)

By Mike D'angelo (730) for AV Club (2,778) on 28 Aug 2013

Alas, the film, which had at worst seemed unfocused (not a cardinal sin for a comedy), takes a bizarrely reactionary turn in the homestretch,…

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Review of Getaway (2013)

By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for AV Club (2,778) on 28 Aug 2013

For the most part, Getaway lacks tension and violence…

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Review of Closed Circuit (2013)

By A.a. Dowd (854) for AV Club (2,778) on 27 Aug 2013

Closed Circuit may be little more than a high-minded, shrewdly topical gloss on a shopworn genre, but its cynicism is bracing…

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Review of The Grandmaster (2013)

By A.a. Dowd (854) for AV Club (2,778) on 21 Aug 2013

At the end of the day, the pesky imperative to convey information is still a driving force; more than anything Wong has ever made, the movie…

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Review of Paradise: Faith (2013)

By Mike D'angelo (730) for AV Club (2,778) on 21 Aug 2013

A powerful final scene reveals that Seidl knew exactly where he was going…

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Review of The Dyatlov Pass Incident (2013)

By Mike D'angelo (730) for AV Club (2,778) on 21 Aug 2013

Here’s the trouble: Devil’s Pass isn’t actually about the Dyatlov Pass Incident…

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