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Review of The Messenger (2009)

By Laura Kern (82) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 19 Oct 2014

[Foster and Harrelson's] interplay, on the job (ruining the day of one unfortunate person after the next) and off...provides the backbone of…

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Review of Defamation (2009)

By Jennifer Dworkin (4) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 19 Oct 2014

[T]hough the film is scattershot and flip at times, it is also heartfelt…

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Review of The Damned United (2009)

By Graham Fuller (154) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 19 Oct 2014

The Damned United eliminates the existential anguish and pain that propelled Peace's novel, and curtails its lowering style…

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Review of Sugar (2008)

By Nicole Armour (7) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 19 Oct 2014

Sugar's personal achievement is uplifting-and it's also cause for celebration when artists create just for the love of the game…

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Review of Every Little Step (2008)

By Michael Koresky (14) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 19 Oct 2014

Every Little Step, like A Chorus Line itself, should prove catnip for any self-respecting, self-flagellating actor-dancer…

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Review of Bronson (2009)

By Chris Chang (35) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 25 Sep 2014

the film can barely contain Tom Hardy's performance…

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Review of Mine (1982)

By Chris Chang (35) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 23 Sep 2014

The impassioned wrangling between individuals, their pets, and the ad hoc organizations trying to do the right thing makes for a most perturbing film…

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Review of Act of God (2009)

By Chris Chang (35) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 23 Sep 2014

[Jennifer] Baichwal's point of view is not religious; in fact, the strength and beauty of her project resides in its stubborn insistence on…

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Review of Nine (2009)

By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 23 Sep 2014

Largely, the numbers just sit on top of the dramatic action, adding little to our understanding of the characters and seldom contributing to…

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Review of Act of God (2009)

By Chris Chang (35) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 23 Sep 2014

[Jennifer] Baichwal's point of view is not religious; in fact, the strength and beauty of her project resides in its stubborn insistence on…

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Review of Mine (2006)

By Chris Chang (35) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 23 Sep 2014

The impassioned wrangling between individuals, their pets, and the ad hoc organizations trying to do the right thing makes for a most perturbing film…

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Review of Mine (2009)

By Chris Chang (35) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 23 Sep 2014

The impassioned wrangling between individuals, their pets, and the ad hoc organizations trying to do the right thing makes for a most perturbing film…

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Review of Pride (2014)

By Jonathan Romney (434) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 23 Sep 2014

Pride has a lot going for it-and the performances, especially [Bill] Nighy's, bring the film the classiness and nuance it needs…

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Review of Mine (1991)

By Chris Chang (35) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 23 Sep 2014

The impassioned wrangling between individuals, their pets, and the ad hoc organizations trying to do the right thing makes for a most perturbing film…

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Review of Me and Orson Welles (2008)

By Nicolas Rapold (488) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 23 Sep 2014

This deceptively modest movie is smartly not a curated compilation of Wellesiana, but rather a warmly observed look at the theater and those…

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Review of Until the Light Takes Us (2008)

By Chris Chang (35) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 23 Sep 2014

A morbidly hypnotic yet generally disorganized affair…

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Review of Fish Tank (2009)

By Kristin M. Jones (11) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 23 Sep 2014

[Andrea] Arnold has a knack for subtle details but also for portraying female characters whose natural warmth and energy have been muted by…

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Review of Sweetgrass (2009)

By Nicolas Rapold (488) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 23 Sep 2014

[The directors] portray something indelible by capturing the rancher's old-hand ways…

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Review of Lourdes (2009)

By Nicolas Rapold (488) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 23 Sep 2014

[Jessica Hausner's] thought experiment is an emotionally potent one…

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Review of The Art of the Steal (2010)

By David Zuckerman (5) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 23 Sep 2014

[Don] Argott has made a worthwhile contribution to a controversy that deserves an audience…

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