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Review of In Our Nature (2012)

By Shirley Sealy (140) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 06 Dec 2012

Brian Savelson generally eschews emotional fireworks to create this small and intimate study of how difficult it is to repair broken relationships…

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Review of Waiting for Lightning (2012)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 06 Dec 2012

Even without its central subject actually weighing in, this likeably scruffy documentary tells you a lot about the impetus behind shredding…

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Review of Deadfall (2012)

By Daniel Eagan (552) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 06 Dec 2012

A film too full of itself to be bothered with entertaining its customers…

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Review of Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 06 Dec 2012

Strictly recommended for the besotted Anglophile set who revel in watching endless versions of the privileged set enjoying their privileges…

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Review of A Werewolf Boy (2012)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 30 Nov 2012

We'll take this warmly directed, deeply affecting supernatural romance over the entire synthetic Twilight series any day…

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Review of Otelo Burning (2011)

By Marsha Mccreadie (81) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 30 Nov 2012

As buoyant as the waves its heroes surf on, Otelo Burning uses water as metaphor for freedom for its black South African teens in 1988…

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Review of King Kelly (2012)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 30 Nov 2012

One of the cleverest, funniest and most appallingly true films of the year…

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Review of Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012)

By David Guzman (7) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 29 Nov 2012

After five previous movies in the franchise, it may be time to lay down the weapons…

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Review of Beware of Mr. Baker (2012)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 29 Nov 2012

The hectic, wild life of the greatest rock 'n' roll drummer of them all is exposed in this absorbing documentary, which succeeds almost in…

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Review of Killing Them Softly (2012)

By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 29 Nov 2012

A black comedy at its most stygian, a parade of sad-sacks, no-hopers, sellouts, screw-ups and basket cases…

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Review of Hitchcock (2012)

By Kevin Lally (258) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 21 Nov 2012

A diverting movie nostalgia trip full of Hollywood period atmosphere…

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Review of Rust and Bone (2012)

By Doris Toumarkine (464) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 21 Nov 2012

Prospects for a drama about the relationship between a homeless fighter and legless woman seem dim indeed, but Jacques Audiard shows he can…

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Review of Red Dawn (2012)

By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 20 Nov 2012

The new Red Dawn is polished to a high Hollywood gloss and stripped of nuance and moral ambiguity, while flamboyant man's-man Milius' version…

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Review of Samsara (2011)

By Michael Sauter (58) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 16 Nov 2012

This visually spectacular travelogue captures memorable images from every corner…

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Review of Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)

By Michael Sauter (58) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 16 Nov 2012

From its shoestring budget to its familiar tropes, this could have been independent filmmaking at its most generic…

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Review of The Zen of Bennett (2012)

By David Guzman (7) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 16 Nov 2012

As simple as Tony Bennett's life is, his magic could've used a documentary less simple-minded than The Zen of Bennett to explain it…

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Review of Ted (2012)

By Michael Sauter (58) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 16 Nov 2012

The creator of TV's Family Guy directs his first live-action movie-in which he gets to say and do all the profane, politically incorrect and…

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Review of Paul Simon: Under African Skies (2012)

By Michael Sauter (58) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 16 Nov 2012

This absorbing documentary takes an up-close and intimate look at the musicians' creative process, then zooms out to recall the political turmoil…

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Review of Rites of Spring (2012)

By David Guzman (7) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 16 Nov 2012

What makes Rites of Spring worthwhile is that it plays like a kidnapping caper some slasher happened to slice its way into, which keeps the…

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Review of A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012)

By Michael Sauter (58) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 16 Nov 2012

What may surprise all but the most dedicated Python fan is the self-deprecating candor and bittersweet whimsy with which Chapman's memoir lays…

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