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Review of Touched with Fire (2016)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 02 May 2016

Writer/director Dalio is the real deal - he's got a great eye and ear, and a way with visceral moments of abstract sound and imagery that place…

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Review of The Martian (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 02 May 2016

It's just a cracklingly good entertainment, a crowd-pleaser that's compelling and emotional and even a little inspirational…

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Review of Where to Invade Next (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 02 May 2016

Scattershot, reductive, and irritating; it's also smart, funny, heartfelt, and moving. It is, in other words, a Michael Moore movie…

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Review of Envy (2001)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 02 May 2016

Ozon, perhaps not entirely purposely, addresses the very timely issue of trans and non-binary gender identity, yet he does it within the framework…

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Review of Pawn Sacrifice (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 02 May 2016

Pawn Sacrifice' takes all of those tropes and cranks them up to 11, far past the barometers of either believable human behavior or credible…

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Review of Brooklyn (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 02 May 2016

Brooklyn' might sound like some sort of starchy period piece, which couldn't be further from the truth - it's vibrant and warm and funny…

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Review of Truth (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 02 May 2016

Truth' is simplistic, pedestrian swill, no matter when you release it; putting it out so close to 'Spotlight' merely emphasizes its already…

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Review of Glassland (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 02 May 2016

You've seen stories of substance abuse and its effects on a family, but rarely one as deeply unsentimental and candid as this one…

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Review of Little Men (2016)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 02 May 2016

A warm, honest, mellow movie, and Theo Taplitz and Michael Barbieri, the two young actors at its center, are terrific…

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Review of The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 02 May 2016

Directors Ross Adam and Robert Cannan don't just tell this very strange tale; they ultimately see it as the story of frustrated artists…

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Review of Secret in Their Eyes (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 02 May 2016

You just keep waiting for it to take flight, for some clue as to why these talented people are spinning their wheels with such subpar material…

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Review of The Visit (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 02 May 2016

M. Night Shyamalan made another good movie, and I'm as surprised as you are…

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Review of Christine (2016)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 02 May 2016

A forceful piece of work, and Hall is next-level great…

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Review of Maggie's Plan (2016)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 02 May 2016

It doesn't quite come together as tightly as its screwball plotting requires - but there are still long stretches that work, and every performance…

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Review of The Paper (1994)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 02 May 2016

The inside-baseball feel of the newsroom material (co-writer Stephen Koepp did time in the trenches) is what makes 'The Paper' sing…

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Review of Black Mass (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 02 May 2016

A a well-crafted, well-acted, and competently executed movie that you've seen many, many times before…

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Review of Martian (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 02 May 2016

It's just a cracklingly good entertainment, a crowd-pleaser that's compelling and emotional and even a little inspirational…

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Review of The Eyes of My Mother (2016)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 02 May 2016

The overwhelming feeling, throughout Nicolas Pesce's gripping horror drama, is of unsteadiness and dread - you may not know exactly what's…

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Review of Bridge of Spies (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 02 May 2016

This is a filmmaker with a lifetime of skill and experience, crafting his vintage pictures with style and grace, and we're all better off for it…

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Review of Steve Jobs (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 02 May 2016

A reminder of Sorkin's true gifts as a dramatist; it also boasts a crackerjack ensemble cast, subtle yet substantial direction by Boyle, and…

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