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Review of Bettie Page Reveals All (2013)

By Bill Brownstein (38) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 06 Mar 2014

Revealing it is on so many levels…

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Review of Jimmy P. (2013)

By T'cha Dunlevy (129) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 06 Feb 2014

The French director overcomes melodramatic tendencies in the early part of the movie to settle into something more subtle and interesting --…

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Review of Bà nội (2013)

By T'cha Dunlevy (129) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 30 Jan 2014

What seems at first to be a simple portrait of a feisty old woman transforms into something more complex and revealing,…

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Review of Visitors (2013)

By T'cha Dunlevy (129) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 30 Jan 2014

The effect is akin to a mediated staring contest: the film audience looks into the eyes of the individual people on screen, who look back,…

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Review of Visitors (2013)

By T'cha Dunlevy (129) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 30 Jan 2014

The effect is akin to a mediated staring contest: the film audience looks into the eyes of the individual people on screen, who look back,…

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Review of Big Bad Wolves (2013)

By T'cha Dunlevy (129) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 24 Jan 2014

Papushado and his old film prof Keshales are a dynamic duo, their second feature combining natural storytelling instincts, wry humour and slow-burning,…

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Review of The Great Beauty (2013)

By T'cha Dunlevy (129) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 24 Jan 2014

Borrowing liberally from the spirit of famed countryman Federico Fellini's 1960 classic La Dolce Vita, Sorrentino emerges with an existential…

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Review of A Few Hours of Spring (2012)

By T'cha Dunlevy (129) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 10 Jan 2014

There is admirable restraint in his storytelling, and a resistance of mainstream tropes, but the technique is almost too effective…

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Review of Herø (2001)

By T'cha Dunlevy (129) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 10 Jan 2014

Phoenix delivers a herculean performance, managing to be nerdy, needy, thoughtful and emotional at all the right moments…

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Review of A Touch of Sin (2013)

By T'cha Dunlevy (129) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 10 Jan 2014

Part nuanced social commentary, part brutal action flick, auteur Jia Zhangke's seventh film takes a multi-pronged approach to a complex topic…

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Review of Her (2013)

By T'cha Dunlevy (129) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 10 Jan 2014

Phoenix delivers a herculean performance, managing to be nerdy, needy, thoughtful and emotional at all the right moments…

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Review of Ressac (2013)

By Brendan Kelly (42) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 19 Dec 2013

It's a tough, no frills drama about three generations of women trying to come to grips with the loss of the man of the house…

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Review of Fanny (1977)

By T'cha Dunlevy (129) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 19 Dec 2013

Auteuil is not the greatest movie director, but he has strong dramatic instincts, as evidenced by the strong performances he elicits from his…

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Review of Fanny (1961)

By T'cha Dunlevy (129) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 19 Dec 2013

Auteuil is not the greatest movie director, but he has strong dramatic instincts, as evidenced by the strong performances he elicits from his…

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Review of Fanny (2013)

By T'cha Dunlevy (129) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 19 Dec 2013

Auteuil is not the greatest movie director, but he has strong dramatic instincts, as evidenced by the strong performances he elicits from his…

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Review of Fanny (1932)

By T'cha Dunlevy (129) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 19 Dec 2013

Auteuil is not the greatest movie director, but he has strong dramatic instincts, as evidenced by the strong performances he elicits from his…

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Review of Marius (2013)

By T'cha Dunlevy (129) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 12 Dec 2013

Worth taking in for the performances alone, this modest film feels like the product of another era…

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Review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

By T'cha Dunlevy (129) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 12 Dec 2013

Jackson succeeds in making this film feel like more than a mere midpoint, but rather a proper chapter unto itself, with a beginning, middle…

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Review of Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)

By Al Kratina (1) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 09 Dec 2013

Jalmari Helander's film has fun with the idea that Christmas, with all its kid-friendly commercialism, has horrific, blood-soaked roots, like…

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Review of Grand Central (2013)

By T'cha Dunlevy (129) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 05 Dec 2013

The film hits its stride in the second half, hinting at the emotional confusion and unspoken motives of these characters as they circle one…

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