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Review of Circumstance (2011)

By Laura Clifford (2,742) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 25 Aug 2011

Cinematographer Brian Rigney Hubbard (Tanner Hall) frames many of his shots with doorways, either with a character point of view observing…

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Review of Project Nim (2011)

By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 15 Aug 2011

After watching this eye-opening documentary, one almost hopes for a rebellion of the chimpanzees like the one seen in the latest installment…

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Review of Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 15 Aug 2011

A sharp critique of human nature from the standpoint of our closest relative, the chimpanzee who comes off as much more civilized than those…

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Review of The Protector (2009)

By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 05 Aug 2011

At last, a movie about the holocaust about ordinary human beings confronted with difficult choices…

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Review of Sleep Furiously (2008)

By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 27 Jul 2011

If you love Dylan Thomas (who doesn't?), then you will love this film…

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Review of 13 Assassins (2010)

By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 13 Jul 2011

A remake of a classic film that is a classic on its own terms…

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Review of Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish (2012)

By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 08 Jul 2011

The writer-director has bitten off a bit more than she can chew but this is a must-see for anybody who loves the sound of Yiddish, as well…

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Review of Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness (2012)

By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 08 Jul 2011

A combination of erudition and inspiration so rare in documentary film…

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Review of Buried (2010)

By David N. Butterworth (570) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 07 Jul 2011

This experiment in minimalist filmmaking succeeds in part because of the tight, controlled performance by one of 'People' magazine's sexiest…

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Review of Crime After Crime (2011)

By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 02 Jul 2011

Despite its modesty of means, this is the most powerful documentary I have seen this year…

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Review of Dark Days (2000)

By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 30 Jun 2011

A deeply humanistic documentary about NYC's lower depths…

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Review of Dark Days (2012)

By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 30 Jun 2011

A deeply humanistic documentary about NYC's lower depths…

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Review of Viva Riva! (2010)

By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 07 Jun 2011

This is on my short list for best movie of 2011. Considering the obstacles that the director had to face, this is a stunning achievement…

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Review of City of Life and Death (2009)

By Laura Clifford (2,742) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 30 May 2011

it is this humanity, standing beside horrific crimes against same, which makes City of Life and Death one of the greatest war films…

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Review of Despicable Me (2010)

By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 24 May 2011

A movie that mistakes grotesquery for wit--in other words a perfect vehicle for Steve Carell…

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Review of Toy Story 3 (2010)

By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 24 May 2011

Another worthy entry in a much-heralded series that amounts to a prison break story as exciting in its own way as Steve McQueen's The Great Escape…

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Review of How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 24 May 2011

A totally enthralling movie that despite using well-worn themes seems totally fresh…

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Review of Nostalgia for the Light (2010)

By Laura Clifford (2,742) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 21 May 2011

a provocative work, a documentary that doesn't merely present facts but induces its audience to connect ideas…

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Review of The Big Uneasy (2010)

By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 18 May 2011

This powerful documentary debunks the natural disaster version of New Orleans flooding shared by George W. Bush and Barack Obama alike…

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Review of Changeling (2008)

By David N. Butterworth (570) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 16 May 2011

Jolie is alternately distraught and outraged (in good ways) but Eastwood's film is an odd mix of genres that never quite settles into the one…

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