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Review of Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives (2013)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 07 Mar 2013

Whatever the film's faults, though, it's safe to say that you may never view childbirth in the same way…

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Review of Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 07 Mar 2013

That's why the more you like the Judy Garland film, the more you might appreciate Oz the Great and Powerful. Appreciate. Enjoy. Admire…

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Review of Harvest of Empire (2012)

By Peter Hartlaub (620) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 07 Mar 2013

As entertainment, this approach might be questionable. As a service, it would be valuable…

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Review of Greedy Lying Bastards (2013)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 07 Mar 2013

Watching the film is like being on a jury in which you know the defendant is probably guilty, but alas, there's not enough evidence to convict…

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Review of The Oath (2010)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 06 Mar 2013

At first, The Oath looks as though it will be a study of the soul-corroding effects of twisted ideology, but it emerges as the reverse…

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Review of Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 04 Mar 2013

It's one of the best documentaries ever made about show business, about what it really consists of and what it demands…

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Review of Down with Love (2003)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 03 Mar 2013

A very smart, very shrewd movie, and the smartest, shrewdest thing about it is the way it masquerades as just a fluffy comedy, a diversion, a trifle…

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Review of American Beauty (1999)

By Edward Guthmann (364) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 01 Mar 2013

A wonder of a film -- a luminous, beautifully executed drama that gathers the best cast of the year -- the best American film of the year…

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Review of Phantom (2013)

By Walter V. Addiego (363) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 01 Mar 2013

A game effort by a decent cast highlights the old-fashioned submarine thriller Phantom, but heavy-handed dialogue, flurries of melodrama and…

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Review of Phantom (2013)

By Walter V. Addiego (363) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 01 Mar 2013

A game effort by a decent cast highlights the old-fashioned submarine thriller Phantom, but heavy-handed dialogue, flurries of melodrama and…

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Review of Phantom (2013)

By Walter Addiego (380) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 01 Mar 2013

Heavy-handed dialogue, flurries of melodrama and a silly ending make the whole enterprise sink like a stone…

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Review of The Sweeney (2012)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 28 Feb 2013

The movie has a certain integrity and creates an interesting atmosphere, largely thanks to the soundtrack, of all things, which gives most…

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Review of The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2013)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 28 Feb 2013

In the end, the filmmakers don't reveal a lot of new insights into Dahmer's character, or answer questions about how all these murders went…

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Review of 21 & Over (2013)

By Peter Hartlaub (620) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 28 Feb 2013

Writer-directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore find a nice balance between the over-the-top high jinks and an emotional core, which unexpectedly…

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Review of Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)

By Peter Hartlaub (620) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 28 Feb 2013

By the end, I was adding my own internal Deadwood-style profanities to McShane's clean dialogue…

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Review of Lore (2012)

By Leba Hertz (37) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 28 Feb 2013

Rosendahl brings a wonderful innocence and burgeoning sexual awakening to the role, while still evincing inner strength and complexity…

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Review of The Business of Being Born (2008)

By Tamara Straus (9) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 23 Feb 2013

A powerful, frightening look at America's delivery room…

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Review of Kites (2010)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 22 Feb 2013

It tells a simple story - an almost archetypal story - but it does so with a lot of passion and technical sophistication…

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Review of You Kill Me (2007)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 22 Feb 2013

You Kill Me is pretty light, but it's well made, and within the built-in limitations of its story -- a hit man goes to Alcoholics Anonymous…

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Review of Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)

By Walter V. Addiego (363) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 22 Feb 2013

It's a do-it-yourself world that Herzog clearly admires - much of what we see is the men performing the tasks that enable them to survive…

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