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Review of Three Stars (2010)

By Chris Packham (159) for Village Voice (8,525) on 17 Sep 2012

Hachmeister's understatement results in a narrative plateau somewhere in the last third of the film, and viewers who showed up hungry may become…

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Review of They Call It Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain (2012)

By Michael Nordine (446) for Village Voice (8,525) on 17 Sep 2012

And yet it still works, so buoyed is the film by its open and honest take on a subject that would have been all too easy to turn into another…

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Review of Fred Won't Move Out (2012)

By Peter Gerstenzang (3) for Village Voice (8,525) on 17 Sep 2012

Mostly, it captures how old age decimates even the people who don't suffer from it…

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Review of Trouble with the Curve (2012)

By Nick Pinkerton (448) for Village Voice (8,525) on 17 Sep 2012

Here is the irony: Trouble With the Curve embodies all of the values it espouses - it is an old-fashioned, proficient, amiable, and decent…

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Review of Charlotte Gray (2001)

By Jessica Winter (193) for Village Voice (8,525) on 17 Sep 2012

The narrative is unexpectedly sleepy, excepting the occasional flashy set piece…

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Review of William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe (2009)

By Ella Taylor (978) for Village Voice (8,525) on 16 Sep 2012

What makes the film fascinating is the anguished dance around hagiography performed by two of his daughters, who wrote, directed, and narrated…

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Review of The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009)

By Vadim Rizov (155) for Village Voice (8,525) on 15 Sep 2012

This is basically self-congratulatory fare for people who feel more politically conscious when reminded that women in the Islamic world can…

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Review of Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)

By Nick Pinkerton (448) for Village Voice (8,525) on 13 Sep 2012

Anderson['s] lavish visual imagination is matched to a placeholder idea of character that's almost avant-garde in its generic stylization,…

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Review of The Trouble with the Truth (2012)

By F. X. Feeney (104) for Village Voice (8,525) on 12 Sep 2012

There isn't a false note in either the dialogue or the performances…

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Review of Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution (2012)

By Melissa Anderson (387) for Village Voice (8,525) on 11 Sep 2012

Beautiful clothes on good-looking people just moving across the stage to the sounds of Barry White and Al Green…

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Review of The Manzanar Fishing Club (2012)

By Michael Atkinson (678) for Village Voice (8,525) on 11 Sep 2012

The historical road less traveled - shot in re-enactments that are obviously familiar with the terrain - is beguiling enough…

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Review of The Stand Up (2012)

By Nick Schager (2,294) for Village Voice (8,525) on 11 Sep 2012

For a film about a stand-up comedian to be mirthless is dispiriting; more problematic, however, is that The Stand Up doesn't make up for that…

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Review of Mulberry Child (2012)

By Nick Schager (2,294) for Village Voice (8,525) on 11 Sep 2012

A documentary -- based in part on Jian Ping's autobiographical book of the same name -- whose poignancy is lessened by its awkward formal devices…

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Review of Be Cool (2005)

By Michael Atkinson (678) for Village Voice (8,525) on 11 Sep 2012

Rock is brave, fully invested in his character, and with a wide-open face and foolish grin, outrageously funny…

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Review of Arbitrage (2012)

By Michael Atkinson (678) for Village Voice (8,525) on 10 Sep 2012

Slick and grown-up as Richard Gere himself, this intricate fiscal thriller takes a dead bead on extreme privilege…

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Review of 10 Years (2012)

By Melissa Anderson (387) for Village Voice (8,525) on 10 Sep 2012

10 Years is an uncommonly magnanimous project, kind not only to its stumbling characters but also to audiences tired of films pruned of unruly…

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Review of Francine (2012)

By Melissa Anderson (387) for Village Voice (8,525) on 10 Sep 2012

Reveals itself to be a project of few interesting ideas…

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Review of Branded (2012)

By Michael Atkinson (678) for Village Voice (8,525) on 10 Sep 2012

Branded has ideas, but unfortunately, the ideas are reeking batshit nuts, especially once the cheaply animated brand monsters, which might…

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Review of Liberal Arts (2012)

By Andrew Schenker (354) for Village Voice (8,525) on 10 Sep 2012

Still, in the central relationship, the writer-director shows an understanding of human interaction that marks his second feature as a quantum…

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Review of The Master (2012)

By Karina Longworth (242) for Village Voice (8,525) on 10 Sep 2012

It's a film of breathtaking cinematic romanticism and near-complete denial of conventional catharsis…

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