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Review of ATM (2012)

By Chuck Wilson (418) for Village Voice (8,525) on 03 Apr 2012

After memorably sealing Ryan Reynolds in a coffin in Buried, screenwriter Chris Sparling's attempts to make a two-ATM vestibule equally claustrophobic…

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Review of Damsels in Distress (2012)

By Eric Hynes (189) for Village Voice (8,525) on 02 Apr 2012

The thing that Damsels and its damsels value above all else - outside of well-timed, well-phrased, slyly deployed witticisms (Stillman hasn't…

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Review of ATM (2012)

By Chuck Wilson (418) for Village Voice (8,525) on 02 Apr 2012

After memorably sealing Ryan Reynolds in a coffin in Buried, screenwriter Chris Sparling's attempts to make a two-ATM vestibule equally claustrophobic…

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Review of Tatsumi (2011)

By Michelle Orange (458) for Village Voice (8,525) on 02 Apr 2012

If the structure sometimes disrupts the story of his life, the strong lines and melancholy sensibility of the illustration form an anchor that…

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Review of The Assault (2014)

By Mark Holcomb (179) for Village Voice (8,525) on 02 Apr 2012

Taut, forceful, ritualistic, and all those other flattering adjectives applied to thrillers that actually thrill, this skyjacking docudrama…

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Review of American Reunion (2012)

By Nick Pinkerton (448) for Village Voice (8,525) on 02 Apr 2012

Taken altogether, the Pie movies offer a cohesive worldview, showing each of life's stages as the setting for fresh-yet-familiar catastrophes,…

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Review of We Have a Pope (2011)

By Melissa Anderson (387) for Village Voice (8,525) on 02 Apr 2012

Until the potent concluding scene, the humor and shallow profundities of We Have a Pope pivot on the cuteness of geriatrics, especially when…

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Review of We the Party (2012)

By Karina Longworth (242) for Village Voice (8,525) on 02 Apr 2012

Van Peebles's heart is probably in the right place, but his attempt to wed his kids' generational moment to a classic coming-of-age template…

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Review of The Assault (2011)

By Mark Holcomb (179) for Village Voice (8,525) on 02 Apr 2012

Taut, forceful, ritualistic, and all those other flattering adjectives applied to thrillers that actually thrill, this skyjacking docudrama…

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Review of Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)

By Nick Pinkerton (448) for Village Voice (8,525) on 02 Apr 2012

Fitting such a democratic film, there's no bad part here…

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Review of Machete (2010)

By Karina Longworth (242) for Village Voice (8,525) on 02 Apr 2012

Because there's no real character drama or consistent critique grounding the spoof, when Machete isn't laugh-out-loud funny, it's deadly boring…

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Review of Mirror Mirror (2012)

By Nick Pinkerton (448) for Village Voice (8,525) on 30 Mar 2012

Here, the familiar tale is retold with concessions to feminist self-determination and camp humor, bending the Grimm Brothers' tale without…

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Review of Wrath of the Titans (2012)

By Mark Holcomb (179) for Village Voice (8,525) on 30 Mar 2012

What it lacks are the very elements that made the first movie such a surprise: wit and nerve…

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Review of Stateside (2004)

By Ed Park (107) for Village Voice (8,525) on 29 Mar 2012

Stateside's real-life frame allows the complexities of mental illness and military service to lose dramatic tension, resulting in a desultory…

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Review of The Singing Detective (2003)

By Leslie Camhi (33) for Village Voice (8,525) on 29 Mar 2012

The problems come in the shadow world, where everything's a jumble, where Dark's compositional strategy (all clues and no solutions) eventually…

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Review of Departures (2008)

By Ella Taylor (978) for Village Voice (8,525) on 28 Mar 2012

Departures is built for simplicity, and, if nothing else, the appeal to decency and integrity of this sweetly old-fashioned tale make it a…

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Review of Goon (2012)

By Nick Pinkerton (448) for Village Voice (8,525) on 26 Mar 2012

When considering the moral implications of such gladiatorial violence, the film comes out squarely in favor, asking what's crueler: enjoying…

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Review of Love in the Buff (2012)

By Ernest Hardy (466) for Village Voice (8,525) on 26 Mar 2012

Buff gels into a surprisingly moving look at the machinations of the heart…

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Review of Artificial Paradises (2012)

By Nick Schager (2,294) for Village Voice (8,525) on 26 Mar 2012

Olaizola pans across peeling building facades to subtly enhance her portrait of characters crumbling under the weight of self-destructive habits…

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Review of The Island President (2012)

By Melissa Anderson (387) for Village Voice (8,525) on 26 Mar 2012

The Island President also shows how the most high-minded idealists inevitably become deal-makers: The toothless agreement eventually ratified…

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