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Written by Matthew Newlin Thursday, 28 February 2013 13:11

The film works because the actors are likable, the script is funny, and the movie never tries to be anything it’s not.

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Written by Cate Marquis Thursday, 28 February 2013 12:59

The film does an especially good job in exploring the connection between hunger and obesity.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 21 February 2013 14:49

What is it about? I guess you'll have to buy the disc, watch it a dozen times, and decide for yourself.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 21 February 2013 11:23

You need some patience to appreciate Yossi—things happen slowly and with subtlety.

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Written by Cate Marquis Thursday, 21 February 2013 00:00

While this is a very well-meaning film and will appeal to certain audiences, others may find this film slow and often predictable.

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Written by Cate Marquis Thursday, 14 February 2013 21:41

Adult filmgoers need not run out to catch this one, although its excellent supporting cast gives a little more acting heft to the Southern Gothic mystery.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 14 February 2013 21:31

The concept behind the series is based on a quotation attributed to Francis Xavier: “Give me a child until he is seven, and I will give you the man.”

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Written by Sean Lass Thursday, 14 February 2013 21:23

This barely feels like a complete movie, let alone an actual Die Hard movie.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Monday, 11 February 2013 21:41

Events in Future Weather sometimes test even the most patient audience member’s willingness to suspend disbelief, but Perla Haney-Jardine’s performance is so strong that it holds the film together.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Monday, 11 February 2013 21:23

It’s a tribute to David Riker’s skill as a writer and director that, even when Ashley is behaving in ways that should make her totally unlikeable, you don’t completely write her off.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Saturday, 09 February 2013 12:07

The plot of Middle of Nowhere has many characteristics of the standard-issue melodrama, but it’s a much more subtle and complex than that term implies.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 08 February 2013 08:49

If you’ve already drunk the Kool-Aid, this film will confirm that you made the right decision, but if you haven’t, it quickly gets tedious.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 08 February 2013 08:39

The film creates the impression that you are observing the lives of these young women more or less as they happen.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 08 February 2013 08:32

The film is similar to Thomas Balmès’ documentary Babies, which some people found fascinating and others found incredibly tedious.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 08 February 2013 08:24

The constant reminder that you’re watching actors act makes it difficult to care for the characters, thus making a lengthy film seem even longer than it is.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 07 February 2013 16:48

The festival highlights films that show girls and women in leadership roles, and honors women who have distinguished themselves in the industry.

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Written by Sean Lass Thursday, 07 February 2013 16:39

You can’t set out to make a cult movie; it has to just happen.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:07

Michael Haneke has released eight films in the past 16 years; all are absolutely worth seeing, and some are just astoundingly good.

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Written by Sean Lass Thursday, 31 January 2013 21:57

Sylvester Stallone’s character teams up with a cop, played by Sung Kang, and they work together for some reason to accomplish something. I don’t really know.

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Written by Sean Lass Thursday, 31 January 2013 21:36

As someone who makes movies, my greatest fear is that I will one day make a movie like Stand Up Guys.

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Written by Matthew Newlin Thursday, 31 January 2013 21:25

Essentially, there are no rules, making the film not only infuriatingly contradictory, but also more soporific than a 2 a.m. infomercial.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 31 January 2013 13:24

Among the animated shorts, “Adam and Dog,” an 11-minute film written and directed by Minkyu Lee, stands out for sheer beauty and ambition.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 31 January 2013 12:59

Shawn Christensen has a strong visual sense and a slightly twisted sense of humor, and puts both to good use as he takes “Curfew” in directions you never would have expected.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Sunday, 27 January 2013 20:35

The battle scenes are spectacular, and in general anything large-scale, scary, or bloody comes off well.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Saturday, 26 January 2013 11:59

Wayne White is about as consistently funny in his everyday speech as your more reliable stand-up comedians, and as such, this is the funniest movie to have been released in 2012.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Saturday, 26 January 2013 11:44

Harvey Keitel never came close to convincing me that he was a 19th-century French soldier, although he was quite convincing on the “driven by mad obsession” front.

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Written by Matthew Newlin Thursday, 17 January 2013 21:35

While most politicians would be focused on winning the election and making donors happy, Hostetler is concerned with his wife’s possible extramarital affair?

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Written by Sean Lass Thursday, 17 January 2013 21:21

This film will almost singlehandedly decide the future of Arnold’s career.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 15 January 2013 22:20

It’s a splendid demonstration of the old adage that political films are really not about the time they are set in, but the time in which they are made.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 10 January 2013 14:15

It’s tempting to read Zero Dark Thirty as an allegory of the filmmaking process, but that’s a side issue with no real bearing on the film itself.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 10 January 2013 14:12

Sean Penn is basically the male equivalent to Meryl Streep in the Academy’s eyes, and costar Ryan Gosling is perhaps the best young actor to pop up in the past decade.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 10 January 2013 14:09

Marion Cotillard’s performance is as good as you’ve heard, and among her best, which is saying something for an actress of her stature.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 03 January 2013 22:07

Watching this movie feels like what it feels like to grow up, but far less angsty and terrible in hindsight.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 03 January 2013 21:56

Maybe the real culprit here is that this film was made by a lot of talented people who are a little too earnest, and no one was around to keep them in check.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 03 January 2013 21:24

The tsunami sequence alone is absolutely worth your price of admission, and trust me in that you’re going to want to see this one on the big screen.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 20 December 2012 21:01

One of the great reasons to watch Peter Gunn is for the variety of guest stars who appeared on it.