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Friends With Kids: Kristen Wiig and Jon Hamm Debate Whether to Procreate
Best friends since college, Jason (Adam Scott) and Julie (Jennifer Westfeldt) witness the misery that seems to dominate…
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Bullhead: ‘Roid Rage in Belgium
In Michael R. Roskam’s first feature, 30ish Jacky (Matthias Schoenaerts) is a cattle-farming hulk who keeps his mini-…
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Pina: Wim Wenders’ 3-D Tribute to Pina Bausch
“You just have to get crazier” are words of advice mighty choreographer Pina Bausch once gave one of…
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Crazy Horse: Frederick Wiseman Stares at Leggy French Girls
Recording the anthem “Les Filles du Crazy,” half a dozen women—performers at the Crazy Horse, Paris’ classy nudie…
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Miss Minoes: An Adorable Dutch Cat Movie
More delightful than Procatinator and a greater tribute to the power of print journalism than Page One: Inside…
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Addiction Incorporated: The Evils of Big Tobacco
With a name that not even the PR team at Smokefree America could dream up, Victor DeNoble emerges…
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The Conquest: The Not-Quite-True Story of Nicolas Sarkozy
A brisk, fascinating chronicle of a pre–Carla Bruni Nicolas Sarkozy that time-shifts from May 6, 2007—the day he…
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Albert Nobbs: Glenn Close Gets Her Oscar Nomination
Fulfilling a mission that has consumed her for almost two decades, Glenn Close—as producer, co-writer, and lead—brings to…
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Young Goethe in Love: Germany’s Sturm und Drang Rock Star
That this film was originally titled Goethe! should give you a sense of how much silly Sturm und…
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Pariah: Like a Lesbian 400 Blows
The first 10 minutes of Dee Rees’ funny, moving, nuanced, and impeccably acted first feature, in which coming…
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Tomboy: Learning the Gender Codes in a French Elementary School
A sensitive portrait of childhood just before pubescence, Tomboy, the second film by writer/director Céline Sciamma, astutely explores…
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The Artist: A Celebration of Silent-Era Cinema
An undeniably charming homage to Hollywood in the late 1920s, The Artist will probably be the most successful…
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Tyrannosaur: Peter Mullan as Rageaholic
Tyrannosaur opens with a dog being kicked to death by its master, Joseph (Peter Mullan), a Leeds widower…
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Sleeping Beauty: Definitely Not the Children’s Fairy Tale
Frustratingly opaque, Julia Leigh’s debut feature opens with an unforgettable image: A young woman, earning some cash as…
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The Muppets: Nostalgia Is Rewarded
Desperately trying to appeal to not just the Gen-Xers who grew up with Kermit but also the tykes…
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Another Happy Day: Ellen Barkin Is Very, Very Angry
In his first feature, writer/director Sam Levinson (son of Barry) turns to screeching family dysfunction for inspiration; the…
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Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey: The Hand Beneath the Muppet’s Butt
Constance Marks’ documentary on Kevin Clash, the kind, gentle man who created the Muppet beloved by every single…
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Public Speaking: Fran Lebowitz Talks a Blue Streak
A butch Dorothy Parker with flashes of Wildean rhetorical flourish, Fran Lebowitz, the subject of this tonic portrait…
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Janie Jones: Abigail Breslin as Teen Country Crooner
Ethan Brand (Alessandro Nivola), front man for a small-venue alt-rock band about to splinter thanks to his drunken…
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Margin Call: Kevin Spacey Confronts the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Sure to be drowned out by the drum circles at Occupy Wall Street, writer/director J.C. Chandor’s lifeless Margin…