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Ajami: Arab Vs. Israeli Gets Even More Complicated
Nominated for an Oscar, written and directed by an Israeli Arab and an Israeli Jew, Ajami is one…
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Exit Through the Gift Shop: Half a Glimpse of Guerrilla Artist Banksy
This is not just the definitive portrait of street-art counterculture, but also a hilarious exposé of the gullibility…
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The Square: Noir From Down Under
Indebted to The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Square fails to raise (James M.) Cain. The feature-helming debut…
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The Eclipse: Ghosts and Guilt in Ireland
The Eclipse is a curious Irish ghost story that fiddles with the recipe just enough to produce interesting…
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Barking Water: Death Without Tears in Indian Country
Sprung out of the hospital by his ex-girlfriend, Frankie (Richard Ray Whitman) is clearly dying. That he is…
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The Sun Behind the Clouds: The Dalai Lama Can Only Do So Much
Documenting both the largest Tibetan uprising since the 1959 Chinese takeover and the Dalai Lama’s pre-Beijing Olympics diplomatic…
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Kick-Ass: Teen Superheroes for the MySpace Age
Tired of being mugged by high-school thugs in a Manhattan that’s notably scummier than the real thing, the…
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The Joneses: Demi Moore Is Too Perfect to Be Truthful
For a while, at least, a pitch-black (and therefore pitch-perfect) tale of our times: Four business partners masquerading…
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The Warlords: Swords and Arrows Fly in 19thCentury China
No less a man than Jet Li cries multiple times in this impressively gargantuan Chinese battle epic. A…
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When Youre Strange: A Film About the Doors: Dont Ride the Snake
A rock doc with more than a whiff of fried brain cells, Tom DiCillo’s When You’re Strange serves…
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Dancing Across Borders: A Former PNB Star Emerges From Obscurity
The story of Sokvannara Sar, who began performing traditional Khmer dance in Cambodia as a child; who was…
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Formosa Betrayed: James Van Der Beek Travels to ’80s Taiwan
Like any normal former TV star with free time and a cause that’s caught his eye, James Van…
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The Greatest: Susan Sarandon and Pierce Brosnan Experience Every Parents Nightmare
Hours after losing his virginity to Rose (An Education‘s Carey Mulligan), his dream girl, 18-year-old Bennett Brewer (Aaron…
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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?: Werner Herzog Drives Actors Insane
Although based on the true story of an unstable actor who, cast as Orestes in Sophocles’ Electra, so…
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City Island: Andy Garcia Channels His Inner Brando
Everyone in the Rizzo family has something to hide: Paterfamilias Vince (Andy Garcia) works as a corrections officer,…
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Date Night: Yes, Your Love for Tina Fey and Steve Carell Will Trump the Reviews
“We are not these people! We are a boring couple from New Jersey!” complains Claire (Tina Fey) to…
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Man From London: A Sad Waste of Tilda Swinton
It is a strange disappointment that Béla Tarr follows up his grandiose 2000 Werckmeister Harmonies, a bleak but…
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Vincere: Surprise! Mussolini Was a Bully in the Bedroom
According to Marco Bellocchio’s Vincere, Mussolini was nearly as much of a bully in the bedroom as he…
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Lourdes: Jesus Fever in France
Blonde, wide-eyed Christine (Sylvie Testud, giving a great Mona Lisa smile) stands out amid the crowd of ill…
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The Exploding Girl: Spring Break on Haldol
Those expecting action-movie pyrotechnics from Bradley Rust Gray’s The Exploding Girl will be disappointed—the only loaded weapon in…