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	"For the sophisticated viewer, it is like looking at Bourgeois' work in the company of a good friend." Posted Jun 25, 2008	Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, The Mistress and The Tangerine (2008)	91%
	"In each situation, punctuated with animated sequences that reflect the teenager's fantasies, Burstein recalls the bittersweet experience of being 18." Posted Jun 23, 2008	American Teen (2008)	67%
	"Signature Herzog: thoughtful, often hilarious, but also overwrought and lengthy." Posted Jun 11, 2008	Encounters at the End of the World (2008)	95%
	"*The film's social commentary is so subtle, and arises so naturally from the plot, that Tuya's Marriage* might be mistaken for simple, straightforward entertainment.*" Posted Apr 3, 2008*	Tuya's Marriage (2008)	88%
	"Luchetti's craftsmanship is evident in the movie's fluid on-location cinematography, excellent production design, and its wonderful period score." Posted Mar 26, 2008	My Brother is an Only Child (2006)	85%
	"Li's documentary approach brooks no sentimentality in its portrayal of the loss of innocence." Posted Mar 6, 2008	Blind Mountain (2008)	76%
	"The film is an illustration of Van Sant's virtuosity, as well as a textbook example of cinema's potential to place us squarely in the emotional landscape of another human being." Posted Feb 27, 2008	Paranoid Park (2008)	74%
	"*A Lebanese version of Steel Magnolias--a delightful valentine to women of a particular time and place." Posted Jan 23, 2008*	Caramel (2008)	91%
	"Jia's films are singular and beautiful and, like the opening tracking shot in Still Life, a study in the expressive potential of the medium." Posted Dec 31, 2007	Still Life (2008)	91%
	"Through a series of vignettes, interviews with Close's friends and family, the filmmaker reveals the soul of the portraitist." Posted Dec 31, 2007	Chuck Close (2007)	100%
	"*Despite the drama, there is nothing in The Water Horse* that will frighten young children. The cast is good, and the special effects are even better.*" Posted Dec 31, 2007*	The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)	73%
	"Death may come with the half moon, but there remains a promise of rebirth%u2014the full moon, which illuminates even the desperate landscape of Kurdistan." Posted Dec 19, 2007	Half Moon: A Musician's Last Journey (2007)	100%
	"A highly imaginative film, beautifully scored and well-acted." Posted Oct 12, 2007	Khadak (2006)	64%
	"A reflective and thought-provoking documentary, guided by Williams' sensitivity to the subtle and not-so-subtle forms of racism that spurred those events." Posted Sep 26, 2007	Banished: How Whites Drove Blacks Out of Town in America (2007)	85%
	"Lives up to its promise of definitiveness...a significant piece of journalism." Posted Sep 25, 2007	Lake of Fire (2007)	94%
	"[A film with] power to stir a memory of beauty beheld and shared." Posted Sep 12, 2007	Forever (2007)	92%
	"The filmmaker compels us to see in the dark, to recognize beauty in the absence of color and light." Posted Aug 3, 2007	The Willow Tree (2005)	88%
	"Gaggero's vision is gentle and optimistic and, like all things which come upon us slowly and gracefully, it possesses an undeniable verisimilitude." Posted Jul 19, 2007	Live-In Maid (2004)	100%
	"Captures the fragile and fleeting impression you often have of life, that's actually closer to life itself than the more comforting, linear perspectives of narrative film." Posted Jul 11, 2007	Nenette and Boni (1996)	78%
	"Composed of dramatic and thoughtful readings followed by surprisingly candid interviews." Posted Jul 11, 2007	O Amor Natural (1996)	83%
	"This story is right out of America's collective unconscious." Posted Jul 11, 2007	Soul Food (1997)	80%
	"Kudos to Schl�ndorff for celebrating the woman who sacrificed that glory for the greater good--and who continues to fight." Posted Jun 25, 2007	Strike (2007)	87%
	"A riveting portrait of disenfranchisement." Posted May 23, 2007	9 Star Hotel (2006)	63%
	"*With the exception of an agonizingly long and overwritten opening scene, Private Fears* is an absorbing if somewhat theatrical drama of six intertwined lives.*" Posted Apr 10, 2007*	Private Fears in Public Places (2007)	79%
	"Everything is in Varda's perspicacious photos." Posted Apr 7, 2007	Cinevardaphoto (2005)	92%
	"Excellent performances by lead actors Beglau and Martin Wuttke...as well as an unforgettable performance by Nadja Uhl...humanize the unfamiliar internal politics of Germany." Posted Apr 7, 2007	The Legend of Rita (2001)	86%
	"*Its indictment of Iranian mores is no less incisive than that of The Circle." Posted Mar 8, 2007*	Offside (2006)	95%
	"*While Blossoms of Fire* avoids the fluff and sensationalism of an Elle article, it is by no means the last word on Zapotec culture.*" Posted Mar 1, 2007*	Blossoms of Fire (2006)	50%
	"Mostly manages to feel authentic and uplifting, putting a human face on a complex colonial culture." Posted Mar 1, 2007	Cape Of Good Hope (2005)	68%
	"*It is that lack of small-minded judgment which distinguishes The Beauty Academy of Kabul* and which makes it thoughtful, yet so much fun to watch.*" Posted Mar 1, 2007*	The Beauty Academy of Kabul (2006)	87%
	"An absorbing and eye-opening documentary about war poetry." Posted Mar 1, 2007	Voices in Wartime (2005)	81%
	"*How people remember, how they fictionalize their memories, and the nature of memory itself are all part of the fascination of After Life." Posted Mar 1, 2007*	After Life (1998)	80%
	"The flawless progress of this documentary lies in the filmmakers' unwavering fealty to their subjects." Posted Mar 1, 2007	The Devil's Miner (2006)	92%
	"A paean to the resiliency of the human spirit." Posted Mar 1, 2007	The Take (2004)	90%
	"Raymont gets the most out of what little footage and still photographs remain from 1994." Posted Mar 1, 2007	Shake Hands With the Devil (2005)	91%
	"We find [Bergman]at 87, sifting through his pictures, wondering at the choices he's made." Posted Mar 1, 2007	Saraband (2005)	93%
	"In an astonishingly accomplished first feature, female filmmaker Xiao Jiang puts an entirely different face on China's Cultural Revolution." Posted Mar 1, 2007	Electric Shadows ()	80%
	"An auspicious first feature; although relentlessly benighted, it is nevertheless beautifully filmed and well-acted." Posted Mar 1, 2007	Blind Shaft (2004)	94%
	"In his retelling of the events, Beauchamp reconstructs the legacy of diaspora." Posted Mar 1, 2007	The Untold Story of Emmet Louis Till (2005)	97%
	"Although Chabrol is celebrated as a master of suspense, his great movies, like this one and the underappreciated masterpiece Madame Bovary (also starring Huppert), meticulously expose the mechanisms of our entrapment." Posted Mar 1, 2007	Comedy of Power (2005)	80%
	"Magical and enchanting." Posted Mar 1, 2007	When the Sea Rises (2006)	90%
	"The performances are so good and the images so darkly expressive that Khrzhanovsky's experiment with cinematic deconstructionism nearly works." Posted Mar 1, 2007	4 (2006)	81%
	"The Francis brothers maintain a lively pace and a satirical mood." Posted Mar 1, 2007	Black Gold (2006)	85%
	"Possesses a disarming veracity which is not easily dismissed." Posted Mar 1, 2007	Sisters in Law (2006)	90%
	"Herzog illustrates through both Dorrington and the Rastafarian the wonder of simply being human." Posted Mar 1, 2007	The White Diamond (2005)	94%
	"Coleman's ethnographic style resembles the American masters and provides a startling insider's view of the selfless devotion of the monks." Posted Mar 1, 2007	Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy (2006)	67%
	"Evocative, beautifully photographed and skillfully directed." Posted Mar 1, 2007	Wondrous Oblivion (2006)	65%
	"Reeves discovers an allegory for the ebb and flow of life in these uncertain times." Posted Mar 1, 2007	Oyster Farmer (2005)	59%
	"Can be enjoyed as a quick overview of the contemporary American art scene." Posted Mar 1, 2007	Who Gets to Call it Art? (2006)	73%
	"Don't expect sex, satire or "upstairs/downstairs" irony, just a good song, a flash of sequins and the possibility of a wartime romance--oh, the joys of nostalgia!" Posted Mar 1, 2007	Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)	65%

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