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Review: At Any Price
A father-son conflict plays out against the shifting landscape of the Plains states
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As bold an attempt at rewriting American myth as The Place Beyond the Pines, Ramin Bahrani’s broadly drawn fable is also a substantially more foolhardy one...
Review: Something in the Air
Olivier Assayas’ hazy memory piece leaves a lasting mark.
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The American title of Olivier Assayas’ hazy memory piece portends great things to come, but in the original French, Après Mai (“After May”), it’s clear they’ve already happened...
 
Review: Upstream Color 05/02/2013
Shane Carruth’s follow-up to 2004’s Primer finally makes its Philly premiere
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A poignant, surpassingly lovely essay on shared trauma and self-discovery.
 
Review: Mumia: Long-Distance Revolutionary 05/02/2013
The film peddles a simplistic narrative that warps Abu-Jamal’s story
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The canonization of Mumia Abu-Jamal continues apace in Stephen Vittoria’s documentary, which attempts to insinuate the radical journalist and death-row inmate...
 
Review: Simon Killer 04/18/2013
The second half of the movie’s title looms over every interaction
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Antonio Campos made one of the new millennium’s more striking debuts with 2008’s Afterschool...
 
Review: Blancanieves 04/18/2013
Snow White enters the bullring
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An affectionate homage to both the silent-film era and 1920s Spain, Pablo Berger’s kicky curio...
 
Review: The Lords of Salem 04/18/2013
Rob Zombie returns to his psychotronic roots
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Industrial-metal auteur Rob Zombie has made a surprisingly successful transition to film...
 
Fest Bets 04/09/2013
What to see at this year's XPN Music Film Festival
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Review: The Place Beyond the Pines 04/10/2013
A convention-defying feat spanning decades without succumbing to sprawl
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An ambitious drama that hits more than it misses...
 
Review: Trance 04/10/2013
Essentially a Riff on the post-Memento puzzle
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A cracking thriller built around art auctioneer Simon’s (James McAvoy) convenient amnesia...
 
Review: To the Wonder 04/10/2013
Terrence Malick's latest film is transcendence ... and not much else.
No working filmmaker conveys a more palpable sense of the transcendent than Terrence Malick...
 
Movie Review: Gimme the Loot 04/03/2013
City Paper Grade: B
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A long-winded quest for graffiti glory.
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Movie Review: Beyond the Hills 03/26/2013
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Movie Review: Ginger & Rosa 03/27/2013
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Movie Review: On the Road 03/20/2013
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Movie Review: No 03/13/2013
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Movie Review: Stoker 03/13/2013
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Movie Review: Barbara 03/06/2013
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Movie Review: 56 Up 02/19/2013
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Movie Review: Happy People: A Year in the Taiga 02/14/2013
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