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Hot-topic-ridden films had this year's Sundance all abuzz.
The Sundance Film Festival likes to say it's all about the films, but as with any institution, it's also about power. Careers are born there, deals made and stars ignited in a rush of excitement that often proves impossible to recapture.
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City Paper Grade: C+
The action-flick equivalent of a high five that hurts your hand, Safe House confirms two things we already know — 1) Denzel Washington is still capable of taking over a movie; and 2) Ryan Reynolds, try as he might, is not legit leading man material.
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City Paper Grade: B
Each of the Oscar-buzzed live-action shorts has something to do with time, its elusiveness and ineluctable demands.
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City Paper Grade: B+
This year's nominations for best animated short range from heartwarming to slightly strange.
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AMBLER THEATER
108 E. Butler Ave., Ambler, 215-345-7855, amblertheater.org. Into the Abyss (2011, U.S., 106 min.): The latest offering from quirky documentarian...
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Sat., Feb. 11, 5 (Baillie) and 8 p.m. (Strand), $9 each show, International House, 3701 Chestnut St.
International House's program, curated by Irina Leimbacher, pays tribute to Baillie and Strand with separate shorts programs devoted to each filmmaker's work.
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Tue., Feb. 14, 7 p.m., $10, Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr
Valentine's Day inspires no shortage of sarcastic backlash celebrations, but this year there's no more perverse way to celebrate the hearts-and-candy holiday than with BMFI's screening of In a Lonely Place.
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City Paper Grade: B
James Watkins must have filled his camera with sea glass to achieve the pouting grays and blues dominating his righteously frightening adaptation of Susan Hill's ever-fertile suspense novel.
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