Film Reviews
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Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson)
Dismissing some of the tangential psychedelia from Pynchon's anti-noir novel, P.T. Anderson transmutes a comparably sprawling version to the screen with a few of his own memorable revisions, including omniscient narrator Sortilège, for this hyperbolic portrait of 1970 LA.
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Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Isao Takahata)
Celebrating and condemning the arbitrary customs of nobility, the film's exuberant watercolor animation overwhelms its uneven mythological interpretation.
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Nightcrawler (Dan Gilroy)
The film's sardonic extremity makes an impression but also restrains it from achieving a more resonant commentary and investigation on modern news.
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Jealousy (Philippe Garrel)
This uniquely concise take on family and memory focuses on the strained relations between Parisian couples.
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Young & Beautiful (François Ozon)
Attempting to subvert the voyeuristic gaze and cautionary coming-of-age moralizing, the film is an unconventionally compelling if conflicted seasonal portrait.
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The Longest Week (Peter Glanz)
Beyond homage
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Life Itself (Steve James)
Exhaustive yet intimate, the film is a cluttered but moving tribute to the most lauded figure in film criticism.
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Ida (Paweł Pawlikowski)
Empowered by an elegant simplicity, the concise film sensorially conveys a coming-of-age story in early 1960s Poland.
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Boyhood (Richard Linklater)
12 years in the making and shot with a cast who aged alongside the film's production, Richard Linklater's narrative experiment is a warm and compassionate portrayal of growing up.
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Cold In July (Jim Mickle)
Michael C. Hall (Dexter, Six Feet Under) stars in Jim Mickle's thriller which follows the life of Richard Dane after he makes a devastating decision when he comes face to face with an intruder. Based on the novel by Joe R. Lansdale, Don Jonson and Sam Shepard co-star.
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