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documentary



The Revolutionary Optimists yes 100 100 tracking the lives of kids in Kolkata
Stolen Seas yes 100 100 provides surprising details about the pirate trade
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners yes 92 100 a composed look into the revolutionary spirit.
Hava Nagila yes 85 78 the kudzu of Jewish music
Unmade in China yes 83
making a motion picture in a language you do not speak
Hitler's Children yes 80 71 disparate responses to a very particular sort of shame
No Place on Earth yes 76 57 a gripping Holocaust survival tale
My Amityville Horror yes 67
stands apart from most Amityville-alia
A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet yes 64 40 A kind of crash course in 50-plus years of environmentalism
Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's yes 57 56 no mere window dressing
Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge From the Holocaust yes

*a thorough look at a lesser-known chapter in Holocaust-era history
Tattoo Nation yes

deftly chronicles the journey of modern tattoo artistry in the U.S.
Three Days (of Hamlet) yes

high school English crossed with "Waiting for Guffman”
Numbered yes

Auschwitz prisoners talk about the serial numbers on their left arms
The Typewriter (in the 21st Century) yes

It's mostly enjoyable, but no interviews with naysayers?
Venus and Serena so-so 85 82 fascinating if occasionally disjointed
The Source Family so-so 67 67 Now there's a cult you don't want to join.
Reincarnated so-so 24 25 Snoop Dogg's Jamaica trip
Babe's and Ricky's Inn so-so

the story behind founder Mama Laura never comes into sharp focus.
André Gregory: Before and After Dinner no 77 63 rangy survey of the eclectic actor
Leviathan no 71 80 a strange and unsatisfying endurance test.
Bert Stern: Original Mad Man no 20 17 it's not clear why we should bother listening in
Aroused no 20 0 rarely goes beyond surface in profiling porn stars
Mindless Behavior: All Around the World no

an acutely positioned marketing tool
War on Whistleblowers no

fails to fully sound alarm
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Consuming Spirits yes 89 82 *a dark and kooky animated epic
From Up on Poppy Hill yes 83 90 *a sweet triumph for Miyazaki duo
The Croods no 67 69 lacks a spark of fire
Silver Circle no 0
low-rent animation, blunt antigovernment jabs and robotic dialogue
regular movies



Mud yes 98 96 *creatively rich and emotionally rewarding
Gimme the Loot yes 94 94 *improbably enjoyable
The Sapphires yes 93 100 plays like a good-time jukebox musical
Lore yes 93 96 a potent [Holocaust] drama
The Angels' Share yes 89 83 a wee dram of the good stuff...leaves a warm glow.
In the House yes 87 77 an imaginative mentor-student tale
Graceland yes 85 71 tense, twisty, with moral complexity and intriguing shades of gray
Upstream Color yes 83 85 *part romance, part sci-fi and utterly original
Something in the Air yes 82 92 scorching new coming-of-age drama
Sightseers yes 81 69 A litterbug? Be very afraid.
Renoir yes 80 85 a lush, involving film
The Story of Luke yes 80
Autism: finds a humanizing lightness
Reality yes 79 91 *An astute, dreamlike gut-punch
Eden yes 79 75 A sobering thriller
Iron Man 3 yes 78 70 smartly reboots the suit midflight
The Place Beyond the Pines yes 74 63 *intimate in its telling, sweeping in its issues, stumbles only occasionally
42 yes 73 68 survives the full-dress Hollywood biopic treatment
Ginger & Rosa yes 71 92 a teen girl's fear about nuclear destruction
Violeta Went to Heaven yes 70 60 intense and turbulent like Parra.
New World yes 64 60 a tense crime-syndicate showdown
Evil Dead yes 63 57 Remake: a gleeful, gory, goofy good time
The We and the I yes 63 50 an exuberantly chaotic vision of a teenage moment
Oblivion yes 59 54 *a sci-fi adventure to remember
Somebody Up There Likes Me yes 57
easily inspires a deep sense of affection and connection
The Reluctant Fundamentalist yes 55 56 an intricate and involving film
Aquí y Allá yes 50 60 a man trying to do right in a world of ambitions and indignities,
He's Way More Famous Than You yes 50
The farce is so light on its feet that it's buoyant.
The Lords of Salem yes 42 41 will make you feel bad … But ... in a good way? … yes
To the Wonder yes 41 40 calm seas, treacherous storms, incredible beauty and ... god
Peeples yes 38 40 a refreshing and warm romantic comedy
Upside Down yes 33 29 *worth the leap
And Now a Word From Our Sponsor yes 10 14 An ad agency executive resurfaces speaking only in advertising slogans
Neighboring Sounds yes

*mastery of pacing, theme and stylistic eccentricity
Filly Brown yes

a fierce tale of a promising hip-hop rapper
The Crumbles yes

elegant framing and affectionate location shooting
Kon-Tiki yes

captures the journey in thrilling detail.
Love Is All You Need so-so 75 67 might not have all you need, but … it has enough.
Antiviral so-so 64 40 It's fascinating but not deep enough
Starbuck so-so 63 64 amiable art-house fluff
Fists of Legend so-so 60
overlong yet involving Korean actioner
Come Out and Play so-so 56
a simple but eerie horror story.
The Company You Keep so-so 55 52 political potboiler
Welcome to the Punch so-so 54 22 derivative, dumb fun
Admission so-so 43 31 a high-strung romantic comedy about college-track pressures.
Family Weekend so-so 29 22 no worse than many of the dysfunctional family comedies
Molly's Theory of Relativity so-so 14 17 in the end it tries too hard
Love and Honor so-so 9 0 suffices as old-fashioned, pie-in-the-sky entertainment.
Better Mus' Come so-so

a tad overstuffed, but never lacks for interest
Silver Case so-so

pointless fun
Pawn so-so

a mild thrill
My Brother the Devil no 94 78 schematic storytelling
Blancanieves no 92 100 visually impressive, but the plot isn't so pleasing.
Simon Killer no 81 62 a creature so frightening...you just want him to go away.
Desperate Acts of Magic no 71
conjures absurd love triangle
Spring Breakers no 70 44 bongs, breasts and beat-driven boredom
Disconnect no 68 69 cyberspace: the flick can't resist overheating
Wrong no 67 54 doesn't feel right
Trance no 67 52 overuse of feints and dodges
Greetings From Tim Buckley no 65 75 many languid scenes and little narrative momentum
The Iceman no 65 60 can't heat up
Paradise: Love no 62 64 lacks a real purpose
Kiss of the Damned no 59 50 a bit of handsome nonsense
Leonie no 57 40 too seldom comes fully alive
Hunky Dory no 56 44 feel-good treacle that saps the audience's energy
Detour no 50 60 Nothing to do but wait
Olympus Has Fallen no 50 43 doesn't add anything new to the genre
Home Run no 50
overplays its morality pitch
The Great Gatsby no 48 32 suffocates any dramatic interest the story might have generated.
Pain & Gain no 47 47 bargain-budget, still excessive
Midnight's Children no 43 29 Salman Rushdie's novel turns disappointingly literal in its film adaptation.
Mental no 40 11 crazy quilt of a movie
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone no 38 24 Neither as good as you might hope nor as dreadful as doubters may fear
Aftershock no 38 20 should be enough to make anyone seek emergency relief.
The Call no 37 43 Halle Berry is fierce in 'The Call,' but script needs 911
Tai Chi Hero no 33 0 a nagging, cartoonish emptiness
The Numbers Station no 29 40 a rote espionage flick
The Brass Teapot no 29 27 Magic teapot: feels more like a stretched-out skit
G.I. Joe: Retaliation no 29 21 Rescue mission needed
Everybody Has a Plan no 27 60 a frustratingly dissipated movie
Arthur Newman no 25 0 has good swing, doesn't follow through
Kill Hole no 20
a muddled thriller about war veterans
Assault on Wall Street no 20
shamelessly subpar melodrama
No One Lives no 18 14 Blood, cheap tricks and regrettable acting flow freely.
Oconomowoc no 17 0 alternates between the pointless and the elliptical
Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor no 16 0 light comedy and heavy dramatic moralizing
Dorfman in Love no 15 0 old-fashioned makeover movie
Language of a Broken Heart no 13 20 Story rings false
The Host no 12 17 limps along as alien tale fails to generate heat
If I Were You no 10 14 strained, absurd marital farce
K-11 no 10 0 a dreary jailhouse drama
The Big Wedding no 6 4 a talented cast wasted
6 Souls no 5 0 Turgid...could use more personality
Scary Movie V no 5 0 [The] strategy is to out-stupid the competition
Generation Um... no 0 0 Disaffected lives devolve into oblivion
How Sweet It Is no 0 0 squanders good talent
The Happy Poet no

Slacker bliss in a tofu cart
Bob's New Suit no

threadbare
Paris-Manhattan no

This French rom-com, inspired by Woody Allen, grows strained.