Amour (2012)
Haneke takes on his most emotional material to date, but ends up with a film that feels just as cold and distant as the rest.
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Killing Them Softly
Andrew Dominik’s latest is an imperfect but engaging gangster film with an amusingly unsubtle message about the American economy.
Life Without Principle
Economic crisis churns characters through emotional rapids in this ultimately thrilling drama.
Holy Motors
Holy Motors is an absolutely bizarre adventure through the mind of Leos Carax that features a brilliant collection of performances by Lavant and an interesting commentary on cinema and society.
In the Mood for Love
Wong Kar-Wai’s romance film about two people who form an unlikely bond is as gorgeous as it is engaging.
Master, The (2012)
Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film is a masterful exploration of two men that features amazing performances from everyone in the cast.
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)
Characters are crammed in an ordinary car and do ordinary things like thinking and chatting. There is silence. The purpose of their journey: locate the body of a murdered man in order to perform an autopsy. Have you given up already? Please, do not.
Margaret (2011)
Margaret has its masterful moments, but its ambitions to achieve a grand-scale, operatic tale of pure emotion fall flat.
Magic Mike
While it only has an average story, Magic Mike drops its pants and delivers a whole lot of fun.
