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Urville
Film Reviews:   Segments go on far too long, and return trips prove merely redundant.
Ronnie Scheib - 10/19/2010 12:01:26 AM
The Language Archive
Legit Reviews:   A dainty fable about the limits of language in matters of the heart.
Marilyn Stasio - 10/18/2010 8:29:41 PM
Venice
Legit Reviews:   A sweaty amalgam of Shakespearean plotting, political allegory and hip-hop jam, show is truly exciting at its frequent best.
Bob Verini - 10/18/2010 8:23:04 PM
Patagonia
Film Reviews:   Unspools two parallel narratives connected only by a historical anomaly.
Dennis Harvey - 10/18/2010 5:41:36 PM
Foreign Parts
Film Reviews:   Verena Paravel and J.P. Sniadecki's ethnological docu "Foreign Parts" follows the perambulations of various local characters through Willet's Point, an elephant's graveyard of car parts in Queens.
Ronnie Scheib - 10/18/2010 5:41:26 PM
Dusk
Film Reviews:   The ramifications of a car accident connect intertwining story strands in the ambitious but credulity-straining Israeli drama "Dusk."
Alissa Simon - 10/18/2010 5:40:24 PM
Year Without a Summer
Film Reviews:   "Year Without a Summer" reps a major technical advance on distaff Malay helmer Tan Chui-mui's glitchy debut, "Love Conquers All," but this yarn about the past and present friendship of two boys from a fishing community feels much longer than its running time, despite odd moments of intrigue. Artsy trappings will steer the pic to a steady stream of fests, but commercial prospects appear minimal.
Richard Kuipers - 10/18/2010 5:05:07 PM
The Most Important Thing in Life Is Not Being Dead
Film Reviews:   The first feature by three-man Swiss-Spanish collective Olpama, "The Most Important Thing in Life Is Not Being Dead" underscores their shared film-school background by flashing considerable visual bravado in a movie that appears to have been elaborately storyboarded.
Dennis Harvey - 10/18/2010 4:00:37 PM
My Ex-Wife's Wedding
Film Reviews:   Love fades but won't let go in "My Ex-Wife's Wedding," a glossy but only partially successful Pan-Asian take on the post-divorce romantic-comedy subgenre.
Russell Edwards - 10/18/2010 3:22:31 PM
Primal
Film Reviews:   Throats are ripped, entrails devoured and friendships strained as campers wander through an accursed stretch of Australian wilderness.
Joe Leydon - 10/17/2010 11:33:27 PM
Good Morning to the World!
Film Reviews:   Endearingly odd and occasionally hilarious.
Rob Nelson - 10/17/2010 11:32:29 PM
Camellia
Film Reviews:   A lackluster omnibus of three unconnected stories.
Richard Kuipers - 10/17/2010 11:29:53 PM
The Red Eagle
Film Reviews:   A Thai superhero is reborn with middling results in "The Red Eagle."
Richard Kuipers - 10/17/2010 11:27:59 PM
I Want Your Money
Film Reviews:   Could find a receptive audience among the ranks of those who think the best of former President Reagan and suspect the worst of President Obama.
Joe Leydon - 10/17/2010 6:48:15 PM
Love Shines
Film Reviews:   "Shines" stands to see daylight through Canadian cable play.
Rob Nelson - 10/17/2010 6:27:21 PM
Player
Film Reviews:   An otherwise unremarkable reiteration of a familiar story.
Andrew Barker - 10/17/2010 6:26:34 PM
In the Shadows
Film Reviews:   An impressively lean, thoroughly riveting thriller.
Rob Nelson - 10/17/2010 6:18:54 PM
Hi-So
Film Reviews:   Artsy romancer is well performed but suffers from muddled, meandering plotting.
Richard Kuipers - 10/17/2010 6:17:29 PM
N-Secure
Film Reviews:   A disjointed hybrid of dysfunction drama and psychological thriller.
John Anderson - 10/17/2010 5:51:59 PM
Boris Godunov
Legit Reviews:   The singer-actors here deliver a compelling performance of the majestic Mussorgsky score.
Robert Hofler - 10/17/2010 5:49:14 PM
Eternity
Film Reviews:   Metaphysical love story is much too long and teeters toward tedium more than once.
Richard Kuipers - 10/17/2010 5:47:52 PM
Flashdance -- The Musical
Legit Reviews:   Only a complete overhaul with new creatives could turn this into a Stateside hit.
David Benedict - 10/17/2010 5:44:25 PM
Pure Country 2: The Gift
Film Reviews:   Word of mouth by disappointed fans should effectively kill any hope of wider theatrical rollout.
Joe Leydon - 10/17/2010 5:43:07 PM
Disenchantments
Film Reviews:   Angst for all and solutions for some are offered in this brooding but compelling German crisscrosser.
Russell Edwards - 10/17/2010 5:41:40 PM
Amador
Film Reviews:   Thoughtful but severely overstretched.
Jonathan Holland - 10/17/2010 5:40:37 PM
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