Louder Than a Bomb (2011)
The documentary “Louder Than a Bomb” follows four teams of teenagers as they prepare for a high school poetry slam in Chicago.
Running Time: 99 Minutes
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Vacation! (2011)
Four college girlfriends hit a North Carolina beach in “Vacation!”
Running Time: 95 Minutes
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Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill A Mockingbird (2011)
Mary McDonagh Murphy’s documentary tells how “To Kill a Mockingbird” was written and how it influenced America.
Running Time: 82 Minutes
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Go For It! (2011)
Carmen Marron’s “Go for It!,” starring Aimee Garcia, is a briskly edited dance-out-of-the-slums story that speaks to working-class young women.
Rating: PG-13 (Mild Violence/Profanity/Sexual Situations/Drug Content)
Running Time: 83 Minutes
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L'Amour Fou (2011)
“L’Amour Fou,” a documentary about Yves Saint Laurent, the French couturier, narrated by Pierre Bergé, his partner in business and in life.
Running Time: 100 Minutes
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2011)
The Oscar-winning career of Jack Cardiff, a cinematographer for the Archers and others, covered almost a century of the movies.
Running Time: 90 Minutes
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The Big Bang (2011)
“The Big Bang” carries film noir parody into particle physics territory to try to solve the mystery to end all mysteries.
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Make Believe (2011)
“Make Believe” follows teenagers competing at an international magic contest in Las Vegas.
Running Time: 90 Minutes
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A Serbian Film (2011)
“A Serbian Film,” directed by Srdjan Spasojevic, doesn’t just push the envelope of the extreme-cinema niche, it shreds it.
Rating: NR
Running Time: 103 Minutes
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Everything Must Go (2011)
“Everything Must Go” adapts and fills in the blanks of the Raymond Carver story “Why Don’t You Dance?”
Rating: R (Profanity/Sexual Situations)
Running Time: 96 Minutes
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How to Live Forever (2011)
Mark S. Wexler’s documentary visits with a variety of the old and older who just keep on running, working and even making pornographic films.
Running Time: 94 Minutes
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Bridesmaids (2011)
“Bridesmaids” celebrates the giddy, liberating humor of the writers Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo.
Rating: R (Strong Sexual Content/Profanity)
Running Time: 124 Minutes
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The First Grader (2011)
Kimani Ng’ang’a Maruge, a member of the Kikuyu tribe in Kenya who enrolled in a primary school in 2003, at age 84, became an inspiration and a lightning rod.
Rating: NR (Violence/Brief Nudity)
Running Time: 103 Minutes
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Hesher (2011)
Spencer Susser’s “Hesher” stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a tattooed, profanity-spewing, heavy-metal life force. And guess what? He has lessons to teach.
Rating: R (Violence/Adult Situations/Profanity/Drug Content)
Running Time: 105 Minutes
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The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (2011)
Leanne Pooley’s film looks at the phenomenon of the Topps, country-singing lesbian twins from New Zealand.
Rating: NR (Adult Situations/Not For Children/Profanity)
Running Time: 84 Minutes
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A Good Man(2011)
“A Good Man,” a documentary by Safina Uberoi, follows Chris Rohrlach, an Australian farmer who opens a legal brothel.
Release Date: Feb 25, 2011
Running Time: 79 Minutes
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A Screaming Man(2011)
“A Screaming Man,” by the Chadian-born filmmaker Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, is a tender story about an individual at the intersection of the personal and the political.
Release Date: Apr 13, 2011
Running Time: 92 Minutes
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A Serbian Film(2011)
“A Serbian Film,” directed by Srdjan Spasojevic, doesn’t just push the envelope of the extreme-cinema niche, it shreds it.
Release Date: May 13, 2011
Rating: NR
Running Time: 103 Minutes
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African Cats: Kingdom of Courage(2011)
“African Cats” tells the story of lions and cheetahs and the power of mother love.
Release Date: Apr 22, 2011
Running Time: 89 Minutes
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American Grindhouse(2011)
The documentary “American Grindhouse” is a textbook-style history of the seamier side of the movie business.
Release Date: Feb 4, 2011
Running Time: 80 Minutes
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American: The Bill Hicks Story(2011)
Paul Thomas and Matt Harlock’s documentary looks at the life of the comedian Bill Hicks.
Release Date: Apr 8, 2011
Running Time: 110 Minutes
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An Invisible Sign(2011)
“An Invisible Sign” is an excruciatingly whimsical collision of adult themes and kid-friendly aesthetic.
Release Date: May 6, 2011
Running Time: 96 Minutes
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Armadillo(2011)
This documentary follows troops in Helmand Province in Afghanistan into a firefight and its aftermath.
Release Date: Apr 15, 2011
Running Time: 100 Minutes
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Arthur(2011)
A remake of the 1981 comedy “Arthur” stars Russell Brand in the Dudley Moore role of the boozy billionaire.
Release Date: Apr 8, 2011
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 109 Minutes
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Battle: Los Angeles(2011)
“Battle: Los Angeles” follows Marines fending off an attack on the title city.
Release Date: Mar 11, 2011
Rating: PG-13 (Profanity/War Violence)
Running Time: 116 Minutes
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Beastly(2011)
Teenage love breaks out in “Beastly,” a fairy tale remade.
Release Date: Mar 4, 2011
Rating: PG-13 (Mild Violence/Profanity/Drug Content)
Running Time: 86 Minutes
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Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son(2011)
Martin Lawrence plays Big Momma, his F.B.I.-agent-in-drag character, for the third time, in “Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son.”
Release Date: Feb 18, 2011
Rating: PG-13 (Mild Violence/Adult Humor)
Running Time: 107 Minutes
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Bill Cunningham New York(2011)
Richard Press’s documentary “Bill Cunningham New York” follows that “On the Street” fashion photographer of The New York Times.
Release Date: Mar 16, 2011
Running Time: 84 Minutes
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Black Death(2011)
As it turns out, no one is without sin in “Black Death,” a grungy, cynical little number from the British director Christopher Smith.
Release Date: Mar 11, 2011
Rating: NR (Graphic Violence/Profanity)
Running Time: 101 Minutes
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Blank City(2011)
The documentary “Blank City” looks at iconoclastic downtown New York filmmakers in the late 1970s and early ’80s.
Release Date: Apr 6, 2011
Running Time: 96 Minutes
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Born to be Wild(2011)
“Born to Be Wild 3D” takes an abbreviated look at two women who are doing similar work with wild animals in different parts of the world.
Release Date: Apr 8, 2011
Running Time: 40 Minutes
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Bridesmaids(2011)
“Bridesmaids” celebrates the giddy, liberating humor of the writers Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo.
Release Date: May 13, 2011
Rating: R (Strong Sexual Content/Profanity)
Running Time: 124 Minutes
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff(2011)
The Oscar-winning career of Jack Cardiff, a cinematographer for the Archers and others, covered almost a century of the movies.
Release Date: May 13, 2011
Running Time: 90 Minutes
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Carancho(2011)
After informing us that traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for Argentines under 35, “Carancho” introduces the bottom feeders who profit from vehicular tragedy.
Release Date: Feb 11, 2011
Running Time: 107 Minutes
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Cave of Forgotten Dreams(2011)
From Werner Herzog, an inside 3-D look at the astonishing Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc.
Release Date: Apr 29, 2011
Running Time: 95 Minutes
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Cedar Rapids(2011)
In “Cedar Rapids,” an insurance salesman leaves his hometown for the first time to attend a convention, where he plunges into the reality of the world outside his tiny one.
Release Date: Feb 11, 2011
Rating: R (Not For Children/Adult Humor/Profanity/Sexual Situations/Drug Content)
Running Time: 87 Minutes
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Ceremony(2011)
A lopsided love triangle emerges when a privileged pair, portrayed by Uma Thurman and Lee Pace, find their wedding has been crashed by Michael Angarano.
Release Date: Apr 8, 2011
Rating: R (Adult Situations)
Running Time: 90 Minutes
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Certified Copy(2011)
In Abbas Kiarostami’s “Certified Copy,” a couple (Juliette Binoche and William Shimell) drive through Tuscany arguing about art, representation and authenticity.
Release Date: Mar 11, 2011
Running Time: 106 Minutes
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Circo(2011)
“Circo,” a documentary by Aaron Schock, travels with a small family-run through rural Mexico.
Release Date: Apr 1, 2011
Running Time: 75 Minutes
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City of Life and Death(2011)
“City of Life and Death” portrays the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians tortured and killed during the mass butchery also known as the Rape of Nanjing.
Release Date: May 11, 2011
Rating: R (Graphic Violence/Rape & Sexual Abuse/Not For Children/Sexual Situations/War Violence)
Running Time: 133 Minutes
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Cracks(2011)
“Cracks,” a gothically moody girls’ school drama adapted from a Sheila Kohler novel, verges on a horror film.
Release Date: Mar 18, 2011
Running Time: 107 Minutes
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Crazy, Stupid, Love(2011)
Release Date: Apr 22, 2011
Rating: PG-13 (Profanity/Sexual Situations/Scatological Humor)
Running Time: 2 Minutes
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