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Finally! New episodes and an Arrested Development movie
By John WilsonThere’s still money in the banana stand.
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The Flame Alphabet trailer - A work of art on its own
By Anna GraizbordGet spooked in three minutes.
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Britcom Update: The New Wave Arrives
By Adrienne McIlvaineNew comedies carry on an old tradition.
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We Need to Talk About Kevin
Lynne RamsaySwinton stuns in this thought-provoking exploration of a parent’s worst… >>
Get in the Mood: Summer Reading
By Damian Van DenburghThough the topics of these books range from nuclear disaster… >>
Beautiful Boy
Shawn KuAn unfocused drama somewhat redeemed by Sheen and Bello's emotional… >>
The Arbor
Clio BarnardAn inventive lip-synched pseudo-documentary about the tragic legacy of a… >>
I Curse the River of Time
Per PettersonMom’s dying, the wife is leaving, but memories stay put.
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Win Win
Thomas McCarthyAnother earnest victory for writer/director Tom McCarthy.
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Certified Copy
Abbas KiarostamiA somewhat frustrating portrait of a complicated relationship.
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The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim
Jonathan CoeA toothless satire from a talented writer.
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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Apichatpong WeerasethakulA hypnotizing exploration of spirituality and the transitory nature of… >>
Swamplandia!
Karen RussellGators and ghosts take center stage in Karen Russell’s Floridian… >>
Another Year
Mike LeighA heartbreaking portrait of middle-aged melancholia and maturity.
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Enough About Love
Hervé Le TellierA light and breezy novel that’s actually quite serious.
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Night Soul and Other Stories
Joseph McElroyIntellectual rigor paired with a humane and hopeful impulse.
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Biutiful
Alejandro Gonzalez InarrituA tragically beautiful and immensely dark exploration of mortality.
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A Somewhat Gentle Man
Hans Petter MolandSkarsgård finds humor and humanity in an ex-con trying to… >>
The Brothers Ashkenazi
Israel Joshua SingerA missing gem of literature is restored.
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Everything Matters!
Ron Currie Jr.Ron Currie Jr. makes apocalypse as funny and life-affirming as… >>
Critical Mob’s Top 10 Films of 2010
By Eric SchneiderOn the cinematic front, 2010 was a bit of downer,… >>
Critical Mob’s Top 10 Books of 2010
By Damian Van Denburgh2010 was a year of turmoil, and our Best of… >>
The Walking Dead
Frank DarabontA tense survival series that balances heart with horror.
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Rabbit Hole
John Cameron MitchellMitchell takes a well-worn story and makes it his own.
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The King’s Speech
Tom HooperA well-acted tale of reluctant royalty marred by overwrought direction… >>
Me, Myself & I: First-Person Narrators
By Damian Van DenburghWhether beginning with a formal introduction, a confession, or in… >>
Back to the Farm: A Farmer’s Life in Literature
By Damian Van DenburghThese books examine the struggles that farmers face, be it… >>
The Neistat Brothers
Van NeistatBrothers Casey and Van Neistat turn their digital cameras on… >>
You Remind Me of Me
Dan ChaonA Midwestern epic depicting the reconnection of two brothers separated… >>
Michelle Williams
By Josh RalskeA serious actress driven to projects by her own passion.
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Brother, I’m Dying
Edwidge DanticatDanticat examines Haiti’s turbulent political past and immigrant experience in… >>
Six Feet Under
Alan BallOne of the smartest and most unpredictable dramas ever to… >>
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper LeeThis American classic deserves its legendary status.
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The Corrections
Jonathan FranzenIn their abundance of meat and potatoes and inalienable rights,… >>
A Gate at the Stairs
Lorrie MooreAn ambitious cave dive into the depths of postmodern disenfranchisement.
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