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Friday, January 25, 2013

138. Austrian director Michael Haneke’s French film “Amour” (Love) (2012): Well-crafted, comprehensive cinema that will touch both the heart and the mind of the viewer equally

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A mour is the best film that this critic viewed in 2012. There are two ways to appreciate this film. One way is to apprecia...
Saturday, January 05, 2013

137. Mexican director Carlos Reygadas’ film “Post Tenebras Lux “ (After Darkness, Light) (2012): Visually and cerebrally stimulating cinema.

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C arlos Reygadas is one of the few exhilarating filmmakers alive and actively making movies.  His films are never ...
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Sunday, December 02, 2012

136. Taiwanese director Ang Lee’s film in English “Life of Pi” (2012): Visually spellbinding cinema made standing on the shoulders of a marvelous novelist

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A ng Lee needs to be congratulated for making an engaging movie Life of Pi.  Few other directors...
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Monday, November 26, 2012

135. Turkish director Semih Kaplanoglu’s film “Süt” (Milk) (2008): The Turkish "artist as a young man"

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S emih Kaplanoglu is one of the finest Turkish filmmakers—and one who has a very distinct and intriguing style of film-making.  His cinem...
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Saturday, October 13, 2012

134. US film director Mike Nichols’ debut film “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (1966): Nichols’ finest work to date

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I t is nearly half a century since Mike Nichols made his first feature film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf...
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Tuesday, October 02, 2012

133. Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar’s English film “Agora” (2009): An admirable subject for a remarkable feature film

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O ften good movies should be evaluated both by its subject and by the interesting manner the director and the rest...
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