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Looking For Reasons to Believe in 'Life of Pi'

  • By Max Nelson
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  • October 17, 2012 1:05 PM
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Festivals
On the difference between "It's visual stunning, but..." and "It's visually stunning, because..."
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More: Critics Academy, Life of Pi, Ang Lee, New York Film Festival

Through the Looking Glasses

  • By Max Nelson
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  • October 16, 2012 1:02 PM
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Festivals
Hiler’s lens, it seems, doesn’t always respect the jurisdiction of its peers.
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More: New York Film Festival, Critics Academy

Cristian Mungiu, Beyond the Films

  • By Alec Kubas-Meyer
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  • October 16, 2012 10:20 AM
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Festivals
On the evolving aesthetics of a brilliantly talented young director.
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More: Cristian Mungiu, New York Film Festival, Critics Academy

Garden States: New Jersey, According to David Chase

  • By Caitlin Hughes
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  • October 15, 2012 2:10 PM
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Festivals
The attraction to, and repulsion of New Jersey in the films of David Chase and the music of Steven Van Zandt's bandmate, Bruce Springsteen.
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More: Not Fade Away, Critics Academy, New York Film Festival

Weekend Reel Reads: Selections from the New York Film Festival Critics Academy

  • By Steve Greene
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  • October 14, 2012 2:26 PM
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Features
Our eight academy members have produced some incredibly insightful work over the past two weeks. Some of the best of their writing is gathered here for your educational perusal.
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More: Reel Reads, Critics Academy

Intruding on the History of Iranian Cinema

  • By Peter Labuza
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  • October 12, 2012 6:08 PM
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Blogs
On the film from the New York Film Festival that made one of our Critics Academy members physically ill -- and why that's not a bad thing.
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More: Critics Academy, New York Film Festival

Small (Cinema)Scope: The Widescreen Imagery of 'Beyond the Hills'

  • By Blair McClendon
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  • October 12, 2012 11:51 AM
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Blogs
"Work of art" does not suffice as a label for Cristian Mungiu’s new film, "Beyond The Hills." Cameras have long celebrated labor, of bodies as well as minds, and here the film itself has become "work" in all of its most beautiful, terrifying connotations. This tale of two young women -- friends since their days in an orphanage, who reunite in a monastery -- pushes itself to the point of exhaustion. Yet, it never collapses. It only builds upon itself promising something ever more powerful until the screen finally goes black and the audience, too, has labored long and hard.
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More: Beyond The Hills, Critics Academy, New York Film Festival

Window Shopping Through Kiarostami and Dorsky

  • By Max Nelson
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  • October 11, 2012 12:08 PM
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Blogs
Just one look (or two) in the films of two New York Film Festival auteurs.
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More: Abbas Kiarostami, Critics Academy, New York Film Festival

Love and Death in the Films of Michael Haneke

  • By Forrest Cardamenis
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  • October 10, 2012 1:06 PM
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Blogs
Sadistic? Maybe. Hard to watch? Sometimes. Familial? Definitely, though it may take a bit of work to notice.
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More: Critics Academy, New York Film Festival, Amour, Michael Haneke

Dancing in the Rain: Nicole Kidman's Femme Fatales

  • By Caitlin Hughes
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  • October 9, 2012 5:00 PM
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  • 1 Comment
Blogs
In the New York Film Festival film "The Paperboy" Nicole Kidman returns to the role of a femme fatale. How her performance compares with the one she played 17 years ago in "To Die For."
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More: Critics Academy, New York Film Festival, Nicole Kidman

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