Reviewed: The Red Riding Trilogy
Compelling, gruesome, and longwinded suspense.
Film Review By Tricia Olszewski

Cop Out and Terribly Happy: Murphy's Law & Order
In two new police flicks, there’s much amiss.
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Reviewed: Blood Done Sign My Name and Oscar-Nominated Shorts, 2010
Jeb Stuart addresses the evil of segregation; a shorts collection celebrates quality over quantity.
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Film Review: The White Ribbon and The Most Dangerous Man in America
An opaque effort from Michael Haneke; a tell-all from the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers.
Film Review By Tricia Olszewski

Throng and Dance: The Last Station and Fish Tank
Tolstoy founds a cult; a misfit teaches herself hip-hop moves.
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Diss Affected: 44 Inch Chest and Wonderful World
A snappy Tarantino rip-off. Plus: Matthew Broderick gets moody.
Film Review By Tricia Olszewski

Reviewed: Creation
A touching, if overwrought, tribute to the struggles of Charles Darwin.
Film Review By Tricia Olszewski

Reviewed: Crazy Heart and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
A road-house singer seeks rebirth; Terry Gilliam seeks scrutability.
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Reviewed: Sherlock Holmes and Nine
Downey shines as Holmes; Day-Lewis is puzzlingly atrocious in Nine
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The Year in Film
For our critic, a year that wasn't Precious
Cover Story By Tricia Olszewski

Reviewed: Avatar and The Young Victoria
James Cameron's magnum opus; Queen Victoria's coming of age.
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Reviewed: Invictus and Me and Orson Welles
Two halfhearted films about unlikely winners.
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Reviewed: Up in the Air
A big-hearted film about "corporate downsizing."
Film Review By Tricia Olszewski

Reviewed: The Road and Fantastic Mr. Fox
Viggo Mortensen outwits cannibals, grimaces; Mr. Fox steals chickens, has a lot more fun.
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Justice Beleaguers: Bad Lieutenant and William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
Two films about the side effects of law and order.
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Reviewed: The Messenger
A gripping film about the Army’s Casualty Notification Team
Film Review By Tricia Olszewski

Reviewed: The Fourth Kind and (Untitled)
A faux-vérité horror flick; a takedown of artsy pretension.
Film Review By Tricia Olszewski

An Education and The Maid: Home Outgrown
Two films about surmounting the strictures of domestic life.
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Reviewed: Antichrist and The Damned United
Lars von Trier ruins sex; Michael Sheen redeems soccer
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Reviewed: Law Abiding Citizen and Paranormal Activity
Two new films with different takes on dread
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Preaching to the Liar: The Invention of Lying
Ricky Gervais wreaks havoc with theology.
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Reviewed: Zombieland and Whip It
A deft zombie sendup, and a roller-derby chick on the rebound
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For Better or Verse: Bright Star and Somers Town
An uneven biopic on John Keats. Plus: a brief, forgettable tale of the English Midlands.
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Body and Mole: Jennifer's Body and The Informant!
A hipster horror flick and a hilarious whistleblower tale
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Diva Intervention: The Beaches of Agnès and The September Issue
Two docs about eccentric visionaries.
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Reviewed: Big Fan
Robert Siegel's portrait of an asocial sports fanatic.
Film Review By Matt Siblo

Toil and Trouble: Extract and My One and Only
Mike Judge has another workplace comedy; My One and Only is simply belabored.
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Reviewed: Play the Game and Lorna's Silence
Andy Griffith learns about seduction, Viagra; the audience learns little from Lorna's Silence.
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Klutz and Glory: Inglourious Basterds and Cold Souls
Tarantino triumphs; Giamatti's still befuddled by angst.
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Extinction Events: District 9 and The End of the Line
Humans attempt to obliterate aliens in District 9 and fish in The End of the Line
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Reviewed: Soul Power
Behind the scenes at the Zaire '74 music festival
Film Review By Ted Scheinman

Not Quite Hollywood and Paper Heart: Reality Rites
A documentary paean to Australian New Wave. PLUS: Cloying meta-vérité.
Film Review By Tricia Olszewski