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[NYFF Review] Omar

Omar, the latest from Paradise Now helmer Hany Abu-Assad, is quick to establish its own take. Following several close calls on the Israeli side of the West Bank...

[NYFF Review] Stranger by the Lake

The parking lot, always glimpsed from the same perched, high-angle camera position, is the edge of society in Alain Guiraudie’s Stranger by the Lake. Men pull u...

[Review] Baggage Claim

During the first 20 minutes of Baggage Claim, it dawned on me: if you’re up for this movie, you’ll have a mostly good time. This is simple enough, until mid-fil...

[NYFF Review] Captain Phillips

To draw an easy comparison, Captain Phillips is this year’s Argo. Ben Affleck's Best Picture winner, though a highly suspenseful thriller, was also one in which...

[NYFF Review] Child of God

What James Franco tries, valiantly, is the equivalent of attempting to novelize Ingmar Bergman’s Persona or Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless. The former is nigh imp...

[Review] Metallica Through the Never

There's no getting around Metallica's status as legends, even if, over the years -- after millions upon millions of the group's albums have sold since they brok...