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Review: Quartet

By Jonathan Robbins
January 9, 2013
Adagio for British acting royalty

Tanograms: Art Theater Guild

By Violet Lucca
January 7, 2013
Fitting together the pieces of Japan's first independent film company

Review: 56 Up

By Max Nelson
January 3, 2013
Time and tide wait for Michael Apted’s camera

Review: West of Memphis

By Jonathan Robbins
January 1, 2013
Another documentary advocates for the "West Memphis Three"

Review: Promised Land

By Kent Jones
December 28, 2012
Gus Van Sant's anti-fracking tale keenly observes small-town life

Festivals: IDFA

By Nicolas Rapold
December 27, 2012
Highlights from the 25th edition of Amsterdam’s high-spirited docu-hub

Review: Les Miserables

By Michael Koresky
December 26, 2012
What has Tom Hooper done?

Festivals: Tokyo Filmex

By Nicholas Vroman
December 24, 2012
Beat Takeshi's baby delivers a few hits

Interview: Nina Hoss

By R. Emmet Sweeney
December 21, 2012
Back to the GDR: The star of very Cold War drama Barbara on what lies beneath and the reactions of Germans today

Review: Not Fade Away

By Max Nelson
December 20, 2012
For many 67 year-olds, re-inhabiting a long-lost self would be a struggle; for David Chase, the struggle lies in growing out of it