The Other F Word (Nevins, 2011)
It is hard for me to say, precisely, when The Other F Word lost me for good.
Category: Film Festivals
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Wrestling for Jesus (Clarke, 2011)
When asked to describe his film, director Nathan Clarke said in an interview, he likes to say it is "everything you expect from the title and everything you don't."
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Tyrannosaur (Considine, 2011)
Hannah is in an abusive relationship (and that's the understatement of the year), and the way Considine lets this play out without Hannah verbalizing the way her relationship with God affects and is affected by her attempts to negotiate her husband's treatment of her allows the film to be achingly real without ever preaching.
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Habemus Papam (Moretti, 2011)
Ultimately Habemus Papam felt less like a blasphemy and more like a failure of imagination.
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The Kid With a Bike (Dardenne & Dardenne, 2011)
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have been so consistent and so dependable for the last fifteen years, turning out high quality films every two to three years, that a new film from them doesn't seem to generate the buzz or excitement of a fresh, new talent.
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A Separation (Farhadi, 2011)
Asghar Farhadi's A Separation is a riveting domestic drama that works equally well as a character study and a social critique.
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Emergenetics and Made in Dagenham — 1More Podcast Episode 12
Tune in for a fascinating discussion about the differences between being assertive and being expressive, what makes a "red" thinker successful at taking up a "blue" cause, and how director Nigel Cole answered criticism that the union's victory paved the way for industrial jobs leaving England entirely.
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The Grove: A Fight to Remember (Wilson, 2011)
The Grove: A Fight to Remember begins with, pretty much ends with, and is interspersed with tourists in Golden Gate Park looking for the Japanese tea garden.
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An Encounter With Simone Weil (Haslett, 2011)
"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity."