October 10, 2015

Theeb (2015) ****

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Excellent Jordanian film about a little boy caught in a bloody conflict.

Brooklyn (2015) ****

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Touching film about a young woman torn between her native Ireland and her new life in America.

Aferim (2015) ****

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Tangerine (2015) ****

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Victoria (2015) ****

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Beasts Of No Nation (2015) ****

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Straight Outta Compton (2015) ****

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Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) ****

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The Big Short (2015) ****

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Inside Out (2015) ****

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Youth (2015) ****

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The Hateful Eight (2015) ****

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Steve Jobs (2015) ****

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Superlative drama about the founder of Apple.

Spotlight (2015) ****

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Excellent newspaper drama about child abuse by Boston priests.
September 9, 2015

Sicario (2015) ***

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"Traffic" meets "No Country For Old Men" meets "Heli" meets "Zero Dark Thirty" meets "Breakin...

The Overnight (2015) ***

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Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015) ***

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Love And Mercy (2015) ***

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Heaven Knows What (2015) ***

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Fifty Shades Of Grey (2015) ***

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Ex Machina (2015) ***

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Dora Or The Sexual Neuroses Of Our Parents (2015) ***

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The Diary Of A Teenage Girl (2015) ***

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Danny Collins (2015) ***

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The Danish Girl (2015) ***

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Da Sweet Blood Of Jesus (2015) ***

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Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence (2015) ***

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Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

Room (2015) ***

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Suspenseful tale of courage and survival.

The Jinx (2015) ***

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Documentary mini-series about Robert Durst.

Cartel Land (2015) ***

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Shocking documentary about vigilante groups taking up the arms to fight drug cartels in Mexico and in Arizona.

What Happened Miss Simone (2015) ***

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The tragic life of Nina Simone.

Amy (2015) ***

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Terrific documentary about Amy Winehouse, in and out of rehab.

Jupiter Ascending (2015) ***

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A fine science-fiction saga directed by the Wachowski Sisters.

Carol (2015) ***

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Blood Trap (2015) ***

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Anomalisa (2015) ***

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The Look Of Silence (2015) ***

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A sequel to "The Act Of Killing".

The Revenant (2015) ***

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Terminator Genisys (2015) ***

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Trainwreck (2015) ***

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L'Hermine (2015) ***

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Excellent French drama set during a murder trial.

La Guerre des tuques 3D (2015) ***

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Animated film about a big snowfight.

Corbo (2015) ***

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Excellent drama about a terrorist group in Quebec in the 1960's.

Louder Than Bombs (2015) ***

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The Good Dinosaur (2015) ***

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Les Cowboys (2015) ***

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A French remake of "The Searchers" (1956), but set in the time of Muslim fundamentalism and terrorism.

Mustang (2015) ***

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A Turkish film (set in Turkey, in Turkish, written and directed by a Turk) that somehow was submitted by France as a French candidate for ...

The Boy And The World (2015) ***

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Visually stunning animated feature from Brazil.

Irrational Man (2015) ***

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Daring reworking of a theme Woody Allen has already tackled in "Crimes And Misdeameanors" (1989) and "Match Point" (20...

Shaun The Sheep Movie (2015) ***

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Asphalte (2015) ***

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Subtle comedy set in poor appartment building.

When Marnie Was There (2015) ***

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Very slow moving in the first half, but stick with it, because it becomes very interesting (and very moving) in the second half.

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) ***

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Jurassic World (2015) ***

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The fourth film in the franchise, with raptors and a T-Rex as good guys.
August 8, 2015

Le Petit Prince (2015) *

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Valley Of Love (2015) *

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Gerard Depardieu and Isabelle Huppert in the Death Valley.

La Tete haute (2015) **

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Unpleasant film about a juvenile delinquent.

Les Betises (2015) **

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Weird French comedy about a young man trying to find his birth mother.

Journal d'une femme de chambre (2015) **

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A rather pointless remake of a story that was already successfully adapted by Luis Bunuel and Jean Renoir.

Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse (2015) ***

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Les Revoltes (2015) ***

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Un Moment d'egarement (2015) ***

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Mon roi (2015) ***

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Marguerite (2015) ***

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Malgre la nuit (2015) ***

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Love (2015) ***

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Dheepan (2015) ***

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