Focus, simplicity and control. As I look back over the films of 2014, the ones that most stay with me are not the sprawling epics or the movies that tried to cram a surplus of ideas or technique into one story. (Sorry, Birdman and Interstellar.) They're the movies, not even necessarily the "small" ones, that…
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A list of the best reviewed movies of 2014 shows everything from big studio blockbusters, computer animated family films and low budget independent films.
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The Christmas vacation week has been a great time for movies for many years now. Knowing that people are on vacation and (possibly) eager to escape the odd family obligation or two, studios plan big releases for Christmas day, which is also conveniently one of the last big release dates of the year, making the…
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The shortlist for potential Best Foreign Film Oscar nominees is out. As usual, the list is going to generate as much talk about what didn't make the cut as it does about what ended up on the list. Many of the year's most significant films were left off: Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Winter Sleep, which was this…
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