Soderbergh’s latest is immensely well-shot and takes a methodical approach to storytelling, but still falls short of being a first-rate dramatic thriller.
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Side Effects (2013)
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Tag / 2013
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Congress, The (2013)
Visionary in the worst possible way, Folman’s live-action/animation hybrid packs in so many ideas about time, legacy and existence that it all seems so muddled, uneven and uninvolving.
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Vic + Flo Saw a Bear (2013)
A striking and unconventional film it may be, but Cote doesn’t seem to know what he wants to say with this story of two lesbian ex-convicts futilely hoping for a peaceful life in the woods.
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Walesa: Man of Hope (2013)
This late-career effort by the Polish master feels tonally odd, but it gives a broad and largely engaging look at Poland’s most important figure during the Solidarity movement of the 1980s that sparked the decline of Soviet communist rule.
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Counselor, The (2013)
A didactic and dialogue-heavy thriller that is directed with confidence by Ridley Scott.
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Exhibition (2013)
Architecture meets cinema in this minimalist if keenly observed, hauntological tale of two intimacy-starved artists living in a glass house in London as they prepare for its sale.
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Heli (2013)
A Mexican family is irreversibly changed when drugs unwittingly enter their lives in this stunningly assured piece of cinema (winner of Best Director at Cannes) that may shock even the most seasoned of viewers.
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World’s End, The (2013)
A meta-comedy that is conscious about its fun-ness, though not all of the gags hit the sweet spot in this final installment of Edgar Wright’s ‘Cornetto’ trilogy.
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Tom at the Farm (2013)
Dolan takes an unexpected left turn with this largely solid suspense-laden drama about grief, death and hidden secrets, with a sprinkle of male-on-male masochism.
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Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013)
Fantastic documentary about a fantasy, a failed dream, accompanied by a stunning electronic soundtrack to boot, with the misunderstood Jodorowsky at the center of his whirlwind.
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