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SENNA [Kapadia/2010 ] Engrossing doc about famed F1 racer is a tragic story told w/ narrative aplomb; archival footage trumps talking heads.

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WE CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN [Ray/1976] Compelling as teaching experiment, kaleidoscopic time capsule & artist’s final statement. Less so as film.

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MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS [Lewis/1945] B-movie gem’s caged world of menacing shadows creates an inescapable psychic prison via mise-en-scène.

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2 WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN [Minnelli/1962] Meditation on mortality and compromises & demands of artistic life leads to delirious visual climax.

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36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN [Liu/1978] Shaw Bros. kung-fu classic is an unusual fight film; its training sequences trump the climactic battles.

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INFERNO [Baker/1953] Sluggish start with clumsy Ryan VO. But use of 3D (shot by Lucien Ballard) is superb and the finale is quite stirring.

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COLLAPSE [Smith/2009] Portentous doc about the end of nearly everything, shot in sub-Errol Morris mode. Character study is less successful.

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ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW [July/2005] Nagging quirkiness gives way to moments of genuine truth & beauty. A tender and sanguine debut.

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RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES [Wyatt/2011] Best PotA ever wraps thoughtful argument for animal rights in enjoyably clunky B-movie action.

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RESURRECT DEAD [Foy/2011] Mystery proves surprisingly easy, film proves too polite to do more than skate the surface of cast of obsessives.

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