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Life During Wartime

In Tangerines, old men pick fruit in a battle zone, and force two opposing soldiers into an uneasy truce.

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The Fast & Furious’ Macho, Macho Men

Even guys who can’t parallel park seem to appreciate the vague, retro masculinity at the heart of the gearhead franchise.

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Love Fools

A pitch-black period comedy takes all the romance out of a Romantic-era suicide pact.

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The Hazy Science of Climate Change Deniers

The documentary Merchants of Doubt unveils those paid to sow uncertainty about near-unanimous scientific consensus

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Chappie’s Bleak Future

South African director Neill Blomkamp’s latest riff on man versus machine (versus man-machine) does not compute.

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In the Trenches of Life and Death

Both transcendent and troubling, Farewell to Hollywood documents the final days of a remarkable young filmmaker’s struggle with cancer

A Monk, a Comedian, and a Therapist Walk into a Bar …

Not only is Eastern philosophy improving comedians’ lives, it’s making them funnier, too.

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Buckle Up for a ‘Wild’ Ride

Argentina’s foreign language film entry in this year’s Academy Awards puts even the Best Picture nominees to shame.

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Yes, a Tree Falling in the Forest Makes a Sound

Coast of Death, a gorgeous documentary by an experimental filmmaker, visually upsets the man v. nature balance of power

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Hollywood’s First Great Film Was Also Its Most Racist

100 years later, The Birth of a Nation is a jaw-dropping study in why you can’t separate enviable style from noxious substance.

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How a Lyrical Response to Extremism Became the Oscars’ Most Misunderstood Nominee

Timbuktu paints a sensitive, knowing portrait of life under militant Islamic rule in Western Africa, one that’s already being misinterpreted.

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Jennifer Aniston’s Cake is Too Rich to be Relevant

The film features a wealthy Angeleno when the majority of chronic pain sufferers are low-income

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What’s the Point of All These Best Picture Nominees?

The message of each of this year’s Academy Award-nominated films, in 100 words or less

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Paul Thomas Anderson Finds the Virtue in Inherent Vice

Thomas Pynchon’s existentialist gumshoe noir gets a big-screen adaptation surprisingly full of heart

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8 Songs You Better Not Have Missed in 2014

Celebrating the year that protest music popped

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How a Senseless Seal Killing Inspired An Animated Masterpiece

Song of the Sea’s Celtic comment on the contemporary world

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An Indie Rebuttal to Blockbuster Hero-Dads

The weak, helpless fathers in The Captive and Little Feet are stark contrasts to the absurdly macho patriarchs of many action films

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