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The 11 Best Films You May Have Missed In 2011

Leonard Maltin | Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: The Guard, The Woman on the 6th Floor, Incendies, Leonard Maltin, Submarine, Of Gods and Men, Indie Movies, Higher Ground, Movies, Cinema, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, Wwii, Indie Cinema, Sarah's Key, City of Life and Death, Higher Ground Movie, Win Win, Terri, Arts News
Leonard Maltin

If you're a discerning moviegoer who lives in a community with a specialty theater (or art house, as we used to call them), you may have seen some of the titles on my list. But there are some smaller, more offbeat pictures, that fly under the radar of even avid film buffs.

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The 11 Best Films You May Have Missed In 2011

Leonard Maltin | Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: The Guard, The Woman on the 6th Floor, Incendies, Leonard Maltin, Submarine, Of Gods and Men, Indie Movies, Higher Ground, Movies, Cinema, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, Wwii, Indie Cinema, Sarah's Key, City of Life and Death, Higher Ground Movie, Win Win, Terri, Arts News
Leonard Maltin

If you're a discerning moviegoer who lives in a community with a specialty theater (or art house, as we used to call them), you may have seen some of the titles on my list. But there are some smaller, more offbeat pictures, that fly under the radar of even avid film buffs.

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The 10 Best Films of 2011

Marshall Fine | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Moneyball, The Artist, A Separation, Margin Call, Shame, Oren Moverman, Young Adult, Nicolas Winding Refn, Night Moves, Easy Rider, Hollywood, 10 Best List 2011, Sean Durkin Interview, Marshall Fine, Nashville, The Descendants, Drive, Taxi Driver, Jason Reitman, Incendies, Chinatown, Sundance, Marshall Fine Commentary, Rampart, Martha Marcy May Marlene, McCable & Mrs. Miller, 1970s Film, Movies, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

The Descendants is my favorite film of the year for its ability to find the pain, dignity and humor in the story of a man watching his way of life die, even as he has to act as steward to its demise.

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The best films of 2011 - so far

Marshall Fine | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Ewan McGregor, Sucker Punch, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Lars Von Trier, Bridesmaids, Woody Allen, J.J. Abrams, Certified Copy, A Better Life, An Inconvenient Truth, Paul Giamatti, Even the Rain, Zach Galifianakis, Paris in the 20s, Melanie Laurent, Midnight in Paris, Weeds, Cedar Rapids, Jeffrey Tambor, Incendies, Win Win, Super 8, Marshall Fine Commentary, The First Grader, Amy Ryan, Owen Wilson, The Last Mountain, Beginners, Hanna, Uncle Boonmee, In a Better World, Christopher Plummer, Bobby Cannavale, Tom Mccarthy, The Hangover, Applause, When We Leave, I Saw the Devil, Marshall Fine, The Lincoln Lawyer, Ed Helms, Big Coal, Demian Bichir, Tree of Life, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

So - if the movie year had ended June 30 and we had to choose the best films of 2011 from the releases that hit American screens since Jan. 1, which o...

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5 Must-See Indie Films

Leonard Maltin | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Exporting Raymond, Meek's Cutoff, Movie Reviews, The Princess of Montpensier, Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, Indie Film Reviews, Incendies, Morgan Spurlock, Denis Villeneuve, Wadji Mouawadj, Film, Bertrand Tavernier, Kelly Reichardt, Phil Rosenthal, Melanie Thierry, Best Foreign Language Film, Oscars, Leonard Maltin, Hollywood, Arts News
Leonard Maltin

In theaters this month is a pair of amusing documentaries, an Oscar nominee, and the latest drama from a world-class filmmaker. Any time there are five pictures this good playing on theater screens, I take heart.

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HuffPost Review: Incendies

Marshall Fine | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Susanne Bier, Magnolia, Denis Villeneuve, Wadji Mouawad, In a Better World, Lebanon, Oscar, Marshall Fine Movie Review, William Faulkner, Movies, Movie Reviews, Lubna Azabal, Marshall Fine, Incendies Movie Review, Incendies, Paul Thomas Anderson, Foreign Language Film, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

I understand why Susanne Bier's In a Better World won the foreign-language Oscar -- but I believe this was the better film.

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Live-blogging the 2011 Oscar telecast

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kathryn Bigelow, Rick Baker, Prince, Eminem, Scarlett Johansson, Lord of the Rings, Country Strong, Hugh Jackman, Zachary Levi, Marilyn Monroe, Jeff Bridges, Cate Blanchett, Halle Berry, Steven Spielberg, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mandy Moore, David Fincher, Eli Wallach, Natalie Portman, Dustin Hoffman, Arthur, David Seidler, As Time Goes By, Florence and the Machine, Morgan Freeman, Bob Hope, Smile, In a Better World, Gwyneth Paltrow, Oscar, Black Swan, Tim Burton, Lena Horne, Tangled, Francis Ford Coppola, Banksy, Russell Brand, Clint Eastwood, Marshall Fine, Toy Story 3, Celine Dion, Robert Downey Jr., Warren Beatty, Marky Mark, Hilary Swank, Inside Job, Javier Bardem, Reese Witherspoon, Oprah, Auto-Tune, Cat Stevens, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, Colin Firth, Biutiful, James Franco, Jack Nicholson, Charlie Sheen, Billy Crystal, Josh Brolin, Australia, A.r. Rahman, Kirk Douglas, Susanne Bier, President Obama, Trent Reznor, Dicky Eklund, Citizen Kane, Alec Baldwin, Marisa Tomei, Helen Mirren, Mila Kunis, Jean-Luc Godard, Guthrie Theater, Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, Incendies, Christian Bale, Elton John, Phil Collins, Harry Potter, Marshall Fine Commentary, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Dancing With the Stars, Geoffrey Rush, 127 Hours, The Social Network, Charles Ferguson, Sandra Bullock, Twilight, Stella Artois, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hanks, Alice in Wonderland, Jude Law, Paddy Chayefsky, Inception, Meryl Streep, Annette Bening, Aaron Sorkin, Randy Newman, Melissa Leo, Grapes of Wrath, Adrien Brody, Tom Hooper, Raging Bull, Pixar, Kevin Brownlow, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

8:39PM EST Off to a good start with the hosts, James Franco and Anne Hathaway, inserted into scenes from several of the Oscar nominees, on an Incept...

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Academy Awards 2011: Foreign Language Films

David Wallechinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oscars, Best Foreign Language Film, The Academy Awards, The Oscars, Academy Awards, Lebanon, Incendies, Outside the Law, Foreign Films, Biutiful, Oscars 2011, Entertainment News
David Wallechinsky

There were a lot of good films, but so many of them were bleak and depressing, a reflection no doubt of the downturn in the global economy.

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Live From Sundance 2011: Day 2

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sundance 2011, Sarah Paulson, Sundance Film Festival, Films, Lou Taylor Pucci, Denis Villeneuve, Stones, Grateful Dead, Paul Giamatti, Bobby Cannavale, J.K.Simmons, Tom Mccarthy, Movies, Lubna Azabal, Beatles, Elizabeth Olsen, Oliver Sacks, Incendies, Win Win, The Music Never Stopped, Ben Foster, Amy Ryan, Here, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Film festival programmers rarely create festivals full of films built around a single theme. Yet quite unintentionally, I spent Friday seeing five films that dealt with the idea of abandonment, reunion and reconciliation.

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Toronto Film Festival: The Essential and the Trivial

Erica Abeel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jews in Montreal, Rosamund Pike, "Incendies, Entertainment News, Guillaume Canet, Barney's Version, Paul Giamatti, Francois Cluzet, " Denis Villeneuve, Minnie Driver, Mordecai Richler, Marion Cottilard, Entertainment News
Erica Abeel

This year's Toronto Film Festival offers fewer must-see high profile films or auteurist masterworks than in the past. It's the ensemble of films -- their variety, range, and sheer cojones -- that's rewarding.

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