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Top Ten Greatest Films of 2009

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Man on Wire, Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Petit, Top Films, Pedro Almodovar, Goodbye Solo, Coraline, Broken Embraces, Amreeka, Hiam Abbass, Juliette Binoche, It's a Wonderful Life, Summer Hours, Sita Sings the Blues, David Siegel, Woman in Berlin, Christmas Story, Top-Films-of-2009, Lion's Den, Lemon Tree, Uncertainty, Scott McGehee, Christmas Tale, Entertainment News
Stanton Peele

It's that time of year again, the time when film critics and aficionados remind you of those great films - most of which you missed. Here are the top 10 movies of 2009.

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9/11 Film Review of Amreeka: Drama of the Arab-Christian Experience in America Also Strikes Notes of Heart and Humor

Penelope Andrew | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestinian-Americans, Arrested Development, Independent Films, National Geographic, Hiam Abbass, Films, Arab-Americans, 9/11, Nisreen Faour, Babel, Munich, The Immigrant Experience, Cherien Dabis, Lemon Tree, Lebanese-Americans, Melkar Muallem, Women Directors, Alia Shawkat, The Visitor, Amreeka, Jordanian-Americans, Muslim-Americans, Arab-Christians, Yussef-Abu-Warda, Arab-Muslims, Entertainment News
Penelope Andrew

Amreeka is an artful, moving testimony to the perils of making assumptions about individuals or groups. It is a is a film of impeccable taste that unites instead of divides.

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Eric Alterman, Cub Reporter, Goes to the Hamptons Film Festival

Eric Alterman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hamptons Film Festival, Lemon Tree, For My Father, Film, Movies, Entertainment News
Eric Alterman

As the movie business focuses more and more on big dumb films on more and more screens, I felt really fortunate for the opportunity to see all these films at the Hamptons Film Festival.

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