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June 14, 2013
David Thomson
'The Kings of Summer' Warms, and 'The Iceman' Chills
June 10, 2013
David Thomson
Not Just a Bloodbath
The surprising politics of 'The Purge'
June 7, 2013
David Thomson
The Lives of Others
What surveillance footage will never tell us
May 31, 2013
David Thomson
'Frances Ha': The Intellectual Wallowing of Noah Baumbach
May 24, 2013
David Thomson
Behind the Plastic Surgery
Matt Damon is the real star of HBO's Liberace biopic
May 17, 2013
David Thomson
'Seduced and Abandoned': This is What a Movie Deal Looks Like in 2013
May 9, 2013
David Thomson
'Stories We Tell' Breathes New Life into the Documentary Form
May 7, 2013
David Thomson
Gatsby Speaks!
These awful films go on and on
May 3, 2013
David Thomson
'What Maisie Knew': Is the Kid Alright?
This twenty-first century Henry James update is too cute by half.
April 26, 2013
David Thomson
Jeff Nichols's "Mud" and the Rural Revolution in American Film
April 18, 2013
David Thomson
Paradise Lost
'Top of the Lake' ends as a beautiful mess
April 12, 2013
David Thomson
The 'Gatsby' Baz Luhrmann Should Have Made
Forget DiCaprio—The Movie Needs Bernie Madoff
April 8, 2013
David Thomson
Apocalypses Now
Hollywood action movies need to get over the end of the world
April 4, 2013
David Thomson
Roger Ebert: For the Love of Film
April 1, 2013
David Thomson
'Top of the Lake' is an Engaging Misstep
March 29, 2013
David Thomson
Derek Cianfrance's America
Class and fate in 'The Place Beyond the Pines'
March 22, 2013
David Thomson
Why 'The Shining' Continues to Shine
A documentary pays tribute to Kubrick and parodies film commentary
March 15, 2013
David Thomson
A Psychological Thriller That Leaves Audiences Laughing
March 11, 2013
David Thomson
What's Isabelle Huppert Doing in This Third-Rate Thriller?
'Dead Man Down' and the inanities of Hollywood casting
March 7, 2013
David Thomson
Schindler's Girl in the Red Coat Speaks Out

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