Oscars 2012

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  Amour

  Michael Haneke

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2012

  Having a knack for calling bullshit on mainstream cinematic conventions and their tendency to placate the masses, notorious auteur Michael...

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  A Royal Affair

  Nikolaj Arcel

  PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2012

  Eschewing the litany of philosophical rationalizations and explanations for the Age of Enlightenment, Nikolaj Arcel's straightforward biopi...

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  The Gatekeepers

  Dror Moreh

  PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2012

  Israel's internal security service, better known as the Shin Bet, was formed in 1949 with the motto, "Defender that shall not be seen." As...

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  No

  Pablo Larrain

  PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2012

  Completing his trilogy on the 17-year presidential regime of Augusto Pinochet, Chilean director Pablo Larrain's No explores the 1988 plebis...

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  ParaNorman

  Chris Butler & Sam Fell

  PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2012

  Rather than wearing a purple shirt or liking the cause on Facebook, directors Chris Butler and Sam Fell have tackled the subject of bullyin...

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  Searching for Sugar Man

  Malik Bendjelloul

  PUBLISHED Aug 9, 2012

  One foggy night on the east side of Detroit in 1968, two music producers entered a smoky bar to check out an unknown singer-songwriter name...

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  The Invisible War

  Kirby Dick

  PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2012

  Serving as an advocacy film of unique power, detailing a series of blood-boiling accounts of rape incidents in the U.S. Military and debunk...

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  Beasts of the Southern Wild

  Benh Zeitlin

  PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2012

  Stripped to its narrative bones, removed from unique framing and stylistic sensibilities that uniquely blend realism and magic-realism into...