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    Up in the Air

    Boasting one of George Clooney's strongest performances, the film seems like a surefire awards contender, and the buzz will attract a sizable audience.

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    The White Ribbon

    "The White Ribbon" is masterful filmmaking, but truth be told, it's not a movie that mainstream audiences in the U.S. will likely flock to or be particularly entertained by.

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    The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

    It's not that this film is dreadful; it's just dull. Pippa (Robin Wright) has been happily married for several decades to a man (Alan Arkin) 30 years her senior.

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    The Missing Person

    The twist in writer-director Noah Buschel's stylized and scattershot homage to film noir tries to give the film a wider resonance. But this is an odd mix in every sense.

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    The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

    Robin Wright (she's dropped the Penn due to her divorce from Sean) has finally found the role of a lifetime in Pippa Lee, an aging woman who on the surface would seem to have it all.

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    Me and Orson Welles

    Set in the week leading up to the opening of a play, this small gem of a movie alternates between a backstage look at the creative process and an amusing love triangle.

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    London River

    Two fine performances by two veteran actors make up this quietly touching and powerful drama that serves as a wonderful showcase for the talents of Brenda Blethyn and Sotigui Kouyaté.

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    The Messenger

    The performances  in "The Messenger" are the most striking element in Oren Moverman's first-time directorial effort.

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    The Men Who Stare at Goats

    George Clooney's starring turn in 'The Men Who Stare at Goats' is one of his best and most entertaining performances to date, regardless of genre.

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    That Evening Sun

    The 84-year-old Hal Holbrook shows how it's done in a this tour de force performance as an aging farmer who returns to his Tennessee home to reclaim what is rightfully his.