'Blackhat'
Unshackled Hacker Dons a White Hat
By MANOHLA DARGIS
In Michael Mann's "Blackhat," a hacker is provisionally released from prison to combat a cybercriminal who has sabotaged a nuclear plant and manipulated a financial market.
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'Human Capital'
When Ambition, Privilege and Money Entangle Lives
By MANOHLA DARGIS
"Human Capital," directed by Paolo Virzì, tells a sociopolitical story through distinct chapters, each from a different point of view and in service of an overly neat-and-tidy moral.
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'Appropriate Behavior'
Aimless Adventures of a Hip Narcissist
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
"Appropriate Behavior" centers on a willful young bisexual woman in Brooklyn who embarks erratically on sexual adventures.
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'Little Accidents'
A Mining Tragedy, With Veins of Earnest Drama
By MANOHLA DARGIS
A calamity shatters the peace of a West Virginia mining town in "Little Accidents," with Jacob Lofland, Chloë Sevigny and Boyd Holbrook.
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'Paddington'
Adventures of a Peruvian Immigrant (the Furry Variety)
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
The beloved bear of children's books makes his big-screen debut in Paul King's "Paddington."
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Movie Review
Ruben Ostlund's 'Involuntary,' 'Play' and 'The Guitar Mongoloid'
By BEN KENIGSBERG
The Film Society of Lincoln Center is holding a retrospective of Ruben Ostlund's movies through Jan. 22.
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'Still Life'
A Designated Mourner, Flirting Warily With Joy
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
In Uberto Pasolini's "Still Life," Eddie Marsan plays a Londoner who arranges for the burial of dead people whose bodies have not been claimed by relatives.
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'20 Once Again'
Magically 50 Years Younger, but Still Old at Heart
By NICOLAS RAPOLD
In Leste Chen's "20 Once Again," a septuagenarian grandmother turns into her much younger self after a visit to a very strange photography studio.
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'Medeas'
A Family of Few Words in a Slow-Burn Disaster
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
In "Medeas," Andrea Pallaoro depicts a troubled farm family on the verge of imploding.
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'Gangs of Wasseypur'
In a Mob Family, Blood Feuds Span Generations
By BEN KENIGSBERG
The saga "Gangs of Wasseypur" is five hours - and then some - of gliding camera moves, brutal action and dizzying revenge plotting.
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'The Touch of an Angel'
One Man's Journey Through Hell
By NEIL GENZLINGER
"The Touch of an Angel," about a Polish Holocaust survivor, mingles documentary with re-enactments.
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Movie Review
'Vice,' a Sci-Fi Thriller That Lacks Thrills
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
This android-on-the-loose caper with Bruce Willis and Thomas Jane has more bullets than brains.
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'Match'
A Dance Instructor Amid Twists and Reversals
By BEN KENIGSBERG
In "Match," Patrick Stewart plays a dance professor at Juilliard who becomes involved in a confrontation with a woman interviewing him for her dissertation and her husband.
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'The Wedding Ringer'
Have Tux, Will Babysit Groom
By NICOLAS RAPOLD
In "The Wedding Ringer," a comedy directed by Jeremy Garelick, Kevin Hart plays a professional best man for grooms who lack friends.
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'Life Inside Out'
A Family Bond Inspired by Music and Circumstance
By BEN KENIGSBERG
"Life Inside Out" chronicles a mother-son musical partnership that grows from a family's financial hardships.
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'Northern Borders'
An Education on Camera and Behind It
By NEIL GENZLINGER
College students helped make "Northern Borders," a coming-of-age film set in Vermont.
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'Spare Parts'
All for One and One Robot From All
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
In "Spare Parts," George Lopez and Jamie Lee Curtis play educators who help four Mexican students build an underwater robot in a national competition.
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'Joy of Man's Desiring'
Contrapuntal Hum of a Worker's Hive
By NICOLAS RAPOLD
Denis Côté's semi-documentary "Joy of Man's Desiring" captures the humanity of factory workers as they encounter frustrations and the occasional moment of satisfaction.
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'Loitering With Intent'
Working on a Screenplay, One Distraction at a Time
By BEN KENIGSBERG
"Loitering With Intent" follows two New York actors as they struggle to write a film script that they have already boasted about to a producer.
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'Giuseppe Makes a Movie'
Focusing on the Margins of Society
By NICOLAS RAPOLD
Adam Rifkin's new documentary follows Giuseppe Andrews as he rounds up his neighbors at a trailer park (and assorted transients) to shoot his latest film.
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'I'
Brawls, Biceps and Morphing Cellphones
By RACHEL SALTZ
A bodybuilder becomes a male model, and a hunchback holds a woman hostage at his castle in this effects-laden romance-adventure.
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