This may be the personally oddest and most eclectic “Best Of” list I’ve ever compiled. Half is strongly art-house and indie minded, while the other half is not simply mainstream, it is firmly entrenched in solid blockbuster territory. How to explain it? Simple. These were my favorite films of the year. These were the ones [...]

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I’ve often said that we need fewer movies in which people fall in love and more in which we are introduced to characters already entrenched in devoted, complimentary relationships. Where is the movie that picks up after the romantic comedy ends? Away We Go is that movie, a beguiling dramedy both euphoric and heartbreaking. It’s [...]

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