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11:39 am
Fri December 28, 2012

Up To Date's Indie, Foreign & Doc Critics' 'Three To See,' Dec. 28-30, 2012

Looking for a great independent, foreign, or documentary film to see the week of December 28-30, 2012?

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Up to Date
2:31 am
Fri December 28, 2012

DVD Gurus: Favorite Films 50 Years Ago: 1962

What was happening on the cinema scene a half century ago? How have movies changed and in what ways have they remained the same?

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Film
12:12 pm
Mon December 24, 2012

David Edelstein's Top 12 Movies of 2012

Credit JoJo Whilden / Roadside Attractions
In Friends With Kids, Jason (Adam Scott) and Julie (Jennifer Westfeldt) play two best friends who decide to have a baby together while keeping their relationship platonic — so that the baby doesn't interfere with their own romantic relationships.

Originally published on Mon December 24, 2012 1:47 pm

It's time for end-of-year lists. Fresh Air movie critic David Edelstein stubbornly refuses to either place his top picks in numerical order or make his list an even number of 10. Instead, he places his 12 favorite films from 2012 in alphabetical order, from Amour to Zero Dark Thirty.

Of the 12 films he picked for 2012, not one, Edelstein says, would he call the "M"-word — a masterpiece. That designation he reserves for the new extended DVD cut of Kenneth Lonergan's film Margaret.

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Up to Date
2:03 pm
Fri December 21, 2012

Up To Date's Indie, Foreign & Doc Critics' 'Three To See,' Dec. 21-27, 2012

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From 'Farewell My Queen.'

Looking for a great independent, foreign, or documentary film to see the week of December 21-27, 2012?

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Up to Date
9:54 am
Wed December 19, 2012

Up To Date's Indie, Foreign, and Doc Critics' 'Three To See' December 14-21, 2012

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Paul (Romain Duris) takes a dead man’s identity and heads to Croatia in 'The Big Picture.'

Looking for a great independent, foreign, or documentary film to see the week of December 14-21, 2012?

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Film
5:18 am
Mon December 17, 2012

KC Film Critics Circle Splits Honors Among 'The Master,' 'Lincoln' & 'Les Mis'

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Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman in "The Master," the Kansas City Film Critics Circle's Best Film of 2012.

At the 46th annual gathering of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle honoring achievements in film in 2012, Paul Thomas Anderson's fictitious take on a Scientology-like cult The Master squeaked out a Best Picture win over Life of Pi.

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