Stories By Ryan Brown
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Reviews
The Kid With a Bike | Review
March 16, 2012The Dardenne brothers’ neo-realist fable captivates
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Review: The Grey
January 27, 2012"Resembling an action genre re-dux of ‘Alive,’ but without the complex allegory or spiritual underpinnings, the...
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The Grey | Review
January 27, 2012Liam Neeson faces off against angry wolves and a weak script.
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Ryan’s Top 20 of 2011: Picks 10-1
January 1, 2012Herzog likewise reduces cinema to its most basic expressive formula: using the medium of the camera...
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Ryan’s Top 20 of 2011: Picks 20-11
December 31, 2011The best movies of the year came from the elder classmen, the cinephile household names: Herzog,...
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Review: The Iron Lady
December 30, 2011"Streep is lively, precise, and inventive in her mimicry (much like Kenneth Branagh, the lone standout...
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The Iron Lady | Review
December 30, 2011Streep’s re-invention of Margaret Thatcher can’t overcome Weinstein Co. interference
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Review: A Separation
December 27, 2011"Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi’s deeply involving A Separation manages to absorb the audience in a tangled...
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A Separation | Review
December 27, 2011Gripping Iranian drama delves into family, class, and moral divides
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Review: Carnage
December 14, 2011"Four solid performances -- Jodie Foster & John C. Reilly, Kate Winslet & Christoph Waltz --...