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To know that a film like Family Portrait in Black and White will be playing in a Times Square multiplex alongside franchise blockbusters in the dead heat of summer should give us all a tiny breath of hope.

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The Oregonian ultimately suggests that we never find the abyss; we only wake up to realize we are already there.

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Like an unearthed lunchbox stuffed with trinkets and photographs, Jess + Moss is a tiny backyard treasure.

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With the release of her first feature, a black-and-white sci-fi retro-New York micro-budget completely absurdist independent comedy, Madeleine Olnek also manages to thoughtfully address the pain and confusion of sexual prejudice.

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With Pariah, a buoyant tale of a young, middle-class New York lesbian’s tough coming-of-age amid the class and cultural proxy battles that simmer within black America, lauded newcomer Dee Rees has made one of 2011's most unlikely and richly welcomed directorial debuts.

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The Future is the rare film that draws the hidden map of the contemporary psyche, putting words and images to what’s been molding in the collective subconscious.

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By connecting so deeply and intimately with his three main subjects, Potash tells an incredibly beautiful story, powerful and true.

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