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The Price of Freedom Is Eternal Vengeancenew

Munich is dense, thoughtful filmmaking that nonetheless flies along: Seething with multilayered, subtextual arguments, it’s also a heck of a thriller.
Austin Chronicle  |  Marc Savlov  |  12-27-2005  |  Reviews

Holiday Round-Upnew

Aussie slasher Wolf Creek and sexless period piece Casanova are among the many holiday releases to read about before seeing.
Montreal Mirror  |  Matthew Hays, Sarah Rowland and Mark Slutsky  |  12-27-2005  |  Movies

Mission Unconscionable

Of the directors who transformed Hollywood in the '70s, Steven Spielberg has made both the most successful and the most simplistic movies. At this point, the last thing anyone could have reasonably expected from him is a film that's not only serious but also complex.
Washington City Paper  |  Mark Jenkins  |  12-23-2005  |  Reviews

Avner's Listnew

Munich's purpose is not to illuminate but to manipulate, to reduce the irresolvable issues surrounding a horrible truth into a comforting platitude.
Boston Phoenix  |  Peter Keough  |  12-23-2005  |  Reviews

Catch Them If You Cannew

Steven Spielberg's dour tale of assassination gets lost in a morass of moral ambivalence.
The Village Voice  |  J. Hoberman  |  12-21-2005  |  Reviews

Will Oscar Have the Balls for Munich?new

There will be no press junket, no premiere and, most importantly, no blowout Oscar marketing campaign for Steven Spielberg's certain-to-be-controversial movie, Munich.
L.A. Weekly  |  Nikki Finke  |  12-05-2005  |  Movies

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