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2012 Stories by Michelle Orange

• Never Stand Still

  published May 16, 2012

  In one of the clips of him featured in Never Stand Still, a rough history of northern Massachusetts's Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, the... More >>

• Patience (After Sebald)

  published May 9, 2012

  As suggested by a scholar in the numinous essay-doc Patience (After Sebald), if the current craze for walking a pilgrim's path can't be... More >>

• A Bag of Hammers

  published May 9, 2012

  Ben (Jason Ritter) and Alan (Jake Sandvig) are young, criminal, and full of pop references in A Bag of Hammers, first-time... More >>

• Last Call at the Oasis

  published May 2, 2012

  "We're screwed" is the overbearing subtext of so many environmental documentaries that it's a relief to hear someone just come out and say it... More >>

• Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance

  published April 25, 2012

  A deeply archived and circumspect history of the Joffrey dance company, Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance does a perfect white swan... More >>

• Going Down in LA-LA Land

  published April 18, 2012

  A hot dude gets dumped in the opening moments of Going Down in LA-LA Land, a lo-fi feature blend of True West Hollywood Story and... More >>

• Monsieur Lazhar

  published April 11, 2012

  A blanket of white covers Montreal inside and out in Monsieur Lazhar, the understated, affecting Canadian drama recently nominated for a... More >>

• Oki's Movie

  published April 11, 2012

  The members of a shivering love triangle configure and reconfigure across a frozen Korean campus-scape in Oki's Movie, four interlocking... More >>

• Tatsumi

  published April 4, 2012

  A fragmented, animated bio-retrospective that coaxes the illustrations of Yoshihiro Tatsumi into life, the “bio” part of... More >>

• All In: The Poker Movie

  published March 21, 2012

  There's a lot of mythologizing in All In: The Poker Movie, an adoring, exhaustive survey of the last decade's poker boom and its impact... More >>

• October Baby

  published March 21, 2012

  Like many teenagers, Hannah (Rachel Hendrix) feels screwed up and muses in her diary about why she's alive. Unlike many teenagers, her angst... More >>

• Natural Selection

  published March 14, 2012

  An emancipation story that takes place mostly on the road and on the run, Natural Selection mixes elements of Transamerica and... More >>

• Shakespeare High

  published March 7, 2012

  If its presentation is not always as strong as its intentions, Shakespeare High is a reflection of its subjects—the... More >>

• Art Is . . . The Permanent Revolution

  published February 29, 2012

  If its title sets down a possible definition of the thing itself, Art Is . . . The Permanent Revolution concerns itself with a secondary... More >>

• Chico & Rita

  published February 8, 2012

  In Oscar nominee Chico & Rita, the life of Cuban pianist and composer Bebo Valdés seems to have been translated first into fairy... More >>

• Scalene

  published January 18, 2012

  In Scalene, the third feature from Indiana native Zack Parker, suburban intrigue is broken into a puzzle whose pieces refuse a perfect... More >>

• Albatross

  published January 11, 2012

  In Albatross, director Niall MacCormick's feature debut, Emelia (Jessica Brown Findlay) is a familiar type in a familiar film: 17 years... More >>