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“The Look of Silence” Movie Review by Daniel Barnes

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The Look of Silence (2015; Joshua Oppenheimer) GRADE: A- By Daniel Barnes In the Fall of 1965, the military-led, American-supported government of Indonesia oversaw the genocide of nearly one million people under the guise of eradicating Communism, and the people who ordered and carried out the butchery became […]

The Act of Killing

“The Act of Killing” Movie Review by Daniel Barnes

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The Act of Killing (2013; Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn and Anonymous) GRADE: A By Daniel Barnes *This review originally ran on March 6, 2014.  Reprinted in anticipation of Joshua Oppenheimer’s follow-up film The Look of Silence. “More Profound Than Mere Fact” One of the great, unique, often intangible […]