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In this week’s issue we have Critic’s Choice boxes for My Dog Tulip, a feature-length animation adapted from the 1956 memoir by British author J.R. Ackerley, and Secret Sunshine, a South Korean drama by Lee Chang-dong (Oasis). Also check out our new reviews of Country Strong, a Nashville melodrama starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Tim McGraw; Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, a low-budget urban musical that marks the feature writing and directing debut of Damien Chazelle; The Klezmatics: On Holy Ground, a documentary about the venerable Yiddish folk outfit; The Legend of Pale Male, about the red-tailed hawk that acquired an ardent following in Manhattan’s Central Park; My Uncle, the restored English-language version of Jacques Tati’s 1958 comedy classic Mon Oncle; and Season of the Witch, a medieval thriller starring Nicolas Cage.
