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Dueling Critics
starstarstarstar Susan Stark - Detroit News
starstarstarstar Kenneth Turan - LA Times
starstarstarstar Jay Carr - Boston Globe
starstarstarstar Stephen Holden - NY Times
starstarstarstar Philip Elwood - SF Examiner
starstarstarstar Keith Simanton - Seattle Times
starstarstarstar Jeff Millar - Houston Chronicle
starstarstarstar Eddie Cockrell - Variety
starstarstarstar Desson Howe - Washington Post
starstarstar Rod Dreher - NY Post
starstarstar Mike Clark - USA Today
starstarstar Alejandro Riera - Chicago Tribune
starstarstar Owen Gleiberman - EW
starstarstar Norman Green - Film.com
starstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times

“A no-fail cinematic event . . . It’s an education, a revelation, a joy”

- Susan Stark

“It is a touching story, and the musicians (some over 90 years old) still have fire and grace onstage, but, man, does the style of this documentary get in the way”

- Roger Ebert

Buena Vista Social Club
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Documentary film of the present-day reunion of musicians from Havana's famed "Buena Vista Social Club." Ibraham Ferrer, Compay Segundo, Ruben Gonzalez, Omara Portuondo, Luis Barzaga, Joachim Cooder, Ry Cooder, Pio Leyva, Manuel "Puntillita" Licea, Eliades Ochoa. Director: Wim Wenders (1999, N/R)
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