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Topic: Blue Valentine

Rosamund Pike and Ben Affleck in "Gone Girl" (Twentieth Century Fox)

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Maya Rudolph and John Krasinski in "Away We Go"

Tracy Clark-Flory
at the 64th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan) (Joel Ryan)

Ryan Gosling vs. the "frat guy" action film

Andrew O'Hehir
Ryan Gosling in "Drive"

Ryan Gosling's thrilling "Drive" rocks the Riviera

Andrew O'Hehir
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Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams' gorgeous, ominous fable

Andrew O'Hehir
Annette Bening, Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams

Andrew O'Hehir, Matt Zoller Seitz

Andrew O'Hehir
Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams in "Blue Valentine."

An extraordinary and sexually frank romance

Andrew O'Hehir
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Andrew O'Hehir
Still from "Blue Valentine"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Jeff Bridges in "True Grit," Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network" and Annette Bening in "The Kids Are All Right"

Andrew O'Hehir
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