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Babies? Yes, babies

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And they say film criticism is losing its relevance. The Village Voice reviews Thomas Balmes’ upcoming ‘Babies’ -- the documentary that tracks infants in different regions of the world -- in a kind of Dadaist (or maybe it should be Gagaist) high-concept piece that kind of says nothing and everything at the same time.

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-- Steven Zeitchik

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