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"Fascinating array of work"
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(2005) |
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"The bare-chested men are held together by the fickle love and loyalty that give all gang members a reason to get up every morning."
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3/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Re-birth of a nation"
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(2007) |
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"... this gritty, 'in the moment,' at times indecipherable journey into the uncensored life of San Francisco street hustlers may attract a legion of voyeurs eager to watch the dirty details of the quick-release allure of sex for cash ..."
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5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"With this production (a natural progression from his previous work, notably 15) director Royston Tan most assuredly moves from the category of filmmaker to artist."
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3.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Those who love to laugh will be rewarded many times over: Who knew that humping a lawn ornament, winning a fishing tournament with a snagged larynx or trying out for the last spot on the Frisbee all-star team would produce belly laughs on the first down?"
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Whimsy of the highest order. More, please."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Thanks to filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal and Nick de Pencier, the after effects of these 1-in-700,000-odds' strikes are brought into horrifically mesmerizing view and accompanied by a music track ... that magically reinforces the storytelling."
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3.5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"... director Carolyn Combs and screenwriter Michael Springate have teamed up to produce a film that invigorates, infuriates and fascinates."
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3/5 |
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(2004) |
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"Federico who moves in with Riki ... only to realize that his brother's butt has had more visitors than the Catholic Church on Easter Sunday."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"... it's an important discussion of how life surprisingly unfolds."
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(2004) |
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"Yasuaki Nakajima’s futuristic look at the death/rebirth of humanity is a thoughtful view of the failings, drives and hope for mankind."
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5/5 |
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(2001) |
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"Daniel Sekulich's chilling documentary ... brings new meaning to the acronym 'NIMBY' -- Not In My Bombed Yard."
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1/5 |
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(2003) |
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"Coming of age flick never grows up"
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2.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Unfortunately, the collaboration ends up looking wonderful but suffers from too many contradictions to make its very personal statements convincingly."
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3.5/5 |
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(2004) |
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"The Plight of the Living Dead"
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3/5 |
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(1984) |
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"Director Milos Forman ... gives Tom Hulce free reign to portray the world's most sublime composer as a drunken, selfish fool giggling his way into the ears of Vienna."
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4.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Death by systemic frustration"
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4.5/5 |
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(2005) |
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"... a multi-layered film that goes far beyond narrative and deep into the universal human conundrums of purpose, pain and pride."
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4/5 |
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(1968) |
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"The couple argues, romps and plays (hilarious is Geri wrapping her lover's penis in a sheer scarf: the mummification of Daddy's most popular appendage is a sumptuous metaphor)..."
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5/5 |
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(2005) |
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"Should become required viewing for all troubled youth, their uncertain parents, the military establishment and their detractors or supporters."
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4/5 |
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(2006) |
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"... Fog and cinematographer Harald Gunnar Paalgard show just enough of these incestuous moments to spark outrage, but never sink to cheap sensationalism ..."
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4.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Finally, a film about disabilities (real and imagined) whose characters pull no punches and land a few hits of their own on unexpected targets."
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4.5/5 |
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(1984) |
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"Thanks goodness cameras and microphones were on hand to capture the Argentinean master and four of his incredibly talented colleagues."
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(2008) |
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"Rarely has the unholy alliance between Church and State been so succinctly delineated than in this detail-rich documentation of the near-daily ritual of purging the glorious state of Texas of its 'worst of the worst'."
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4/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Players outshine the script"
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3.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Anyone who has ever had a dysfunctional moment or two in their own family ... should take a gander at August the First where a celebration of academic success turns into a stunning disintegration of all things familial."
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4/5 |
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(2004) |
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"Slick tribute a family affair"
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4/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Director Alejandro González Iñárritu and writer Guillermo Arriaga have fashioned their ideas with conviction and obvious care."
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4/5 |
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(2006) |
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"The Passion of the Witch"
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The pawns of war"
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(2005) |
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"... is a magical vision of the ring of the imagination, where anything is possible if the top of the seemingly impossible staircase of self acceptance can be reached."
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2/5 |
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(1985) |
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"This film's attempts to liberate two men, both struggling to reveal themselves, fails on every count. Thank goodness the music has survived them all."
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5/5 |
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(2005) |
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"Incredible journey begs a question."
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(2006) |
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"Director/co-writer (along with Joel Rasmussen) wisely lets the artists and former managers (interviews with the leaders of the money-machine corporations are noticeably absent) do the talking in his first-rate essay on the current state of pop music in"
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3/5 |
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(1992) |
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"... the pair of social opposites bond in deeper ways than either imagined, with the sexual side growing as feverishly as their emotional glue."
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5/5 |
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(1979) |
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"Sellers' best"
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3.5/5 |
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(2005) |
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"... the cast and crew that sleep together can't help but bring something extra special to the set."
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3/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Thoughtful portrait of grief and death."
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(2009) |
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"Director Scott Sanders and his co-writers Michael Jai White and Byron Minns unrelentingly lampoon all manner of ghetto life clichés and cultural sacred cows."
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5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"The payoff combination of Karaoke unleashed, with its slinking lyrics spilling over archival footage of the riots (replete with half-step modulations) is unforgettable."
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4.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"An astonishing tradition of cruelty"
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(2006) |
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"Yet after all of the muck has been racked, the film's saving grace is the marvellously compelling naïveté and too-early reality-test of its star. Perhaps if queers were the majority there would be less senseless death and more fashion conscious citizens!"
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4.5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"A production that any serious film buff will have to experience."
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4.5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Clearly, with its unabashedly honest nudity, steamy scenes of bondage, masturbation, sodomy and even some old-fashioned fucking, this is no flick for kids."
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3/5 |
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(2002) |
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"Bowling for dollars"
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3.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"X dispenses wisdom with the same enthusiasm as the flash-in-the-pan trick-reel demonstrates his professional conquest."
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3.5/5 |
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(1992) |
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"Salomé goes to Transylvania"
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(2005) |
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"Quiet mastery of 'the look that speaks volumes'"
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(2005) |
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"... anyone with a 'past' will find something that resonates."
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