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9/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Shot in sequence and featuring many long takes, it retains some of the feel of the television original despite the broadening of context ..."
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4/10 |
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(2009) |
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"...goes on so long it starts to feel like the fifth piece of chocolate cake when two or three would have been more enjoyable."
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Sometimes the village looks like an antique postcard come to life, at other times like outtakes from a lost Marx Brothers film or an overly precious PBS documentary."
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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"...by the end of the 88 minute journey you'll learn more about contemporary Afghanistan than you will from a month of watching television news in the United States."
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10/10 |
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(1950) |
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"Sanders...was ideally cast in this role: you can feel in Addison's every word the world-weariness of the actor who would eventually commit suicide at age 65..."
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2/10 |
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(2009) |
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"But the main message ... is that movie studios think a lot of people will pay good money to see Sandra Bullock humiliate herself yet again in front of the camera."
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"If there's an overarching theme it's that people respond to incentives and so regulation of the financial market is necessary to see that the incentives offered are not perverse."
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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"American Harmony is the Pumping Iron of barbershop quartet singing."
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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Dabis wisely keeps her film firmly grounded in the personal and specific...focusing on the experiences of one family which she makes us care about."
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9/10 |
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(2009) |
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"...a complex and morally ambiguous story which rewards the audience's attention without resorting to pushing their buttons."
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Anger Me is basically an extended interview with Anger, who appears at the side of the frame before a blue screen showing archival footage and clips"
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"If Anita O'Day had to choose a motto for her life, it would probably be "That's how it went down.""
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8/10 |
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(2000) |
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"Weaving together interviews, archival materials, re-enactments and readings from Schwarzenbach's works, it's an excellent introduction to the writer and her times."
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3/10 |
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(1974) |
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"Now von Trier's trying his hand at the horror porn genre without abandoning the genital close-ups, making Antichrist a sort of horror porn squared."
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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"It certainly helps that Gervasi has a sense of humor... the band's adventures often resemble a real-life version of This is Spinal Tap"
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4/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Sometimes Appaloosa seems bent on exploiting the standard cliches of the western genre ...while at others it seems striving to be a modernist update full of ambiguity ..."
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8/10 |
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(2006) |
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"Calm is the prevailing mood in Arctic Son, as if director Andrew Walton wanted to reflect the experience of the Gwich'in lifestyle in his film."
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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Edel doesn't force an interpretation on the audience: instead his film provides an experience which raises questions rather than answering them."
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"...Ballerina looks behind the scenes ...to offer a closer look at the system of selection, training and rehearsal which keeps Russian ballet the envy of the world."
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Petr Jarchovsı's script is elliptical, building the story through a succession of small scenes whose import is not always immediately obvious."
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5/10 |
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(2008) |
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"...fails to deliver on the potentially intriguing premise of an interracial romance set in India in 1937, against the backdrop of the Indian independence movement"
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"A wide-ranging look at the use of performance-enhancing drugs in America"
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6/10 |
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(2006) |
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"... an entertaining experience, with lots of action, humor, fanservice, a huge cast of characters, and some philosophical heft."
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3/10 |
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(2008) |
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"...watching Blindness feels a lot like being jerked around for two hours by someone who is so caught up in his own cleverness that he feels no need to explain or justify anything."
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Bomb It is clearly in the pro-graffiti camp, as signaled by its tag line: "Street Art is Revolution.""
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4/10 |
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(2009) |
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"...reduces the complexities of human relationships to a series of aphorisms and sitcom-like scenes, each of which is carefully designed to teach a lesson or establish a plot point."
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"As long as Brick Lane remains focused on Nazneen, it succeeds admirably."
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"There are three films competing for attention in The Bubble, and they do not always coexist gracefully."
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2/10 |
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(1979) |
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"But in its thoroughly remarkable badness it's actually kind of fascinating...the perfect movie for at do-it-yourself Mystery Science Theatre 3000 afternoon."
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8/10 |
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(2008) |
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"It's a big enthusiastic film ... and adds yet another element to the ever-growing picture of diversity within America's gay community."
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"A creative community is as fragile an ecosystem as any salt marsh and just as easily destroyed: Chelsea on the Rocks celebrates a hotel which nurtured some of the greatest talents of the twentieth century."
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Cherry Blossoms is not a complete train wreck, although at 127 minutes it's way too long for the ground that it covers."
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Morgan is more interested in recreating the confusing experience of living through those times than in evaluating them in a perspective informed by 40 years of hindsight."
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4/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Nothing in this film is subtle or unexpected, and even the hero's several near-death experiences create no real tension"
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9/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Long before anyone was talking about gay marriage, that's what Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy had"
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8/10 |
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(2006) |
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"Cinematographer Style is more of a collage of well-chosen opinions and anecdotes about the art and practice of cinematography than a tutorial or overview of the profession."
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"The marvelously detailed world of Ember was created through a combination of sets built on a brownfield in Belfast and CGI effects which blend in almost seamlessly..."
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Unlike many American films centered on the classroom (Dangerous Minds and Freedom Writers come immediately to mind) there are no heroes in The Class, and no glorious victories."
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"The script...adheres closely to biopic conventions but is brought alive by the magnetic performance of Tautou with strong support particularly from Poelvoorde and Devos."
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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"The actors are interesting rather than glamorous, their acting style consistently low-key, and their triumphs and failures realized on a human rather than grandiose scale."
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"...feels like two films, one which is a perceptive and naturalistic study of modern life in Japan, and one which is an animated Hallmark card of montages and soaring strings..."
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5/10 |
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(2009) |
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"...mostly a celebration of gray eminences who are very satisfied with themselves."
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5/10 |
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(2009) |
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"While all the pieces are there for an intriguing film, John Maybury's The Edge of Love never really becomes anything."
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5/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Director Marcos Carnevale makes sure to get his ticket punched at every station in this journey through cinematic convention."
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4/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Director Kate Churchill's acknowledged struggles to impose a story on ... six months' worth of documentary footage is not particularly successful..."
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9/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Everlasting Moments ... returns the viewer to a time before reproduced images had saturated our culture..."
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Every Little Step is on firmer ground with the 2006 revival; the filmmakers' great coup was winning the right ..to film the audition process."
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"The fear inspired by these stories is more akin to dread, a slow, creeping suspicion that something is not quite right ..."
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8/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Despite the serious subject matter the film itself is not downbeat: ...[the filmmakers] emphasize the strength of Malawian women and the possibility of positive change."
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2/10 |
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(2008) |
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"If this were the first film of a 17-year-old who got a camcorder for his birthday...it could be called a promising first effort."
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