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(2008) |
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"Soviet lives are uncomfortable to watch here but as compelling as Richard Widmark's début in 'Kiss of Death' or Tarantino's more graphic one with 'Reservoir Dogs.'"
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(2008) |
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"'Good' bares its heart on its sleeve way prior to its closing dedications."
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(2008) |
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"To be fair to those embarrassed onscreen in 'The Spirit,' this movie's dialogue would tax the thespian talents of anyone."
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(2006) |
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"Singers, instrumentalists, bands and composers are poorly identified by ornate brief printed titles, only two or three familiar names resonating for a general public."
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(1991) |
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"More outstanding than the current run of Holocaust fictions."
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(2008) |
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"Viewers willing to give themselves to the serious playfulness and visuals will find their share of rewards in 'Dark Streets.'"
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(1964) |
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"The three fights covered in this documentary are not pictured at all beyond a very few grainy stills."
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(2008) |
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"Jeff Goldblum transforms even his lanky befuddlement into tall dignity here and ends up giving the intellectually mature performance of his career."
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(2008) |
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"The plotline of 'Ciao' is trite -- and the filmmaking itself drags."
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(2008) |
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"With neither subtlety nor depth, 'Milk' does no service to its group cause or individual subject."
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(2008) |
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"Parts look as though taken by actors, until one realizes that these are the same real people over years, heavier or thinner, baby-faced or mature."
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(2008) |
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"The filmmakers rely excessively on a repeated dreamlike flashback and on foliage, fields and sunsets to remind us 'we are all part of a greater universe.'"
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(2008) |
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"Brings together a cast strutting their stuff, not as the dotage of second childhood but in the happiness of being alive at whatever age."
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(2008) |
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"A tale older than Scripture and as today as war and genocide, this different Holocaust film contrasts love to hatred, good to evil, children to adults."
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(2008) |
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"The caucus, primary and institution interviews with campaign workers, churchgoers and their leaders, are unexceptional stuff."
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(2008) |
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"Accurate in imaging the mystery of man's not fully knowable past, 'One Day You'll Understand' leaves too much distant, unsolved and confused."
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(2008) |
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"Film festival awards and media encomiums notwithstanding, 'Stranded' does not come to grips with what we think of as 'miracle.'"
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(2008) |
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"'A Christmas Tale' finds time for bits that have no reason but strike home as true."
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(2009) |
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"With its interesting but unresolved premise and loosely related parts, 'The Headless Woman" fails to coalesce into an audience-friendly whole."
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(2008) |
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"'Changeling' sticks to what was, and is, ugly and real but does not do justice to the nightmare."
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(2008) |
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"'Che' fails to image a being of flesh who elicits empathy."
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(2008) |
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"'The Wrestler' meshes the spectacle entertainment of cinema and sports with the tale of a man who without apology does what he does best."
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(2008) |
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"'Che' fails to image a being of flesh who elicits empathy. Combat is more Old West shootout than war-movie, but there is still none of the alleged depth to preface what follows."
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(2008) |
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"Indicating stubbornness in all camps, and also divided sympathies, the film wisely concentrates on prisoners and officials in Belfast's new Maze Prison."
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(2009) |
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"The frightening people and the story they enact are defined by a camera technique which makes them flesh-and-blood, not larger-than-life spectacle."
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(1955) |
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"Ophüls' style co-stars, paralleling and reinforcing stage artificiality with tracking and crane and pan shots, fluidly tilting to emphasize romance as opposed to "reality.""
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(2008) |
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"A moment snatched from time, from a life coming from nowhere in particular, passing through interchangeable cities on a road map - and not bound for glory."
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(2008) |
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"This parody from the Coen Brothers is merely easy cynicism."
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(2008) |
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"Tough gravelly voiced Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, playing NYPD detectives, are the selling point for 'Righteous Kill.'"
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(2008) |
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"The argument presented in 'Flow' is hardly one to disagree with, but the movie still falls into the self-defeating pattern of the genre as practiced now."
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(2007) |
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"Too much of the film involves set pieces of two characters' awkward dialogue or a single one's halting monologue-confession about life problems."
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(2007) |
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"The legwork research here is impressive... with interviewees on whatever side eloquent and sometimes surprisingly humorous about the past."
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(2008) |
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"The title double-edged, 'Traitor,' however, sticks to its main guns as a spy-fanatic-jihad thriller. In this it succeeds better than many others."
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(2007) |
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"Although 'No Country for Old Men' is an exciting film, wise screen violence needs more emotional depth below surface technique."
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(2008) |
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"Surprise, this parody of self-parodies pulls it off. 'Hamlet 2' swings from the shallow, gross or cruel, through obvious overdone, to moments of inspiration."
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(1960) |
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"'The Island/Hadaka no shima' could be depressing were it not for stark poetry of conception and realization by cinematographer Kiyomi Kuroda."
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(1952) |
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"Few actors besides Shimura, could pull off the older, round-shouldered protagonist's downcast face, later "unnatural" and scary to a young woman."
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(2008) |
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"Much of this film is blatantly told to us, narrated by a toneless male voice that obviates the need for actors to show thoughts and feelings."
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(2008) |
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"Some non-fans may find here a social document, but most should beware of a high-decibel obscenity assault on the ears -- precisely what that shock rock movement wanted."
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(2008) |
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"In 'Frozen River,'theme and location are out of the ordinary, the treatment is restrained, and the result hard-edged."
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(2008) |
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"Admirable in not pandering to World Trade Center gut sentiment, the James Marsh 'Man on Wire' details Philippe Petit's 1974 wirewalk between the 110-storey structures."
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(2008) |
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"The camera effectively pictures the two separate but equal Mardi Gras and contrasts the faux-baroque finery with some urban scruffiness."
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(2008) |
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"Pearl himself is impeccable, but however merited, the film's encomiums cloy, like the short-lived TV program that reported only "good" news items."
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(2007) |
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"'Wonderful Town' is successful in its ironic image of the sleepy yet sinister once-was town that brooks no outsider invaders."
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(2008) |
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"Cult favorite Takashi Miike turns to the spaghetti Western for 'Sukiyaki Western Django,' a seriocomic genre homage-spoof."
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(1958) |
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"Bert Stern's one film compels in capturing musical spirit before gatherings of the tribe became commercial orchestrated total-package mega-spectacles."
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(2008) |
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"'Gonzo' banks on an adolescent delight in seeing the debunking of the powers that be, but, like Thompson's run for office, that's of no help in the final tally."
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(2008) |
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"Even with too many annoying bleeped names and obscenities, in their own ways and words, these girls honestly tell their backstories that are individual yet of a piece."
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(2008) |
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"What could have been a human- and Hollywood-interest film turns out to be a not very successful experiment."
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(1955) |
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"'The Bridges at Toko-Ri' is still a vehicle for the quiet determination of character that once placed William Holden among the brightest of stars."
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