Film Reviews
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Cléo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda)
Although a well-made film backed by an encyclopedia of high influences, its favor of stylistic technique and transitory allusions over expanded characterizations breeds disparity.
Grant Phipps wanders through Paris with... -
El Norte (Gregory Nava)
Gregory Nava weaves a poignant immigrant pursuit of the American Dream but also universally examines concepts of family, coexistence, and cultural significance.
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My Dinner with André (Louis Malle)
Louis Malle's successful and persistently relevant cinematic experiment in the art of conversation is a full-course meal.
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Up (Pete Docter)
The most fun you'll have crying your eyes out like a little girl all year.
George Smith sez: Pixar puts you other sucka animation houses on notice -
Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt)
Having a dog in a film raises the emotional stakes from the outset but Williams' performance is enough to break your heart all on its own.
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In The Loop (Armando Iannucci)
Armando Iannucci's directorial debut is a sharp political satire, which focuses on Anglo-American relations in the run up to "a conflict" in the Middle East.
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Crank 2: High Voltage (Neveldine/Taylor)
Better than all the action movies you'll see this year? Yes. Better than Crank? Ehhh....
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The Class (Entre Les Murs) (Laurent Cantet)
Laurent Cantet’s 2008 Palme d’Or winning film, The Class (Entre Les Murs), is a masterful study of classroom dynamics in a tough inner city middle school in Paris.
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Watchmen (Zack Snyder)
Zack Snyder's overlong and curiously cold Watchmen dilutes and misses many of Alan Moore's original socio-cultural critiques in order to pay homage to Dave Gibbons' animated storyboards.
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Melvin and Howard (Jonathan Demme)
Almost three decades after its initial release, Jonathan Demme's peculiar 1980 comedy Melvin and Howard retains a relevant power in its resentment of the acquisitive trappings of contemporary American dreams.
Gary Collins reviews...
