|
3.5/4
|
85%
|
Soul Power (2009) |
"
Watching Soul Power is like flipping through Polaroids of that era. The color is a little washed out and everyone looks amazingly young."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Sep 17, 2009
|
|
3.5/4
|
93%
|
This Is England (2007) |
"
This Is England grabs you by the scruff of the neck and yanks you into the Thatcher 1980s with brute force."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Sep 27, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
84%
|
Sweet Land (2006) |
"
Sweet Land is a lovely, lovely small story about discrimination, assimilation and acceptance in the plains."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Jan 19, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
85%
|
La Moustache (2005) |
"
A mind-bending treat adapted by director Emmanuel Carrère from his novel."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Nov 10, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
80%
|
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2006) |
"
It's a story of emotional and physical distance, one expertly rendered by Chinese director Zhang Yimou."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Oct 5, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
95%
|
Wordplay (2006) |
"
Enticing, delightful and any word for 'highly entertaining' that will fit in a bunch of little boxes on a page."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Jun 30, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
95%
|
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2005) |
"
It's filled with mystery, humor, compassion and fulfillment."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted May 12, 2005
|
|
3/4
|
88%
|
Nora's Will (Cinco dias sin Nora) (2010) |
"
Yes, you read that right: Jewish suicide comedy."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted May 12, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
88%
|
Certified Copy (Copie Conforme) (2011) |
"
Prompts many questions about the true nature of art and love, not all of them answered."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Apr 21, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
81%
|
Today's Special (2010) |
"
The movie is comfortably familiar and plays to the palate of those who don't want too much spice in their foodie comedies."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Dec 9, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
94%
|
In the Loop (2009) |
"
In the Loop is nonstop, go-go-go verbal action that makes Wag the Dog seem like a mind-numbing cricket match."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Sep 10, 2009
|
|
3/4
|
79%
|
Throw Down Your Heart (2008) |
"
It's a journey long on affecting songs and musical passages, and short on scholarship -- and that works just fine for Fleck's intentions."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Aug 13, 2009
|
|
3/4
|
70%
|
Last Chance Harvey (2009) |
"
Writer-director Joel Hopkins should thank his lucky stars that Hoffman and Thompson are on board. Some of the story and dialogue are hokey, but the actors overcome those obstacles."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Jan 15, 2009
|
|
3/4
|
61%
|
The Duchess (2008) |
"
It's a beautiful period piece that will send you to a bookstore for a better account of the dirt and vice at its core."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Oct 10, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
75%
|
Elegy (2008) |
"
This is Kingsley's show from start to finish, as he wraps himself in Kepesh's mantle of singularity."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Sep 18, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
74%
|
Outsourced (2007) |
"
Sending jobs overseas, a hot-button issue for some Americans, gets gentle, good-natured treatment in Outsourced."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Sep 5, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
83%
|
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2006) |
"
... a sharply drawn coming-of-age comedy-drama..."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted May 15, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
70%
|
The First Saturday in May (2008) |
"
The filmmakers emphasize the disparate personalities of the trainers, who can taste victory with every stride of the beautiful animals with whom they work, groom and feed."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Apr 25, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
38%
|
Bonneville (2006) |
"
The characters, situations and resolutions all are predictable and fit like a warm, stretched-out sweater with holes in the elbows."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Apr 25, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
80%
|
The Memory Thief (2007) |
"
The Memory Thief, the first narrative feature by Gil Kofman, grants intimate entrance into a needy person's life -- a life bent around the facts of the darkest hours of the 20th century."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Mar 28, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
65%
|
Be Kind Rewind (2008) |
"
Loopy, goofy and endearing."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Feb 22, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
98%
|
For the Bible Tells Me So (2007) |
"
The movie's serious, wide-ranging look at a divisive subject is not guaranteed to settle disputes, only to prompt discussion."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Nov 29, 2007
|
|
3/4
|
64%
|
Vitus (2007) |
"
If you suspend your disbelief, you will be rewarded with fine performances and a feel-good message that isn't cloying or sentimental."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Aug 2, 2007
|
|
3/4
|
96%
|
Mafioso (1964) |
"
A gentle Italian comedy from 1962 that takes a sobering, chilling turn that would make Michael Corleone proud."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Jul 12, 2007
|
|
3/4
|
83%
|
Paprika (2006) |
"
The standard stuff of B-movies comes to life under Kon's playful imagination."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Jun 21, 2007
|
|
3/4
|
82%
|
Days of Glory (Indigenes) (2007) |
"
Stands apart for its passion and patriotism in the face of hostility. The spirit of liberté, égalité and fraternité runs high for everyone, even those who have never set foot in France."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Mar 23, 2007
|
|
3/4
|
91%
|
The Italian (Italianetz) (2007) |
"
This is a difficult, disturbing story, with harsh, desperate conditions delicately balanced by one boy's undeniable sense of hope."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Mar 16, 2007
|
|
3/4
|
88%
|
The Cave of the Yellow Dog (Die Hohle des gelben Hundes) (2005) |
"
Yellow Dog is engaging, if familiar, viewing."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Dec 8, 2006
|
|
3/4
|
94%
|
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006) |
"
Nelson gives plenty of time to the intelligent, articulate members who provide riveting details about those days nearly 30 years ago and their reflections now, but he doesn't provide historical context for the events."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Nov 24, 2006
|
|
3/4
|
88%
|
Mutual Appreciation (2006) |
"
The attraction here is the naturalistic, dead-on dialogue delivered by articulate, interesting characters who live realistically lower-class lives in underfurnished apartments financed by dead-end jobs."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Nov 3, 2006
|
|
3/4
|
63%
|
Changing Times (Les Temps Qui Changent) (2004) |
"
A spare but rich film from French master technician Andrà (C) Tà (C)chinà (C)."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Oct 12, 2006
|
|
3/4
|
93%
|
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Moartea domnului Lazarescu) (2006) |
"
Mr. Lazarescu's ordeal will stick with you."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Sep 29, 2006
|
|
3/4
|
72%
|
Russian Dolls (Les Poupées Russes) (2006) |
"
With its crackling dialogue and attractive, fully rounded characters, Russian Dolls puts American movies on similar subjects to shame."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Aug 18, 2006
|
|
3/4
|
73%
|
Twelve and Holding (12 and Holding) (2006) |
"
From the parents to the children, the cast is uniformly excellent. Weizenbaum and Renner deserve special mention for handling a potentially unsettling relationship with care."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Jul 7, 2006
|
|
3/4
|
87%
|
The Beauty Academy of Kabul (2006) |
"
The interaction between the self-absorbed, oblivious hairdressers and their quiet, stubborn, traditional students runs from the hilarious to the heartbreaking."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Jun 2, 2006
|
|
3/4
|
97%
|
Iron Island (Jazire Ahani) (2006) |
"
The graceful film by Mohammad Rasoulof balances the residents' humdrum daily lives with magical, dreamlike moments that provide hope where hope often has no place."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted May 26, 2006
|
|
3/4
|
88%
|
Rois et Reine (Kings and Queen) (2005) |
"
This is a first-rate melo-dramedy under the influence of director Arnaud Desplechin."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Dec 2, 2005
|
|
3/4
|
76%
|
The Holy Girl (La Nina Santa) (2005) |
"
Some of The Holy Girl is hard to follow, but the reward is Martel's ability to create a spiritual yet subtly lecherous mood."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Oct 27, 2005
|
|
3/4
|
89%
|
Brothers (Brødre) (2004) |
"
This is storytelling at its best, with each scene building toward a crescendo of moral decisions."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Sep 22, 2005
|
|
3/4
|
77%
|
Or (2004) |
"
Detail after detail, Yedaya charts the emotional push-pull between daughter and mother and their internal turmoils."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Sep 15, 2005
|
|
3/4
|
81%
|
Kontroll (2005) |
"
Antal has a bright future."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Jul 21, 2005
|
|
3/4
|
——
|
Edi (2002) |
"
First-time writer-director Piotr Trzaskalski takes this slight celebration of the ordinary and makes it life-affirming."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Mar 8, 2004
|
|
2.5/4
|
39%
|
The Favor (2008) |
"
Nothing extraordinary happens, and [director] Aradjis relies on Wood and Donowho to carry the slight thread of a film."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted May 16, 2008
|
|
2.5/4
|
75%
|
Praying With Lior (2008) |
"
A messy brew, sometimes manipulative, with no real conclusions, as Lior, though highly functional, cannot explain his deep sense of religion and those around him are too supportive to question."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted May 1, 2008
|
|
2.5/4
|
100%
|
I For India (2007) |
"
It's a tale that many immigrant families around the world could tell, but probably without as much documentation."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Apr 4, 2008
|
|
2.5/4
|
79%
|
The Bank Job (2008) |
"
It's a routine treatment of a heist too outrageous to be believed, even if it is based on a true story."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Mar 7, 2008
|
|
2.5/4
|
89%
|
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (Hei yan quan) (2007) |
"
A subtle, slow-moving presentation of hope and responsibility that will test your patience if you are not a fan of elliptical, dreamlike narratives like those in Tsai's films."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Nov 29, 2007
|
|
2.5/4
|
85%
|
2 Days in Paris (2007) |
"
All in all, Delpy has a good time mocking national identities and gender issues, but she doesn't make a case for Marion and Jack to stay together. If she doesn't care about them as a couple, why should we?"
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Sep 14, 2007
|
|
2.5/4
|
87%
|
Into Great Silence (2007) |
"
[Director] Gröning creates a trance-like rhythm of visual and aural patterns, ranging from the repetition of duties and behaviors to biblical quotations."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Jun 21, 2007
|
|
2.5/4
|
74%
|
The Painted Veil (2006) |
"
Many story elements are predictable, and they rely on superior acting to make up for other shortcomings."
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted Jan 5, 2007
|
85%
79%
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