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ARTHUR LAZERE

Agrees with the Tomatometer 72% of the time.

Biography: Publisher and editor of culturevulture.net. Member: San Francisco Film Critics Circle, Online Film Critics Society, International Association of Art Critics

Favorites: Ten best films of 2005: Capote Saraband Good Night and Good Luck Cache Nobody Knows Munich A History of Violence The Holy Girl Transamerica Pride and Prejudice

Publications: culturevulture.net, TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)

Critics' Group: San Francisco Film Critics Circle

Total Reviews: 501
Total QuickRatings: 21

Location: San Francisco

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Fresh	Fresh 90%	The Bridesmaid (2006)	" [Chabrol] deliberately uses ambiguity which draws the viewer into considering the psychological complexities of the characters. He never patronizes his audience by spelling out and laboring the obvious." — culturevulture.net Posted Aug 10, 2006
Fresh	Rotten 38%	Scoop (2006)	" Woody-ultralite" — culturevulture.net Posted Aug 10, 2006
Fresh	Fresh 75%	The Devil Wears Prada (2006)	" It is the fashionista ethic, as embodied in the Priestly character, that keeps 'The Devil Wears Prada' fascinating--like turning over a rock and watching the worms crawling about underneath." — culturevulture.net Posted Jun 29, 2006
Fresh	Fresh 81%	A Prairie Home Companion (2006)	" Worth a look, especially for the sheer enjoyment of watching Streep and Tomlin do their schtick, but the film is, at best, Altman lite." — culturevulture.net Posted Jun 8, 2006
Fresh	Fresh 80%	District B13 (2006)	" Delivers a cogent, well-told story, with a bit of social significance underpinning, plus a series of sequences that should satisfy the action fans." — culturevulture.net Posted Jun 1, 2006
Rotten	Fresh 69%	Mission: Impossible III (2006)	" The single admirable attribute of 'Mission: Impossible III' is the technical expertise that goes into the making of the action sequences. Aside from that, [it's] ordinary and forgettable." — culturevulture.net Posted May 7, 2006
Fresh	N/A	Liza With a "Z" (1972)	" Classical Broadway style, crisply directed, every element calculated to bring out the best of the performer at the peak of her powers." — culturevulture.net Posted Apr 1, 2006
Fresh	Fresh 86%	Thank You For Smoking (2006)	" Eckhart demonstrates genuine comic talent here, drawing laughs with a sharp satirical edge that Reitman's script and direction keep spot on." — culturevulture.net Posted Mar 23, 2006
Rotten	Fresh 92%	Journey From The Fall (2007)	" There are some genuinely moving moments in [the] latter part of the film, but the inconsistencies and the overwrought structure of the screenplay seriously dilute the overall effectiveness of 'Journey from the Fall.'" — culturevulture.net Posted Mar 21, 2006
Fresh	Rotten 29%	Don't Tell (2005)	" A well-acted melodrama with some engaging characters and a storyline that holds the attention" — culturevulture.net Posted Mar 16, 2006
Rotten	Fresh 73%	Unknown White Male (2005)	" Tend[s] to remain at a rather mundane level; they don't get past the obvious, to possibly more profound reflections on Bruce's situation." — culturevulture.net Posted Feb 23, 2006
Fresh	Rotten 23%	Freedomland (2005)	" Moore and Jackson are in top form and hold the attention throughout. They make you wish that 'Freedomland' had a tighter screenplay." — culturevulture.net Posted Feb 16, 2006
Fresh	Fresh 91%	Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2006)	" Blithe, brisk, and bouncy" — culturevulture.net Posted Feb 3, 2006
Rotten	Rotten 38%	A Good Woman (2005)	" Without an incisive satirical tone and with the shift of both period and location, 'A Good Woman' loses its bite." — culturevulture.net Posted Feb 2, 2006
Fresh	Fresh 77%	Munich (2005)	" Spielberg is at his best in 'Munich,' demonstrating once again his unique talent for filmic storytelling." — culturevulture.net Posted Jan 2, 2006
Fresh	Fresh 88%	Cach� (2005)	" Taking the traditional thriller genre and retaining its quality of gripping suspense, Haneke subverts it into a trenchant commentary on the seemingly irresolvable malignant conflicts of our time." — culturevulture.net Posted Dec 29, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 65%	Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)	" An opportunity missed for an entertainment of more substance, but Frears keeps it light and Dench keeps it afloat for a charming and stylish, if essentially forgettable, excursion into British nostalgia." — culturevulture.net Posted Dec 22, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 86%	Brokeback Mountain (2005)	" Anchored by the performances of the two leads, the power of 'Brokeback Mountain' is retained despite the film's unneccesary bloat, convincing in its tale of love and the severe penalties imposed by societal homphobia." — culturevulture.net Posted Dec 11, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 95%	Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2005)	" The birds...are a natural subject for a documentary film, but in the end Judy Irving's film is as much or more about Mark Bittner, a self-appointed guardian of the flock, than it is about the birds themselves." — culturevulture.net Posted Nov 26, 2005
Rotten	Fresh 72%	Syriana (2005)	" The various storylines are hard to follow.., the narrative momentum dissolves in the confusion, and the multiplicity of characters means that none of them...is more than two dimensional." — culturevulture.net Posted Nov 23, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 93%	Ushpizin (2005)	" Carefully balanced on a fine line that encompasses both gentle humor and spiritual wisdom, 'Ushpizin' draws the audience into its exotic world and shares its universality." — culturevulture.net Posted Nov 19, 2005
Rotten	Fresh 82%	Walk the Line (2005)	" The film is visualized in such a straightforward manner that it feels as if it could have been made in 1950. There's not a moment of freshly imaginative or unconventional footage. " — culturevulture.net Posted Nov 17, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 85%	Pride and Prejudice (2005)	" Visually arresting and dramatically effective, freshly capturing the many virtues of the novel " — culturevulture.net Posted Nov 10, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 90%	The Passenger (1975)	" Antonioni's is a bleak, existential take on life, but...the sheer artistry of the director's technique make[s] for an exhilarating film experience." — culturevulture.net Posted Nov 7, 2005
Rotten	Fresh 60%	Jarhead (2005)	" Stylistically stunning and performed with conviction, 'Jarhead,' nonetheless, leaves the viewer emotionally unconnected." — culturevulture.net Posted Nov 3, 2005
Fresh	Rotten 49%	Prime (2005)	" A pleasing balance between romantic moments...and humor-focused scenes that feel fresh, even if often treading on familiar territory" — culturevulture.net Posted Oct 27, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 83%	Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005)	" A self-reflexive, raunchy, witty and irreverent movie, bound to please all but the most straitlaced audiences" — culturevulture.net Posted Oct 27, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 69%	North Country (2005)	" Despite its flaws, 'North Country' delivers a story worth hearing, a documentation of profound unfairness and the need to challenge abusive behaviors." — culturevulture.net Posted Oct 19, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 94%	Good Night. And, Good Luck (2005)	" A smart, pointed, timely and superbly realized biopic" — culturevulture.net Posted Oct 6, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 90%	Capote (2005)	" An incisively penetrating character study of the writer" — culturevulture.net Posted Sep 29, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 87%	A History of Violence (2005)	" Examines [violence] with thoughtful intelligence, delivering a riveting and insightful narrative which builds in momentum from start to finish " — culturevulture.net Posted Sep 22, 2005
Rotten	Fresh 63%	Proof (2005)	" Something went terribly wrong here and one of the fine theatrical experiences of recent years turns into celluloid dross." — culturevulture.net Posted Sep 15, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 83%	The Constant Gardener (2005)	" Stunning cinematography...propulsive narrative momentum and solid characterizations " — culturevulture.net Posted Aug 30, 2005
Rotten	Rotten 36%	Asylum (2005)	" It is not sufficient as pure storytelling to sustain interest...feels hollow at the center--lacking in any payoff, from an entertainment or from a thematic point of view." — culturevulture.net Posted Aug 17, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 84%	2046 (2005)	" No one else making films today..surveys the landscape of the heart with the sensitivity, delicacy, and depth that Wong brings to 2046." — culturevulture.net Posted Aug 11, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 87%	Broken Flowers (2005)	" Has a good deal of off-handed charm and enough satirical moments..to sustain interest, but it's no more than Don Juan Lite, offering a veneer of profundity, lacking in payoff." — culturevulture.net Posted Aug 4, 2005
Rotten	Fresh 61%	Nina's Tragedies (2005)	" The comedy is feather-light and the emotions are drawn on situation, rather than on genuine involvement with substantively developed characters." — culturevulture.net Posted Jul 24, 2005
Fresh	Rotten 40%	The Island (2005)	" Slick entertainment for those satisfied by the well-established genre of mindless summer movies. " — culturevulture.net Posted Jul 21, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 93%	Saraband (2005)	" Bergman perceptively observes the subtleties of family psychology and creates dialogue that reveals complexities of character and relationships with riveting accuracy." — culturevulture.net Posted Jul 15, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 89%	Machuca (2005)	" The film succeeds...in fleshing out the central characters, lending credence to their personal experience of historically sweeping events" — culturevulture.net Posted Jul 10, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 84%	The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)	" Not likely to engender an emotional response, so much as a thoughtful, dispassionate one." — culturevulture.net Posted Jul 3, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 83%	Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)	" July's fertile imagination fills [the film] with incidents, many of which are charming and perceptive, some of which fall embarassingly flat." — culturevulture.net Posted Jun 27, 2005
Rotten	Fresh 65%	Heights (2005)	" Weighted down by a plot-heavy and predictable narrative, heavily dependent upon coincidence...sinks into a mire of uninteresting soapiness" — culturevulture.net Posted Jun 21, 2005
Rotten	Fresh 85%	Batman Begins (2005)	" Aims for mythical grandeur, underlined leadenly by a pseudo-Wagnerian orchestral score, only to become mired in pretension to Jungian psychological veracity" — culturevulture.net Posted Jun 14, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 64%	5X2 (2005)	" a wealth of incident and detail...that actualizes a multi-leveled view of both the characters and the dynamics of their relationships." — culturevulture.net Posted Jun 9, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 70%	A Tout de Suite (2005)	" Evokes the feel and the sensibility of the New Wave while retaining a decidedly contemporary tone." — culturevulture.net Posted Jun 9, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 89%	Brothers (2005)	" As warm as her approach is to these people..., Bier never descends into cheap sentiment or soap opera simplicities." — culturevulture.net Posted May 18, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 84%	Mad Hot Ballroom (2005)	" It would be easy to carp over the shortcomings of the film...The charm and ebullience of the kids...make the film work...Nobody walks out at the end without a great big smile." — culturevulture.net Posted May 14, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 81%	Kontroll (2005)	" Contemporary urban anxieties, conflict and dysfunction in film terms that vary from Keystone Cops chases to...magical realism to the edginess of classic thriller suspense." — culturevulture.net Posted May 10, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 75%	Crash (2005)	" The straddling of styles [realism vs. fable] weakens, but doesn't destroy a strong film." — culturevulture.net Posted May 5, 2005

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