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72%
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36 vues du Pic Saint Loup (Around a Small Mountain) (2010) |
"
Circus drama from famed helmer is more curio than classic."
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Film Journal International
Posted Jul 8, 2010
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61%
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The Nature of Existence (2010) |
"
Engaging but ironically lightweight, The Nature of Existence offers differing views about The Meaning of Life."
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Film Journal International
Posted Jun 17, 2010
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20%
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Convention (2009) |
"
Slickly produced but devoid of purpose, Convention tackles several storylines occurring at the 2008 Democratic National Convention."
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Film Journal International
Posted Jun 8, 2010
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75%
|
Dirty Hands: The Art & Crimes of David Choe () |
"
A guerrilla-style artist gets a guerrilla-style portrait in this deliberately provocative but unsatisfactory documentary."
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Film Journal International
Posted May 4, 2010
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25%
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Falling Awake (2009) |
"
Falling Awake isn't completely soporific, but it hardly inspires or enlightens."
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Film Journal International
Posted Feb 5, 2010
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17%
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The Big Shot-Caller (2009) |
"
It is hard to see how "The Big Shot-Caller" will catch fire with audiences. From its awkward, ambiguous title to its lack of charismatic performers, this minor drama doesn't have many commercial prospects."
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Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 16, 2009
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88%
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Jerichow (2008) |
"
A modern-day, Teutonic Postman Always Rings Twice? Yes, Jerichow is just that, but minus the needed passion or suspense."
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Film Journal International
Posted May 15, 2009
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17%
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The Big Shot-Caller (2009) |
"
Yet another entry about a lonely person discovering him or herself through dance. Though bittersweet and nicely made, Marlene Rhein's feature offers nothing new."
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Film Journal International
Posted May 15, 2009
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79%
|
Chasing a Dream (Miles from Nowhere) (2009) |
"
Almost too ready-made for a movie, this documentation of the lives of a troubled artist, his doting wife and his two grown sons should be dramatic and compelling, but comes across like a mockumentary of cinematic self-discovery."
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Film Journal International
Posted Apr 10, 2009
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56%
|
Skills Like This (2007) |
"
Adding to the glut of slacker-loser comedies, Skills Like This isn't particularly good or bad, just very average."
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Film Journal International
Posted Mar 19, 2009
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16%
|
An American Affair (2009) |
"
JFK meets Notes on a Scandal meets Rear Window? An American Affair has some promise and potential, but its main ideas remain messy and undeveloped."
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Film Journal International
Posted Feb 27, 2009
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21%
|
The Lodger (2009) |
"
...The Lodger ends up just another modern-day policier, on the order of an extended "Law & Order" episode."
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Film Journal International
Posted Jan 26, 2009
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94%
|
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) |
"
Dear Zachary is a very difficult film to review or rate. This video missive from a man to his murdered friend's son is harrowing and heartfelt but also overemphatic. It seems cruel to criticize a loving, low-budget video production, but the fact is"
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Film Journal International
Posted Nov 7, 2008
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——
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Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe (2008) |
"
Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe instantly recalls What the Bleep Do We Know? from 2004. But the mixture of jumbled narrative and metaphysical musings simply doesn't work."
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Film Journal International
Posted Oct 21, 2008
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85%
|
Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic (2008) |
"
Despite some very good singing in the opera portions, Wonders Are Many is hard to take seriously."
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Film Journal International
Posted May 30, 2008
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85%
|
All in This Tea (2007) |
"
Most of the footage is mundane stuff, following Hoffman around farms and factories. I wish the film had been more compelling."
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Film Journal International
Posted Mar 26, 2008
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90%
|
A Walk to Beautiful (2008) |
"
At times, it becomes reminiscent of the well-meaning but racist documentaries of the distant past and suffers from an unintentionally patronizing Nanook of the North syndrome."
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Film Journal International
Posted Feb 8, 2008
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15%
|
How to Rob a Bank (2007) |
"
How to Rob a Bank? How Not to Make a Movie."
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Film Journal International
Posted Feb 8, 2008
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55%
|
Orthodox Stance (2008) |
"
The film misses several opportunities to be more than a fawning portrait."
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Film Journal International
Posted Jan 25, 2008
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88%
|
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004) |
"
Falls into the some of the same traps as the films it politely criticizes."
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Film Journal International
Posted Jan 11, 2008
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37%
|
The Killing of John Lennon (2006) |
"
Despite its vivid and imaginative style, The Killing of John Lennon is tough slogging for its nearly two-hour running time."
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Film Journal International
Posted Jan 7, 2008
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64%
|
Arranged (2007) |
"
While the celebratory finale is supposed to be uplifting, it could just as easily be described as depressing and disturbing."
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Film Journal International
Posted Dec 14, 2007
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84%
|
The Singing Revolution (2007) |
"
This solid, straightforward film highlights an important part of modern world history, but then overstays its welcome."
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Film Journal International
Posted Dec 14, 2007
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31%
|
Undoing (2006) |
"
Undoing isn't a bad film; it's just not anything great or worth recommending."
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Film Journal International
Posted Dec 10, 2007
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63%
|
Buenos Aires, 1977 (Cronica de una fuga) (2006) |
"
Feels more like an exploitation B movie for those who get off on rough prison wardens and mistreated, hapless victims."
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Film Journal International
Posted Dec 4, 2007
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|
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90%
|
Trigger Man (2007) |
"
Well-crafted but not very enlightening. The ending will leave you both cold and confused."
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Film Journal International
Posted Oct 22, 2007
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38%
|
Milarepa (2007) |
"
The film's lavish production cannot compensate for the simplistic story and message."
—
Film Journal International
Posted Sep 13, 2007
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73%
|
The Bothersome Man (Den Brysomme mannen) (2007) |
"
If only all the production elements added up to great movie. Instead, they seem like window dressing on a sill looking out to nowhere."
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Film Journal International
Posted Sep 6, 2007
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33%
|
Walking to Werner (2006) |
"
By the end of Walking to Werner, we are no worse off but we are not much better either."
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Film Journal International
Posted Sep 4, 2007
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50%
|
Blood and Tears: The Arab-Israeli Conflict (2007) |
"
Nothing more than a collection of sound bytes, most of them biased, many of them inflammatory, by a variety of speakers. It is hard to know what good this does."
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Film Journal International
Posted Aug 27, 2007
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50%
|
Scrap Heaven (2005) |
"
Does not advance much beyond its expected generic elements."
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Film Journal International
Posted Jul 20, 2007
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|
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63%
|
Six Days (2007) |
"
Given the current-day significance, Six Daysshould have been fascinating. Sadly, it is not."
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Film Journal International
Posted May 29, 2007
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73%
|
Private Property (Nue propriete) (2007) |
"
The story is often mesmerizing, even when the pace is slow and little action appears to occur. Yet after so much terrific buildup, the denouement is a letdown."
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Film Journal International
Posted May 21, 2007
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13%
|
Whiteboyz (1999) |
"
Nothing new or progressive here."
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Film Journal International
Posted May 10, 2007
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25%
|
The Lost City (2005) |
"
Garcia is just too earnest to make his dream project anything but deadly dull."
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Film Journal International
Posted Mar 1, 2007
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28%
|
Mad Love (1995) |
"
Despite the old-fashioned ideology, at least Mad Love is good to look at."
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Film Journal International
Posted Mar 1, 2007
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50%
|
Darshan, The Embrace (2006) |
"
Lacks both narrative edge and a complex world view."
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Film Journal International
Posted Mar 1, 2007
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|
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75%
|
Jesus, You Know (Jesus, Du weisst) (2003) |
"
The film proves the dramatic power of the cinematic close-up by not including a single one."
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Film Journal International
Posted Mar 1, 2007
|
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32%
|
Bomb the System (2003) |
"
The story is so loosely developed and devoid of suspense, it barely seems to exist."
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Film Journal International
Posted Mar 1, 2007
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64%
|
Sólo Con Tu Pareja (1991) |
"
It is hard to fathom how such a talented artist could come up with such a painfully unfunny comedy."
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Film Journal International
Posted Mar 1, 2007
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77%
|
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2005) |
"
Anyone expecting something either insightful or unusual will be disappointed."
—
Film Journal International
Posted Mar 1, 2007
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|
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78%
|
Woman is the Future of Man (Yeojaneun namjaui miraeda) (2004) |
"
Isn't terrible. but it doesn't linger well in the memory."
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Film Journal International
Posted Mar 1, 2007
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|
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14%
|
The War on the War on Drugs (2002) |
"
The film becomes repetitive and dull."
—
Film Journal International
Posted Mar 1, 2007
|
|
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39%
|
Milwaukee Minnesota (2003) |
"
Contains all the elements of a charmingly offbeat independent film, but somehow those elements never quite gel."
—
Film Journal International
Posted Mar 1, 2007
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26%
|
Free Zone (2006) |
"
Much of it is labored and overemphatic."
—
Film Journal International
Posted Mar 1, 2007
|
|
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48%
|
Coastlines (2006) |
"
Seems to want to make a point but never does."
—
Film Journal International
Posted Mar 1, 2007
|
|
|
76%
|
Tropical Malady (2005) |
"
Maintains a visual richness, but loses its way with heavy-going forays into mythology and mysticism."
—
Film Journal International
Posted Mar 1, 2007
|
|
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70%
|
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005) |
"
This underwhelming "prestige" production offers a few pleasures, but doesn't stay in the memory very long."
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Film Journal International
Posted Mar 1, 2007
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0%
|
A Man's Gotta Do () |
"
Lacks a coherent message, let alone anything very funny at which to laugh."
—
Film Journal International
Posted Mar 1, 2007
|
|
|
80%
|
East of Havana (2007) |
"
There are some memorable, evocative moments, but they are spoiled by the film's obvious and simplistic politics."
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Film Journal International
Posted Feb 5, 2007
|
63%
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