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Bill Gallo

Bill Gallo

Agrees with the Tomatometer 75% of the time.

Publications:
Anchorage Press , City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul , Dallas Observer , L.A. Weekly , New Times , Village Voice
Total Reviews:
148

Best Reviewed Films

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74% The Illusionist (2006) " These resolutely old-fashioned elements might not work at all in a less well-crafted movie. But this entertaining tale of wizardry and lost love vaporizes even our most serious doubts." — Village Voice
Posted Aug 15, 2006
71% The Blood of My Brother: A Story of Death in Iraq (2006) " [The filmmakers'] access is far broader than any TV network's, and in the end, they transcended the body counts and bland abstractions that characterize most Western reporting on the war." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Jul 27, 2006
48% Beowulf & Grendel (2006) " Thus does Beowulf collide with postmodern punk sensibility." — Village Voice
Posted Jul 5, 2006
82% Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006) " This intermittently fascinating documentary chronicles the rise and fall of the Cosmos--which is also the rise and fall of U.S. soccer." — Village Voice
Posted Jul 5, 2006
27% Revoloution (2006) " Be aware that RevoLOUtion is a remarkably well-made 75-minute inspiromercial." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Jun 9, 2006
72% Russian Dolls (Les Poupées Russes) (2006) " Those who loved the original Auberge will likely be eager to book rooms once again." — Village Voice
Posted May 9, 2006
91% Water (2005) " This work of gorgeous fury, about the virtual imprisonment of millions of Hindu widows in the years before independence, transforms Mehta's feminist rage into an eloquent testament to the hunger for freedom." — Village Voice
Posted Apr 25, 2006
89% Sir! No Sir! (2006) " As it is, this one is compelling enough, a potent mix of outrage, residual anger, and sorrow that speaks not just to the legacy of our misadventures in Vietnam, but to the entire uncertain future of a nation at war." — Village Voice
Posted Apr 18, 2006
91% Downfall (Der Untergang) (2004) " Downfall doesn't provide much new material, but it should prove valuable for generations as a historical document, despite its several odd stances." — Dallas Observer
Posted Mar 13, 2005
92% Million Dollar Baby (2004) " It's difficult not to admire Eastwood's dogged (and likely painful) pursuit of real life and authentic emotion." — Dallas Observer
Posted Jan 15, 2005
93% Riding Giants (2004) " If you are willing to accept Peralta's rather blinkered notion of American history you will probably embrace Riding Giants with the passion of a true believer. If not, you might see it as another engaging sermon delivered by a slightly crazed missionary." — Dallas Observer
Posted Aug 6, 2004
60% The Terminal (2004) " Thanks to Spielberg's vivid storytelling and Hanks' matchless gift for bringing the common man to life, this is a relentlessly charming movie." — Dallas Observer
Posted Jun 17, 2004
55% Troy (2004) " Classicists won't learn much about Greek culture, or even pick up a decent recipe for moussaka, but as all-out, big-budget action movies that are set 3,200 years in the past go, this one will do just fine." — Dallas Observer
Posted May 14, 2004
86% Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2004) " This vivid examination of brotherly love and its consequences never stints on the complexities of the heart or the fascinating ambiguities of life." — Dallas Observer
Posted Apr 23, 2004
93% Knafayim Shvurot (Broken Wings) (2002) " This is a movie with four children at hand, but its views of ambiguity and human complexity are distinctly grown-up." — Dallas Observer
Posted Apr 16, 2004
89% Kitchen Stories (2004) " If you're in the mood for a quiet, beautifully acted little drama, liberally spiked with comedy, about the universal desires of the human heart, this may be the obscure gem you're looking for." — Dallas Observer
Posted Mar 21, 2004
93% Touching the Void (2004) " Moral quandaries and the insouciance of youth aside, Void has to be the most dangerous-looking, thrill-packed mountaineering movie ever made." — Dallas Observer
Posted Feb 14, 2004
99% Bus 174 (Ônibus 174) (2003) " Whatever your political stripe happens to be, or your views on the responsibilities of government, this is provocative stuff." — Dallas Observer
Posted Feb 7, 2004
75% House of Sand and Fog (2003) " This is not pleasant stuff, but it's important, and thoroughly heart-wrenching." — Dallas Observer
Posted Dec 25, 2003
71% Cold Mountain (2003) " It's grand-scale moviemaking you can feel in your heart and in your gut -- at once stirringly romantic and ruthlessly counter-romantic, just like the ambitious Charles Frazier best seller from which it was adapted." — Dallas Observer
Posted Dec 25, 2003
82% The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) (2003) " Arcand loyalists are bound to miss Rémy, but at least he goes out in style. Even the antagonists will have to admit that." — Dallas Observer
Posted Dec 19, 2003
97% Autumn Spring (2003) " Without resorting to schmaltz or sticky pathos, director Vladimir Michalek fashions an allegory about aging, friendship and love that equals the best American movies on those tricky subjects, from Cocoon to On Golden Pond." — Dallas Observer
Posted Nov 15, 2003
91% Shattered Glass (2003) " A deeply unsettling tale." — Dallas Observer
Posted Nov 14, 2003
70% Elephant (2003) " In the spaciousness of its concerns, it amplifies some burning questions about American life." — Dallas Observer
Posted Nov 6, 2003
43% The Human Stain (2003) " A relentlessly moving film whose emotions are the equal of its ideas." — Dallas Observer
Posted Nov 1, 2003
52% Home Room (2003) " Thanks to Philipps's explosive need and Christensen's struggling vulnerability, we see the human costs inherent in tragedy once the TV trucks have left and only the haunting remains." — New Times
Posted Oct 14, 2003
90% The Magdalene Sisters (2003) " Powerful stuff, if a bit plodding and schematic." — Dallas Observer
Posted Aug 15, 2003
44% Lucia, Lucia (La Hija del caníbal) (2003) " Serrano keeps the wit coming, and another richly nuanced performance from the lovely, red-headed Roth keeps us always focused on the real mystery of the piece -- whether this appealing woman will find a way to find herself." — Dallas Observer
Posted Aug 1, 2003
96% Sweet Sixteen (2003) " The mission they undertook long ago -- the director once said it is 'to clarify the lives of ordinary people' -- has never seemed clearer, and the unpleasant realities they uncover here strike us with blunt force." — Dallas Observer
Posted Jun 13, 2003
98% Finding Nemo (2003) " Absolutely beautiful to look at, even when it has a bad case of the cutes." — Dallas Observer
Posted May 30, 2003
83% Stone Reader (2003) " Such stuff will most appeal to an endangered species -- the devotee of literary fiction -- but anyone who gives a damn about the state of popular culture and the future of language will want to take heed." — Dallas Observer
Posted May 9, 2003
49% The Safety of Objects (2001) " After a slow start in which the complexities of person and plot take an age to get established, the film catches real emotional fire in some most unexpected places." — Dallas Observer
Posted Mar 14, 2003
94% Lost in La Mancha (2003) " An ideal film for movie buffs." — Dallas Observer
Posted Mar 7, 2003
72% Das Experiment (The Experiment) (2001) " A prison movie featuring superb performances and high emotional tension." — New Times
Posted Sep 19, 2002
84% Elling (2002) " Beautifully observed, miraculously unsentimental comedy-drama." — Dallas Observer
Posted Sep 5, 2002
74% Swimming (2000) " A coming-of-age film that avoids the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type -- the uncertain girl on the brink of womanhood." — New Times
Posted Jul 25, 2002
76% Margarita Happy Hour (2001) " A knowing look at female friendship, spiked with raw urban humor." — New Times
Posted Jul 3, 2002
90% Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2002) " Deserves a place of honor next to Nanook as a landmark in film history." — New Times
Posted Jun 13, 2002
82% 13 Conversations About One Thing (2001) " A vivid, sometimes surreal, glimpse into the mysteries of human behavior." — New Times
Posted May 23, 2002
87% Home Movie (2001) " Unless you're on a respirator, you'll find these folks fascinating and come to the inescapable conclusion that dwellings are not only necessity but autobiography." — Dallas Observer
Posted May 23, 2002
81% The Believer (2002) " This daring film challenges most widely held notions about religious conviction while providing a complex portrait of an identity crisis that's run amok and a good mind that's jumped the tracks." — New Times
Posted May 16, 2002
75% The Cat's Meow (2001) " This may not be great moviemaking ... but it's vastly enjoyable in a low-down, scandal-mongering way." — New Times
Posted Apr 11, 2002
83% Pauline & Paulette (2002) " Disturbing, beautifully acted movie." — New Times
Posted Mar 14, 2002
91% Y Tu Mamá También (2001) " In elevating bawdy teen farce to political metaphor without squeezing the fun out, Alfonso Cuarón has pulled off a nice little miracle." — New Times
Posted Mar 14, 2002
41% Big Bad Love (2001) " Constantly touching, surprisingly funny, semi-surrealist exploration of the creative act." — New Times
Posted Mar 7, 2002
58% Time of Favor (2000) " This fascinating look at Israel in ferment feels as immediate as the latest news footage from Gaza and, because of its heightened, well-shaped dramas, twice as powerful." — New Times
Posted Jan 31, 2002
84% La Stanza del Figlio (The Son's Room) (2002) " Without unduly twisting our emotions or making any demands on our tear ducts, one of the world's most fluent filmmakers comes to terms with the 'divine and terrible radiance' of grief." — New Times
Posted Jan 24, 2002
63% Beijing Bicycle (2001) " The complex, politically charged tapestry of contemporary Chinese life this exciting new filmmaker has brought to the screen is like nothing we Westerners have seen before." — New Times
Posted Jan 24, 2002
62% Dark Blue World (Tmavomodrý svet) (2001) " The filmmakers give us a bitter taste of both the Nazi and Red regimes and take pains to remind us that one form of totalitarianism is no less cruel than another." — New Times
Posted Dec 27, 2001
90% Lantana (2002) " Lawrence constructs a vivid pastiche of human foibles, nicely flavored with a touch of suspense and some well-timed jolts of humor." — New Times
Posted Dec 13, 2001
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