|
3/4
|
89%
|
Miss Bala (2012) |
"
Naranjo offers a grim subject with neither flash nor sentiment. It is a sober film done with style."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Jan 26, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
100%
|
Inside Hana's Suitcase (2009) |
"
In the end, what makes "Inside Hana's Suitcase'' so powerful is the most traditional technique of all: authentic and eloquent storytelling by memorable characters."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Nov 10, 2011
|
|
2/4
|
32%
|
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (2011) |
"
There's a pretty decent comedy somewhere in "A Good Old Fashioned Orgy,'' if only it wasn't so attracted to everyone else in the room."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Sep 1, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
73%
|
The Whistleblower (2011) |
"
"The Whistleblower'' effectively depicts the paranoia that builds as an increasingly frustrated and outraged Bolkovac is thwarted at every turn."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Sep 1, 2011
|
|
4/4
|
95%
|
The Arbor (2011) |
"
[An] exquisitely crafted docudrama."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Jul 21, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
77%
|
Beautiful Darling (2011) |
"
Like fellow Factory figures Edie Sedgwick and Jackie Curtis, Darling now gets her own documentary, and proves a more than worthy subject."
—
Boston Globe
Posted May 5, 2011
|
|
2/4
|
7%
|
Immigration Tango (2011) |
"
Neither the comedy nor the romance is strong enough in "Immigration Tango'' to offer any improvement on Peter Weir's similar, and better, 1990 film "Green Card.''"
—
Boston Globe
Posted Apr 28, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
92%
|
Circo (2011) |
"
"Circo'' offers a fascinating mix of backstage drama and family dynamics."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Apr 21, 2011
|
|
1.5/4
|
11%
|
Atlas Shrugged Part I (2011) |
"
About to lose his long-held rights to Ayn Rand's novel, and perhaps to cash in on apparent Tea Party interest and support, producer John Aglialoro ... rushed this film into a low-budget production and it shows in every frame."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Apr 14, 2011
|
|
4/4
|
92%
|
My Perestroika (2011) |
"
"My Perestroika'' offers a surprising and revealing look at Russia's past and present."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Apr 7, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
89%
|
Even the Rain (Meme La Pluie) (2011) |
"
An ambitious mix of politics, religion, art, and human drama."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Mar 3, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
——
|
Crab Trap (El vuelco del Cangrejo) () |
"
The dreamlike atmosphere of "Crab Trap'' allows the landscape to seep into the mind as it documents the purity of a way of life, perhaps before it disappears."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Mar 3, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
55%
|
Zenith (2011) |
"
For traditionalists who prefer their movies unfettered and non-interactive, "Zenith'' happens to be pretty good, though it's longer on style and atmosphere than clarity of storytelling."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Jan 27, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
73%
|
NoBody's Perfect (2008) |
"
A darkly funny and fascinating examination of body image, sexuality, and self-esteem."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Sep 1, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
91%
|
Alamar (To the Sea) (2010) |
"
Pedro González-Rubio takes the viewer on a leisurely journey through the timeless ritual of catching and cleaning fish, and the natural progression of paternal love over the course of a few days."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Aug 19, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
100%
|
At the Death House Door (2008) |
"
At the Death House Door is a sobering account of Pickett's gradual evolution from pro-death penalty minister to a man struggling to reconcile his complicated role in those deaths."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted May 8, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
57%
|
Prey for Rock & Roll (2003) |
"
It's a raw and raucous rock story that, for once, gets the big picture and the small details right."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Oct 23, 2003
|
|
1/4
|
4%
|
House of the Dead (2003) |
"
Here is yet another video game transferred to film with little enhancement or development."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Oct 17, 2003
|
|
2.5/4
|
51%
|
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2003) |
"
Meadows clearly has a flair for working with actors and for depicting the rough-and-tumble of ordinary provincial lives. If he could go just a bit deeper, the truly great Midlands movie just might surface."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Sep 18, 2003
|
|
2/4
|
9%
|
The Order (The Sin Eater) (2003) |
"
Schlock that could and should have been better."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Sep 8, 2003
|
|
3/4
|
82%
|
Step Into Liquid (2003) |
"
This lively, entertaining documentary shows how surfing has evolved into an extreme sport popular the world over, and yet still retains its slacker, sun-bleached charm."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Aug 14, 2003
|
|
2.5/4
|
50%
|
The Heart of Me (2003) |
"
An old-fashioned weepie buffed to a Masterpiece Theater gloss."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Jul 24, 2003
|
|
2/4
|
64%
|
The Eye (Gin gwai) (2002) |
"
A feast to behold, but it lacks substance and will leave most viewers wholly unsatisfied."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Jun 19, 2003
|
|
3.5/4
|
84%
|
Gloomy Sunday (Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod) (2003) |
"
A remarkable movie."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Jun 19, 2003
|
|
2/4
|
25%
|
A Family Affair (2003) |
"
Without the ready-made drama of coming out and identity struggle, gay romance can feel as flimsy and forced as its straight counterpart."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted May 29, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
97%
|
Love & Diane (2002) |
"
Shatters myths and stereotypes about the welfare cycle as it delivers an unforgettable portrait of complex lives still largely ignored by popular culture."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted May 15, 2003
|
|
2/4
|
30%
|
Malibu's Most Wanted (2003) |
"
As with most movies that start as comic sketches -- much of the Saturday Night Live franchise, for example -- the funny ideas and characters are rarely fleshed out enough to justify 90 minutes."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Apr 17, 2003
|
|
2/4
|
43%
|
DysFunKtional Family (2003) |
"
Griffin isn't untalented, but he seems unpolished, not quite ready to carry the weight of a 90-minute concert film."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Apr 3, 2003
|
|
2.5/4
|
36%
|
Spun (2003) |
"
[Akerlund] has effectively created a head-spinning, flesh-crawling milieu all his own, but Spun is ultimately short on substance and long on style."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Apr 3, 2003
|
|
3/4
|
68%
|
Laurel Canyon (2003) |
"
An engaging, entertaining glimpse into the lives of musicians nestled in the titular Hollywood Hills enclave."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Mar 27, 2003
|
|
3/4
|
72%
|
Piglet's Big Movie (2003) |
"
Not only appropriate for preschoolers, but it also has enough sophistication for older kids."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Mar 20, 2003
|
|
2.5/4
|
72%
|
Intacto (2002) |
"
A clever, original thriller that bows to no genre."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Feb 20, 2003
|
|
3/4
|
44%
|
Deliver Us from Eva (2003) |
"
A welcome respite from verbal nastiness and sexual cynicism."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Feb 6, 2003
|
|
1/4
|
47%
|
Final Destination 2 (2003) |
"
FD2, despite some imaginative fatalities, is less a movie than a slick video game."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Jan 30, 2003
|
|
|
8%
|
Kangaroo Jack (2003) |
"
The movie gives us frat-house-style sexual humor, flatulence jokes about camels, and a romantic subplot apparently intended to woo the female half of the audience."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Jan 18, 2003
|
|
1.5/4
|
8%
|
Kangaroo Jack (2003) |
"
The film's crude humor and violence -- cartoonish, but still violent -- should offend parents of younger kids. Yet its ultra-broad, pratfall-filled comedy will satisfy only the most indiscriminate teens."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Jan 16, 2003
|
|
3.5/4
|
80%
|
The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) |
"
Move over Bond; this girl deserves a sequel."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Dec 19, 2002
|
|
3/4
|
33%
|
The Weight of Water (2001) |
"
Bigelow directs this screen version of Anita Shreve's complex novel with polish and a flair for the melodramatic."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Oct 31, 2002
|
|
2/4
|
72%
|
Das Experiment (The Experiment) (2001) |
"
An R-rated version of Survivor, Big Brother or any number of reality-TV shows that present voyeurism as entertainment and exploitation as insight."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Oct 24, 2002
|
|
1.5/4
|
7%
|
All The Queen's Men (2001) |
"
It seems just a long, convoluted ploy to get men into drag -- period drag, no less."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Oct 24, 2002
|
|
2/4
|
13%
|
Ghost Ship (2002) |
"
An adequate horror movie for the Halloween season, but it too easily sinks into haunted-house-film conventions, even if the haunted house is decked out as an Italian luxury liner."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Oct 24, 2002
|
|
2/4
|
14%
|
Pokémon 4Ever (2002) |
"
The latest installment in the Pokemon canon, Pokemon 4ever is surprising less moldy and trite than the last two, likely because much of the Japanese anime is set in a scenic forest where Pokemon graze in peace."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Oct 10, 2002
|
|
1.5/4
|
20%
|
Knockaround Guys (2002) |
"
It might hold some appeal to undiscriminating fans of the ultra-bland, tough-guys-in -black-doing -dumb-things genre."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Oct 10, 2002
|
|
3/4
|
78%
|
8 Women (8 Femmes) (2002) |
"
An ebullient toast to grande dames: part homage, part camp, all artifice and a thoroughly entertaining, if light, confection."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Sep 26, 2002
|
|
2.5/4
|
47%
|
Mad Love (Juana la Loca) (2002) |
"
Equal parts bodice-ripper and plodding costume drama."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Sep 19, 2002
|
|
3.5/4
|
74%
|
Swimming (2000) |
"
A well-crafted film that is all the more remarkable because it achieves its emotional power and moments of revelation with restraint and a delicate ambiguity."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Sep 12, 2002
|
|
2.5/4
|
67%
|
Sade (2000) |
"
This Sade is hardly a perverse, dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama. He's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery, and the film seems as deflated as he does."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Aug 29, 2002
|
|
2/4
|
60%
|
Little Secrets (2002) |
"
One can hardly argue with the desire to make a wholesome movie for families that extols honesty and decency, but it all comes too easily, too superficially."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Aug 22, 2002
|
|
3.5/4
|
89%
|
The Cockettes (2002) |
"
Manages to transcend the sex, drugs and show-tunes plot into something far richer."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Aug 8, 2002
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