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JOSHUA LAND
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• Time Out
• Time Out New York
• Village Voice

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Total Reviews: 115


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Fresh  A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Fresh  August Evening
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Rotten  Finding Amanda
Rotten  When Did You Last See Your Father?
Rotten  Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul
Rotten  Anamorph
Rotten  The Life Before Her Eyes
Rotten  Longing
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 74% of the time.

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2/6
 
Click here to read article -- Time Out New York
Posted Oct 9, 2008
 
Flow: For Love of Water (2008)73%
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4/6
 
" Delwende bears a passing resemblance to the great Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene’s 2004 swan song, Moolaadé, in its deliberate pacing, lightly stylized performances and strong feel for the rhythms of contemporary village life." -- Time Out New York
Posted Oct 8, 2008
 
Delwende (2008)n/a
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4/6
 
" Filled with reminiscence and laughter, this lively and largely adoring documentary looks back on the life and work of Barney Rosset, best known as the longtime owner of Grove Press." -- Time Out New York
Posted Sep 24, 2008
 
Obscene (2008)100%
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4/6
 
" Both culturally specific and achingly universal, Wayne Wang’s A Thousand Years of Good Prayers contemplates the ravages of time and distance -- physical, emotional and cultural -- on a parent-child relationship." -- Time Out New York
Posted Sep 17, 2008
 
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2008)67%
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4/6
 
" August Evening succeeds as both intimate human drama and a probing exploration of the nature of family." -- Time Out New York
Posted Sep 4, 2008
 
August Evening (2008)95%
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4/6
 
" The fourth collection of animated shorts compiled by the indispensable Mike Judge is typically funny and violent -- usually both at once." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jul 24, 2008
 
The Animation Show 4 (2008)86%
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3/6
 
" Refreshingly ambitious and thoughtfully constructed." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jul 16, 2008
 
Take (2008)42%
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1/6
 
" Opening with a scene from a bad sitcom that turns out to be indistinguishable from the rest of the movie, Finding Amanda limps before it’s even out of the gate." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jun 26, 2008
 
Finding Amanda (2008)40%
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2/6
 
" Wears a bit thin even at its brief length." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jun 26, 2008
 
Full Grown Men (2008)40%
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4/6
 
" Beauty in Trouble is a fairly conventional story about the conflicting pulls of sexual dependency and financial security, but the movie is lifted out of the ordinary by Schmitzer’s turn as the grandfather from hell." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jun 11, 2008
 
Beauty in Trouble (2008)78%
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2/6
 
" The dynamics are overfamiliar and the whole movie feels vaguely punitive, an exercise in human misery that’s not improved by director Anand Tucker’s rote tear-jerking." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jun 5, 2008
 
When Did You Last See Your Father? (2008)72%
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3/6
 
" The movie never gains much narrative momentum and the religious elements remain a bit obscure to the uninitiated, but the fine Sufi music and skillfully crafted images make for pleasant-enough viewing." -- Time Out New York
Posted May 29, 2008
 
Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul (2008)57%
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4/6
 
" The movie, in its best moments, suggests a Haredi version of Terence Davies’s 1988 masterpiece, Distant Voices, Still Lives." -- Time Out New York
Posted May 14, 2008
 
My Father My Lord (2008)93%
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4/6
 
" Nuanced, scrupulous and powerful." -- Time Out New York
Posted Apr 30, 2008
 
Fugitive Pieces (2008)68%
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4/6
 
" Director Michael Skolnik gained extraordinary access to both Swaziland’s royal family and its political underground, and delivers an unflinching portrait of a country where life expectancy is the shortest in the world." -- Time Out New York
Posted Apr 24, 2008
 
Without the King (2008)94%
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3/6
 
" Compelling as it often is, Anamorph feels positively cloddish next to David Fincher’s Seven or Zodiac, with which it shares a fondness for shadowy rooms and dimly lit obsessions." -- Time Out New York
Posted Apr 17, 2008
 
Anamorph (2008)26%
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1/6
 
" Building up to what’s supposed to be a serious moral dilemma, the noisy final act borders on incoherence." -- Time Out New York
Posted Apr 17, 2008
 
The Life Before Her Eyes (2008)26%
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3/6
 
" The film, which focuses primarily on four individuals, is unusually effective at finding the humanity inside men usually reviled as monsters -- not least by themselves." -- Time Out New York
Posted Apr 10, 2008
 
The Dhamma Brothers (2008)82%
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4/6
 
" This winning combination of neighborhood indie and old-school Hollywood B movie is the kind of film that doesn’t flinch from the sight of a bullet being removed from human flesh." -- Time Out New York
Posted Apr 10, 2008
 
The Take (2008)85%
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4/6
 
" At its best, Young & Restless in China plays like a prosaic complement to the films of Jia Zhangke." -- Time Out New York
Posted Apr 10, 2008
 
Young & Restless In China (2008)75%
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4/6
 
" The two Americans reflect on their own grief and on their ambivalence about being viewed as '9/11 widows,' but most of Beyond Belief is refreshingly outward-looking." -- Time Out New York
Posted Apr 2, 2008
 
Beyond Belief (2007)90%
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3/6
 
Click here to read article -- Time Out New York
Posted Jan 18, 2008
 
Longing (2006)77%
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3/6
 
" This absurdist black comedy from Norway is unlike any other movie you’ll see this year, but as allegory, it’s a bit too literal-minded." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jan 18, 2008
 
The Bothersome Man (2007)70%
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2/6
 
Click here to read article -- Time Out New York
Posted Nov 22, 2007
 
Milarepa (2007)36%
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3/6
 
" Its heart firmly in the right place, O Jerusalem proves an uneasy mix of history and fiction." -- Time Out New York
Posted Nov 15, 2007
 
O Jerusalem (2007)30%
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2/6
 
Click here to read article -- Time Out New York
Posted Sep 22, 2007
 
Flannel Pajamas (2006)52%
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2/6
 
" Pathfinder’s main appeal will be to connoisseurs of gore, who will find no shortage of graphically rendered stabbings, shootings, smashings, severings and slicings." -- Time Out New York
Posted Sep 22, 2007
 
Pathfinder (2007)11%
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1/6
 
" Much time is spent waiting for a methane-filled toilet to explode, an incident that only begins to approximate the visceral experience of watching this movie." -- Time Out New York
Posted Aug 9, 2007
 
Daddy Day Camp (2007)1%
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3/6
 
" The movie’s muddy, overexposed look is tough on the eyes, but its unrelentingly bleak take on the land of supermarkets and car dealerships is not without its share of dark humor, and it thankfully eschews easy answers." -- Time Out
Posted Jul 26, 2007
 
Laura Smiles (2007)47%
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3/6
 
" Te movie picks up in the final act as Agnieszka’s political activities begin to eclipse her personal drama, culminating in the historic 1980 strike that would lead to the creation of free labor unions in Poland." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jun 30, 2007
 
Strike (2007)87%
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3/6
 
" Warmhearted." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jun 23, 2007
 
The Real Dirt on Farmer John (2007)88%
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3/6
 
" The movie has its share of wobbly moments, and the resolution feels a bit like a cop-out." -- Time Out New York
Posted May 26, 2007
 
Amu (2005)76%
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2/6
 
" Even Money never quite achieves [Crash's] epic badness -- but Kim Basinger’s mortifying turn as the struggling writer is hysterical in every sense of the word." -- Time Out New York
Posted May 19, 2007
 
Even Money (2007)23%
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3/6
 
" Like its hero, this unassuming comedy is nothing special to look at, but too sweet to despise." -- Time Out New York
Posted Apr 21, 2007
 
The Valet (2007)69%
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3/6
 
" As befits the form, enjoyment of this film will depend almost entirely on one’s appreciation of the substantial anatomical charms of its lead actress." -- Time Out New York
Posted Apr 14, 2007
 
The Glamorous Life Of Sachiko Hanai (2007)30%
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2/6
 
" Laden with false climaxes, the overstuffed plot leaves you exhausted well before the movie ends, and the amiable actors sleepwalk through their uninspired roles." -- Time Out New York
Posted Apr 14, 2007
 
Deck the Halls (2006)6%
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4/6
 
" An intimate parable of truth and reconciliation." -- Time Out New York
Posted Apr 7, 2007
 
Dry Season (2006)100%
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4/6
 
" As humane a Hollywood film as we’re likely to see all year." -- Time Out New York
Posted Feb 17, 2007
 
Bridge to Terabithia (2007)85%
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2/6
 
Click here to read article -- Time Out New York
Posted Feb 17, 2007
 
Masai: The Rain Warriors (2006)63%
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" With its unobtrusive visual style, Justice plays like a near-parody of documentary objectivity, subtly suggesting the malleable nature of 'truth,' both in the courtroom and the movie theater." -- Village Voice
Posted Oct 17, 2006
 
Justice (2004)n/a
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" Too glib to qualify as satire, Hair High nails the high school experience." -- Village Voice
Posted Oct 17, 2006
 
Hair High (2006)78%
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" It's tough to be sure of anything in this murky experimental feature, which sadly fails to live up to its title." -- Village Voice
Posted Oct 11, 2006
 
Frankensteins Bloody Nightmare (2006)43%
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" This witless satire dares to take on the culture of -- get ready for this -- reality TV!" -- Village Voice
Posted Aug 22, 2006
 
Surviving Eden (2006)15%
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" The movie is unusually attentive to the ironies of communications technology: Note the subtle but definite awkwardness that creeps into the conversation after a prospective girlfriend casually tells Alex that she only checks her e-mail once a week." -- Village Voice
Posted Aug 22, 2006
 
LOL (2006)100%
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" King Leopold's Ghost traces the living legacy of colonialism." -- Village Voice
Posted Aug 18, 2006
 
King Leopold's Ghost (2006)91%
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" Not only is the candid (but never prurient) treatment of early-teen sexuality and drug use too hot to handle, but the narrative blend of fairy-tale wonder and nightmare logic feels sui generis." -- Village Voice
Posted Aug 15, 2006
 
Moonlight (2002)60%
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" Hamilton immerses itself in the summertime rhythms of one particular blue-collar Baltimore suburb, playing out in uninterrupted chunks of real time." -- Village Voice
Posted Aug 9, 2006
 
Hamilton (2006)80%
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" ... Todd Verow's overstuffed Vacationland promises more than it delivers in just about every sense." -- Village Voice
Posted Aug 2, 2006
 
Vacationland (2006)0%
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" This year's Cinema Village program is something of a best-of, compiling six films from past incarnations and pointedly showcasing the series' range, both geographical and formal." -- Village Voice
Posted Jul 20, 2006
 
The World According to Shorts (2006)100%
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Posted Jul 12, 2006
 
Excellent Cadavers (1999)63%

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