Critics » Michael Upchurch
Michael Upchurch

Michael Upchurch

Agrees with the Tomatometer 95% of the time.

Biography:
Seattle Times movie critic.
Publications:
Seattle Times
Total Reviews:
20

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Showing 1 - 20 of 20
Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
3.5/4 98% One False Move (1992) " Franklin's convincing portrait of life on both sides of the color line isn't quite like anything I've come across before, making One False Move one very assured directorial move. We need more filmmakers like him." — Seattle Times
Posted May 6, 2013
3/4 53% The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) " Handsomely crafted and smartly performed, the film works on its own terms. But in expanding the story's canvas, it dilutes rather than translates the power of the book." — Seattle Times
Posted May 2, 2013
3/4 60% Stars In Shorts (2012) " They showcase not just the acting chops of Colin Firth, Lily Tomlin, Julia Stiles and others, but some fresh writing-directing talents, too." — Seattle Times
Posted Sep 28, 2012
3.5/4 97% Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012) " A sobering, cautionary tale." — Seattle Times
Posted Aug 2, 2012
3/4 75% Alps (2012) " Lanthimos continually keeps you guessing about both the procedural and emotional logic at work in "Alps," and his actors are with him every step of the way." — Seattle Times
Posted Jul 26, 2012
3/4 70% Keyhole (2012) " Patric's performance is a deadpan treat. His can-do, take-charge character is in continual zany contrast to his surreal surroundings." — Seattle Times
Posted Jun 14, 2012
3/4 —— Lou Harrison: A World of Music (2012) " A lively and succinct documentary by Eva Soltes." — Seattle Times
Posted Apr 19, 2012
3.5/4 75% Free Men (2012) " A cannily shot thriller." — Seattle Times
Posted Apr 12, 2012
3/4 92% Gerhard Richter Painting (2012) " Belz delivers exactly what her title promises: the sight of Richter at work on his canvases." — Seattle Times
Posted Mar 22, 2012
2.5/4 100% Last Train Home (2010) " Lixin Fan, handling his own cinematography, shoots with such a painterly eye that he almost undermines the social critique he's making." — Seattle Times
Posted Oct 21, 2010
3.5/4 69% Life During Wartime (2010) " Solondz, through the troubled voice of 13-year-old Timmy, does rigorous justice to the difficulties of forgiving and/or forgetting." — Seattle Times
Posted Aug 13, 2010
3/4 88% The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle (2010) " A wildly imaginative if erratically executed urban fable. " — Seattle Times
Posted Aug 13, 2010
3/4 70% Ondine (2010) " Jordan, who also wrote the screenplay, makes some gentle jabs at small-town nosiness and claustrophobia, even as he spins out the shadowy riddles of the story." — Seattle Times
Posted Jun 18, 2010
3.5/4 100% Aruitemo Aruitemo (Still Walking) (2008) " This masterful family drama by Japanese writer- director Hirokazu Kore-eda commences on a deceptively tranquil note, lightly spiced with a needling humor." — Seattle Times
Posted Oct 8, 2009
3/4 100% Afghan Star (2009) " An informative documentary revealing how decades of war and years of Taliban repression have fallen to the wayside, however briefly, as Kabul's answer to American Idol seduces a violence-weary Afghanistan." — Seattle Times
Posted Aug 21, 2009
3.5/4 89% Séraphine (2009) " The film belongs to Moreau. Half-derided, half-protected by her village neighbors, her Séraphine is dowdy, willful, gruff, determined: a blend of singing mystic and muttering madwoman." — Seattle Times
Posted Aug 14, 2009
3.5/4 77% Venkovský Ucitel (The Country Teacher) (2008) " The film boasts subtle performances and curious situations with unpredictable outcomes." — Seattle Times
Posted Jul 23, 2009
3.5/4 90% Moon (2009) " With its artful use of old-school miniatures rather than computer graphics, Moon engages the eye as much as the mind. Here's a canny director who doesn't let technical prowess overwhelm his sure, resourceful sense of human drama and character." — Seattle Times
Posted Jul 3, 2009
3.5/4 96% Food, Inc. (2009) " The result is an alarming film that tackles food and freedom-of-speech issues on many fronts." — Seattle Times
Posted Jun 19, 2009
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