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Moira Sullivan

Moira Sullivan

"I am not greedy. I do not seek to possess the major portion of your days. (Maya Deren)"

Agrees with the Tomatometer 82% of the time.

Biography:
I am a film critic based in Europe and the USA. I cover international film festivals such as Venice, Cannes, Udine Far East Film Festival, Göteborg, Stockholm, San Francisco Créteil Films de Femmes and Cineffable (Paris). My specialty is world cinema, festival films and film critical ideas and feminist film criticism. I have written extensively about Maya Deren on the creative use of cinematography and am invited to lecture about her work around the world.
Favorites:
Favorite directors: Maya Deren, Jean Cocteau. Favorite films: Meshes of the Afternoon, Orpheus, Le Testament d'Orfée , Le Sang d'un Poet, Beauty and the Beast. Other favorites: Terminator 2, Blackboards, Eraserhead, Thelma and Louise, Last Year at Marienbad, Aliens, Alien Resurrection, Amelie, Lilya 4-ever, Persona, In the Mood for Love, Fire, All About Eve, Blade Runner.
Publications:
FilmFestivals.com , Movie Magazine International , Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Total Reviews:
80
Total QuickRatings:
30
Location:
San Francisco

Quick Ratings

Showing 1 - 30 of 30
Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
5/5 98% The Player (1992) " An enticing, brilliantly scripted film about the movie industry and how the deals are made." — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Jan 27, 2004
5/5 88% Delicatessen (1991) " Sublime, edible film with exquisite art direction." — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Jan 27, 2004
5/5 94% The Fugitive (1993) " The opening scene is powerful and puts you on the edge. This film works!" — Movie Magazine International
Posted Sep 30, 2003
5/5 94% 2 ou 3 Choses que je Sais d'Elle (Two or Three Things I Know About Her) (1967) " Time honored film worthy of deconstruction." — Movie Magazine International
Posted Sep 30, 2003
3/5 100% High Fidelity (1989) " Too hard to follow." — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Sep 30, 2003
2/5 33% Ulysses' Gaze (1997) " This ambitious film fails to compel. Too many closeups of disposed Lenin statues." — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Sep 30, 2003
4/5 33% Gummo (1997) " Its an underground wonder." — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Sep 30, 2003
5/5 100% Laura (2005) " A classic murder film worth seeing over and over." — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Sep 30, 2003
2/5 59% Twin Peaks - Fire Walk with Me (1992) " Not as good as the TV show, not one episode." — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Sep 30, 2003
5/5 90% Georgy Girl (1966) — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Sep 30, 2003
1/5 83% Dead Ringers (1988) " Trite, weird, ridiculous, uneventful, sick. Cronenberg at his worst." — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Sep 30, 2003
3/5 50% Shaft in Africa (1973) " Slow action film with Roundtree misplaced, overdone, overshown." — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Aug 1, 2003
5/5 81% The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) " Fun!" — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Aug 1, 2003
5/5 96% Orphée (Orpheus) (1950) " This is one of the most exquisite gems of cinema history. Cocteau's film of the Orpheus myth. Many moments are enchanting such as cryptic messages broadcast from a car radio." — Movie Magazine International
Posted Jul 5, 2003
4/5 84% JFK (1991) " The conspiracy theory of the murder of JFK is given front stage by Stone. Intriguing and thought provoking piece." — Movie Magazine International
Posted Jul 5, 2003
4/5 94% Scener ur ett äktenskap (Scenes from a Marriage) (1973) " The shelf life of a marriage is meticulously plotted by Sweden's leading arthouse director. Not that the plotting is over: Saraband, is the master's newest edition to the marriage saga-- years after and will be released this year ( 2003)." — Movie Magazine International
Posted Jul 5, 2003
2/5 32% The Bodyguard (1992) " The relationship between Houston and Costner is mighty strange one, albeit profoundly problematic." — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Jul 5, 2003
4/5 77% For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) " Ingrid Bergman in an unusual role as an enabler to stoic Cooper during the Spanish Civil War." — FilmFestivals.com
Posted May 11, 2003
3/5 75% Nixon (1995) " The film could have worked. There was Hopkins and Allen to make it work. But maybe the curse of Nixon had a whammy effect." — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Apr 24, 2003
4/5 91% Barton Fink (1991) " Hopelessly depressing epic starring John Turturro and John Goodman. The Coen brothers have perfected the dark comedy to an art form." — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Apr 23, 2003
5/5 84% They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) " Jane Fonda and Michael Sarrazin portray one of the more sordid depression stories about survival on a dance floor to bring home the bacon." — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Apr 23, 2003
5/5 90% Bonnie and Clyde (1967) " Some scenes are violent even by today's standards. Robbing during the depression is highly glamourized, especially with the youthful good looks of Beatty and Dunaway." — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Apr 23, 2003
5/5 100% Salt of the Earth (1954) " Unavoidable classic on a 1950 mine strike, made by McCarthy era blacklisted filmmakers." — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Apr 23, 2003
4/5 100% Lenny (1974) " Dustin Hoffman succesfully transmits to screen some of the rage of Lenny Bruce, a hard role to digest and project." — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Apr 23, 2003
4/5 91% Help! (1965) " It really was phenomenal for the time, but even then, a bit thin around the edges. Our boys got to joke and meander about in a spy time spoof. Fun." — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Apr 23, 2003
3/5 100% Jean De Florette (1986) " Beautiful, carefully groomed, French epic." — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Apr 23, 2003
5/5 92% Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark) (1988) " 'Set in Australia, a couple is hurled into the media spotlight, unsuspecting of its power to twist the truth overnight. Streep proves she is a towering inferno of an actress.'" — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Apr 23, 2003
4/5 67% A Time to Kill (1996) " Gripping suspense in this southern set drama. Sandra Bullock is oddly matched to McConaughey who lights the fire. Unfortunately, Samuel L. Jackson waits in the wings." — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Apr 23, 2003
5/5 84% Total Recall (1990) " While it may seem dated today, the film showcases Sharon Stone, evil wife to Schwarzenegger. You may want to take notice of how precious air is after seeing it." — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Apr 23, 2003
5/5 82% Woyzeck (1979) " Klaus Kinski is exceptional and Herzog's narrative captivating." — FilmFestivals.com
Posted Apr 23, 2003
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