The most gratifying thing about Carlos Reygadas' spellbinding new film Silent Light is that it marks the point where a talented but difficult young filmmaker matures into a major cinematic artist. We already knew that Reygadas was a gifted director with a distinctive view... More
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Rescue Dawn (2007) |
80% | |
Southland Tales (2007) |
70% | |
The Golden Compass (2007) |
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Bug (2007) |
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Reviews (228)
Rescue Dawn (2007)
Throughout his magnificently eclectic career, the one consistent factor in Werner Herzog's work has been his unpredictability. He has delivered some of the strangest and most compelling films to be found anywhere over the past 40 years – both in fiction and documentary –... More
Southland Tales (2007)
So just how bad is Southland Tales? Richard Kelly's follow-up to his remarkable debut Donnie Darko was an unmitigated disaster when it made its Cannes debut in 2006, a 160-minute wreck of a film which baffled audiences and swiftly left the festival accompanied by... More
The Golden Compass (2007)
The Golden Compass is an adaptation of Northern Lights, the first book in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, but it's obvious that the film has drawn just as much inspiration from Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films. Ever since Jackson's epic take on JRR... More
Bug (2007)
When anyone decides to adapt a stage play for the big screen they are wandering into delicate territory. What works perfectly in one medium will not necessarily translate into another, and there's always the temptation to 'open out' the drama, to make it more visual... More
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The End is Nigh
So, Rotten Tomatoes has had something of an overhaul. I've taken a good look around, and I don't think it's for me. The pages now look flatly impersonal and horribly cluttered, with (as far as I can see) no way to amend them to suit... More
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