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Alan A. Stone

Alan A. Stone's reviews do not count toward the Tomatometer®. This is not a Tomatometer-approved critic, and this critic's reviews are not published on a Tomatometer-approved publication.

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Fading Gigolo (2013) 54% EDIT “With Gigolo, Turturro has fulfilled his fantasy of omnipotence. Perhaps he will not be too disappointed if audiences who fail to look closely think they have seen another Woody Allen movie.” – Boston Review Jun 28, 2018 Full Review Boyhood (2014) 97% EDIT “Linklater does not try to entertain you; he expects you to participate in the experience, and he counts on the audience in every scene he films.” – Boston Review Apr 6, 2018 Full Review Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) 91% EDIT “Birdman is a memorable feast for cinephiles, with one unforgettable scene after another.” – Boston Review Apr 6, 2018 Full Review Selma (2014) 99% EDIT “The moral lesson that one takes from DuVernay's Selma is that black lives matter not only in terms of survival but also of human dignity. It may not be a great film, but it is one that ought to be seen.” – Boston Review Apr 6, 2018 Full Review Timbuktu (2014) 98% EDIT “On a first viewing, the film evokes a mysterious beauty and apparent simplicity, but there is great complexity to its artistry...Timbuktu's artistry is like the last line of a poem that repeats and deepens the meaning of the first.” – Boston Review Apr 6, 2018 Full Review Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) 91% EDIT “What Assayas gives us is the art of rehearsal and the search for answers.” – Boston Review Apr 6, 2018 Full Review Ida (2013) 95% EDIT “Ida is a rare experience, a film with an aesthetic as captivating as its narrative, each ideally suited to the other-in sum, a masterpiece.” – Boston Review Apr 6, 2018 Full Review The Wonders (2014) 96% EDIT “Delicate, impressive work...The Wonders enchants as it draws on reserves of empathy and compassion you did not know you had.” – Boston Review Apr 3, 2018 Full Review Learning to Drive (2014) 65% EDIT “We have seen all this before. Indeed one has the feeling that the cast are all like-minded friends of Coixet who had a good time together making a film that challenged none of them, and certainly not the audience.” – Boston Review Apr 3, 2018 Full Review Cymbeline (2014) 32% EDIT “To fit the play to this contemporary scenario, Almereyda cut mercilessly, even some sublime poetry.” – Boston Review Apr 3, 2018 Full Review Knight of Cups (2015) 47% EDIT “Leaving this badly constructed and disappointing film-thanks to frenzied editing, the film refuses to grant us even the pleasure of Emmanuel Lubezki's cinematography-I came away thinking that all Rick, like Malick, could show us was his loneliness.” – Boston Review Apr 3, 2018 Full Review Youth (2015) 72% EDIT “Even if Youth says nothing new, as some critics insist, its beauty, surprises, and fragmentary insights into the human condition have much to offer.” – Boston Review Apr 3, 2018 Full Review Inglourious Basterds (2009) 89% EDIT “Inglourious Basterds, like all Tarantino's works, is a movie about movies; it is, if you will permit, art for art's sake. Tarantino may not be an intellectual, but, as his newest film demonstrates, he is an artist -- and a very good one.” – Boston Review Apr 3, 2018 Full Review A Beautiful Mind (2001) 74% EDIT “It brings tears to ones eyes, even when one knows better.” – Boston Review Feb 27, 2018 Full Review Bad Education (2004) 88% EDIT “If Americans are allowed to see this film they may well conclude that the mature Almodvar is now ready to take his place alongside the great Buuel.” – Sight & Sound Jun 18, 2012 Full Review The Station Agent (2003) 94% EDIT “The Station Agent is a charming film that reminds us that, be they kind or nasty, other people are our only possibility of happiness.” – Boston Review Jun 4, 2008 Full Review The Passion of the Christ (2004) 50% EDIT “Many other alarms went off in my head.” – Boston Review Dec 6, 2005 Full Review The Hours (2002) 79% EDIT “The Hours is a rare achievement, a film that is great theater.” – Boston Review Jan 20, 2004 Full Review Thirteen (2003) 81% EDIT “What is it about the way we now live that makes so many of our children self-destructive thrill seekers? Thirteen is one answer to that question.” – Boston Review Jan 20, 2004 Full Review Bowling for Columbine (2002) 95% EDIT “[Moore's] tactics in Bowling for Columbine are no better than those of talk radio's right-wing demagogues. Is it wrong to think that we should be better than they are?” – Boston Review Jan 20, 2004 Full Review Sweet Sixteen (2002) 97% EDIT “Loach is determined to preserve his hero's childlike innocence. Liam may be acting like an adult criminal, but in his pure and blind love for his mother he remains a child. That love both redeems his character and leads to his destruction.” – Boston Review Jan 20, 2004 Full Review Raising Victor Vargas (2002) 96% EDIT “Sollett's realism is a comedy with a happy ending that affirms the possibility of human connection.” – Boston Review Jan 20, 2004 Full Review Divided We Fall (2000) 90% EDIT “Divided We Fall is art that shows us in our common humanity the possibility of laughter and forgiveness. In the years ahead we can hope for more such films -- the world will need them.” – Boston Review Jan 20, 2004 Full Review Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001) 83% EDIT “Thirteen Conversations feels like a miracle... The acting is superb, the editing is inspired, the noirish cinematography resonates with the oneiric mood. And if the characters are not realistic, they are worth believing in.” – Boston Review Jan 20, 2004 Full Review We Were Soldiers (2002) 63% EDIT “When it comes to war, navet is the greatest sin. Regrettably, We Were Soldiers makes it a virtue.” – Boston Review Jan 20, 2004 Full Review
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