Sara Cardace

Sara Cardace's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s): New York Magazine/Vulture

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T-Meter	Title \| Year	Review
89%	Wild Style (2013)	Charlie Ahearn's groundbreaking film about hip-hop, graffiti, break dancing, and rap in eighties New York celebrates its 25th anniversary with a new 35-mm. print. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 10, 2008
35%	Pride and Glory (2008)	There may not be much new about director Gavin O'Connor's cop-corruption drama, but it's packed with enough gritty action and unflinching violence to keep things interesting. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Oct 20, 2008
88%	I've Loved You So Long (2008)	Thomas plays Juliette as if she's trapped within her own body too, gradually learning to navigate her old world. Her performance gives life to a taut narrative. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Oct 20, 2008
87%	The Orphanage (2007)	Alas, there's no Ahhhh! moment at the end to justify the mounting tension. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Oct 18, 2008
45%	Sex Drive (2008)	The trip takes them to hysterical locales, and the cast is often hilarious in this low budget surprise. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Oct 13, 2008
79%	Ashes of Time Redux (2008)	Ignore the incomprehensible storyline and soak in the melancholy mood of Wong's ethereal vision. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Oct 6, 2008
94%	Aleksandr Nevskiy (Alexander Nevsky) (1938)	Sergei Eisenstein's mannerist epic about the Russian hero who warded off the invading Teutonic knights is a near-perfect combination of image and sound. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Sep 22, 2008
77%	Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived (2008)	With its fascinating central question (What if ... ) and well-chosen, nostalgic footage of John F. Kennedy in his prime, this well-played documentary manages to escape the fate of other dry historical overviews. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Sep 15, 2008
85%	Ghost Town (2008)	Who knew that Ricky Gervais could play such a likable leading man? - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Sep 15, 2008
56%	Battle in Seattle (2008)	The drama gets heavy-handed at times, but the film is a triumph, thanks to a crack cast including Connie Nielson, stunning as a TV reporter who joins her subjects in protest. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Sep 15, 2008
81%	Flow: For Love of Water (2008)	It's a plainly one-sided call to arms, but with good reason -- you may never look at your faucet without flinching again. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Sep 8, 2008
100%	Day of Wrath (1948)	Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1943 masterpiece begins as a film about seventeenth-century witch hunts in Northern Europe, but it's really a psychological thriller about the pull of evil on weak souls. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Aug 25, 2008
91%	Momma's Man (2008)	It melds a poignant drama of adulthood with a surreal portrait of emotional paralysis, with an unexpected paean to the American avant-garde thrown in. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Aug 18, 2008
45%	What We Do Is Secret (2007)	The amateur vibe suits the subject matter, and the young cast rises to the challenge. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Aug 4, 2008
70%	Red (2008)	This powerful, elemental drama hits all the buttons, probably to a fault, but it's helped along by fine performances all around. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Aug 4, 2008
67%	Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008)	Steven Sebring's gorgeous, up-close-and-personal doc about the legendary rocker is both a journey into Smith's storied past and a portrait of her life today. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Aug 4, 2008
87%	Avant que j'Oublie (Before I Forget) (2008)	The film doesn't feel like a tragedy, but instead a droll slice of life -- perhaps a bit too muted and overlong, but often compelling in its own way. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Jul 14, 2008
94%	Ne le Dis à Personne (Tell No One) (2006)	This smash-hit French thriller starts slowly -- and builds into a sharp action flick, though an overload of plot twists threatens to bog things down midway through. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Jun 30, 2008
74%	Gunnin' for That #1 Spot (2008)	It's as much a snapshot of the contemporary basketball scene as it is a love letter to the famed uptown court. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Jun 23, 2008
39%	Full Grown Men (2008)	It's a beautiful, delicately observed comedy. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Jun 23, 2008
68%	Brick Lane (2008)	Monica Ali's expansive, epic best seller about decades in the life of a sheltered wife from Bangladesh in the titular London neighborhood is transformed into a compact, delicate tale of adultery, extremism, and awakening. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Jun 16, 2008
97%	Monsieur Verdoux (1947)	In its uncanny depiction of a weakling whose crimes pale against those of the war-mad society around him, it's a near masterpiece. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Jun 9, 2008
100%	Take Out (2004)	...manages to mix immersive, pseudo-documentary filmmaking with a suspenseful narrative. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Jun 2, 2008
53%	The Foot Fist Way (2006)	It may not look like much, but the low-budget tae kwon do comedy The Foot Fist Way is one of the funniest DIY flicks in years, thanks to the droll wit of writer-director Jody Hill and star Danny McBride. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted May 27, 2008
96%	Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008)	...manages to be two films at once: One is an informative portrait of a power-hungry society; the other is an intensely gripping narrative of personal growth. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted May 27, 2008
78%	A Jihad for Love (2008)	Parvez Sharma's brave documentary about homosexuality in the Muslim world presents a brutally honest, eye-opening look at gay and lesbian individuals who continue to practice their religion, despite its blunt, often violent rejection of their orientation. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted May 19, 2008
81%	Yella (2008)	It's one of those films that keeps swirling in your brain once it's done -- thanks both to its somewhat unresolved ending and to the many subtle themes touched on throughout. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted May 12, 2008
68%	Fugitive Pieces (2008)	The resonant film that results is not without its flaws, but it's ultimately quite absorbing. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Apr 28, 2008
84%	Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2008)	As haunting in its own way as one of Glass' own works. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Apr 14, 2008
69%	The First Saturday in May (2008)	A generally upbeat film, it could easily work as a promotion for the sport-although it does offer some sad moments courtesy of the much-publicized tragedy of Barbaro. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Apr 14, 2008
83%	Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)	The film may not be as laugh-packed as its predecessor Knocked Up, but it charms nonetheless. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Apr 14, 2008
59%	Bra Boys (2008)	Russell Crowe narrates this engrossing Australian documentary, which chronicles the development of the notorious Sydney surfing crew. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Apr 7, 2008
82%	Beyond Belief (2008)	First-time director Beth Murphy's genuinely inspirational documentary tracks the goodwill efforts of Susan Retik and Patti Quigley, two Massachusetts mothers widowed on September 11 while pregnant. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 19, 2008
24%	P.S. I Love You (2007)	An unapologetic tearjerker, the film lays on the sap at points, but is helped immeasurably by surprisingly clever dialogue and well-played, funny performances by the supporting cast. - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 17, 2007
46%	Cassandra's Dream (2007)	What the hell was Woody Allen thinking? - New York Magazine/Vulture EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 17, 2007