Sara Cardace
Sara Cardace's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer when
published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
New York Magazine/Vulture
| Publications: | New York Magazine/Vulture |
Movie Reviews Only
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| 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
Read More | Posted Nov 10, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted Oct 20, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted Oct 20, 2008
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| 87% | The Orphanage (2007) |
Alas, there's no Ahhhh! moment at the end to justify the mounting tension.‐ New York Magazine/Vulture
Read More | Posted Oct 18, 2008
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| 46% | 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
Read More | Posted Oct 13, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted Oct 6, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted Sep 22, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted Sep 15, 2008
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| 85% | Ghost Town (2008) |
Who knew that Ricky Gervais could play such a likable leading man?‐ New York Magazine/Vulture
Read More | Posted Sep 15, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted Sep 15, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted Sep 8, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted Aug 25, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted Aug 18, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted Aug 4, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted Aug 4, 2008
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| 66% | 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
Read More | Posted Aug 4, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted Jul 14, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted Jun 30, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted Jun 23, 2008
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| 39% | Full Grown Men (2008) |
It's a beautiful, delicately observed comedy.‐ New York Magazine/Vulture
Read More | Posted Jun 23, 2008
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| 67% | 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
Read More | Posted Jun 16, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted Jun 9, 2008
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| 100% | Take Out (2004) |
...manages to mix immersive, pseudo-documentary filmmaking with a suspenseful narrative.‐ New York Magazine/Vulture
Read More | Posted Jun 2, 2008
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| 54% | 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
Read More | Posted May 27, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted May 27, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted May 19, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted May 12, 2008
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| 68% | Fugitive Pieces (2008) |
The resonant film that results is not without its flaws, but it's ultimately quite absorbing.‐ New York Magazine/Vulture
Read More | Posted Apr 28, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted Apr 14, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted Apr 14, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted Apr 14, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted Apr 7, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted Feb 19, 2008
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| 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
Read More | Posted Dec 17, 2007
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| 46% | Cassandra's Dream (2007) |
What the hell was Woody Allen thinking?‐ New York Magazine/Vulture
Read More | Posted Dec 17, 2007
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