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Steven Winn

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The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1981) 91% 3/4 EDIT “John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Michael Palm and Terry Jones -- ably underscored by Peter Cook, Pamela Stephenson and others -- find that rare territory between pure absurdity and the pure essence of things.” – San Francisco Examiner Nov 11, 2021 Full Review Searching (2018) 92% 2/4 EDIT “The movie might work better if the psychological puzzle tucked inside it were more engaging or surprising. But as the pieces fall into place, in a clunky resolution, the story turns as flat as the screens that contain it.” – San Francisco Chronicle Aug 23, 2018 Full Review Hounddog (2007) 15% 0/4 EDIT “The whole distasteful mess is sunk up to its neck in a brew of Southern Gothic atmosphere and hocus-pocus sentimentality.” – San Francisco Chronicle Oct 31, 2008 Full Review A Man Named Pearl (2006) 75% 2.5/4 EDIT “In its own modest fashion, the film does capture a sense of the intuitive craftsmanship, pride and determination that drive the self-taught artist.” – San Francisco Chronicle Oct 18, 2008 Full Review Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008) 93% 4/4 EDIT “Boogie Man has an awful lot to say about where America finds itself at the 2008 moment of decision.” – San Francisco Chronicle Oct 17, 2008 Full Review The Grocer's Son (2007) 90% 3/4 EDIT “The quiet, patient soulfulness of the film, which Guirado co-wrote with Florence Vignon, lingers.” – San Francisco Chronicle Sep 5, 2008 Full Review Chop Shop (2007) 97% 3/4 EDIT “In this clear-eyed, quietly absorbing film, director Ramin Bahrani opens up a wedge of Third World America that operates, all but invisibly, in plain sight.” – San Francisco Chronicle Jun 27, 2008 Full Review The Bank Job (2008) 79% 3/4 EDIT “The movie plunges into this rank, choppy water and churns through it with a busily whirring story line and clear sense of purpose. The ride becomes its own satisfying reward, complete with the bumps and lurches along the way.” – San Francisco Chronicle Mar 7, 2008 Full Review The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007) 74% 2.5/4 EDIT “It all plays out as you know it must, right down to [Brian] Cox's narrative revelation at the end, but that doesn't diminish the sense of satisfaction this gratifying family entertainment delivers.” – San Francisco Chronicle Dec 25, 2007 Full Review Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) 86% 2/4 EDIT “Stylized but spasmodic, this Sweeney seems more interested in distancing than captivating an audience.” – San Francisco Chronicle Dec 21, 2007 Full Review Fierce People (2005) 24% 2/4 EDIT “There are lots of potent things floating around in it -- sexual initiation, drugs, fantasy-land wealth, brute violence, primitive rituals, Diane Lane and Donald Sutherland -- but the mix just sits there without producing any notable reactions.” – San Francisco Chronicle Sep 21, 2007 Full Review Mr. Woodcock (2007) 14% 2/4 EDIT “This film apparently sat around for a few years before being released. It's unlikely to make waves now, but Thornton and Scott do set off a few entertaining ripples.” – San Francisco Chronicle Sep 14, 2007 Full Review Live-In Maid (2004) 100% 3/4 EDIT “Live-In Maid is a modest chamber piece enriched by its affecting human harmonies and overtones.” – San Francisco Chronicle Aug 31, 2007 Full Review Death Sentence (2007) 20% 1.5/4 EDIT “Blunt, bloody and far too busy with its sledgehammer plot and mighty gunplay to waste time on the main character's inner life, Death Sentence is a baseline entertainment.” – San Francisco Chronicle Aug 31, 2007 Full Review The Devil Came on Horseback (2007) 96% 4/4 EDIT “An exceptionally powerful film driven by contradictory forces.” – San Francisco Chronicle Aug 24, 2007 Full Review La Vie en Rose (2007) 74% 3/4 EDIT “La Vie en Rose is a life seen through a glass tinted darkly, with Cotillard glittering fiercely before the light goes out.” – San Francisco Chronicle Jun 8, 2007 Full Review Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner (2006) 70% 3/4 EDIT “Wrestling With Angels is a canny piece of filmmaking, sure to absorb both audiences familiar with Kushner's plays and those who know little or nothing about him.” – San Francisco Chronicle Dec 1, 2006 Full Review Favela Rising (2005) 68% 2/4 EDIT “... an uneven, spasmodic film.” – San Francisco Chronicle Aug 13, 2006 Full Review Swimmers (2005) 83% 2/4 EDIT “Well-observed but self-consciously studied family drama.” – San Francisco Chronicle Jun 16, 2006 Full Review Ballets Russes (2005) 91% 3/4 EDIT “A daisy chain of touching now-and-then moments.” – San Francisco Chronicle Nov 4, 2005 Full Review Hearts and Minds (1974) 90% 4/4 EDIT “The unnerving brilliance of the film owes to the director's skill at assembling information and allowing it to speak for itself.” – San Francisco Chronicle Sep 24, 2004 Full Review A Dirty Shame (2004) 55% 1/4 EDIT “More catalog than comedy, a checklist of erotically twisted dysfunctions strung together to fill 89 minutes of chirpy, stylized screen time.” – San Francisco Chronicle Sep 24, 2004 Full Review Anything but Love (2002) 33% 2/4 EDIT “This stylized romantic comedy offers limited, largely synthetic rewards.” – San Francisco Chronicle Nov 14, 2003 Full Review Luther (2003) 46% 2/4 EDIT “For all its scope and detail, Luther fails to convey the sense of history moved by a compelling individual.” – San Francisco Chronicle Sep 26, 2003 Full Review What Time Is It There? (2001) 85% EDIT “The weight of the film's opaque, numbingly studied details ... is oppressive.” – San Francisco Chronicle Feb 4, 2002 Full Review
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