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Amir Soltani

Amir Soltani's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Arabian Nights: Volume 3 -- The Enchanted One (2015) 88% 3.5/4 EDIT “Gomes has made what will quite possibly be regarded as the definitive film about the global economic crisis.” – Movie Mezzanine Jan 5, 2016 Full Review Arabian Nights: Volume 2 -- The Desolate One (2015) 100% 4/4 EDIT “In comparison [to Vol. 1], the second volume, The Desolate One, is relatively straightforward.” – Movie Mezzanine Dec 17, 2015 Full Review Arabian Nights: Volume 1 -- The Restless One (2015) 97% 4/4 EDIT “Gomes's wildest, most auspicious and gloriously messy film to date borrows the structure of the eponymous Middle Eastern collection of folkloric tales, but appropriated to modern Portugal under the government's extreme austerity measures.” – Movie Mezzanine Dec 4, 2015 Full Review Mustang (2015) 97% 3/4 EDIT “Ergven's intimate treatment of the material and the complexity with which she portrays the young girls' growth and liberation make this one of the most compelling feminist films of recent years.” – Movie Mezzanine Nov 20, 2015 Full Review Queen of Earth (2015) 93% 3.5/4 EDIT “...the result is an earth-shattering performance in a film that solidifies Perry's place among the most exciting filmmakers working in American cinema today.” – Movie Mezzanine Sep 3, 2015 Full Review The Suicide Theory (2014) 79% 1.5/4 EDIT “Although The Suicide Theory is rarely dull, it lacks the emotional precision required to elevate it above merely an amusing concept.” – Movie Mezzanine Jul 10, 2015 Full Review The Algerian (2014) 0/4 EDIT “It is hard to encounter a film that lacks even a single redeeming quality; that The Algerian achieves that is probably its biggest accomplishment.” – Movie Mezzanine Jun 26, 2015 Full Review The Face of an Angel (2014) 38% 1.5/4 EDIT “...the film is contrived, confusing, and, despite dense plotting, severely lacking in emotional or thematic depth.” – Movie Mezzanine Jun 22, 2015 Full Review Alex of Venice (2014) 74% 2/4 EDIT “Despite the film's best efforts in amplifying this emotional connection with audience with generic narrative devices, Winstead makes a mark that is virtually the only memorable element of Alex of Venice after the curtain closes.” – Movie Mezzanine Apr 17, 2015 Full Review Amour fou (2014) 88% 3/4 EDIT “In Hausner's deft hands, the comedy makes the existential exercise even more challenging, forcing the audience to ponder awkward truths beneath the chilly humor.” – Movie Mezzanine Mar 18, 2015 Full Review Wild Canaries (2014) 83% 3.5/4 EDIT “The stars of the show are Levine and Takal, whose performances not only perfect the film's comic tempo, but also suggest that their real-life relationship has influenced every frustrated argument and passionate kiss seen in the film.” – Movie Mezzanine Feb 26, 2015 Full Review Lovesick (2014) 29% .5/4 EDIT “It's not love that is sick-it's the fact that Matheny ended a four-year wait to return to filmmaking with such a disposable, banal project.” – Movie Mezzanine Feb 5, 2015 Full Review Timbuktu (2014) 98% 4/4 EDIT “Through the filmmaker's poetic vision and rich grasp of the milieu, Timbuktu becomes politically perceptive and emotionally authentic, depicting visceral trauma without hysterics and eye-opening truths without didacticism.” – Movie Mezzanine Jan 28, 2015 Full Review Winter Sleep (2014) 87% A- EDIT “In a career trajectory that has continually taken him in the direction of more expansive, audacious cinema, this is the filmmaker's most daring and aesthetically ambitious project yet.” – Movie Mezzanine Dec 16, 2014 Full Review The Sleepwalker (2014) 43% C EDIT “In attempting to subvert our expectations of the genre, The Sleepwalker concerns itself with formal details and momentary pleasures that cannot mask the film's regrettable lack of thematic depth.” – Movie Mezzanine Nov 23, 2014 Full Review Camp X-Ray (2014) 74% B- EDIT “Camp X-Ray's portrayal of its Middle Eastern hero is such a breath of fresh air that one can almost forgive its abundance of flaws.” – Movie Mezzanine Oct 17, 2014 Full Review Watchers of the Sky (2014) 86% B EDIT “In Watchers of the Sky, Belzberg offers a sharp reminder of how primitive our coexistence as a global community remains.” – Movie Mezzanine Oct 10, 2014 Full Review Stop the Pounding Heart (2013) 76% B EDIT “Stop the Pounding Heart is at once restrained and tactile, the work of a silently observant filmmaker who is as compassionate as he is critical.” – Movie Mezzanine Sep 21, 2014 Full Review Canopy (2013) 75% B EDIT “Canopy is a work of minimal, expressionistic storytelling whose unconventional dramatic beats inject fresh blood in a tired genre.” – Movie Mezzanine Aug 30, 2014 Full Review Jealousy (2013) 73% C EDIT “Jealousy is completely occupied with gorgeously packaged, chic Parisian archetypes that remain utterly impenetrable for those looking from the outside into this self-contained, clichéd universe.” – Movie Mezzanine Aug 22, 2014 Full Review The Dog (2013) 93% C EDIT “As entertaining as The Dog is, it never quite convinces that its bullet-point review of Wojtowicz's sexual exploits is necessary or that its subject merits the level of attention afforded to him.” – Movie Mezzanine Aug 9, 2014 Full Review Fifi Az Khoshhali Zooze Mikeshad (2013) 100% B+ EDIT “From the allegorical opening to the film's shocking, painful, but expected end, Farahani exposes as much of herself as she does of him; she's no less fascinating a subject.” – Movie Mezzanine Aug 7, 2014 Full Review Venus in Fur (2013) 88% B- EDIT “Venus in Fur is a rather amusing delight, but its pleasures rarely transcend those of a surface-level, kinky pas de deux between two superb performers.” – Movie Mezzanine Jun 19, 2014 Full Review Filth (2013) 66% C- EDIT “The hodgepodge of genre elements, loose narrative threads and ungainly tonal shifts keep the audience at a distance, a point from which everything appears increasingly bizarre and meaningless.” – Movie Mezzanine Jun 1, 2014 Full Review The Double (2013) 83% B+ EDIT “With this film, Ayoade establishes himself as a vibrant and unique voice in cinema, one whose take on familiar thematic and formal tropes yields excitingly fresh results.” – Movie Mezzanine May 10, 2014 Full Review
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