James Greenberg
James Greenberg's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
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Movies reviews only
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Triangle of Sadness (2022) |
Both viciously funny and heartbreaking. - culturevulture.net
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| Posted Dec 29, 2022
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Empire of Light (2022) |
Mendes attempts to juggle a lot of big themes and bring the threads together. It doesn’t always work but enough does to make the film poignant and glorious to look at. - culturevulture.net
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| Posted Dec 16, 2022
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Women Talking (2022) |
There is little doubt the film will resonant for women, but it could have an even bigger impact on men who get closer to the horrors of being a woman then they may have ever wanted to go. - culturevulture.net
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| Posted Dec 16, 2022
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Tár (2022) |
Tár runs headlong into the gauntlet of political correctness. She is charged and convicted in the court of public opinion, even if some of the evidence is conveniently falsified... - Cultured Vultures
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| Posted Nov 18, 2022
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The Power of the Dog (2021) |
It's a sad world dominated by a distorted patriarchy. Champion probes the roots of this with surgical precision and psychological acuity as if she were picking the scab off of a long festering wound. - culturevulture.net
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| Posted Dec 31, 2021
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The Rescue (2021) |
For the audience, the claustrophobia and danger comes through loud and clear. - culturevulture.net
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| Posted Dec 02, 2021
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The Velvet Underground (2021) |
The scene was well documented and the seemingly unlimited access Haynes and editors Alfonso Gonçalves and Adam Kurnitz had to the Warhol Foundation archives help paint a picture of an amphetamine-fuelled era. - culturevulture.net
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| Posted Nov 11, 2021
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The Many Saints of Newark (2021) |
Saints, even more than The Sopranos, plays like a Bruce Springsteen song, populated by small-time Jersey crooks looking for a big score and people just trying to get a handle on their lives and navigate the roadblocks at every turn. - culturevulture.net
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| Posted Oct 15, 2021
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Little Women (2019) |
Gerwig modernizes the material and gives it momentum by chopping up the narrative so it moves back and forth in time rather than telling a linear story. - culturevulture.net
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| Posted Dec 18, 2019
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What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2018) |
To see Rob Garver's affectionate documentary about Kael's career is to be once again swept away by the excitement of cinema as she experienced it. - TheWrap
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| Posted Dec 13, 2019
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The Irishman (2019) |
Scorsese's genius is to see the humanity we share with these fatally flawed people. Make no mistake, this is a brilliantly executed but profoundly sad movie. - culturevulture.net
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| Posted Nov 21, 2019
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Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019) |
What Scorsese offers us is a reasonable facsimile of what The Rolling Thunder Revue was like: A rollicking good time, a shape-shifting getaway, and an inspiring journey. - culturevulture.net
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| Posted Jul 11, 2019
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If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) |
The film is a tale of youthful innocence and mature disillusionment. - culturevulture.net
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| Posted Dec 20, 2018
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Roma (2018) |
Above all else, Roma is an extraordinary visual experience. - culturevulture.net
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| Posted Dec 20, 2018
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People's Republic of Desire (2018) |
A chillingly sad document of where the human spirit is at, and where it may be going. - TheWrap
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| Posted Nov 29, 2018
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The Guilty (2018) |
Set in an enclosed room with essentially one actor, and made up entirely of phone conversations, the film employs a full toolbox of cinematic techniques to fashion a complex character study. - TheWrap
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| Posted Oct 19, 2018
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The Post (2017) |
I think Spielberg made The Post as a rallying cry and cautionary tale for the present...The Post plays like a classic Hollywood movie, in the best sense. - culturevulture.net
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| Posted Jan 03, 2018
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Hostiles (2017) |
Cooper effectively builds his tale layer upon layer, and cumulatively the chapters create a landscape of sorrow. - TheWrap
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| Posted Dec 19, 2017
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The Shape of Water (2017) |
That del Toro can seamlessly meld the whimsical, playful and profound into a moving film is a tribute to his formidable imagination. - culturevulture.net
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| Posted Dec 18, 2017
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Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017) |
Washington's performance as Israel is quirky and charming enough to almost pull it off. - TheWrap
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| Posted Nov 17, 2017
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Mifune: The Last Samurai (2015) |
The real accomplishment of Mifune: The Last Samurai, and perhaps of any successful documentary about cinema history, is that it makes you want to run out and see the movies all over again. - TheWrap
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| Posted Nov 25, 2016
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No Pay, Nudity (2016) |
A loving, if slight, excursion into the world of New York theater, actors' division. - TheWrap
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| Posted Nov 11, 2016
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Dare (2009) |
What elevates Dare above the usual high school fare is the quality of the writing by David Brind, crisp direction by Adam Salky and a uniformly attractive and compelling cast led by the delightful Emmy Rossum. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Nov 10, 2015
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When I Walk (2013) |
Skilled direction and an indomitable spirit make a filmmaker's personal journey with multiple sclerosis inspiring without being maudlin. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Oct 21, 2013
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Connected (2011) |
A highly energized romp through a myriad of ideas about where the human race is headed. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Feb 04, 2013
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God Loves Uganda (2013) |
[An] unsettling and well-crafted film. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jan 26, 2013
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Cutie and the Boxer (2013) |
A finely textured and beautifully told story of two Japanese artists in New York and their challenging 40-year marriage. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jan 22, 2013
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Boy (2010) |
A cross between The 400 Blows and Slumdog Millionaire. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Mar 05, 2012
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Circumstance (2011) |
Stunning debut lifts the veil on life in Iran. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted May 09, 2011
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Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011) |
Another quality picture for HBO Documentaries. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jan 27, 2011
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The Music Never Stopped (2011) |
A sentimental but deeply felt true story about the healing power of music. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jan 27, 2011
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The Last Mountain (2011) |
Delivers a powerful environmental punch. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jan 25, 2011
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Night Catches Us (2010) |
The film is compelling as it dramatizes the confusing and contradictory impulses in the black community during that time. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jul 07, 2010
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Buried (2010) |
A horror film set in Iraq is a cinematic tour de force but raises serious questions about its ethics. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jul 06, 2010
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Lovers of Hate (2010) |
Designed to make you laugh and squirm, Lovers of Hate does more of the latter. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jun 29, 2010
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Frozen (2010) |
Frozen delivers enough thrills and gory chills to satisfy the horror film crowd, but is not written, directed or acted well enough to be a first-rate thriller. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jan 28, 2010
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An Education (2009) |
Wonderful coming-of-age story in 1961 London with a breakout performance. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Oct 06, 2009
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Spread (2009) |
For this kind of film to work it's necessary to like or at least feel sympathy for the characters. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Aug 13, 2009
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Good Dick (2008) |
Alternately compelling and dramatically limp, the film scores points for exploring unfamiliar territory but lacks the emotional depth to make some very strange behavior believable. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Oct 18, 2008
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The Last Word (2008) |
Pushes the eccentric without creating believable characters. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Feb 05, 2008
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Birds of America (2008) |
Not very convincing or funny. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Feb 05, 2008
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The Order of Myths (2008) |
Editors Michael Taylor, Geoffrey Richman and [director Margaret Brown] have stitched the material together to make a lively and revealing portrait of life in the New South. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jan 30, 2008
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The Outside (2009) |
Seductive and horrifying at the same time...The film opens with a rush of energy and doesn't let up. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jan 30, 2008
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Incendiary (2008) |
Michelle William's riveting performance as the young mother makes it imminently watchable. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jan 28, 2008
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Choke (2008) |
Whimsical tale of a sex addict is good for some laughs but ultimately doesn't rise to the occasion. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jan 28, 2008
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Sugar (2008) |
The immigrant experience has been seen many times on film before but rarely with the authenticity, wit and intelligence of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's Sugar. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jan 25, 2008
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The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo (2008) |
With the eye of a veteran documentarian, [Lisa] Jackson sees the innocence, colorfulness and spirit of the Congo in the background, but what she presents is a country that clearly will not be whole until its women are protected. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jan 24, 2008
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North Starr (2008) |
The film has a great energy and means what it says. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jan 24, 2008
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Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008) |
A unique record of an artist's journey. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jan 23, 2008
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In Bruges (2008) |
Just when you think you've seen every possible variation on the hit-man genre, Irish playwright Martin McDonagh in his feature debut has fashioned an audacious combination of Old World grace and modern ultraviolence. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jan 18, 2008
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