Josh Ralske
Tomatometer-approved critic
nyc
http://www.allmovie.com
Movies reviews only
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Wendy and Lucy (2008) |
Coming from any other filmmaker, Wendy and Lucy's relatively clear-eyed and unsentimental tale of woe might be considered a minor triumph, but from one of Reichardt's unique talents, it is something of a letdown. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 27, 2015
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Sugar (2008) |
It is full of so much humor, grace, and unexpected detail, and arrives in such a truthful place, that in the end it's far more enthralling than the typical rags-to-riches tale one might have anticipated. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 20, 2013
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The House of the Devil (2009) |
If you don't get a kick out of watching doomed babysitter Samantha put on that portable cassette player and dance around that creepy house to the strains of the Fixx's "One Thing Leads to Another," you might need a course in Horror Appreciation 101. - TV Guide
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| Posted Oct 10, 2012
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Bubble Boy (2001) |
The film is only sporadically funny, and it's frequently in poor taste, but it's got energy to spare, and Gyllenhaal's performance gives it a soul. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Dec 11, 2007
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Spin (1995) |
[The] film's real service is in explicating how the media's inability to inform audiences and reflect the political spectrum of our culture is a systemic problem. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Oct 31, 2007
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Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator (2003) |
A near-perfect time capsule of a specific moment in our culture, and a telling analysis of instant celebrity and the fickleness of youth culture. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Oct 26, 2007
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The Education of Sonny Carson (1974) |
There's such a wealth of genuine anger and sadness underlying the film that it transcends [its] flaws. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Oct 26, 2007
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Pups (1999) |
If Stevie didn't seem like such a real and basically ordinary teen, the film wouldn't be so compelling. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Oct 26, 2007
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American Experience (2004) |
A moving and troubling documentary. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Oct 26, 2007
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The Loveless (1983) |
A strange, but compelling amalgam of art film and homage to the American International Pictures biker flicks of the 1960s. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Oct 26, 2007
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Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003) |
A film that critiques our obsession with celebrity while simultaneously exploiting it. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Oct 26, 2007
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Mon Ennemi Intime (1999) |
A thoughtful and clever examination by the director of his longstanding friendship and creative partnership with the late Klaus Kinski. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Oct 26, 2007
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Sunshine Hotel (2001) |
Dominic has made a film of heart and intelligence about those subsisting on the margins of society. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Oct 26, 2007
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Cinemania (2002) |
Cinemania might have been a more edifying experience if it really delved into the roots of this obsession. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Oct 26, 2007
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The Kill-Off (1989) |
An ugly, low budget noir that...somehow manages to capture the spirit of Jim Thompson's writing. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Oct 26, 2007
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Laws of Gravity (1992) |
...A sustained level of tension that few street dramas can match. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Oct 26, 2007
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The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002) |
A fast-paced documentary that entertains as it informs. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Oct 26, 2007
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Burden of Dreams (1982) |
A fascinating portrait of a filmmaker pushed to the outer edge of sanity... - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Oct 26, 2007
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Masculine-Feminine (1966) |
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| Posted Aug 05, 2006
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The Funeral (1996) |
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| Posted Aug 05, 2006
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Isolation (2005) |
Fans of good old-fashioned creature features should be very pleased... - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Aug 05, 2006
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Kinetta (2005) |
...doesn't add up to much, aside from an enervating moviegoing experience. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Aug 05, 2006
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Cavite (2005) |
...there's...a certain unseemliness to the endeavor that is difficult to dismiss. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Aug 05, 2006
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Geuk jang jeon (Tale of Cinema) (2005) |
...richly inventive and consistently fascinating filmmaking... - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Aug 05, 2006
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The Young Lieutenant (2005) |
...an exemplary genre piece, melding a down-and-dirty 1970s vibe with a very modern perspective on the globalized nature of contemporary Paris. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Aug 05, 2006
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I'm Reed Fish (2007) |
...demonstrates a lot of talent, but it's another case of a neophyte filmmaker not recognizing where his true strengths lie - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Aug 05, 2006
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Brothers of the Head (2005) |
...despite outlandish subject matter that might lend itself to something more lurid or camp, it treats its characters and their story with refreshing restraint and seriousness. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Aug 05, 2006
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Old Joy (2006) |
...the landscape it maps is as much spiritual as it is physical, and the personal story it tells is inescapably political... - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Aug 05, 2006
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Color Me Kubrick (2005) |
put forth with...an unapologetic sense of depraved fun... - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Aug 05, 2006
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Duelist (2005) |
...its most salient feature is its spectacular visuals. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Aug 05, 2006
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There Was a Beautiful Girl (2003) |
Ek Hasina Thi is not quite the revelation that its champions would like to think it is, but for the most part, it hits its marks. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Aug 05, 2006
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Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005) |
...offers some valuable insight into Korean culture. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Aug 05, 2006
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The Squid and the Whale (2005) |
...Baumbach's most emotionally potent and visually coherent film to date. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Aug 05, 2006
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Paradise Now (2005) |
A tragedy regardless of its conclusion, Paradise Now is an important and powerful effort to explicate the inexplicable. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Aug 05, 2006
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Spider Forest (2004) |
...a twisted journey that lingers in the memory. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Aug 05, 2006
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Ab-normal Beauty (2004) |
...the film...devolves...into...standard slasher movie fare. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Aug 05, 2006
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The Motel (2005) |
...specific and detailed enough to separate itself from the pack. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Aug 05, 2006
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The Aristocrats (2005) |
...the brilliant Sarah Silverman transcends the mean-spirited nature of the joke... - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Aug 05, 2006
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Princess Raccoon (2005) |
For those prepared to engage the movie's playfulness, it's a unique treat. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Sep 13, 2005
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Demi-Tarif (2003) |
...a uniquely unmediated look into the world of childhood. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Sep 13, 2005
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Body Double (1984) |
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| Posted Sep 09, 2005
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Gonggongui Jeog (Public Enemy) (Public's Enemy) (2002) |
Despite its amusing outrageousness and well-choreographed mayhem, the film never transcends the genre the way Dirty Harry did. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Sep 08, 2005
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Palindromes (2004) |
Aviva...in all her permutations, may as well be a bug under the director's microscope. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Sep 08, 2005
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Maria Full of Grace (2004) |
the filmmaker's eye and ear for authentic detail and believable characterization...make the film an unusually tough and gritty slice of underworld life. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Sep 08, 2005
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Hotel Rwanda (2004) |
...disappointingly conventional [but] an important film nevertheless... - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Sep 08, 2005
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The Holy Girl (2004) |
...at once humane, encompassing every shade of gray, and bracingly cold-eyed in its assessment of human endeavor. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Sep 08, 2005
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Girl Hood (2003) |
Girlhood thoughtfully questions not just the system itself, but our unfair assumptions about the young people caught within it. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Sep 08, 2005
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Divine Intervention (2002) |
A mordantly amusing black comedy about life among the Arab citizens of Israel. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Sep 08, 2005
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Distant (2002) |
The tale has a deceptive, emotional complexity that builds to a surprisingly heartrending impact. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Sep 08, 2005
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Crimson Gold (2003) |
The film's sociopolitical themes are all the more powerful for being subtly expressed through a starkly realistic tale. - All Movie Guide
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| Posted Sep 08, 2005
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