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Joshua Kosman

Joshua Kosman's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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She Came to Me (2023) 48% 2/4 EDIT “The trailer contains almost everything that’s interesting, clever or alluring about an otherwise jumbled and trite attempt at romantic comedy.” – San Francisco Chronicle Oct 4, 2023 Full Review Gamemaster (2020) 3/4 EDIT “In their general outlines, the stories here are timeless and often inspirational.” – San Francisco Chronicle Jul 6, 2020 Full Review The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble (2015) 85% 2/4 EDIT “These are all appealing and interesting folks, and it would be nice to have a beer with any of them (I have in fact done so in one case). From the filmmaker, one expects a little more.” – San Francisco Chronicle Jun 23, 2016 Full Review Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (2009) 84% 3/4 EDIT “It's a fascinating story, and well told.” – San Francisco Chronicle Nov 19, 2010 Full Review In Search of Beethoven (2009) 93% 1/4 EDIT “In Search of Beethoven trudges through the composer's life and works, pausing along the way for the usual smorgasbord of talking heads and performance clips. The results are shapeless, drab and mostly predictable.” – San Francisco Chronicle Dec 17, 2009 Full Review Audition (2009) 80% 2/4 EDIT “As Froemke trails these singers through their preparations and to their final appearances, she assembles some appealing portraiture but not much drama. The mood here is far more genteel and collegial than in many a competition documentary.” – San Francisco Chronicle Apr 17, 2009 Full Review Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037 (2007) 86% 4/4 EDIT “Like an elegant set of theme and variations, director Ben Niles' beautiful, probing documentary about music and craftsmanship takes a simple idea and follows it in a number of directions.” – San Francisco Chronicle May 30, 2008 Full Review Silk (2007) 7% 2/4 EDIT “The main problem is the casting, with Michael Pitt and Keira Knightley evidently competing to see who can be more attractive and vacuous.” – San Francisco Chronicle Sep 14, 2007 Full Review Music From the Inside Out (2004) 82% 4/4 EDIT “The composite picture it offers of the performing life is still unforgettable.” – San Francisco Chronicle Feb 3, 2006 Full Review Touch the Sound (2004) 88% 2/4 EDIT “There is a maddening sense of dislocation through much of the movie -- a feeling that genuinely fascinating questions have been squeezed out by woo-woo philosophizing and material (like Glennie's brief return to the family farm) of only minor import.” – San Francisco Chronicle Sep 23, 2005 Full Review Rick (2003) 46% 2/4 EDIT “By hewing so faithfully to their source, the creators don't let the material pursue its own direction, and the result feels dramatically arbitrary.” – San Francisco Chronicle Oct 22, 2004 Full Review The Death of Klinghoffer (2003) 57% 1/4 EDIT “Sellars' original staging was a stylized, almost pageant-like affair, which allowed the creators to claim descent for the piece from Bach's Passions. Without that fig leaf, the ugliness at the heart of the work ... becomes all the more apparent.” – San Francisco Chronicle Oct 31, 2003 Full Review The Turandot Project (2000) 77% EDIT “Presumably there's an interesting yarn buried in the project, but Allan Miller's drab, diffuse documentary never quite locates it.” – San Francisco Chronicle Dec 21, 2001 Full Review Bride of the Wind (2001) 11% 1/4 EDIT “Levy's bloodless screenplay runs dutifully through Alma's life as though ticking off the points against a checklist.” – San Francisco Chronicle Jun 25, 2001 Full Review
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