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Kalvin Henely

Kalvin Henely's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Bad Blood (1986) 85% 3.5/4 EDIT “The easiest way to find entry into the film is to accede to its reveries, even if they only temporarily make sense, and to welcome and possibly celebrate its shifting tones and techniques.” – Slant Magazine Nov 27, 2013 Full Review Medora (2013) 92% 1.5/4 EDIT “It feels as if it set out to be an inspirational story about an underdog team beating the odds, but instead of giving color to the story, the filmmakers presented it with black-and-white ideas.” – Slant Magazine Nov 6, 2013 Full Review Golden Slumbers (2011) 100% 3/4 EDIT “It puts value back on people who've historically been undervalued, both by the Khmer Rouge and, by lack of mention, cinema history at large.” – Slant Magazine Oct 30, 2013 Full Review Spinning Plates (2012) 86% 3/4 EDIT “Spinning Plates may inadvertently be one of the year's best films about class differences in America.” – Slant Magazine Oct 24, 2013 Full Review The Human Scale (2012) 64% EDIT “While there's no doubt that a city's walkability is important, the film would have benefitted from either stats or testimonials in favor of its central premise.” – Slant Magazine Oct 16, 2013 Full Review The Institute (2013) 71% 1/4 EDIT “A lazily constructed documentary that doesn't hide first-time director Spencer McCall's admitted lack of understanding for his subject.” – Slant Magazine Oct 2, 2013 Full Review Inequality for All (2013) 90% 2.5/4 EDIT “Robert Reich's message to America, much like director Jacob Kornbluth's uncomplicated film, is so simple and straightforward (you might even say obvious) that, without nitpicking, it can appear flawless.” – Slant Magazine Sep 26, 2013 Full Review C.O.G. (2013) 69% 1.5/4 EDIT “As an adaptation of Davis Sedaris's short essay from his acclaimed 1997 compilation, Naked, it's a letdown, as it doesn't exude the pop of the author's trademark humor.” – Slant Magazine Sep 18, 2013 Full Review Newlyweeds (2013) 71% 2.5/4 EDIT “Going neither in the direction of Reefer Madness nor a Cheech and Chong movie, it's both funny and serious, and its depictions of pot-smoking could be read as either promotional or cautionary.” – Slant Magazine Sep 16, 2013 Full Review Informant (2012) 89% 3/4 EDIT “It creates a useful distance between Brandon Darby and his stories that allow for us to assess them individually, reinforcing the film's suggestion that the truth is elusive.” – Slant Magazine Sep 10, 2013 Full Review La Maison de la radio (2013) 62% 1.5/4 EDIT “Whether or not you consider this a banal topic, it's plain to see that the puttering documentary doesn't achieve magnificence.” – Slant Magazine Sep 4, 2013 Full Review The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013) 88% 1.5/4 EDIT “Bill Siegel has made more of a Ken Burns-esque history book--that is, a medium more dry and factual--than a film.” – Slant Magazine Aug 22, 2013 Full Review Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride (2012) 78% 2/4 EDIT “Amy Nicholson's documentary feels warm and fuzzy about its subject, but at the same time depersonalized.” – Slant Magazine Aug 5, 2013 Full Review Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013) 84% 2.5/4 EDIT “Terms and Conditions May Apply encourages viewers to think more critically about the massive spying infrastructure being built underneath the seemingly free, benign social playgrounds that they digitally inhabit.” – Slant Magazine Jul 11, 2013 Full Review A Girl and a Gun (2013) 33% 1.5/4 EDIT “Catheryne Czubek's documentary is itself like a shotgun, as its scatter-shot thematic blast is wide and lacking in precision.” – Slant Magazine Jul 2, 2013 Full Review Nostalghia (1983) 88% 4/4 EDIT “Perhaps Andrei Tarkovsky's most opaque film, Nostalghia is nonetheless one of his most personal.” – Slant Magazine May 30, 2013 Full Review Becoming Traviata (2012) 81% 2.5/4 EDIT “It works as a reminder of the important interactiveness of the performing arts, of actors evoking the drama, action, and emotion that computers and machines cannot.” – Slant Magazine May 13, 2013 Full Review Bidder 70 (2012) 80% 3/4 EDIT “Without being didactic, the documentary demonstrates how an ordinary concerned citizen can take a stand when politicians neglect to make decisions for the good of the people and instead serve the interests of big business.” – Slant Magazine May 12, 2013 Full Review Herman's House (2011) 81% 2.5/4 EDIT “An involving documentary that doesn't offer a convincing argument against solitary confinement for those who may not fully realize what's objectionable about it.” – Slant Magazine Apr 16, 2013 Full Review Hava Nagila (The Movie) (2012) 89% 1.5/4 EDIT “The doc can at times feel like you're wasting your time on a subject you might wish you had only accidentally crossed paths with briefly on Wikipedia.” – Slant Magazine Feb 26, 2013 Full Review One Life (2011) 90% 2.5/4 EDIT “As much as Daniel Craig's narration can feel tacked-on, it's really secondary to the film's expert camerawork.” – Slant Magazine Feb 19, 2013 Full Review The Last Gladiators (2011) 90% 2.5/4 EDIT “Makes room for tender moments of reflection from a guy who, against impossible odds, still managed some victories, the biggest of which may be that he's still standing.” – Slant Magazine Jan 30, 2013 Full Review High Tech, Low Life (2012) 63% 2/4 EDIT “As far as its subject matter goes, the doc only scratches the surfaces, only reaffirming the simple idea that Internet censorship in China is prevalent and unfair.” – Slant Magazine Jan 6, 2013 Full Review My Brooklyn (2012) 100% 2.5/4 EDIT “A thoughtful piece of documentary journalism that synecdochically uses the controversial redevelopment of the Fulton Street Mall to talk about the process of gentrification.” – Slant Magazine Dec 31, 2012 Full Review Delhi Safari (2012) 20% 1.5/4 EDIT “A much better way to strike home the same green message, while also having more fun, would be to just skip this movie and take your kids to a national park.” – Slant Magazine Dec 3, 2012 Full Review
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