Peter Henne
Tomatometer-approved critic
Movies reviews only
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Beyond the Clouds (1995) |
Antonioni seems to be using his absence from the scene as an opportunity to restate his vision, perhaps having a new generation of filmgoers in mind. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Mar 01, 2007
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Butterfly (1999) |
The real tragedy is the death of a liberal education. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 04, 2007
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Butterfly (2000) |
Keeping suspense through a story that we know the ending of is no small feat. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Apr 08, 2003
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The New Eve (1999) |
Corsini manages that rare feat in French cinema--a breezy comedy - Film Journal International
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| Posted Sep 09, 2002
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Burning Money (2000) |
Pieyro's solution for every predictable plot advancement and character relationship is a lot of frantic arm-waving, as though to insist, 'But these gangsters are gay!' - Film Journal International
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| Posted Mar 02, 2002
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Mulholland Dr. (2001) |
[Lynch] is keying into the layers of film reality that make the art so palpable. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Dec 10, 2001
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Tape (2001) |
With hardly any artistry in sight, the film's appeal cannot hold up, not even with a solid performance from Uma Thurman and a fine one from Ethan Hawke. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Dec 09, 2001
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Eternity and a Day (1998) |
For at least half of its length, it is quietly revelatory, luminous and invigorating, and for those reasons it makes essential viewing. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Oct 30, 2001
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Liam (2000) |
Maybe Frears' most unflinching drama. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Aug 27, 2001
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The Business of Strangers (2001) |
Stettner seems to understand perfectly that all you really need for making a fine movie is a sleek script, alert performers and a damn good eye. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Aug 27, 2001
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Famous (2000) |
Proves yet again, to believers in documentrary grit and spontaneity, that nothing improves realism like elegance. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Aug 20, 2001
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Our Lady of the Assassins (2000) |
Schroeder assays his subject rather than assails the viewer, delivering the city in creamy, beautifully fading browns. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jul 30, 2001
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Adventures in Wild California (2000) |
Wild California seldom flags in energy, and there are moments of visual awe, heart-pounding exhiliration, and joy over the wonder and beauty of nature. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jul 03, 2001
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Thomas in Love (2000) |
Creates an entire futuristic world without, seemingly, ever changing the camera set-up. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jul 03, 2001
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Together (2000) |
Moodysson sensitively focuses on each person's concerns and dilemmas, but also captures plenty of scenes of life together in the crowded, spirited commune. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jun 27, 2001
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The Crimson Rivers (2000) |
Hatches plenty of wild turns in its final half-hour without truly tripping up. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jun 25, 2001
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Wonderland (1999) |
Arrestingly beautiful; you can practically get drunk on its fusion of movement, color, light and sound. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jun 05, 2001
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The Man Who Cried (2000) |
The whole film rings true to artful tones and positions, because Vierny sees the triumph of freedom over oppression as a kind of graceful, superlative production. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jun 01, 2001
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Journey Into Amazing Caves (2001) |
Like the huge face of Garbo in her silent work, the gorgeous landscapes of films such as Journey Into Amazing Caves loom over the viewer and hold an irresistible sway. - Film Journal International
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| Posted May 30, 2001
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Our Song (2000) |
One of very few American films to investigate the contemporary scene with the thoughtful, old-fashioned run-on take. - Film Journal International
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| Posted May 03, 2001
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Eureka (2000) |
It demands attention, and indeed strikes a blow for the classical Japanese film. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Apr 30, 2001
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South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000) |
The conflicts, vistas, rhythm and mood are of a piece, but not every personality or circumstance is fully thought through. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Apr 10, 2001
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Man of the Century (1999) |
Woody Allen-ish metaphysical intrigues are at the center of the clever Man of the Century - Film Journal International
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| Posted Apr 03, 2001
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Enemy at the Gates (2001) |
Probably worth seeing for the sets, battle scenes, and the questions of patriotism and allegiance it raises early on. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Apr 02, 2001
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The Price of Milk (2000) |
Sinclair imposes a sure hand over the look, pacing, and interplay between music and image. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Mar 05, 2001
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Company Man (2000) |
A smart, neat little movie. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Mar 05, 2001
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Malena (2000) |
The plot is thin, but its bustling construction dazzles. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Feb 07, 2001
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The Claim (2000) |
A little like enjoying the work of the best student of a great painter. All in all, you would probably like to go back to seeing the previous work. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Feb 07, 2001
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Agnes Browne (1999) |
Huston's skill at evoking public conduct naturally and easily--she lived part of her childhood in Dublin--makes Agnes Browne succeed. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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Sonatine (1993) |
One of the most valuable facets of Kitano's film is its exposure of the gangster ideal as the myth of little boys who forgot to grow up. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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Life Is Beautiful (1997) |
One more brave and indispensible little film about the Holocaust, this one from an unlikely source, comic Roberto Benigni. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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The Impostors (1998) |
Tucci firms up an intelligent entertainment, giving us the lowdown on some highbrows who really aren't the sophisticates they appear. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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eXistenZ (1999) |
The biggest flaw is the film's patent lack of a life pulse - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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Oscar and Lucinda (1997) |
Prettiness, yoked to stirring melodramatic material, is simply overburdened with more than it can deliver. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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Two Girls and a Guy (1997) |
The irrepressible Downey seems almost born to play the role of this slippery eel, and both Graham and Wagner ease comfortably into their roles. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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Joe Gould's Secret (2000) |
After the conceptually madcap and sophisticated The Impostors, one expects better. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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The Governess (1998) |
Goldbacher, in her first feature, has tied together many ideas about photography, dreams and love, and presented them both fairly and exquisitely. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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The Last Days (1998) |
Conscientiously brings to life a grotesque chapter of history that had no aim but slaughter. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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The Opportunists (2000) |
The whole film is distributed with bursts of short dialogue that, coupled to the actors' gestures, reveal the people in minimum time. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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Henry Fool (1997) |
In better sync with its content, but its story, too, of an individual living in a dumpster world trying to share what he knows and make it sing, is undeniably moving. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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The Virgin Suicides (1999) |
At the film's best, Coppola shows a deftness at editing, weaving together soft superimpositions of faces and readings of Cecilia's diary to give a feeling of innocent yearning. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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Waking Ned Devine (1998) |
Jones has told a contemporary folk tale capably and amusingly. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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Still Breathing (1997) |
A story that places no constraints on happy coincidences, as this one, always teeters on the brink of corniness. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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Shattered Image (1998) |
A movie a little at odds with itself--finely executed, but too cutely clever for its own tough, gutsy material. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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Year of the Horse (1997) |
Too often comes across as so much fiddling with graphics and visual formats. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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Woyzeck (1994) |
Just as impressive as the look of the film are the performances. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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Whatever (1998) |
Skoog undermines the impact of her own film, but it still doesn't kill off the good performances by Weil and Morgan. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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Go Now (1995) |
Although Winterbottom intended this tale of serious illness to escape the grip of melodrama, that's exactly where it ends up. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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A Room for Romeo Brass (1999) |
A plain Jane piece of cinema, Romeo nonetheless delivers some tangible grit, and fair play for the audience. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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The Girl on the Bridge (1999) |
A flamboyant, theatrical, speculative and goofy film about a reckless, chaste, tragic love affair, one that's only-but also gloriously-fit for the movies. - Film Journal International
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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