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Communication: Breakdown
As much as it extols pandemonium, this album always feels tightly controlled, its disarray always a little too contrived.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-03-2006 |
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Thieve La France
Seen now, this movie looks much fresher than it probably did in 1960.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-24-2006 |
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Sucker Punch
In addition to being MTV-fast and CGI-savvy, the film offers a blend of cynicism and moralism that American viewers should find entirely familiar.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-24-2006 |
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The Young and the Restful
Demme does as well by Young as he did by Talking Heads (Stop Making Sense) and Robyn Hitchcock (Storefront Hitchcock), rendering the performances with elegance, intimacy, and a splendid lack of gimmickry.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-17-2006 |
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What In Carnation?
By shaking the hornet's nest of American race relations, von Trier has guaranteed that at least some viewers will find Manderlay injurious.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-17-2006 |
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Fables of the Deconstruction
The point of the original novel is never to get to the point, which this movie respects as best it can.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-17-2006 |
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God Bless Americash
Jarecki ineffectively seeks a recurring pattern in a war that, thanks to arrogance, incompetence, and other still-hidden reasons, breaks many of the long-standing rules of American military engagement.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-10-2006 |
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Bushy Tales
With a beguilingly relaxed rhythm and elegant cinematography, Three Burials is a pleasure to watch, yet the film lacks a critical dramatic element -- growth.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-10-2006 |
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Girl Gone Wilde
For this unnecessary cinematic update, director Mike Barker made a few unwise choices.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-03-2006 |
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Scents and Sensibility
I hate the digital camera -- I never use a digital camera!
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-03-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Martyrs and Miracles
This film is competent, but for any except the church-basement crowd, the theme will probably be a deal-breaker.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-20-2006 |
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How the West Was Wan
The New World accepts more of the Pocahontas legend than might be expected, responding not with a countermyth but with lyricism and ambiguity.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-20-2006 |
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Very Little Sex, Please -- We're British
Though not without moments of BBC-sitcom appeal, this undertaking is essentially lifeless.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-13-2006 |
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Fool Britannia
The violence is more convincing than the eroticism, but both are pallid.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-13-2006 |
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Yogi Unbearable
Viewers who know something about India or religion will be able to salvage a few moments from Naked in Ashes, despite the filmmakers' failure to provide anything more than the flimsiest of contexts.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-06-2006 |
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