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Wintry Mixnew
Carefully constructed tone dissipates in a cop-out ending.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
04-09-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: First Snow, Mark Fergus
Heist's Disciplesnew
The main thing that distinguishes the movie is its hero's regret and befuddlement.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-30-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Scott Frank, The Lookout
Slow Motion Devotionnew
Into Great Silence observes an abstruse, ascetic form of Catholicism. But the documentary achieves a quietude that a Zen practitioner might wordlessly admire.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-30-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Into Great Silence, Philip Groning
Depth From Abovenew
The film's political commentary is far from subtle, but it's offered with winning good humor.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-09-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Bong Joon-ho, The Host
Continental Congressnew
If you're only going to see one Thai romance-Western -- and who knows where to find another? -- make it this one.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-09-2007 |
Reviews
Smarter Starternew
More sitcom than film, but light and sweet.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-09-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Starter for 10, Tom Vaughan
Neighborhood Watchnew
Avenue Montaigne doesn't argue that all the world's a stage, just that a few blocks of Paris can be a setting that fully contains one charmed little world.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Avenue Montaigne, Daniele Thompson
Not-So-Jolly Ranchernew
If the movie were at least partially satirical, its implausibilities wouldn't nag -- but it isn't, and they do
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-02-2007 |
Reviews
Eastern State of Mindnew
Though his film is set in the '80s, von Donnersmarck dislikes Soviet-era nostalgia.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Wilberforce of Naturenew
Anti-slavery crusader William Wilberforce certainly deserves a film, and if Amazing Grace isn't equal to his achievements, it's a useful introduction to them.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Amazing Grace, Michael Apted
Cause Celebresnew
You Can't Spell "Disenfranchised" Without "France": Days of Glory takes aim at colonialism.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Days of Glory, Rachid Bouchareb
Opal and the Invisiblesnew
A sweet and ultimately moving outback fable, whose moral is familiar from just about every Hollywood fantasy ever made.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Opal Dream, Peter Cattaneo
Nu Yellersnew
Not just for System of a Down fans, the film spends more time analyzing historical events than observing high jinks on the band bus.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Carla Garapedian, Screamers
The One That Got Awaynew
Even more distracted than its heroine, Catch and Release barely takes time to grieve before plunging desperately into farce.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Catch and Release, Susannah Grant
