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Bull$#@*%new

The latest What the Bleep!? is as irresponsible as the first.
East Bay Express  |  Melissa Levine  |  02-06-2006  |  Reviews

Suspended Sentencenew

After Innocence probes life after a wrongful conviction.
East Bay Express  |  Melissa Levine  |  01-23-2006  |  Reviews

Deep-Snoring Exercisesnew

Naked in Ashes reveals the life of a yogi but doesn't attempt to explain it.
East Bay Express  |  Melissa Levine  |  12-09-2005  |  Reviews

Spell It Outnew

The film reduces Myla Goldberg's novel to a series of shallow metaphors, and it overplays every single one of them.
East Bay Express  |  Melissa Levine  |  11-15-2005  |  Reviews

Strange Brewnew

Great performances by male leads Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth can't save this film about an obsessed celebrity journalist from a B-movie script.
East Bay Express  |  Melissa Levine  |  10-24-2005  |  Reviews

The Opposite of Sucknew

Mike Mills' debut film is original, electrifying, and humane, presenting complex and memorable people in whom we recognize ourselves.
East Bay Express  |  Melissa Levine  |  09-26-2005  |  Reviews

A Masterpiece That Wasn'tnew

Reflections of a failed marriage add up to a failed movie by a usually successful young French director.
East Bay Express  |  Melissa Levine  |  06-27-2005  |  Reviews

Chinese Boxnew

This movie from a familiar genre, the intergenerational immigrant drama, here with a gay subspecialty, has plenty of conflict but little excitement.
East Bay Express  |  Melissa Levine  |  06-06-2005  |  Reviews

Women in Lovenew

This film adaptation of a two-woman show about the beginning of a lesbian relationship means well, but it's a failure.
East Bay Express  |  Melissa Levine  |  05-16-2005  |  Reviews

Mail-Order Strifenew

There's talent and intelligence behind this film chronicling one man's attempt to marry a woman out of a catalogue. But the fake documentary is the wrong genre for it.
East Bay Express  |  Melissa Levine  |  04-02-2005  |  Reviews

Unreal As It Getsnew

Jessica Yu documents the life and work of Henry Darger, a reclusive artist who created an alternate universe of paintings and fiction that remained unknown until his death.
East Bay Express  |  Melissa Levine  |  01-14-2005  |  Reviews

But What About Patty?new

The film used to be known as Neverland: The Rise and Fall of the Symbionese Liberation Army. That is the more accurate title because the director doesn't pay enough attention to the group's captive, Patty Hearst.
East Bay Express  |  Melissa Levine  |  11-30-2004  |  Reviews

Paint It Blacknew

A documentary that trails the underground band Brian Jonestown Massacre takes its leader Anton Newcombe as its antihero, the boy who would be great -- if only he could stand to let other people help him.
East Bay Express  |  Melissa Levine  |  10-12-2004  |  Reviews

Imperfect Unionsnew

Though this documentary exposing the discrimination suffered by same-sex couples includes interviews with activists and footage of Pride parades, protests, and legislative debate, it's the personal narratives that pack the punch.
East Bay Express  |  Melissa Levine  |  10-05-2004  |  Reviews

Political Pranksters Invent the Art of 'Identity Correction'new

The Yes Men, Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, developed Web sites like GWBush.com that people thought were real, then masqueraded as influential men to satirize the goals they despised.
East Bay Express  |  Melissa Levine  |  10-05-2004  |  Reviews

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