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Mistaking Pornographic Fascination for Human Truthnew
At age 83, Sidney Lumet tries getting back to the outrageous satirical mode of Network and Just Tell Me What You Want, but Before The Devil Knows You're Dead fails the classic requirements of social critique.
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New York Press |
Armond White |
10-25-2007 |
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'Gone Baby Gone': Mean Streetsnew
Irish-American street life and working-class misery are always easy excuses for over acting.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-18-2007 |
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Tags: Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
'Wristcutters': Death & Pizzanew
Imaginative afterlife story gets mundane on the big screen.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
10-18-2007 |
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White Lies: Why Critics Don't Get Tyler Perrynew
Most critics don't "get" Tyler Perry basically because most critics are whites who are not only clueless about Perry's African-American culture, but unsympathetic to his particular expression.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-18-2007 |
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Documentary Captures the Katrina Refugee Experience in Utahnew
In his second feature film, director Alex LeMay attempts to answer the question: What do you get when you take a nearly all-white state filled primarily with Mormons and add 600 black Hurricane Katrina refugees?
New York Press |
Nida Najar |
10-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alex LeMay, Desert Bayou
Hear it From Golda Meirnew
In Golda’s Balcony, the eponymous subject spends the full running time talking to herself. This being filmed theater, it’s clear we’re not dealing with a weirdly nostalgic case of schizophrenia, but I wouldn’t reject the possibility that the entire movie takes place inside Israel’s most iconic prime minister’s head.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
10-11-2007 |
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Tags: Golda's Balcony, Jeremy Kagan
Naturalism Meets Superstition in 'Khadak'new
The filmmakers capitalize on the poetic quality of the nearly wordless movie’s storybook images, but they don’t fetishize the culture; rather, they view it through an honest lens by taking the superstitious elements at face value.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
10-11-2007 |
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'Lake of Fire': The Viscus is the Messagenew
This fascinating documentary essay exposes every angle of the abortion debate.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
10-04-2007 |
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Tags: Lake of Fire, Tony Kaye
'Michael Clayton' Mines the '70s for Style & Substancenew
Hipster filmmakers like Tony Gilroy keep looking backwards to the 1970s, hoping to disguise how ill-equipped they are to deal with contemporary social issues -- that trendiness ruins George Clooney's few attempts at baleful characterization in Michael Clayton.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-04-2007 |
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Tags: Michael Clayton, Tony Gilroy
Robert Benton Gives Us The Love Jittersnew
Feast of Love is a feel-good movie for the semi-literati; as such it may grate on those too sophisticated for its smooth ways and easy answers.
New York Press |
Marsha McCreadie |
09-27-2007 |
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Tags: Feast of Love, Robert Benton
'Lust, Caution' is a Cautionary Sex Talenew
Ang Lee finally makes the film he's always wanted.
New York Press |
Armond White |
09-27-2007 |
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Tags: Ang Lee, Lust, Caution
'The Kingdom': The Witless A-Teamnew
This blandly politicized action film borrows equally from documentaries and Mr. T.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
09-27-2007 |
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Tags: Peter Berg, The Kingdom
'The Darjeeling Limited': My Three Stoogesnew
Wes Anderson understands the fragility (and humor) of families.
New York Press |
Armond White |
09-27-2007 |
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'The Last Winter' & 'Into the Wild' Bring Doom from Belownew
New movies from Larry Fessenden and Sean Penn give us "new" horror.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
09-20-2007 |
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The Myth & Men of the James Gang Go a Little Queernew
Dominik has fabricated a big picture with a small point.
New York Press |
Armond White |
09-20-2007 |
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