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Cosmic Dustnew
The Golden Compass spins wildly trying to hit every point on the dial.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
12-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Weitz, The Golden Compass
Original Impactnew
John Cusack transforms himself for this effective sob story that brings the war home.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
12-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Grace is Gone, James Strouse
What Does 'The Golden Compass' Have Those Other Fantasy Flicks Didn't?new
To put it briefly, Nicole Kidman, polar bears and a boycott from the Catholic League.
Willamette Week |
Ben Waterhouse |
12-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Weitz, The Golden Compass
'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' is Eye-Catchingnew
Schnabel achieves greatness through the incredible accomplishments of a man left with one eye.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-29-2007 |
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'I'm Not There' is No Hagiographynew
Widely described as a tribute, it frequently comes across as a series of insults.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
11-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
'It's a Lotta White Folks'new
Alex LeMay's documentary Desert Bayou tells a Hurricane Katrina story that you almost certainly haven't heard, as 600 black New Orleans evacuees are transported to Salt Lake City.
Jackson Free Press |
Darren Schwindaman |
11-20-2007 |
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Tags: Alex LeMay, Desert Bayou
Comfortably Dumbnew
The directors of Southland Tales and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium like 'em big and stupid.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
11-15-2007 |
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Reverend Billy Gets the Doc Treatmentnew
Rob VanAlkemade alternates between deconstructing the conceits behind Reverend Billy's wild-eyed demeanor and exploring the Church's message in a linear fashion. As a result, the movie offers both intriguing portraiture and probing cultural analysis.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
11-15-2007 |
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'Redacted' is the Low Point of a Great Artist's Careernew
The media's rush to validate a weak De Palma film continues last year's insanity that overpraised the TV-style docudrama United 93, misconstrued Oliver Stone's great elegy World Trade Center and overrated the outdated 1969 French import Army of Shadows.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-15-2007 |
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The Freewheelin' Todd Haynes' 'I'm Not There'new
Hoping to write about Todd Haynes' new not-a-biopic of Bob Dylan almost feels like trying to write footnotes to footnotes, a circular exercise that would wind even the fabulist likes of Jorge Luis Borges.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
11-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
All the Pretty Carnagenew
Remorseless murder isn't all there is to No Country for Old Men, but it's all anyone seems to care about.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
11-12-2007 |
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'No Country' is a Crime Movie for a World at Warnew
The way the Coen brothers' latest morphs from noir into contemporary-western moral struggle makes it deeper, funnier and even stranger than Fargo.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-08-2007 |
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'Lions for Lambs' is Years Behind the Times
Overtly pedantic and overstrained, Tom Cruise's first undertaking as co-head of United Artists is a politically top-heavy triptych of simultaneous political conversations made all the more cumbersome due to its extravagant cast.
Tags: Lions for Lambs, Robert Redford
'Bee Movie' Brings Plenty of Stingers, but Not Much Point
Jerry Seinfeld's film boasts a fair number of funny individual jokes -- what it lacks is any idea how to tie them all together.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
10-30-2007 |
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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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