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'The Monastery': Thinking Big With Vignew

As if the presentation of a hard-boiled, aged man who spends his days alone in his slowly decaying shelter weren't enough, this documentary's rough human and physical landscape is completed by Sister Amvrosija.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Maria Komodore  |  10-24-2007  |  Reviews

Grief, Love & Plastic Mingle in 'Lars and the Real Girl'new

The film couches its outrageous concept in classic Amer-indie trappings, including a naturalistic setting that incorporates small-town vistas, snowy cinematography, and a Sundance Channel-ready cast.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Cheryl Eddy  |  10-17-2007  |  Reviews

Laboring with Childhood in 'My Kid Could Paint That'new

Amir Bar-Lev's excellent documentary starts out as a straight-up chronicle of a way-underage artistic phenomenon, until unforeseen developments suggest some sort of mass-media con job based on dreams of squeaky-clean white suburbia.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Dennis Harvey  |  10-10-2007  |  Reviews

'The Last Winter' Certifies Fessenden as a Horror Auteurnew

Larry Fessenden's The Last Winter isn't the first global-warming horror film, and it surely won't be the last, but it's unlikely there will be a better one anytime soon -- or a better horror movie this fall.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Dennis Harvey  |  09-26-2007  |  Reviews

Two Takes on William Friedkin's 'Cruising'new

The 1980 tale of an undercover cop's pursuit of a serial killer in the West Village's leather-clad S-M scene is being screened in select cities in anticipation of the DVD release.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Matt Sussman and Jason Shimai  |  09-05-2007  |  Reviews

Johnnie To's 'Exiled' (John) Woos Leonenew

It doesn't get much better than a movie that balances hair-trigger violence with moments of gentle humor.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Cheryl Eddy  |  09-05-2007  |  Reviews

'Revolution Summer' Runs on Anxietynew

Featuring a score by Jonathan Richman and real-life footage of protesters and riot cops, Montalbano's film is lightly plotted and heavily atmospheric.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Lynn Rapoport  |  08-29-2007  |  Reviews

Emotion Trumps Class in 'Live-In Maid'new

The Argentinean film relies heavily on a very exact choreography between the two characters: a formerly famous and wealthy woman in decline and her maid.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Maria Komodore  |  08-29-2007  |  Reviews

Who's the True 'King of Kong'?new

Gordon doesn't make fun of his subjects, and he never once belittles them for their laserlike devotion to a certain barrel-hurling ape -- although some of the secondary players invite ridicule due to their incredible nerdiness.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Cheryl Eddy  |  08-16-2007  |  Reviews

Ziggy Stardust Shines in Re-issued Labyrinthnew

Bowie holds together this uneven but still diverting exercise in fantastical production design and critters.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Dennis Harvey  |  07-30-2007  |  Reviews

'Sunshine' Ruminates on Solar Powernew

Let there be light.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Cheryl Eddy  |  07-18-2007  |  Reviews

'Transformers' Without Ironynew

If you want to enjoy this flick without guilt, you'll have to ignore the whole Middle East issue.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Annalee Newitz  |  07-11-2007  |  Reviews

'Rescue Dawn': Welcome (Back) to the Junglenew

Werner Herzog revisits Dieter Dengler's great escape.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Cheryl Eddy  |  07-11-2007  |  Reviews

Not Much More Than Meets the Eyenew

Transformers is shiny, toy-based cheese.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Cheryl Eddy  |  07-05-2007  |  Reviews

Tune In, Turn On, 'Psych-Out'new

A filmed-in-the-Haight fable about Summer of Love hippies doing, like, hippie stuff, man.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Dennis Harvey  |  07-05-2007  |  Reviews

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