AltWeeklies Wire
A Certain Qualitynew
This movie with Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett is a hothouse psychodrama, full of outrageous and florid sentiments that are made semipalatable by the quality of the craftsmanship involved.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
01-15-2007 |
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Tags: Notes on a Scandal, Richard Eyre
Barking Up the Wrong Treenew
It's a soggy true-crime drama -- too serious to be trashy, too trashy to be serious.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
01-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alpha Dog, Nick Cassavetes
Care Bearers
Pedro Almodovar celebrates communities of female mutual support in Volver.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
01-15-2007 |
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Tags: Pedro Almodóvar, Volver
Oriented Sexualitynew
Adulterous women are at the center of two new films set in China -- Curse of the Golden Flower and The Painted Veil.
Kicking and Schemingnew
To enjoy the film for the spectacle it is, it's best to simply go along with the turns of loyalty and tangled connections, savoring the detailed costumes and beautifully turned-out sets.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
01-11-2007 |
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Elegant Lessonnew
This psychological satire investigates more than politics or moral behavior.
New York Press |
Armond White |
01-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Claude Chabrol, Comedy of Power
Barrennew
Children of Men is the type of important film -- dare I say vision? -- we used to expect from Terry Gilliam.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
01-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men
Pop Instinctnew
Throw one more onto the youth-movie junk heap.
New York Press |
Armond White |
01-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alpha Dog, Nick Cassavetes
The Banality of Evil
Nick Cassavetes tells the tale of Jesse James Hollywood.
Tags: Alpha Dog, Nick Cassavetes
The White Saviornew
The great Hilary Swank overdoes it in the overly cute Freedom Writers.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
01-11-2007 |
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Highs and Lowsnew
Candy is chock full of prettiness and drugs and poetry and feelings and nipples.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
01-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: candy, Neil Armfield
I Spy a Corny Thrillernew
Attempting to say something about our voyeuristic culture, this first-person flick can't see past genre cliches.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
01-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alone With Her, Eric Nicholas
Trial and Terrornew
In the face of Iran's Holocaust denial conference and contemporary desensitization comes this startling German doc.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
01-11-2007 |
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The Emperor Of Ice And Screamsnew
David Lynch loves him some hallways.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
01-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: David Lynch, Inland Empire
Gutsy, Smart, & Entertainingnew
Eastwood turns traitor and makes a terrific film.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
01-10-2007 |
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