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Hello Is for Childrennew
Turtles Can Fly mines the kid-survivor stories of Kurdish Iraq.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Susan Gerhard |
04-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Grudge Matchnew
Payback's a bitch in Park Chan-wook's thrilling Oldboy.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
04-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Park Chan-wook, Oldboy
Fortunate Sonnew
This film directed by the son of Michael Eisner is a stunning piece of work -- stunningly inept, stunningly incoherent, stunningly awful in every way imaginable.
Head in the Sandnew
This documentary honors the desert race the Baja 1000 with overheated prose.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
04-11-2005 |
Reviews
Rose in Bloomnew
The title characters in this highly literate film are an unreconstructed hippie remnant from the 1960s and his dreamy-eyed teenage daughter, who live in self-imposed exile on an island off the mid-Atlantic coast.
The Grapes of Mirthnew
Jonathan Nossiter's documentary exposing the globalization of the wine industry is subversive, funny and humane.
Farrellys Strike Outnew
Don’t go into the Farrelly brothers’ Fever Pitch seeking an adaptation along the lines of the merely Yankified remix of the Nick Hornby novel High Fidelity: This is not that – not even close.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-08-2005 |
Reviews
Across the Great Dividenew
Samuel L. Jackson and Juliette Binoche star in this John Boorman political drama about the work of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
04-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: John Boorman, In My Country
The Newlywed Gamenew
The premise of this gleefully jaundiced mockumentary is simple: A filmmaker pays the expenses of a Queens doorman buying a bride from Burma in exchange for the opportunity to film the proceedings.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
04-08-2005 |
Reviews
Home Alonenew
Nobody Knows is the rare film that successfully tells its tale of childhood from the children’s point of view, forgoing easy sensationalism and poignancy for naturalism and honesty.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hirokazu Kore-eda, Nobody Knows
Desert Dust-Upnew
Sahara may be asinine, but it’s also goofy, good fun.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Breck Eisner, Sahara
Anger Managementnew
The two fantastic performances by Joan Allen and Kevin Costner that anchor The Upside of Anger are the reason to see this contemporary drama about romance between two flawed adults.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Mike Binder, The Upside of Anger
Marketing Midriffsnew
Miles Copeland shoots for Riverdance redux with the reality TV-ish American Bellydancer.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
04-07-2005 |
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Father-Daughter Relationship Suffersnew
Conveying a muddle of vanity, pride, vulnerability and heartsickness, Daniel Day-Lewis breaks your heart with his portrayal of an off-the-grid hippie who is running on the fumes of a failed Utopia.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
04-07-2005 |
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Eros' Three-Pronged Poke Leaves a Lot to be Desirednew
Eros feels almost entirely irrelevant, when each of its directors has already crafted memorable films in which desire and longing are the subflooring of daily life.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
04-07-2005 |
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