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The Horror, the Horrornew
Saw is indeed a horror movie, but not necessarily in the manner the filmmakers intended.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-28-2004 |
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Ghosts in the Machinenew
With Goodbye Dragon Inn, Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang has made his great film about film.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Fujiwara |
10-28-2004 |
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Forward: Alexander Payne Takes a Step in the Right Directionnew
The alternately rollicking and mournful road comedy about the terrors of settling into middle age takes place during a vacation taken by two men, pals since college, in California wine country. Accompanying the review is an interview with director Alexander Payne.
Boston Phoenix |
Steve Vineberg |
10-28-2004 |
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Reconstruction Guided by Faith in and a Skepticism of Fatenew
Christoffer Boe's impressive first feature gives an analytical cast to ideas of our destiny and in the process forces us to question why we want so desperately to believe in stories like Aimee and Alex's
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-28-2004 |
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Tags: Christoffer Boe, Reconstruction
Implausible Story Reaps Ill-Conceived Birthnew
Co-written by one-time Luis Buñuel collaborator Jean-Claude Carriére, Birth aims for the somnambulist surreality and social critique of Belle de Jour or Diary of a Chambermaid, but achieves only spookiness for spookiness' sake.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-28-2004 |
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Tags: birth, Jonathan Glazer
Ominous Primer Goes Back to the Futurenew
Primer explores how two would-be businessmen stumble across an invention with unthinkable consequences for their futures -- and possibly the very concept of "the future" itself. Director Shane Carruth stays just far enough ahead of the audience to keep us intrigued.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-28-2004 |
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Tags: Primer, Shane Carruth
Ray shines light on R&B legendnew
Ray proves bracingly earthy and candid, with none of the soft edges of an "authorized" biography. The film presents the groundbreaking R&B singer in flesh and blood, not gold and platinum, and argues that Charles' steely determination fed both his musical achievements and personality flaws.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-28-2004 |
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Tags: Ray, Taylor Hackford
Charlie and the True-Crime Factorynew
Fifteen years in the making, Jim Van Bebber's The Manson Family gives new meaning to the phrase cult film.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
10-27-2004 |
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Family Albumnew
The photograph collectors depicted in the new documentary Other People's Pictures seem to be trying to recapture the human touch.
Hail to the Drama Queennew
Annette Bening brings down the house as an aging star unwilling to fade.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
10-25-2004 |
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Opera Litenew
This paranoid, semicomic portrait of a man who has sold his soul to Big Business is pretty weak stuff in light of what Ken Lay and Company have wrought.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
10-25-2004 |
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Secrets and Liesnew
With his latest film, Mike Leigh skirts a new, dangerous arena -- the morality play. The movie is about family and the differences between the happy and sad varieties. But the story involves a woman who performs illegal abortions.
Dallas Observer |
Melissa Levine |
10-25-2004 |
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Blessed Are the Cheesemakersnew
In 2004 A.D., as the five remaining members of the legendary Monty Python comedy troupe lie in coffins in a Vanity Fair spread to jeer at their own deaths, it's really nice to have them back together commanding the big screen.
Cleveland Scene |
Gregory Weinkauf |
10-25-2004 |
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Beating the Bushnew
Hijacking Catastrophe compares Bush to a Nazi. That's a brazen move, fitting for a documentary that promotes fearlessness as the ultimate act of citizenship. It's also melodramatic.
Cleveland Scene |
Melissa Levine |
10-25-2004 |
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Best Foot Forwardnew
Richard Gere takes on a ride requiring plenty of ballroom.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
10-22-2004 |
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