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'Standard Operating Procedure' Deconstructs the Abu Ghraib Photosnew
Once again, Errol Morris is dealing with war at its morally foggiest.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
05-02-2008 |
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'Made of Honor' is a Humdrum Rom-Comnew
The leads have no chemistry, it isn't very funny, "made of honor" doesn't even make sense as a phrase, and it is definitely a waste of your time.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
05-02-2008 |
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Tags: Made of Honor, Paul Weiland
Two Girls, One 'Life Before Her Eyes'new
The most striking aspect of this film is its look: Beautiful shots of swimming pools, falling leaves, and dead birds intersperse the film's narrative scenes, taking some edge off the otherwise pensive pacing.
The Portland Mercury |
Marjorie Skinner |
05-01-2008 |
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My Only 'Iron Man' Complaint?new
With all of Iron Man's blockbuster-y action and sharp banter, only one thing's missing: Unlike in the comics, where Tony can't ever seem to put down the bottle, not once does he get drunk in Iron Man.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
05-01-2008 |
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Harmony Korine Unleashes His Zombies on Celebrity Culturenew
Yes, he makes movies about repellent creatures, but his directorial career -- one of the freak occurrences of the '90s -- is also back from the dead.
New York Press |
Armond White |
05-01-2008 |
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David Mamet Creates a Serious 'Karate Kid'new
But Mamet's self-seriousness stifles Redbelt's cinematic potential.
New York Press |
Armond White |
05-01-2008 |
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Does Werner Herzog Take Werner Herzog Seriously Anymore?new
Encounters at the End of the World is principally a collection of Herzog's Antarctic vacation pictures; the movie feels like an episode of Travels with Rick Steves if the show were hosted by a perpetually gloomy German.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
05-01-2008 |
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'Beaufort' Doesn't Retreat from War's Futilitynew
The semi-fictionalized film is adapted from a novel by Israeli writer Ron Leshem and set in the waning days of Israeli control over an ancient fortress. It is -- rather originally for a war film -- not about conquest, but about retreat.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Emiliano Garcia-Sarnoff |
05-01-2008 |
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Tags: Beaufort, Joseph Cedar
Hash Rehashednew
This second Harold and Kumar film is disappointingly lame, dude.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
05-01-2008 |
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Hair and Feelingsnew
This Lebanese chick flick is entertaining enough, even if Cylons are few and far between.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-01-2008 |
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Tags: Caramel, Nadine Labaki
'The Life Before Her Eyes': Undo the Twistnew
Complex drama spoils itself.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-01-2008 |
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'Dark Matter' Explores Strange Territorynew
Chen Shi-Zeng wrote Dark Matter to investigate the unhappy flip side of the immigrant experience, in particular the forces at work beneath the cheerful surface of cross-culturalism that he lampoons so devastatingly in the film.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
05-01-2008 |
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Tags: Chen Shi-Zeng, Dark Matter
Know Thy Spouse?new
A bizarrely complicated love triangle that unfolds during the film's 90 minutes. To get technical, the shape of the affairs that ensue is much more amorphous than a triangle, but "love polygon" has less of a ring.
Boise Weekly |
Travis Estvold |
04-30-2008 |
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Tags: Ira Sachs, Married Life
'Medicine for Melancholy' Faces the Changing San Francisconew
Jenkins' film is important because it spotlights the most overlooked aspect of the city's changing face: black people, and the lack thereof.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
D. Scot Miller |
04-30-2008 |
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Errol Morris and the Aesthetics of Evidencenew
While the endlessly loquacious and deeply political director has made a film about Abu Ghraib and the secondary victims (those who were punished of low rank and those of higher rank who created the atmosphere where such violations were possible were not), he's more interested in dissecting the meaning of photography.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
04-30-2008 |
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