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Reverend Billy Gets the Doc Treatmentnew
Rob VanAlkemade alternates between deconstructing the conceits behind Reverend Billy's wild-eyed demeanor and exploring the Church's message in a linear fashion. As a result, the movie offers both intriguing portraiture and probing cultural analysis.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
11-15-2007 |
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'Mr. Magorium's' Lacks the Stuff to Wow at Any Agenew
Uninspired despite its various attempts to find inspiration, Magorium is itself like a toy: Shiny, mystifying and completely expendable.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
11-15-2007 |
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Evil Ways
The Coen brothers combine pure thrills with grim philosophy in No Country for Old Men.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
11-15-2007 |
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Disasters of Warnew
Brian De Palma's Redacted protests the Iraq war while Darfur Now offers hope in the midst of genocide.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
11-15-2007 |
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'Redacted' is the Low Point of a Great Artist's Careernew
The media's rush to validate a weak De Palma film continues last year's insanity that overpraised the TV-style docudrama United 93, misconstrued Oliver Stone's great elegy World Trade Center and overrated the outdated 1969 French import Army of Shadows.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-15-2007 |
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Director Richard Kelly's Sophomoric Sophmore Filmnew
Once upon a time, writer-director Kelly gave us the fine and sensitive Donnie Darko, a work that succeeded in building eeriness and foreboding with minimal violence. Not so in Southland Tales.
Willamette Week |
N.P. Thompson |
11-14-2007 |
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Tags: Richard Kelly, Southland Tales
Dud 'in the Time of Cholera'new
Someone do us a favor and stop assigning director Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) to beloved book adaptations.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
11-14-2007 |
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The Freewheelin' Todd Haynes' 'I'm Not There'new
Hoping to write about Todd Haynes' new not-a-biopic of Bob Dylan almost feels like trying to write footnotes to footnotes, a circular exercise that would wind even the fabulist likes of Jorge Luis Borges.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
11-14-2007 |
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Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
Jimmy Carter, the Likable Politiciannew
Despite its running time, Man From Plains suffers from a sound-bite sensibility.
Baltimore City Paper |
Steve Erickson |
11-13-2007 |
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Abstract Reasoningnew
A film's exploration into the authenticity of 4-year-old Marla Olmstead's paintings raises the thorny question of how we judge abstract art.
Director Sidney Lamut Creates the Taut Dramanew
Whenever a movie begins with a wide-screen view of Philip Seymour Hoffman's ass, there's a director behind the camera who doesn't take orders.
Baltimore City Paper |
John Barry |
11-13-2007 |
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'Lions for Lambs' is Skeptical About the War on Terrornew
It's certainly didactic at times, like a college theme paper turned into an episode of West Wing. But the dialogue's sharp and incisive, and the acting's first-rate. And there's star charisma to burn, what with Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep and, of course, Redford himself along for the ride.
Tags: Lions for Lambs, Robert Redford
All the Pretty Carnagenew
Remorseless murder isn't all there is to No Country for Old Men, but it's all anyone seems to care about.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
11-12-2007 |
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Tonal Gravitynew
Coen Brothers return to darkness with No Country for Old Men while Lions for Lambs offers an anything-but-subtle attack.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
11-09-2007 |
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Coen Brothers to Audience: 'Hold Still'new
The Coen brothers transcend themselves with No Country for Old Men.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
11-09-2007 |
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