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Choice Sophie
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days fails to click for two reasons, one practical and the other conceptual.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-27-2006 |
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The Word at War
The film successfully conjures war and peace, as well as its competing notions of Christian duty, but it's vague on any but the most generic sort of humanity.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Christian Carion, Joyeux Noel
Bride and Prejudice
This is a surprisingly resonant allegory about arrogance and missed opportunities for connection -- and about the dismal odds of ever reaching peace because of these roadblocks.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Eran Riklis, The Syrian Bride
Cracking Wiseguy
Didn't anyone ever tell Sidney Lumet the one about putting lipstick on a pig?
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sidney Lumet, Find Me Guilty
Scrat Catch Fever
One brilliant supporting character is the only thing supporting Ice Age: The Meltdown.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
03-27-2006 |
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Blank Slate Equals Movie's Fatenew
The ambitions of this intriguing documentary about one man's amnesia far outweigh its accomplishments.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Rupert Murray, Unknown White Male
Leader of the Pack Felled by a Babynew
Winner of the 2005 Best Foreign Language Oscar, this South African entry is a harsh but ultimately redemptive tale of a young gang leader who lives in a Johannesburg shantytown.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Gavin Hood, Tsotsi
Period Threads and Story Strandsnew
Tristram Shandy's inspired, breakneck madness provides a good forum for Michael Winterbottom's chief talent: the illumination of human nature, with all its messes and occasional marvels.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
03-24-2006 |
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Who's That Girl?new
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night gets a teen-movie rehash in this manic panic of a mess that never rises to even the lowest levels of the Bard’s cross-dressing comedy of errors.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Andy Fickman, She's the Man
Musical Alchemynew
Lots of information and finely honed arguments characterize this vicariously thrilling and joyous documentary that explores heavy metal's many permutations and sheer endurance over the past 30-odd years.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-24-2006 |
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Spike Lee Scoresnew
Although with Denzel, Jodie, and Clive it would be difficult to go wrong, Spike Lee and screenwriter Russell Gewirtz have created a truly original film from various shopworn genre cliches.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Spike Lee, Inside Man
Duck Coopnew
Despite being a movie about youthful inertia among some Mexico City adolescents stuck at home by themselves, Duck Season is squirmy and restless.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
03-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Fernando Eimbcke, Duck Season
Matches Made In Mexiconew
Ivan Thompson, the "Cowboy Cupid" who brokers marriages between American men and Mexican women, is a truly fascinating documentary character that is expertly revealed through rock-solid storytelling.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
03-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Cowboy del Amor, Michèle Ohayon
Triumph of the Sum-Bitchnew
Larry "lays some cable" across America.
For Meta or For Worsenew
Steve Coogan, Michael Winterbottom and Rob Brydon discuss "corpsing," giant vaginas and the making of Tristram Shandy.
Montreal Mirror |
Sarah Rowland |
03-24-2006 |
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