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Deep-Snoring Exercisesnew
Naked in Ashes reveals the life of a yogi but doesn't attempt to explain it.
East Bay Express |
Melissa Levine |
12-09-2005 |
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Tags: Naked in Ashes, Paula Fouce
Last Laughnew
A Palestinian filmmaker finds the humor in suicide bombing.
Phoenix New Times |
Luke Y. Thompson |
12-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hany Abu-Assad, Paradise Now
Oil Makes the World Go Roundnew
One of the most uncompromising movies of the year, Syriana is like a living tableaux composed from all the stories that lurk just behind the news, the stories that put human faces on the demand for oil.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Stephen Gaghan, Syriana
Comedian Lost in the Byways of Songnew
Spotty comedy delivers on its promise of Total Silverman, but that turns out to be not such a good thing after all.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-08-2005 |
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Important Subject Marred by Poor Filmmakingnew
This film is a passionate if clunky cri du coeur for the kidnapped and murdered women of Juarez, Mexico -- a silent epidemic of as many as 450 crimes in the last 10 years.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
12-08-2005 |
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Acting the Partnew
This Naomi Watts performance showcase has been slipping into theatres that are presently readying themselves for the onslaught of King Kong, which just happens to star Watts as the woman who would be Fay Wray.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ellie Parker, Scott Coffey
If We Could Talk to the Animalsnew
Fusillade No. 1 in Disney's presumed seven-film adaptation of C.S. Lewis' beloved children's tales is marred by dodgy CGI work and windy pacing.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
12-08-2005 |
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For the Sake of the Songnew
Vivid yet impressionistic, this documentary tribute to the musician Townes Van Zandt brings the life and the music of this songwriter's songwriter into focus.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-08-2005 |
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Let A Hundred Romances Bloomnew
This Chinese film presents an uncharacteristically romantic look at the Cultural Revolution.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
12-08-2005 |
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Bollywood Cops and Gangsters FIlm Dials Down the Musicnew
Hokey if well-intentioned and largely non-singing Bollywood melodrama about cops and gangsters and, behind them all, dear old dad.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Aparahan, Prakash Jha
Gaghan Calls for Revolution!new
Maybe not a revolution, but if anything, Syriana helps convey the importance of political awareness and the global economy.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
12-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Syriana, Stephan Gaghan
Liberty and Justice For Oil
Stephen Gaghan gives the oil industry the Traffic treatment in a well-made, well-cast Gordian knot of a film.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
12-08-2005 |
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Out of the Closet
With a fairly faithful adaptation of the first book, the Chronicles of Narnia film franchise is off to a strong start, thank Aslan.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
12-08-2005 |
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Film Feels Like Hippy-Dippy Sci-Fi Throwbacknew
A badly acted, incoherently structured shambles, Aeon Flux wastes the visual cleverness of some of the film's futuristic ideas and Charlize Theron's athletic body language.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
12-08-2005 |
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Touchy Feelynew
The film is less about a cliched overcoming of a disability and more about finding a deeper connection to the world around us that should inform all of our lives.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
12-08-2005 |
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