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JAMES GREENBERG
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" Editors Michael Taylor, Geoffrey Richman and [director Margaret Brown] have stitched the material together to make a lively and revealing portrait of life in the New South."
Posted Jan 30, 2008
 
The Order of Myths (2008)100%
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" Seductive and horrifying at the same time...The film opens with a rush of energy and doesn't let up."
Posted Jan 30, 2008
 
The Wave (2008)67%
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" Michelle William's riveting performance as the young mother makes it imminently watchable."
Posted Jan 28, 2008
 
Incendiary (2008)26%
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" The immigrant experience has been seen many times on film before but rarely with the authenticity, wit and intelligence of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's Sugar."
Posted Jan 25, 2008
 
Sugar (2009)n/a
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" With the eye of a veteran documentarian, [Lisa] Jackson sees the innocence, colorfulness and spirit of the Congo in the background, but what she presents is a country that clearly will not be whole until its women are protected."
Posted Jan 24, 2008
 
Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo (2008)n/a
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" The film has a great energy and means what it says."
Posted Jan 24, 2008
 
North Starr (2008)n/a
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" A unique record of an artist's journey."
Posted Jan 23, 2008
 
Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008)64%
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" Just when you think you've seen every possible variation on the hit-man genre, Irish playwright Martin McDonagh in his feature debut has fashioned an audacious combination of Old World grace and modern ultraviolence."
Posted Jan 18, 2008
 
In Bruges (2008)81%
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" The small, well-acted chamber drama is a genre that has virtually disappeared from American screens, which is too bad when you see one as accomplished as Live-in Maid."
Posted Jul 18, 2007
 
Live-In Maid (2004)100%
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" Wonderful and winning Irish musical."
Posted Jan 30, 2007
 
Once (2007)97%
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" Enlightening docu about an unknown chapter in the history of racism."
Posted Jan 30, 2007
 
Banished: How Whites Drove Blacks Out of Town in America (2007)85%
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" Indispensable, beautifully crafted account of a little-known Japanese massacre."
Posted Jan 30, 2007
 
Nanking (2007)98%
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" Veteran documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield makes an impressive leap to features with Ghosts."
Posted Jan 27, 2007
 
Ghosts (2006)100%
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" Fanning projects a strange mix of innocence and awareness. The triumph of her performance is her ability to turn it on and off in the same scene, sometimes even in the same shot."
Posted Jan 26, 2007
 
Hounddog (2008)17%
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" Complex and satisfying New York literary drama."
Posted Jan 25, 2007
 
Starting Out in the Evening (2007)85%
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" Clever and moderately entertaining, film is a puzzle that will find some supporters as surely as it will sharply divide audiences."
Posted Jan 25, 2007
 
On the Road with Judas (2007)60%
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" Not only does the film thoroughly and skillfully explain the context in which something as heinous as Abu Ghraib could happen, it attempts to understand the psychology of those involved."
Posted Jan 25, 2007
 
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007)100%
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" The film is beautifully shot by Mike Turnbull and Nick Manley, including a moody black and white scene in the cemetery and a lovely crane shot looking out at the doomed neighborhood."
Posted Jan 25, 2007
 
A Very British Gangster (2008)67%
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" Skillfully shot and edited."
Posted Jan 25, 2007
 
My Kid Could Paint That (2007)94%
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" One big asset is his excellent use of music, including the child-like plaintive wailing of a group called Deerhoof. Other smart choices include songs by Cat Power and the Stokes, all expertly edited into the flow of the story."
Posted Jan 24, 2007
 
Dedication (2007)41%
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" Predictable and decidedly old-fashioned in its sensibility, the film is likely to win over audiences if not critics."
Posted Apr 8, 2006
 
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (2006)24%
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" The Illusionist is like a dreamscape existing between sleep and consciousness, the old world and the new."
Posted Feb 1, 2006
 
The Illusionist (2006)74%
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" An intriguing meditation on aging, the impermanence of time and man's place in nature."
Posted Jan 31, 2006
 
House of Sand (2005)79%
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" Ryan Gosling establishes himself as a major talent and one of the finest young actors around."
Posted Jan 31, 2006
 
Half Nelson (2006)91%
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" An incredibly powerful story of renewal, commitment and the resiliency of the human spirit."
Posted Jan 26, 2006
 
God Grew Tired of Us (2007)91%
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" A thoughtful dissection of the courtship and marriage of two ultimately mismatched New Yorkers."
Posted Jan 24, 2006
 
Flannel Pajamas (2006)52%
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" A satisfying and very skillful piece of filmmaking."
Posted Jan 24, 2006
 
In Between Days (2006)85%
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" Life-affirming without being saccharine and enormously entertaining."
Posted Jan 24, 2006
 
Quinceanera (2006)86%
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" A family drama that is the visual equivalent of a Bruce Springsteen song, Steel City offers several standout performances and a satisfying low-key story."
Posted Jan 23, 2006
 
Steel City (2006)86%
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" The film plays like an open window on the mind of an obsessed and tortured artist."
Posted Jan 23, 2006
 
Wide Awake (2006)80%
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" A stunning statement on how we mistreat our best and bravest young men."
Posted Jan 22, 2006
 
The Ground Truth (2006)87%
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" The funniest dirty joke you'll ever hear."
Posted Jul 18, 2005
 
The Aristocrats (2005)80%
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" It's the kind of engaged, political filmmaking that is rarely seen today, and it's a welcome and powerful addition to the canon."
Posted Jun 28, 2005
 
This Revolution (2006)20%
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" Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is not only a great cautionary tale, it's a civics lesson that should be seen by every concerned citizen."
Posted Apr 22, 2005
 
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)97%
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" If The Wizard of Oz were reborn in the 21st century, it might look a lot like MirrorMask."
Posted Feb 5, 2005
 
MirrorMask (2005)52%
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" Thoughtful and extremely well-made."
Posted Feb 2, 2005
 
Why We Fight (2006)79%
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" It is a film that should be required viewing by all citizens, especially students, if we hope not to repeat this awful chapter."
Posted Oct 15, 2004
 
Home Of The Brave (2004)92%
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" An example of social activism at its best; it's not only enlightening, but it's an engrossing story."
Posted Jun 3, 2004
 
Deadline (2004)93%
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" Without a story that demands to be told, it lacks the urgency and significance of a great docu but still offers a diverting entertainment for a television audience."
Posted May 8, 2004
 
Word Wars (2004)89%
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" Rather than seeming dated, Chisholm's moxie and commitment is a refreshing antidote to the opportunism and cynicism that rules the political roost today."
Posted Apr 17, 2004
 
Chisholm 72 - Unbought & Unbossed (2004)86%
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" Thanks to Spurlock's oversized and buoyant personality and some pretty nifty filmmaking, the results are as entertaining as they are sobering."
Posted Feb 5, 2004
 
Super Size Me (2004)93%
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" By turns humorous, insightful and infuriating."
Posted Jan 28, 2004
 
Imelda (2004)94%
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" A work of art so deep and resonant that it puts most narrative films to shame."
Posted Jan 27, 2004
 
Born Into Brothels (2004)96%
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" The strength of the film is its presentation of a complex national issue as it rears its ugly head on a local level."
Posted Jan 27, 2004
 
Farmingville (2004)79%
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" Timoner followed Newombe's band, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, and its archrival, the Dandy Warhols, for seven years and has put together some amazing footage of the rock life at its most exalted and most mundane."
Posted Jan 27, 2004
 
DIG! (2004)89%

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