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Critics / Carlo Cavagna
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CARLO CAVAGNA

Agrees with the Tomatometer 75% of the time.

Biography: A few years ago, frustrated by the daily grind of working as a surly government troglodyte, Carlo began pestering his friends with unsolicited e-mailed critiques of movies he had seen. With a surfeit of reviews clogging his hard drive and no Web experience whatsoever, Carlo eventually decided that the only thing to do was to create a film criticism site. With the assistance of Dreamweaver, a book on how to use Dreamweaver, and a couple reluctant friends, AboutFilm.com was born in March 1999. AboutCultFilm.com, administered by Marc Slanger, followed in 2000. AboutFilmBoards.com, the AboutFilm community site, was launched in 2002. At present, Carlo aspires to recognition as a great hegemon of cinematic critique, but has instead found his niche as a shifty-eyed site administrator. Composing diatribes in his ratty paper-lined lair, Carlo expends great energy quixotically scheming to topple the bloated ranks of the Hollywood hierarchy. Not possessed of a lengthy attention span, however, Carlo can instead often be found consuming unhealthy quantities of cheese. Carlo has been a member of the Online Film Critics Society since June 2000.

Publications: AboutFilm.com

Critics' Group: Online Film Critics Society

Total Reviews: 398
Total QuickRatings: 40

Location: Marina del Rey, CA

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N/A

Rotten
52%

Wah-Wah (2006)

" The inimitable Richard E. Grant discusses career highlights and lowlights, as well as the new film based on his own life, WAH-WAH."
INTERVIEW

Posted Jun 17, 2006

N/A

Rotten
26%

Fierce People (2007)

" After Hours star Griffin Dunne discusses his career as an actor, producer, and director, and his new film Fierce People."
INTERVIEW

Posted Jun 3, 2006

Fresh
B+

Rotten
55%

The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)

" Recreating the unusual spirit of the photos is what the film does best..."

Posted May 28, 2006

Fresh
B

Fresh
70%

Friends With Money (2006)

" Holofcener has a gift for wonderfully oblivious and in-denial characters, and the subtly ridiculous situations that such characters get themselves into."

Posted May 28, 2006

Fresh
B

Fresh
80%

District B13 (2006)

" Besson's script may be formulaic crap, but he obviously still has an eye for fresh action talent, and an instinct for how to show it off."

Posted May 22, 2006

Rotten
D

Rotten
26%

Fierce People (2007)

" Dunne weighs down a light social satire with a ponderous anthropological analogy."

Posted May 22, 2006

N/A

Rotten
55%

The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)

" Writer/director Mary Harron discusses the making of the film, Bettie Page's strange life, and casting blonde Gretchen Mol in the title role."
INTERVIEW

Posted May 17, 2006

Rotten
C-

Rotten
52%

Wah-Wah (2006)

" The sort of film that's obviously deeply meaningful to the filmmaker, but he fails to make it particularly meaningful to you."

Posted May 13, 2006

N/A

Fresh
81%

The World's Fastest Indian (2005)

" The director talks about making the film and how Hopkins and he managed to become friends after their notorious feud on the set of THE BOUNTY."
INTERVIEW

Posted Apr 16, 2006

N/A

Rotten
51%

Manderlay (2006)

" Bryce Dallas Howard talks about working with Lars Von Trier, the film's political dimensions, and how surprised she was when she saw the final cut."
INTERVIEW

Posted Apr 16, 2006

N/A

Rotten
55%

The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)

" Gretchen Mol speaks about her performance in The Notorious Bettie Page and the iconic pinup."
INTERVIEW

Posted Apr 14, 2006

N/A

Fresh
81%

The World's Fastest Indian (2005)

" Hopkins talks about his new film, his relationship with director Roger Donaldson, and how he doesn't like to think about acting."
INTERVIEW

Posted Feb 5, 2006

Rotten
D

Rotten
51%

Manderlay (2006)

" The most self-important, heavy-handed film since...well, since DOGVILLE."

Posted Jan 17, 2006

Rotten
D-

Fresh
91%

Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2006)

" A thin slice of a not-very-interesting nothing... The book they said was unfilmable turns out to be a film that is unwatchable."

Posted Jan 17, 2006

Fresh
B-

Fresh
75%

The Matador (2005)

" insubstantial, but fun"

Posted Jan 10, 2006

Fresh
A-

Fresh
76%

Match Point (2005)

" Thank goodness Allen has left New York and left himself out of the script."

Posted Dec 29, 2005

N/A

Fresh
86%

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

" Ang Lee talks about Brokeback Mountain, his observations about the American West, and how The Hulk almost made him quit the movie business."
INTERVIEW

Posted Dec 24, 2005

N/A

Fresh
86%

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

" Jake Gyllenhaal discusses Brokeback Mountain, Jarhead, and his amazing year."
INTERVIEW

Posted Dec 24, 2005

Rotten
C-

Rotten
45%

The Ice Harvest (2005)

" Memo to John Cusack: There's a thin line between humorous unflappability in the face of strange events, and sleepwalking. "

Posted Dec 24, 2005

Rotten
C+

Fresh
81%

The World's Fastest Indian (2005)

" The *ahem* engines take far to long to rev up."

Posted Dec 19, 2005

Rotten
C+

Fresh
65%

Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)

" Just because the film starts taking itself seriously doesn't mean you have to."

Posted Dec 14, 2005

Fresh
B-

Rotten
51%

Ellie Parker (2005)

" While the material wears thin, every minute of this film is a tour-de-force performance."

Posted Dec 14, 2005

Fresh
B+

Fresh
86%

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

" An introspective film, but not, thankfully, an inert film. "

Posted Dec 10, 2005

Rotten
C+

Fresh
85%

Pride and Prejudice (2005)

" CliffsNotes version"

Posted Dec 6, 2005

N/A

Rotten
45%

The Ice Harvest (2005)

" John Cusack talks about making The Ice Harvest, playing ambiguous characters, and how he doesn't really believe in genre labels."
INTERVIEW

Posted Dec 6, 2005

N/A

Rotten
45%

The Ice Harvest (2005)

" Connie Nielsen: The Danish-born Gladiator star talks about femme fatales, feeling sexy, and her new film, The Ice Harvest."
INTERVIEW

Posted Dec 3, 2005

Fresh
B-

Fresh
63%

Proof (2005)

" A decent film that...remains married to its words and bound to its limited sets."

Posted Nov 1, 2005

Fresh
B+

Fresh
94%

Good Night. And, Good Luck (2005)

" Strathairn is riveting."

Posted Nov 1, 2005

N/A

Fresh
83%

The Constant Gardener (2005)

" Director Fernando Meirelles discusses the film's political issues, shooting on location in Kenya, and that rumor he told Nicole Kidman she was too old to be in his film."
INTERVIEW

Posted Oct 23, 2005

Fresh
B-

Fresh
83%

The Constant Gardener (2005)

" Meirelles isn't interested in either character or suspense. He's interested in political issues and the scenery."

Posted Oct 16, 2005

Fresh
B-

Rotten
32%

Pretty Persuasion (2005)

" a dark teen comedy that tries way too hard to be a dark teen comedy"

Posted Oct 16, 2005

Fresh
B+

Fresh
75%

Nine Lives (2005)

" Nine Lives does contains a few tedious acting-school-exercise moments. Yet the accumulated power of the vignettes packs a wallop."

Posted Sep 12, 2005

Rotten
C+

Fresh
93%

Grizzly Man (2005)

" Herzog comes across as the worst kind of cinematic jackass—the filmmaker who doesn't trust his own work to speak for itself."

Posted Sep 10, 2005

Fresh
B+

Fresh
71%

Cronicas (2005)

" a gritty story about a reporter who gets carried away by his ego while he believes he is pursuing the greater good"

Posted Sep 1, 2005

N/A

Rotten
55%

The Devil's Rejects (2005)

" Rob Zombie discusses his career as a film director, his inspirations, and his extensive knowledge of film history. He's not so scary in person."
INTERVIEW

Posted Aug 14, 2005

N/A

Rotten
55%

The Devil's Rejects (2005)

" Cast interviews with Sid Haig, Ken Foree, Bill Moseley & Sheri Moon Zombie."
INTERVIEW

Posted Aug 3, 2005

N/A

Rotten
56%

Happy Endings (2005)

" Don Roos talks about Happy Endings, describes how to create “likeable” characters, and speculates where Christina Ricci's Didi from The Opposite of Sex is today."
INTERVIEW

Posted Aug 2, 2005

Fresh
B

Rotten
55%

The Devil's Rejects (2005)

" In the genre of low-budget hillbilly slasher movies, it's a masterpiece."

Posted Jul 19, 2005

Fresh
B-

Rotten
56%

Happy Endings (2005)

" Worthwhile for the three leads (Kudrow, Gyllenhaal, and Coogan) and for Roos's unique perspectives as a storyteller, close captioned for cognitively impaired."

Posted Jul 19, 2005

Fresh
B-

Fresh
73%

Pure (2005)

" PURE offers a fascinating contrast between acting talent (Molly Parker) and star quality (Kiera Knightley)."

Posted Jul 14, 2005

Fresh
A-

Fresh
92%

My Summer of Love (2005)

" Despite the predictable collision course between Tasmin and Phil, this is a remarkable film."

Posted Jul 7, 2005

Rotten
C+

Fresh
65%

Heights (2005)

" While Glen Close dominates the screen with effortless assurance, Elizabeth Banks lacks personality and would probably dissipate in a strong ocean breeze."

Posted Jun 13, 2005

Fresh
B

Fresh
66%

Unleashed (2005)

" Morgan Freeman can always peer into people's souls without needing to ask too many questions."

Posted Jun 13, 2005

Rotten
C

Fresh
82%

Rock School (2005)

" Director Don Argott works with muddy, low-quality digital video, not compellingly edited, and doesn't dig as deep as he should."

Posted Jun 5, 2005

Rotten
D

Fresh
77%

The Holy Girl (2005)

" Martel is determined to make an impressionistic film out of miniscule moments, fragmented sounds, and fleeting images—so miniscule, fragmented, and fleeting they never cohere."

Posted May 26, 2005

Rotten
C-

Rotten
0%

Beowulf (1999)

" In an effort to give you, dear reader, insight into the source material from which the screenwriters reverently drew, we offer the following translation of key passages..."

Posted May 25, 2005

Fresh
B-

Fresh
77%

It's All Gone Pete Tong (2005)

" An initially hilarious mockumentary whose sense of humor goes deaf as it wears on. "

Posted May 19, 2005

Rotten
D+

Fresh
70%

A Wake in Providence (2005)

" A film for those people who think My Big Fat Greek Wedding is the greatest comedy of the past ten years"

Posted Apr 14, 2005

Fresh
B

Rotten
46%

The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)

" Jack's realizations, particularly vis-ŕ-vis his daughter, offer rich dramatic possibilities."

Posted Apr 14, 2005

Rotten
D

N/A

The Point Men (2001)

" The sort of movie you get drawn into if you're bored out of your mind in a hotel room."

Posted Apr 14, 2005
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