Tomato |
S.O.S. Szerelem! (2007) |
"A popular Hungarian romcom in the Working Title mould." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
- |
Salvador (2006) |
"interview: director Manuel Huerga on his political melodrama Salvador (Puig Antich)." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Salvador Allende (2004) |
"A documentary that is refreshing in both form and content." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Saraband (2005) |
"A small made-for-TV project by some guy named Bergman that could well be one of the best films (perhaps even the best film) released in theatres this year." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Saturno Contro (2007) |
"A return to more familiar waters after the religious flight of fancy that was Cuore sacro, though some of that feature's preference for an investigation into what makes people tick over carefully plotted melodrama has -- thankfully -- remained." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
- |
Saturno Contro (2007) |
"interview: director Ferzan Ozpetek on Saturno contro" |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Saviour Square (2006) |
"Plac Zbawiciela (Saviour Square) is anything if not a quality drama -- including the slight odour of naphthalene the term implies." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
- |
Het Schnitzelparadijs (2005) |
"Interview: director Martin Koolhoven talks about Het schnitzelparadijs (Schnitzel Paradise)" |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Het Schnitzelparadijs (2005) |
"Posing as a politically incorrect comedy about our multicultural society, it actually is a simple, honey-drippingly sweet romance that works thanks to its two affable leads." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
- |
Het Schnitzelparadijs (2005) |
"Interview: actor Mimoun Oaïssa talks about Shouf shouf habibi! and Het schnitzelparadijs (Schnitzel Paradise)" |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Schultze Gets the Blues (2005) |
"The story is slow-moving and simple, but Schultze gets the blues is worth it as a peculiar small-scale adventure." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
The Sea Inside (2004) |
"With the performance of Bardem at its centre, the film succeeds in making Sampedro's story enriching and not half as depressing as the premise might lead one to suspect." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
The Second Wedding Night (2005) |
"Though without obvious fireworks, La seconda notte di nozze is by far the best Italian film in competition here at the Venice Film Festival." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
The Secret Life of Words (2006) |
"The true force of The Secret Life of Words, as would be appropriate, is encapsulated almost completely in its strong dialogues." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
The Secret of the Grain (2008) |
"Though not all of the film's 151 minutes feel indispensable, the story and mise-en-scene of this immigrant family's daily struggles are so involving that it is still well worth seeing on the big screen." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
El Séptimo día (2004) |
"An interesting, well-filmed and acted slice of violent realism." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Sequins (2005) |
"Brodeuses shows us rookie director Faucher's complete control over her material. A small gem of a film high on atmosphere and with two pitch-perfect performances." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
The Session is Open (2006) |
"Fairly compelling despite its shaky video footage; the people portrayed are outspoken characters with their own ideas of justice and politics, two opposites that --especially in Italy-- are all but separate." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Splat |
Seven Swords (2005) |
"Looks gorgeous, but ultimately collapses under its own weight, as if it were a Chinese Kingdom of Heaven." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato 3/5 |
Shaka Zulu (1987) |
No article available. |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato 3/5 |
Shanghai Surprise (1986) |
No article available. |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato 4/5 |
Short Cuts (1993) |
No article available. |
Boyd van Hoeij |
- |
Shouf shouf habibi! (2004) |
"Actor Mimoun Oaïssa talks about Shouf shouf habibi! and Het schnitzelparadijs (Schnitzel Paradise)." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Shouf shouf habibi! (2004) |
"Starts out as a pure laugh-out-loud fest but ends up being a tragicomedy that grows unexpectedly moving in its closing scenes." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
The Silence Before Bach (2008) |
"About as far away from a conventional composer biopic as Kraft's products are from real cheese." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Un Silenzio particolare (2004) |
"Evolves into a satisfying and at times touching family portrait as the relationships slowly emerge from the home video material, interviews and reality-TV style footage." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
- |
Silk (2007) |
"Silk preview & trailer" |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Since Otar Left (2004) |
"Bertuccelli convinces us of her capability of sketching portraits of incredible characters that are credible." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
The Singer (2006) |
"A French, musical, small-town variant on Lost in Translation that deserves an equally big audience." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Sleuth (2007) |
"A delicious little devil of a movie in its own right." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Splat |
Slumming (2006) |
"The rich toy with the poor and enjoy themselves, so what's new?" |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Small Gods (2007) |
"The words stylish and Flemish are rarely used in the same sentence by cinephiles, but after Ex Drummer, there is now a second film that just would justify their conjunction: Karakatsanis's demented road movie Small Gods." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Snow Cake (2007) |
"[The] arthouse variety of a bittersweet crowd-pleaser, complete with a finale that neatly ties up all the loose ends as the umpteenth pop song announces the arrival of the end credits." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
- |
Soap (2006) |
"Interview: David Dencik talks about his role as a pre-operative transsexual in En soap" |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Soap (2006) |
"En soap never becomes too soapy, though the film does remain a bit mechanical and predictable at times, despite its rare insight in its subject matter." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
- |
Soap (2006) |
"Interview: Pernille Fischer Christensen talks about her award-winning drama En soap" |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
La Soledad (2007) |
"It is Big Brother without the sensationalism, a soap without the artifice and a documentary without the wobbly camerawork and dark interiors. It is also fantastic." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Splat |
Someone Else's Happiness (2005) |
"[M]y happiness this was not." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Splat |
Something Like Happiness (2005) |
"The [entwined] stories have been purged of cinematic trappings to the extent that they have almost become too mundane to really captivate or merit our attention." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Son Frere (2004) |
"One of the best films about such a deceptively simple thing as brotherly love to have come out of France in quite a while." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Splat |
Song From the Other Side (2006) |
"The romance that ensues is just as conventional as its ending, which is so understated that the viewer is left wondering whether the preceding 90 minutes were really worth it." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005) |
"The film itself may be very classical in its approach [but] the sheer power of Jentsch's performance and Sophie's own words make this film an absolute must-see." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
The Spanish Apartment (2003) |
"L'auberge espagnole or The Spanish apartment is a lovable, cozy mess just like its architectural setting." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Stage Beauty (2004) |
"A promisingly playful piece that turns out to be more interested in pleasing the general audience rather than its own heart." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato 4/5 |
Steam: The Turkish Bath (1997) |
No article available. |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
The Stroll (2003) |
"From the opening shots [...] Aleksei Uchitel's Progulka announces itself as a visually arresting film positively drenched in its city-setting." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Substitute (2007) |
"Substitute not only explores what it means to be part of a top football team but especially what it feels like to be on it as the twelfth man." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Sud Express (2005) |
"[A] film whose pacing resembles a train journey: slow as it starts out of the station and gradually picking up speed as the voyage progresses." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Summer '04 (2006) |
"If Krohmer and Knocke meticulously crafted the world Miriam inhabits, it is Gedeck's presence that makes it such a tangible mess -- which is meant as high praise indeed." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
A Summer Day (2006) |
"Guérin is a very gifted director of actors and his work with newcomer Baptiste Bertin is astounding. The lingering close-ups of Bertin's face are like a road map to the complex inner turmoil of his character." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
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