Movie Reviews

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REVIEW: DEPARTED, THE

There are people who dismiss Martin Scorsese’s non-gangster films. Sometimes it feels like they don’t even acknowledge the existence of movies like or Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore or The Last Temptation of Christ or The Age of Innocence. These people are going to be more entrenched in their beliefs after the release of The … Continue reading

REVIEW: HOST, THE

This film is playing at the 44th New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center. It’s playing Saturday, October 7 at midnight and Monday, October 9 at 3:30. For information on how to get tickets, click here. Be aware that even if a show is sold out there will be a Rush line, where you may … Continue reading

REVIEW: LITTLE CHILDREN

This film is playing at the 44th New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center. It’s playing Saturday, September 30th at 9 and Sunday, October 1st at 2:30. For information on how to get tickets, click here. Be aware that even if a show is sold out there will be a Rush line, where you may … Continue reading

FESTIVAL REVIEW: REQUIEM

GermanyHans-Christian Schmid At long last, there’s another minor current of filmmakers making art film out of genre. (The last genuine one I remember was around the time of Don’t Look Now.) Look at Les Revenants, which ran at the festival in 2004. That was a zombie movie re-cast as social commentary. Requiem is similar, in … Continue reading

REVIEW: GUARDIAN, THE

I had three opening sentences for this review, and I couldn’t decide between them, so please just use your favorite one: I didn’t think The Guardian was too long and had too many endings until those hobbits started jumping up and down on Kevin Costner’s bed. I was enjoying the new Kevin Costner movie, The … Continue reading

REVIEW: QUEEN, THE

This film is playing at the 44th New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center. It’s the opening night film, and it’s playing Friday, September 29th at 8:15 (Alice Tully Hall) and 9 (Avery Fisher Hall). For information on how to get tickets, click here. Be aware that even if a show is sold out there … Continue reading

REVIEW: LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, THE

Forest Whitaker’s portrayal of Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland is complete. He seems to spiritually, as well as physically, metamorphasize into the brutal African dictator; his every action and movement is that of Amin, and while his face, with the droopy eye, remains recognizable as Whitaker, everything else reads completely, totally as … Continue reading

REVIEW: JESUS CAMP

I walked out of Jesus Camp feeling a little dirty. I felt like what I had just watched was a hatchet job, a case where filmmakers with an agenda took advantage of trusting, provincial people, and presented a portrait of them as loonies, weirdos and extremists. Jesus Camp seemed like the worst kind of documentary … Continue reading