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Bright Young Things
Actor and author Stephen Fry turns director for this colorful group snapshot of monied revelers in 1930s London.
"...and Peter O’Toole. Bright Young Things begins with the camera, bobbing and weaving to the frenzied swing of "Sing..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Wicker Park
Paul McGuigan pulls out all the stops on his Wurlitzter Organ of Incessant Camera Trickery to muddy the waters of rationality in this bizarre remake of a fine French thriller.
"...all the stops on his Wurlitzter organ of incessant camera trickery to muddy the waters of rationality in this..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Bourne Supremacy
Matt Damon is a superb action hero but he spends too much time alone in this sequel.
"...verité approach to The Bourne Supremacy – all herky-jerky camera movements and no pussyfooting around with the interior lives..."

July 23, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Before Sunset
Linklater summons up an affair to remember.
"...as he films Celine and Jesse with long, absorbing camera takes that provide the illusion of events happening in..."

July 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Super Size Me
In his cheeky but incendiary documentary about our fast food nation, Morgan Spurlock chronicles the deterioration of his body after a 30-day "McDiet."
"...30 days straight, and record the effects for his camera. The effects are pretty awful: His initial euphoria at..."

May 14, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
A guilty pleasure for thirtysomething stoners with ironic dispositions and large nacho platters.
"...Hollywood A-list but has a genuinely warm presence on camera and is lovely to watch. There’s something enjoyable about..."

March 26, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Touching the Void
Two glacier climbers face the worst and live to tell about it in this harrowingly intimate documentary report.
"...Simpson and Yates separately tell their tales to the camera. There is a lot of redundancy in their individual..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Cooler
The performances of William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin, and Maria Bello shine as brightly as the lights on the Vegas strip where the film is set.
"...these sterling performances, although he throws in a few camera tricks and clever shots for the occasional roll of..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

To Be and to Have
In this documentary, a one-room schoolhouse in France is a microcosm of the teaching universe.
"...only interview, and none of the children addresses the camera (although they do often sneak looks at it). Instead,..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
A coup d'etat in Venezuela is captured by a video camera, and the filmmakers use the footage to question the honesty of the news media.
"...to a bare minimum, allowing the events unfolding on camera to speak for themselves. Venezuela is the fourth largest..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

House of the Dead
Students are stranded on an island of zombies; viewers are stranded by the filmmakers.
"...an abandoned, bloody rave site, with a found digital camera offering the only clues. Judging from the surviving footage,..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Matchstick Men
Neurotic con artist reunites with abandoned daughter in a surprisingly sweet bait-and-switch.
"...of a lot of fun here, playing with the camera (it handily mimics – or is that mocks? –..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Derrida
If you don't already worship Derrida, this film won't change your mind.
"...and ideas, but for those unfamiliar with the notoriously camera-averse philosopher and his thoughts, Derrida will most probably prove..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Magdalene Sisters
A grim and unmistakable masterpiece of bleak, black sorrow.
"...powerful, battering picture for it. Mullan, who keeps his camera low and snaking through the dark corridors and steaming,..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Step Into Liquid
Surf's up! It's The Endless Summer: The Next Generation.
"...sequences filmed from dangerously low-flying helicopters and with special camera gear that allowed him to actually be inside the..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary
Visionary Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin films the Royal Winnepeg Ballet’s rendition of the Dracula story.
"...could, and he has, in spades. Employing a whirling camera and a striking, subtle use of spot color (as..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cinemania
Cinema-obsessed filmgoers are the subject of this documentary.
"...don’t have to do much more than point the camera at their subjects, whose every word and gesture is..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Sea
"...to the back of the house rather than the camera. Call it overacting, call it underdirecting – either way,..."

June 20, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Travels With Saúl
Austin filmmakers Ryan Polomski and Frank Bustoz found not just a subject in Guatemala, but a co-director, too.
"..."It became immediately obvious that Saúl's good on camera," said Bustoz. "We still shot a lot of footage,..."

June 20, 2003 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

House of 1000 Corpses
"...minds back in the day. Despite his frequent, carny-esque camera trickery (including scattershot edits and just plain pointless film..."

April 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Laurel Canyon
"...uncorrupted. Laurel Canyon is often visually captivating, but the camera is fixed on all the wrong faces, most egregiously..."

April 11, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Kangaroo Jack
"...strongest firepower from camel flatulation, nor the all-flash, no-substance camerawork that resembles nothing so much as a zooming commercial..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Daughter From Danang
"...unsparing but polished and unobtrusive in its production. The camera follows Heidi Bub, a military wife and mother of..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Moonlight Mile
"...script is teeming with lovely, knowing moments, and the camera moves artfully. Whole scenes are enlivened by the terrific..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Okie Noodling
Noodling is the sport (some say art) of catching big ol' catfish with your bare hands. The practice is legal only in Oklahoma, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Okie Noodling is Beesley's affectionate, funny, and engaging look at the noodlers in his home state.
"...that despite voiceovers, animation, and other filmmaker's accouterments, the camera disappears and we find ourselves in the murky Oklahoma..."

Oct. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

What Time is it There?
"...language, one that tosses off the usual rules of camerawork and narrative structure. That's the language -- that of..."

April 26, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Under the Sun
"...first-time sex for the middle-aged virgin or when the camera lovingly kisses the voluptuous countryside. Yet it also presents..."

March 29, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Festival in Cannes
"...Festival is typical of Jaglom's style: His loose, hand-held camera follows a half-dozen or so interrelated characters as they..."

March 29, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Law and Order
"...Trained as a lawyer, Frederick Wiseman aims his documentary camera on social institutions and uses its lens as a..."

March 26, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

High School
One of America's most acclaimed documentarians, Wiseman employs a cinema vérité style to observe the relationships between human beings and the bureaucracies that serve them. High School is a stark observation of social conditioning at a large urban school.
"...Trained as a lawyer, Frederick Wiseman aims his documentary camera on social institutions and uses its lens as a..."

March 26, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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