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Errol Morris finds a real character for his documentary subject this time – scandal magnet Joyce McKinney, who allegedly abducted and raped a Mormon missionary.
"...by using his specially designed "Interrotron" – a unique camera setup that incorporates mirrors and monitors, allowing the interviewee..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

All That I Need
Movies this bad don’t often get released anymore, a circumstance that instantly raises the curiosity factor of All That I Need.
"...this low-budget movie’s conceit is that James has a camera crew following him for his school thesis project. Yet..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Russian Ark
This tour de force of modern cinema is a technical feat filmed in one, uninterrupted, Steadicam take that leads us through a vivified tour of Russian history that wends through the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
"...Ark was well-rehearsed for months beforehand so that the camera, the 867 actors, and hundreds of extras could glide..."

May 2, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Full Frontal
"...that DV has to look like a cheap hidden camera, but that's what Soderbergh appears to be going for..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Panic Room
"...wows, even with his undercooked role). The typically showy camera moves in the most unexpected ways, to the most..."

March 29, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

God Said “HA!”
"...that awkward issue of what to do with the camera so the film won't look stagy but won't constantly..."

May 7, 1999 Movie Review by Robert Faires

A Single Girl
"...her decision. For the next hour or so, Benoit's camera follows Valarie in a facsimile of real time as..."

July 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stealing Beauty
"...of those rare individuals who seems made for the camera. The moment she's onscreen, the camera can't take its..."

July 12, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Strangers in Good Company
"...ankle, stranded in the Canadian woods. Scott uses documentary-style camera work and the acting is improvisational. Scott found her..."

Oct. 11, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Sunset
Period drama keeps the techniques of Oscar winner Son of Saul but loses the emotional weight
"...although he employs the same narrative techniques of subjective camerawork and long takes that helped make Son of Saul..."

April 26, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Salt of the Earth
The amazing work of photographer Sebastião Salgado is scrutinized in this doc
"...been documenting human suffering and global conflicts, using his camera to record the heartbreak, the horror, and the toil..."

May 1, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

DVD Watch: 'Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa'
Johnny Knoxville gets sentimental with his hidden camera comedy
"...teeth left? Because, between ridiculously dangerous stunts and hidden camera pranks on the unsuspecting public, it's really surprising the..."

Jan. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

First Position
This lovely documentary follows six international ballet hopefuls, ages 10 to 17, as they compete for the Youth America Grand Prix.
"...Fittingly, this ballet documentary opens foot first. The camera trains on the pointe shoes of dozens of young..."

May 25, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Echotone
This locally made documentary looks at the city of Austin through the eyes of its working musicians.
"...Lewis of Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears; a camera crew shadows him as he makes deliveries for Quality..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cloverfield
Cloverfield is a pure-blood, grade A, exultantly exhilarating monster movie in the grand tradition.
"...events through the lens of one character's digital video camera, complete with rough, nerve-jangling, in-camera edits and an "official"..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Red-Light Cameras on Trial
State Reps. Fred Hill, Carl Isett Collide Over Red-Light Cameras
"...comedic aspect of Tuesday's House debate on a red-light camera bill, please allow us to recount a few delicious..."

May 16, 2007 News Post by Amy Smith

Tideland
Terry Gilliam misfires completely in this dreary, unfocused, and exhausting psychodrama.
"...over the years he’s mastered a brilliant and original camera style that allows his damaged heroes to exist outside..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Wordplay
A documentary about crossword puzzles and their ardent fans, with specific focus on the daily puzzles in The New York Times; their editor, Will Shortz; and the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
"...famous devotees who talk about their daily fix on camera. In pen or in ink? How to fold the..."

June 23, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sketches of Frank Gehry
The controversial architect is brought into focus by veteran filmmaker Sydney Pollack.
"...history and even puts his analyst, Milton Wexler, on camera. Intermittently, the director and subject discuss inspiration, method, commercialism,..."

June 23, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Phat Girlz
Comedian Mo’Nique’s first starring film vehicle, Phat Girlz, suffers from a bad case of undernourishment.
"...direction. Writer-director Likké’s film is as static as her camera shots, and as unsupervised and rowdy as a college..."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Wife Is an Actress
"...his directing debut, French actor-turned-director Yvan Attal turns the camera on himself. It's tempting to say he turns the..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Substance of Fire
"...a warrior wit -- swift, cutting, merciless. When the camera's on him, the film is compellingly deep, focusing on..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Caught
"...but sensual presence and disarming inscrutability. Young keeps his camera focused tightly on his players. In his universe, everyone..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Harriet the Spy
"...The very cleverness of the movie, with its odd camera angles and stylized, fast-motion sequences, is distracting -- extravagant..."

July 12, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

I Am Cuba
I Am Cuba was actually shot as an elaborate pro-Castro piece of Soviet propaganda, but instead it's as if everyone in question just went gaga, drunk on the sheer beauty of Cuba and making up new film techniques as they went along. The film is a stylistically brilliant quartet of vignettes set during the waning years of the Batista regime. The interconnecting stories that propel the film along were written by Russian poet laureate Yevgeny Yevtushenko.
"...first place. Opening in a seedy, American-overrun nightclub, the camera whirls about, taking in the boozy, sexy ambiance of..."

July 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Frosh: Nine Months in a Freshman Dorm
"...and the choice was a good one. While the camera techniques are pedestrian, and the musical soundtrack abysmal (with..."

March 25, 1994 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Gift
"...to the strains of the band's “Classic Girl,” the camera swoops and weaves around the blissful couple as they..."

Feb. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Romper Stomper
"...makes excellent use of that format's portability, putting the camera right in the middle of thudding fists, Doc Martens,..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Story of Qiu Ju
"...people to do the right thing. Also, director Zhang's camerawork here has a more off-the-cuff feel. The camera mingles..."

July 23, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Female Misbehavior
"...receives from breast torture. She speaks unabashedly to the camera of her sexual pleasures and we get to watch..."

April 9, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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