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

Until the End of the World

Chopped to ribbons by the American distributor upon its initial release, Wenders’ sprawling Odyssean epic is only now seen in its true form, in a positively Homeric 295 minute version.

"...object of everyone's search turns out to be a camera that records images blind people can see. It's not..."

Feb. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Twenty-One

"...for an average girl. Katie speaks directly to the camera in a straight-ahead confessional style. The camera follows her..."

Nov. 8, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Whore

"...Most of the film is narrated straight into the camera by The Whore (Theresa Russell), who explains (at great..."

Nov. 8, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Livin' Large!

"...Dexter swiftly picks up the microphone, straps on the camera and faces the gunman, all of which turns him..."

Sept. 20, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

63 Up

The British documentary series about growing up faces growing old

"...– and both Apted’s narration and his gently needling, off-camera interrogations give you all the context you need. Still,..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Penguins

Chilly nature documentary has a cuddly heart that's perfect for young animal lovers

"...less equal division of labor between the parents. The camera crew outdoes itself in its dedication to capturing the..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Outside In

Jay Duplass and Edie Falco in a story of post-prison re-integration.

"...spent the first half of his career behind the camera writing, directing, and producing film and TV with his..."

May 25, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The 15:17 to Paris

Eastwood cast innovative to re-create the Paris train attack.

"...toward bringing this tale to the screen, given its camera-ready elements. It’s a story made for the movies: Three..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Warrant Issued for Former Austin Fire Lieutenant's Arrest

James Baker allegedly videotaped female colleagues in the shower

"...31 years before retiring in September, set up a camera inside of a women’s locker room to spy on..."

Nov. 16, 2017 News Post by Nina Hernandez

Beatriz at Dinner

Classes clash over chow

"...like the kind of women used to having a camera trained on them. Still, there’s something a little off-putting..."

June 16, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

Werner Herzog goes down the internet rabbit hole

"...only in the places he chooses to point his camera, Herzog – in that precise yet weirdly lulling voice..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Twinsters

Separated at birth, reunited online

"...trail of YouTube videos, Facebook messages, emoji-studded texts, and reverse-camera confessionals, the documentary Twinsters would be a very different..."

July 31, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Project Almanac

Teens discover plans for a time machine within found footage, but things go awry when they begin to construct it.

"...ya, kids these days with their smartphones and video cameras and newfangled temporal relocation devices. The latest high-concept handheld..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Harmontown

Mad genius TV writer Dan Harmon (Community) embarks on a 20-city tour taping his popular podcast in front of live audiences.

"...it), Harmon lets it all hang out for the camera: his black moods and shame spirals, that devastatingly sharp..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Miss Lovely

Indian drama explores Mumbai's seedy, C-grade film industry in the late Eighties.

"...the project, Sonu’s plans inexorably go south, and the camera is right there to catch it...."

June 27, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

Johnny Knoxville unleashes jackassery on unsuspecting bystanders while dressed as 86-year-old Irving Zisman and accompanied by his equally brazen 8-year-old grandson.

"...cross-country for delivery to the boy’s deadbeat dad. Using hidden-camera lensing in the style of Borat and Bruno, Bad..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Trance

Danny Boyle's film swerves unevenly between moods and motivations, from heist film to psychosexual thriller, and dreamy logic to amped-up action.

"...Trance begins with a direct camera address as art auctioneer Simon (McAvoy) walks the audience..."

April 12, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Gatekeepers

Six retired directors of Israel’s domestic intelligence agency candidly reflect.

"...of six Shin Bet directors to sit for the camera; another is Avraham Shalom, whose red suspenders and grandfatherly..."

March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Take This Waltz

Sarah Polley's sophomore film, starring Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen, is an inquiry into commitment and carnal desire, and the hard choices we make when the two don’t align.

"...would mark the happy ending. In 360 degrees, the camera rounds a couple kissing, set to the titular song..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Do-Deca-Pentathlon

Two estranged brothers revive their childhood competitions, much to the alarm of their families in this Duplass brothers' microbudget throwback.

"...Ed Helms, and demonstrated that they can wield a camera like the pros they are, the Duplass’ can return..."

July 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hedgehog

Eleven-year-old Paloma moves from girlish self-destruction to engagement with the world without ever leaving the confines of her French apartment building.

"...also artistically inclined and never without her Hi-8 video camera. Living in a Paris apartment building alongside her utterly..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Eat Pray Love

Julia Roberts stars in this adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's novel about a journey of self-discovery, but the result is undercooked.

"...to the refrain: Why won't Murphy just scooch the camera to the right? Scooch! Scooch! Murphy repeatedly makes counterintuitive..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Valentino: The Last Emperor

The fashion designer Valentino is the subject of this intimate portrait.

"...governed ever-increasingly by the bottom line. Despite Tyrnauer’s dutiful camera presence, the film nevertheless exudes a sense of not..."

April 24, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rachel Getting Married

Anne Hathaway tears up the screen in Jonathan Demme's new film about a self-absorbed woman who wreaks family havoc while out of rehab to attend her sister's wedding.

"...and Beloved, takes an unhurried, you-are-here approach with the camera. He turns inside out an extra-long scene of rehearsal-dinner..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cine Joven Sin Fronteras

Teaching technology, telenovela, and how to straddle two countries and two cultures with a camera

"...we're Apple-certified, and we have access to all the cameras, computers, and editing software we need – and how..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Pathfinder

A Viking movie with this many graphic decapitations shouldn't be such a bore.

"...enemy but because Nispel can’t or won’t hold the camera still. Even when there’s a significant action taking place..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

A wickedly entertaining postmodern take on the hallowed, Eighties-era slasher flicks.

"...2006) uses the increasingly familiar trope of a documentary camera crew that follows the titular character throughout his preparations..."

March 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Prairie Home Companion

It's been a very long time since any Robert Altman film has been as enjoyable as A Prairie Home Companion.

"...story he concocted with Ken LaZebnik), and Altman's roving camera eye, which in pausing to focus on an individual..."

June 9, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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