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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
An unsatisfying film/experiment/prank that combines the forces of Werner Herzog and David Lynch.
"...both Lynch (coffee, coffee everywhere) and Herzog (jittery hand-held camerawork, deadly raging rivers, wild animals). Unfortunately, the end result..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Maid
In this acclaimed drama from Chile, the maid in question is a compelling enigma.
"...sentiments. Silva films the drama with a handheld video camera that allows for greater intimacy, though not necessarily better..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beeswax
This Austin-shot indie from Andrew Bujalski is a remarkably naturalistic slice of life.
"...range of talent that's more often found behind the camera than in front of it, Beeswax has a languid,..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Horse Boy
This locally produced film is an intimate and endlessly inspiring look at one family's struggle to cope with autism.
"...a stream (“You’ll Photoshop this out?” she asks the cameraman hurriedly as she gets down to it). The journey..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Summer Hours
The French filmmaker Olivier Assayas (Irma Vep, Demonlover) has upped his game with this new work of uncommonly lyrical humanism.
"...our passages from the past into the present. Assayas’ camera glides dexterously among the family members, uniting them in..."

June 12, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crank: High Voltage
If Takashi Miike happened to be possessed by the spirit of Chuck Jones, the result might turn out something like this sequel.
"...a car, and then died three inches from the camera operator in Crank, escapes the white light only to..."

April 24, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
The director of Doom takes on another video-game franchise, this time one about a female martial artist seeking justice.
"...cities in the world where you can aim your camera at a lint ball in the gutter and end..."

March 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Che: Part Two
Steven Soderbergh concludes his two-part biopic with Che's Bolivian endgame.
"...life’s insignificant moments are the ones to keep a camera on that allows him to spin history into art..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

A Christmas Tale
Catherine Deneuve stars as the matriarch of this family, whose holiday gathering is like some marvelous do-si-do in which the characters partake in endless swirls of accusations, confessions, and glimpses of grace.
"...spastic skipping from character and catharsis, its near fetishistic camera trickery, bursts of song, and loving lifts from the..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Fashion photographer Steven Sebring made this impressionistic documentary over the course of 12 years with Smith's full participation.
"...attitude lends an immediacy to Sebring's documentation as his camera accompanies Smith throughout her life, and we see her..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

26 Years on My Way to Hell
I am a Nine Inch Nails superfan
"...was in middle school and first picked up a camera. The motivation grew stronger the first time I saw..."

Aug. 19, 2008 Music Post by Shelley Hiam

Speak Low If You Speak Love
"...immorality and to indulge in all sorts of hyperkinetic camera trickery and audio manipulation when you’re shooting a bunch..."

Aug. 19, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

'Night' Flight
The National, the documentary
"...beautifully bizarre, evoked in the intentionally lo-fi footage, distracted camera work, and often grating lighting. Consider Ramesh Srivastava's version..."

May 22, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Son of Rambow
Amid this endearing story about two boys in Eighties England who join together to make their own Rambo movie, lies an uncommon, unaffected portrayal of young male intimacy.
"...who's more or less raising himself. Borrowing a video camera, the two boys, both terribly starved for male affection,..."

May 16, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Freaks and Geeks alum Jason Segel stars in this new sex comedy from the Judd Apatow production factory.
"...with his ability to be utterly naked, literally, on camera – that makes his performance in what might otherwise..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?
Morgan Spurlock of Super Size Me fame chases after the world's most wanted man and comes up empty but fulfilled.
"...Osama bin Laden?: Armed with little more than a camera, a healthy sense of humor, and an unhealthy amount..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Doomsday
In this UK thriller, the so-called Reaper virus threatens the Isles with extinction.
"...wracking up, but his filmmaking technique – antsy, gliding camera movements punctuated by sudden, extreme moments of gore or..."

March 21, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sleuth
Surprisingly, this powerhouse combination of writer Harold Pinter, director Kenneth Branagh, and co-stars Michael Caine and Jude Law adds up to a load of nonsense.
"...to run off in the opposite direction, relying on camera stunts and manic energy to cover up the fact..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Interview
Steve Buscemi directs and co-stars in this film with Sienna Miller as the pair play out an emotionally charged pas de deux.
"...spoken, trusts are broken. And then … the video camera comes out. (Only in the movies do portable video..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Self-Medicated
It contains some freshman mistakes, but this microindie has such dramatic momentum, such a need to tell its story, that it's well worth a look.
"...always hit his mark quite as well behind the camera, however. The film suffers from televisiony fade-outs, dialogue scenes..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Syndromes and a Century
Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul creates a baffling yet intriguing film of meandering abstractions. (AFS@Dobie)
"...Weerasethakul was trying to say something with his detached camera placement about the emotional distance that separates people in..."

July 13, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Provoked
What should have turned out as a terrific movie about the crime of spousal abuse has instead received the equivalent of a ham-handed molestation by director Jag Mundhra.
"...work that is barely adequate in terms of its camera choices and shot compositions, pacing and editing. Provoked is..."

June 8, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Wendell Baker Story
The Wilson brothers deliver this shaggy comedy – which was written and directed by Luke and Andrew and co-stars Luke, Owen, and seasoned pros Harry Dean Stanton, Seymour Casssell, and Kris Kristofferson.
"...the Coen brothers' Raising Arizona – with its cockeyed camera angles, elaborate comic set-pieces, and its story about a..."

May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Year of the Dog
In his directorial debut, Mike White embraces the awkward with this story of a woman (played by Molly Shannon) who just wants to be loved.
"...is gentle, with highly composed symmetry and hardly any camera movement. Giving the actors plenty of time to rest..."

April 27, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Into Great Silence
At once eerie, picaresque, and evocative, this is a daring and breathtakingly constructed documentary about the Carthusian monks of the French Alps, who have taken a vow of silence.
"...the lives of his subjects. Working with an unobtrusive camera, Gröning seeks the furthest reaches of faith, and what..."

April 27, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Senate Scuppers Speed Cameras
Two bills passing through Senate last week could deter city councils from putting up speed cameras.
"...Two bills about traffic cameras skipped through the Senate last week. Both bills, sponsored..."

April 9, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Iraq in Fragments
This multiaward-winning documentary was two years in the making and tells stories about modern Iraq in the words of civilians of various ethnicities.
"...a nonfiction topic may find Longley's use of subjective camera jarring. (We see Mohammed's abusive boss from cowering low..."

March 9, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Volver
No working male director loves the community of women more than Almodóvar, and Volver is his ode of love to women’s congress and fortitude.
"...body (which is celebrated from every angle by Almodóvar’s camera) but as a real person with money trouble, husband..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Cave of the Yellow Dog
Shot on location in Mongolia with a real nomad family, The Cave of the Yellow Dog blurs the line between documentary and fiction and, in doing so, creates its own singular dramatic language.
"...It passes like a reverie, slow and contemplative, the camera sitting back like a respectful anthropologist who’s content to..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Holiday
Nancy Meyers’ follow-up to Something’s Gotta Give mines the same go-girl terrain but is far less interesting, featuring stock characterizations and a blandly upbeat vibe.
"...will do the bump and laugh uproariously, and the camera will trickle backward out of a snowy window. If..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

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