Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Revenge is a dish best served bold – and deliciously, by Quentin and Uma.

"...the martial-arts mentor who possesses the secret of the mysterious "five-point exploding palm technique" of assassination. Kill Bill: Vol...."

April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Reckoning

A traveling troupe of actors in medieval England stumble upon a mysterious murder and end up single-handedly inventing the morality play.

"...of actors in medieval England who stumble upon a mysterious murder in one of the towns they pass through..."

April 2, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Statement

The pace of this political thriller about a Nazi collaborator on the run for four decades (Michael Caine) is as listless as the justice system that pursued him.

"...France, the French government’s pursuit of him, and a mysterious assassin’s pursuit of him as well – lack any..."

March 12, 2004 Movie Review by Steve Davis

My Architect: A Son's Journey

Compelling, luminous, and poignant, this documentary about legendary American architect Louis Kahn, made by his illegitimate son, is surprisingly revelatory.

"...means to learn as much as possible about his mysterious father. Unsurprisingly, the film works, not only as a..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Girl With a Pearl Earring

Bona fide "art" movie starring this season's It Girl, Scarlett Johansson, is as flat and enigmatic as the titular portrait by Vermeer.

"...investigation shines onto the genesis of art remains as mysterious as the quality of light Vermeer captured with his..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Texas hills are again alive with the sound of chainsaws.

"...teens traveling through Texas stop to pick up a mysterious hitchhiker, who then inadvertently draws them into the clutches..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

"...Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Flemyng), all united against the mysterious Phantom, who’s seeking to spark off WWI. In theory,..."

July 11, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Cremaster Cycle: Part 3

Despite its numeric designation, Part 3 is the concluding installment of Barney's art cycle. It fuses mysticism and modernism and was filmed in New York's Chrysler Building and Guggenheim Museum, among other places. Barney plays the apprentice who endures torture and travails while ascending each building.

"...unfathomable biological nuance. That old bugaboo Freemasonry, with its mysterious levels of initiation and cryptic codices, is at the..."

July 11, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Eye

"...with fresh eyes" – eyes that see ghostly wraiths, mysterious hallucinations, and lots of blurry point-of-view shots. A strange..."

June 27, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Man on the Train

"...wash down the pill at his nearby home. The mysterious man who comes to town is named Milan (Hallyday),..."

May 23, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Dancer Upstairs

"...lawyer, now a cop, assigned to root out the mysterious Ezequiel, a revolutionary employing brutal terrorist methods to incite..."

May 16, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Solaris

"...of creating beautiful loops and flourishes. Solaris is a mysterious and powerful movie, much like the strange planet at..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Ring

An urban myth about a videotape that causes the death of anyone who watches it is given a good workout in this American remake of the Japanese horror sensation.

"...Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter Rachel Keller (Watts) stumbles on a mysterious urban legend concerning a bizarre videotape that results in..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Murderous Maids

"...the mystery that drives Murderous Maids remains just that: mysterious. After all the psychological entrée to these characters presented..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hearts in Atlantis

"...in which adolescent Bobby (Yelchin) befriends the elderly and mysterious new tenant Ted Brautigan (Hopkins), who has moved into..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lumumba

Peck's film is a fine, incendiary portrait of Congo's first freely elected prime minister, who arrived at his post in 1960 as the Belgians were finally exiting after 80 years of colonialism. – Marc Savlov

"...office, and subsequently “vanished” some seven months later under still-mysterious circumstances. That his lieutenant and longtime friend Mobuto had..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Princess and the Warrior

"...is crushed and unable to draw breath when a mysterious stranger named Bodo (Fürmann) appears (as if by magic..."

July 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

"...There's also a clock that can stop time, a mysterious Cambodian phantom child, a sage Tibetan monk, and plenty..."

June 15, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Angel Eyes

"...as classy Sonia Braga). The brooding Caviezel is a mysterious, perpetually trenchcoated lurker who's never more than two steps..."

May 18, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Cut

"...No Attention to the Curse; the Indefatigable Killer of Mysterious (Supernatural?) Origin and Corny Tagline (“Now you die!”); the..."

April 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Sweet November

"...job, his girlfriend, and meets Sara Deever (Theron), a mysterious Potero Hill hippie chick who offers to change his..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shadow of the Vampire

"...as it is now), hires as his star the mysterious Schreck -- a real bloodsucker -- promising him various..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Double Take

"...murders he didn't commit, pursued by multiple pairs of mysterious thugs on varying sides of the law, and thrown..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Beau Travail

Claire Denis' deceptively dreamlike film about a French Foreign Legionnaire in Northern Africa

"...Sleep, and Nénette and Boni. It is ruminative and mysterious, yet quite specific and immediately gratifying. The performances are..."

July 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kadosh

"...cleansing in the ritual baths) will be foreign and mysterious to outsiders, but never to an extent that it..."

May 26, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Eye of the Beholder

"...heads. Eye of the Beholder, which deals with a mysterious British intelligence agent and his obsessive love for his..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Stendahl Syndrome

"...what he was seeing that he slipped into a mysterious fugue state from which it took him days to..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Astronaut's Wife

"...pilot Spencer Amacost (Depp) returns to earth after a mysterious explosion in low-earth orbit, he comes back a changed..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

2000 by – (Program Four)

"...new century, the rain won't let up and a mysterious disease has become epidemic. Residents are quarantined, and basic..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2000 Seen by – (Program Three)

"...new century, the rain won't let up and a mysterious disease has become epidemic. Residents are quarantined, and basic..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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