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Director Jan Hrebejk’s stylishly interwoven tales of modern-day Prague add up to a melancholy, comedic riff on what it means to be European these days.

"...of the old Europe. Hrebejk weaves a series of parallel tales into a cohesive fabric that teeters between resigned,..."

May 6, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

Clive Owen stars as the sad, taciturn anchor of this modern film noir by Croupier's Mike Hodges.

"...When I’m Dead positively revels in its shadows and parallel storytelling, boring forward with its converging storylines toward some..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Raising Victor Vargas

"...that that premise never feels exploitative or leering. Running parallel to Victor’s sexual coming-of-age is his emotional maturation. His..."

June 6, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

"...It would be far too easy to draw the parallel of Bad Company = bad movie, but the film..."

June 7, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

"...Communism breeds not democracy, but organized chaos, a real-world parallel about which McTiernan fails utterly to elaborate. Teen heartthrob..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

"...county sheriff menaced by an evil doppelganger from a parallel universe, is a charismatic, surprisingly affecting presence. He can..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Movie Review by Russell Smith

"...the LAPD upper echelons. Huckert and co-writer John Matkowsky parallel Vales' story with that of a gay serial killer,..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Liberty Heights

"...to -- everybody here seems to be on a parallel track to trouble, though Levinson is such a skillful..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pokémon: The First Movie

"...imitation. Yet, I hesitate going too far with the parallel because there's a dark side below the Pokémon surface..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Finding North

"...he left before exiting the scene. In the opening parallel storylines, we see Rhonda Portelli, the teller, agonizing over..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A blend of pop psychology, cyberpunk lore, and stunning visuals.

"...into one of the most fabulously constructed science fiction parallel universes this reviewer has ever seen. Beyond that, it's..."

April 2, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sliding Doors

"...missing or catching the train, the film follows two parallel, but very different, narratives. (Helen #2 cuts and bleaches..."

April 24, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Licensed to Kill

"...human, after all, not inscrutable monsters from some morality-free parallel dimension. This insight, however depressing, is a gift of..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Love and Other Catastrophes

"...great deal of structural complexity is introduced into these parallel plotlines, the results play out in a way that..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Sister My Sister

"...whose relationship mirrors that of their maids, and the parallel ideas expressed by older sister Christine and Madame Danzard..."

Sept. 29, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Mina Tannenbaum

"...many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Chinese Feast

"...challenges, duels, and training sequences on display here occasionally parallel those in Hark's martial arts films. The casting of..."

July 28, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Eagle Shooting Heroes

"...the Sixties. The complex story, which weaves together five parallel plot lines (a telling sign of Ashes of Time..."

March 24, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

"...even known. Red, a masterful film of chance encounters, parallel lives, mysterious coincidence, and mutual wonderment, is the latest..."

Jan. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Jeff Mccord

"...seems to be some kind of “men are pigs” parallel to Johnny, his overall role in Naked is poorly..."

April 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jimmy Hollywood

"...Smog Central. Apparently Levinson's idea was to draw a parallel between Hollywood then and now, from a comic point..."

April 1, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Efficiency Expert

"...as a result, has alienated his wife and family. Parallel to Wallace's personal situation is a young, second-generation worker..."

Dec. 4, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

The Double Life of Veronique

Kieslowski's movie is told not so much in customary narrative structures, but in glimpses, hints, and intimations. On the same day in 1968, two women are born, one in Poland, the other in France. Though the two share many characteristics, they live worlds apart. Yet each senses the other and has intuitive knowledge of the other's presence.

"...another level of commentary on their story (yes, their parallel lives are further reflected in the form of a..."

March 6, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Chinese women's relationships in the past and the present are told in parallel stories in this film based on Lisa See's bestselling novel.

"...Li Bingbing, Vivian Wu, Jiang Wu and Hugh Jackman. Parallel stories from the past and the present are crosscut..."

July 29, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Japanese rainbow spectrum of Boris' amplifier worship

"...haze, as if stepping through the gauze of a parallel universe. Cradling her guitar delicately, Wata's petite stature and..."

June 27, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Penélope Cruz is the madonna of modern cinema in a story of growing up trans

"...in this scene is something you won’t forget. After Parallel Mothers and now this film, she may be the..."

June 30, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Michelle Yeoh gets multiversal in this incredible comedy

"...Daniels have decided to make a movie about crowded parallel realities just as Marvel and D.C. are doing exactly..."

March 25, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hex Dispensers + Chip Tunes = Espectrostatic

One bandmate raises money for another via video sci-fi

"...was not of our world, but from a nearby parallel universe.”..."

April 4, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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Oct. 12, 2001 Music Review by Margaret Moser

"...one lane in both directions in order to allow parallel parking along the road. This road connects to a..."

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