Boynton Beach Club

Although this movie about residents of an “active adult” retirement community in Florida has a certain niche-market appeal, it’s really a movie for anyone who enjoys a solid romantic comedy.

"...Like most of Seidelman’s work, Boynton Beach Club showcases vivid female personalities. Certainly Cannon, Kellerman, and Vaccaro have never..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Oscar winner documents the collapse of Enron in vivid detail and with cinematic flourish.

"...Smartest Guys in the Room documents the collapse in vivid detail and with cinematic flourish. Moreover, the film doesn’t..."

April 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bad Guy

Early film from South Korea's enfant terrible Kim Ki-duk is a coarse and distubing drama about obsessive love.

"...well-told tale that uses minimal dialogue, striking imagery, and vivid violence to weave a depressing portrait of obsessive love..."

March 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Diary of a Mad Black Woman

The fitful story of how one black woman gets her groove back

"...from happy to sad, and the film provides a vivid showcase for Perry’s instinctive talents. The movie does no..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Manson Family

Shot over the course of 10 years, underground filmmkaker Jim Van Bebber tells the story we all think we know. This time, however, the story graphically unfolds from the perspective of Charles Manson.

"...that caps Manson’s story are shown in all their vivid, visceral detail), Van Bebber does justice to a tale..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Secret Things

Violent French erotica about female empowerment is a turbocharged gender bender that's equal parts soft-core porn and overwrought symbolism.

"...it hammers home with all the subtlety of a Vivid Video girl’s come-on are anything but pointless (the female..."

April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pearl Harbor

"...there was one, features as its centerpiece a jaw-droppingly vivid re-creation of the Japanese attack on the U.S.'s fabled..."

May 25, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blossoms of Fire

"...of Fire is a bright, amiable chronicle of the vivid lives of the women of Juchitán, a small, sun-soaked..."

May 4, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

"...to prevent her from becoming blue. Religion and a vivid flair for make-up. Perhaps this is what qualifies RuPaul..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Luminarias

"...is absolutely worth the price of admission) bring this vivid and voluptuous mural to life. There are some unlikely..."

July 14, 2000 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Titan A.E.

"...derring-do, this film has some of the most jaw-droppingly vivid, realistic, gosh-wow! scenes to date. Bluth's immense team of..."

June 16, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Road to El Dorado

"...lackluster and instantly forgettable. Otherwise, the animation is beautifully vivid and multidimensional in appearance, though the characters favor the..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Jarmusch's film is a tone poem about a contemporary hitman nicknamed Ghost Dog (Whitaker), who is steeped in the code of the ancient Japanese samurai.

"...Jarmusch is also a supreme shotmaker. His compositions are vivid and rich with possibilities. His images can go from..."

March 24, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Now & Then: From Frosh to Seniors

"...social conscience-stricken prelaw student Shayne. These archetypal, yet strikingly vivid and affecting tales are captured with great skill by..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Lovers of the Arctic Circle

Using impressionistic and circular stragies, this Spanish film tells the story of two lovers from the time they meet at the age of 8 to the age of 25, when they may or may not meet again.

"...There are images that stick in the mind with vivid detail, and there are refrains that haunt the mind..."

June 18, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Chambermaid

"...their night together is chaste, Horty is beset with vivid dreams and awakes to find her gone. The next..."

Sept. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Madeline

"...the muted, no-ghosts-under-these-beds haven of the school and the vivid, unpredictable carnival of life beyond its vine-covered walls. Both..."

July 10, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Hana-Bi (Fireworks)

"...his money problems and help his near-and-dears. Violence -- vivid, startling, and disturbingly realistic -- occurs at regular intervals...."

May 22, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Mouth to Mouth

"...is a multi-layered temptress, the madonna/whore complex brought to vivid life. Why then does Mouth to Mouth leave you..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dream With the Fishes

"...Moon. His debut feature is a quirky journey the vivid characters and situations of which will be remembered long..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cats Don't Dance

"...and irreverence of classic animation. The dynamic compositions and vivid pastel palette evoke vintage Disney, and the expressiveness of..."

April 4, 1997 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Jerry Maguire

"...allows all the other performers to shine and create vivid and memorable characters. Cuba Gooding, Jr. practically steals the..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hustler White

LaBruce's third feature film layers its seamy walk on the wild side with a vivid portrait of a day in the life.

"...its seamy walk on the wild side with a vivid portrait of a day in the life...."

Nov. 15, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

301/302

"...arresting to look at, creating a hyper-real canvas of vivid images and fully exposed ciphers. Using crisp cinematography and..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Buffalo

"...can smell in every frame. Dennis Franz gives a vivid reading of Don, but subtly, almost wholly through his..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

"...end of Wild Bill ,we have not only a vivid picture of a larger-than-life character that time seems to..."

July 12, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

"...the flavor of the 1920s glitterati gang with such vivid and loving detail that you feel like the proverbial..."

Jan. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Pagemaster

"...The Rescuers Down Under is continued in the lively, vivid animated sequences. The transition from live-action to animation is..."

Nov. 25, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Naked in New York

"...uncommonly rich with appealing, unconventional characters. It has more vivid figures than a circus parade: Jake (Stoltz), who gives..."

June 10, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Guelwaar

This comedy of errors is a piercing cultural commentary that examines large issues like the indignity of foreign aid and smaller issues like human vanity and pride. It satirizes African red tape and bureaucracy and casts a gently probing eye toward squabbling tribal differences.

"...all the little moments in Guelwaar that are so vivid and memorable. Sembène's camera catches everything with a simplicity..."

April 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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