Savage Grace

You can almost smell the desperation in the twisted psychosexuality of Savage Grace, the film purportedly based on the true story of a mother-son relationship that went tragically wrong.

"...jealous mother. The long-awaited return to filmmaking for Queer Wave director Kalin (Swoon), the disappointing Savage Grace is a..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Paris, Je T'Aime

Eighteen short films by an international who’s-who of filmmakers make up this omnibus celebrating the joys and sorrows of love and Paris, organized by neighborhood.

"...a heroin-smoking actress abroad that recalls the French New Wave. Sylvain Chomet’s “Tour Eiffel” throws back to Jean-Luc Godard’s..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Civic Duty

The line separating civic duty from vigilantism is the focus of this paranoid thriller set squarely in the new age of terrorism.

"...Ian Tracey. Civic Duty stands out amid the new wave of terrorism-paranoia thrillers. It's a taut drama set primarily..."

May 4, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Think I Love My Wife

Who would have ever guessed that Chris Rock would be the guy to film an American remake of Eric Rohmer's meditation on fidelity, Chloe in the Afternoon?

"...onetime editor of Cahiers du Cinéma and French New Wave filmmaker, Rohmer is known for his meditations on triviality..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Starter for 10

This British coming-of-age drama and romantic comedy is fairly predictable, although the charming actors manage to keep the story’s characters just this side of stereotype and mediocrity.

"...notable for its music-heavy soundtrack, which features era-appropriate New Wave tunes by the Cure, Wham!, Tears for Fears, New..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies

This film captures a fair amount of this band's electric charge and documents its 2004 reunion tour.

"...from there for seven-odd years before self-destructing in a wave of surfy self-mutilation, mutual enmity, and various and sundry..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Marie Antoinette

Don’t fear the film’s early reviews from Cannes, which too often slighted it for being fluffy (it isn’t, though its heroine is) or ahistorical (it isn’t, though it is contemporary).

"...Wow. There’s nothing terribly problematic about Coppola’s anachronistic New Wave needle-dropping, which halts before the Bastille falls and the..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Metal: A Headbanger's Journey

Lots of information and finely honed arguments characterize this vicariously thrilling and joyous documentary that explores heavy metal’s many permutations and sheer endurance over the past 30-odd years.

"...explain heavy metal’s many permutations (glam metal, the new wave of British heavy metal, speed metal, black metal, death..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

À Tout de Suite

Shot in jittery black-and-white 16mm, this French film's on-the-fly aesthetic captures the shiftlessness of bourgeois youth and some of the spirit of the French New Wave.

"...and Jacquot’s technique hearkens back toward the French New Wave. Shot in jittery black-and-white 16mm, the film’s on-the-fly aesthetic..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

White Noise

That droning sound you hear is White Noise.

"...been studying the urban anti-flair found in the recent wave of technology-oriented Asian horror films like Byeong-ki Ahn’s Phone..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ju-on: The Grudge

Fear of what's lurking just out of sight is at the heart of this Japanese horror film.

"...The Grudge is at the forefront of a new wave of Asian horror films that rely on giddily escalating..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Riding Giants

A creative wipe-out from the director of Dogtown and Z-Boys

"...on his follow-up doc, Riding Giants, an ode to big-wave surfers, past and future. Whether or not one was..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

The boy wizard rides again and this outing proves zippier and spookier than the previous two.

"...for example. It just chugs along briskly, riding a wave of wonder and enthusiasm. The third act seems overlong..."

June 4, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Quentin Tarantino goes into overdrive with this story about the bride who was left for dead on her wedding day and seeks revenge against them that done her wrong.

"...vibrant and violent mainstream films since the Seventies’ grindhouse wave he grew up on. Part homage to those wonderful..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lost in Translation

Sofia Coppola spins a unique tale about a yearning, indelible love-affair-that-isn’t between characters played by Bill Murray and this season's It Girl Scarlett Johansson.

"...middle age and enjoys the attentions of a new wave of hugely talented young filmmakers like Wes Anderson and..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

XX/XY

"...has a Gallic feel to it, from its New Wave use of jump cuts and close-ups to the casual..."

May 23, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Secret Ballot

Iranian film is sharply observed and resoundingly funny, and tackles such heady topics as feminism, democracy, the voting process, communication, external and internal impediments to personal growth, and more.

"...evident in abundance -- a rarity among the recent wave of Iranian imports. The film is based on an..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Day I Became a Woman

"...Passand. Delightful as it is, the burgeoning Iranian “new wave” cinema has taken a few knocks for being lugubrious...."

May 18, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Swindle

"...your attention this 1997 film by 68-year-old French New Wave pioneer Claude Chabrol. Mind you, I'm not here to..."

July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Disenchanted

"...and, like so much of the French New New Wave, contains echoes of everything from Bazin to Truffaut. It's..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Marie Baie Des Anges

"...works much better as a satire of the New Wave than it does as an homage. Senseless symbolism, guns,..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mafia!

"...humor that flows over the audience in a foul wave of lowest-common-denominator titters. Abrahams, who started out as part..."

July 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mulan

"...are a visual feast of truly great proportions. The wave of Mongol warriors cresting the snowy mountainside is a..."

June 19, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

A Thousand Acres

"...movie with dominant sensibilities more similar to the current wave of “therapy fiction” than to the classical tragedy genre...."

Sept. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Irma Vep

Assayas' camerawork and editing recall the glory days of the French New Wave, while Cheung holds the center as an actress caught up in the behind-the-scenes mayhem on a creative film set.

"...film recalls the glory days of the French New Wave in its camerawork and editing, which jump between fluid..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Single Girl

"...be the descendants of characters in a French New Wave movie by Jean-Luc Godard or Francois Truffaut. The trappings..."

July 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Toilers and the Wayfarers

"...explores themes seldom touched upon in the Queer New Wave, The Toilers and the Wayfarers is an honorable effort,..."

July 25, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Dear God

"...its tail on fire. The first in Hollywood's annual wave of forceful holiday cheer, Dear God isn't just the..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

National Lampoon's Senior Trip

"...land. The comedy just lies there -- flat brain wave, no vital signs. I blame the screenplay by Roger..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Floundering

"...McCarthy, the producer of much of the American New Wave of recent years (Repo Man, Tapeheads, Roadside Prophets) may..."

March 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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