Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion

Martin Sheen narrates this documentary on the plight of Tibet under the occupation of the People's Liberation Army.

"...a giant mural. Interweaving these images are interviews from Western travelers, Tibetan refugees, heads of state, culture scholars, and..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Herod's Law

Unflinching satire is diminished by overwritten messages.

"...no solution." It’s too didactic to be a spaghetti Western but lacks the moral compass required of a more..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Warriors

"...in New York City unfolds like a violent, comic-book Western. Gang colors, desolate streets and subway platforms, and graffiti-emblazoned..."

Jan. 31, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

ABCD

"...American-Born Confused Desi) dramatizes the conflicts between traditional and Western concepts of family life -- marital love in particular...."

Dec. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Texas Rangers

"...Beek. Call it Dude, Where's My Horse?. This photogenic Western is more ambitious than the usual strenuously middling genre..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Vengo

"...widescreen, Vengo has the look of a Sergio Leone Western minus the gunfights, with the Andalusian countryside, parched and..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Fantasticks

Deep in your heart, you should "follow." Released just a few years ago, this film version of the Off Broadway workhorse captures the feeling of the innocent and bygone era of movie musicals. But it differs from the original work's romantic minimalism as it opens up the play cinematically.

"...period setting, extravagant production design long on artifice, breathtaking Western landscapes (captured luxuriantly in good old Panavision by the..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Way of the Gun

"...ways the film bears a greater resemblance to the Western than to the crime genre, as these vagabond gunslingers..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

"...Cleef and Eli Wallach. This is the quintessential spaghetti western and also concludes Leone’s great trilogy, which began with..."

Aug. 30, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Once Upon a Time in the West

"...and Woody Strode. Leone’s elegiac masterpiece is a classic Western tale about railroads, land grabs, and the entrepreneurial spirit...."

Aug. 30, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Adrenaline Drive

"...more than likely wouldn't have made it into a Western version of the story. Above all, Yaguchi seems to..."

July 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Color of Paradise

"...Color of Paradise is overflowing with subtle soundscapes. Most Western eyes, mine included, tend to think of Iran as..."

June 9, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Cup

Filmed in Bhutan with a cast of unknown Tibetan nonprofessionals, The Cup takes its charming premise – pint-sized monks striving against all odds to watch a satellite broadcast of the 1998 World Cup match between Brazil and France – and runs with it.

"...film, has crafted a foreign film that feels particularly Western in both its style and tone. The crux of..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Beach

"...course of the film, and as a metaphor for Western tourism (those wavy blond locks and the insouciant smirk..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Besieged

"...the African popular music and the classicism of the Western canon; the differences in skin color; the bright light..."

July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Eel

"...view of modern-day Japan is a departure from pre-fabricated Western ideals of the inscrutable East. Imamura's characters play out..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Artemisia

"...Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the first women in the Western world to forge a successful career as a professional..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

John Carpenter's Vampires

"...its most basic level, that of a modern-day vampiric Western (which in itself sounds like a pretty nifty idea)...."

Oct. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Newton Boys

"...the largest theft of its kind to date. Part Western, part crime story, and part true family saga, The..."

March 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fire

"...as Jatin clearly prefers the company of his vivacious, Westernized girlfriend from China who wants nothing to do with..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

U-Turn

"...be astonished at U-Turn's energetic trashing of all major Western concepts of meaning, reason, and narrative convention. Some of..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Walkabout

Roeg's second film has become something of a cult classic. The story centers on two British children stranded in the Australian desert who are led back to civilization by an Aboriginal male. The fascination of the movie comes from the cultural collision that also carries a sexually charged undercurrent.

"...shock edits that intercut scenes of Aboriginal kills with Western butcher shops tend to seem more naïve and intrusive..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Plutonium Circus

"...PR man/city commissioner/Amarillo booster winks at you during his country-western karaoke performance? Ratliff recognized the real high-flying acts when..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

City Unplugged

"...but it also operates just fine on the more Western level of a gritty -- and often hilarious --..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Stranger

"...Stranger moves at a modulated pace rarely matched in Western cinema. For some viewers, this pacing will be a..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Wild Bunch

"...grasp, for once, matches his reach and in this Western story he achieves a mythological tone for his moral..."

March 31, 1995 Movie Review by Louis Black

Bosna!

"...Bernard-Henri Lévy valorizes the Bosnian resistance and chides the Western world for its lack of response. Images amply document..."

Nov. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Frank and Jesse

"...the new breed of dark and brooding new wave westerns that have followed in the wake of Unforgiven. However,..."

Oct. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker

Anchoress

"...Newby visualized the design of the film as a western, making use of the genre's spatial dynamics (open plains,..."

Sept. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Wheels on Meals

"...Tsui Hark -- Hung is the most accessible to Western audiences in terms of being able to follow what's..."

Aug. 5, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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