It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School

"...classroom with issues regarding homosexuality. The film offers encouraging evidence of what really happens when educators address issues of..."

Sept. 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Under the Sand

"...can one mourn a loss when there is no evidence to support its actuality? Marie returns to Paris and..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

"...of CG critters, but nowhere could I find any evidence of a genuine movie. Rumor has it that the..."

June 15, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Animal

"...good-natured sweetness with his character Marvin Mange, a police evidence clerk who just can't seem to get things right...."

June 8, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Golden Bowl

"...of art to reveal truth. The bowl is the evidence of Charlotte and Amerigo's relationship; a series of snapshots..."

May 25, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Blossoms of Fire

"...gusto for days-long wingdings that are perhaps the best evidence of the Tehuantepec people's colorful, passionate lives. A longtime..."

May 4, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Head Over Heels

"...baseball bat and a body bag to hide the evidence. But she can't be sure, so she and her..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Gladiator

These Coliseum slavery capers earned a Best Picture Oscar.

"...the film full of spectacle and pomp and circumstantial evidence that he's misplaced his craft somewhere. There's a thread..."

May 12, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Follow the Leader

Where's the Evidence?

"...done such a thing?' They should have asked, 'What evidence do you have, what witnesses?'" (Indeed, the state had..."

Dec. 18, 1998 News Column by Lee Nichols

Holy Man

"...shopworn and predictable and brimming with implausibilities. The stars evidence no chemistry whatsoever, either with the characters they are..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Clay Pigeons

"....38, only to kill himself and leave all the evidence pointing toward his wayward friend. Panicked, Clay manages to..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Deceiver

"...(Rooker), who are grilling Wayland admit they have “no evidence -- just a rich, weird spastic.” That kind of..."

April 17, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ma Vie en Rose

This Belgian film is a warm, startling, funny, and realistic study of what happens when a 7-year-old boy is convinced, beyond all reason and outward evidence to the contrary, that he is really a girl.

"...7-year-old boy is convinced, beyond all reason and outward evidence to the contrary, that he is really a girl...."

Feb. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

La Promesse

"...the police and his father's insistence on hiding the evidence. The dilemma is complicated by the growing compassion Igor..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Telling Lies in America

"...by one's elders, especially in the face of massive evidence suggesting that lies are the grease that keep civilization's..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Waco: The Rules of Engagement

"...most of all is sit down and re-examine the evidence. Filled with footage and images never seen by the..."

May 2, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

McHale's Navy

"...comedy. McHale's Navy isn't so much lowbrow as damning evidence of a profound misunderstanding of what makes movie comedy..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Double Happiness

"...patterns. Everywhere one turns in Double Happiness there is evidence of cultural differences and cognitive dissonance. The triumph of..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Little Odessa

"...of the film's scenes, even during moments of violence, evidence the talent of a director who may be going..."

July 14, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Basketball Diaries

"...the exhilarating rush that is their appeal. Rather than evidence of some social agenda on the part of the..."

April 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jefferson in Paris

"...light of the fact that there is only circumstantial evidence to support this popular theory, Jefferson in Paris is..."

April 21, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shelf Life

"...Bartel has a talent for identifying great premises. As evidence, I offer examples like the “pound-of-flesh” financing scheme of..."

Nov. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mein Krieg

"...for personal mementos, not historical documents. We see little evidence to document the Nazi atrocity; instead we see boys..."

March 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jamon Jamon

"...that sly and deviously wicked sensibility that Bartel's films evidence. Jamon Jamon is a fun and farcical ride...."

March 4, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The War Room

"...about the candidate's ideals and methodologies. We see ample evidence of the savvy and quick thinking of Clinton's two..."

Nov. 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Knight Moves

"...who is also responsible for Madonna's dreadful Body of Evidence which is also in current circulation. Director Schenkel has..."

Jan. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Society

In this British thriller, a kid discovers that the members of his wealthy, Beverly Hills family may not be what they seem.

"...Bill's turns up with an audio tape of chilling evidence confirming those creepy suspicions – and then turns up..."

July 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dream Deceivers: The Story Behind James Vance vs. Judas Priest

Documentary about the famous case brought against Judas Priest by the parents of two troubled teens who committed suicide – because of alleged backward masking on an album.

"...two boys. Suffice to say, the judge found no evidence of alleged backward masking on the Judas Priest album..."

July 17, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Incident at Oglala

British filmmaker Apted makes a carefully reasoned, yet passionate statement about the legal system that has ensnared American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier.

"...a government case dependent on coerced testimony and suppressed evidence. This film was produced and narrated by Robert Redford..."

July 10, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Alien³

Weaver's Lt. Ripley and H.R. Giger's brainchild face off in Fincher's beautifully shot sequel that goes nowhere.

"...Paula Abdul) and his MTV sensibilities are in full evidence, right down to the film's breakneck pace and jagged..."

May 29, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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