The Prince of Egypt

"...of animation. Watching the movie is a genuinely thrilling experience, as such things as the harrowing hairpin turns of..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Insomnia

"...Skarsgard shows us in minute detail how shattering this experience is for his character. Skjoldbjaerg's flair for creating atmosphere,..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

A Bug's Life

"...Pixar really excels is in creating a seamless, through-the-looking-glass experience in which the 3D feel of computer animation --..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Autumn Sun

"...total surrender to love even after long years of experience have proven the foolhardiness of such blind leaps. Not..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Let's Talk About Sex

"...does the pain go away?” Perhaps actresses with more experience and range could have brought some reality to these..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Under the Skin

"...girls are thoroughly unprepared for the emotional devastation they experience subsequent to their mother's sudden passing. (In a lovely..."

June 12, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

The legend of the gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson abides in the performance of Johnny Depp.

"...and Loathing in Las Vegas is something like that experience. Not very much fun to observe, yet altogether fascinating...."

May 22, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hana-Bi (Fireworks)

"...seen in some time. It's the sort of revelatory experience you only need once in a hundred trips to..."

May 22, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

I Think I Do

"...it should be, the movie is nevertheless a pleasant experience, particularly in the deft use of the clichéd tricks..."

May 22, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Tokyo Fist

"...but even a single incomprehensible viewing is a powerful experience. It's like smashing your face into the whirling blades..."

April 10, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Moon Over Broadway

"...later. What they reveal won't shock anyone with much experience in the theatre: It's work. Hard work. Hour after..."

April 3, 1998 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Dark City

Stunning visuals highlight this story in which a city's inhabitants are the victims of some cosmic experiment being conducted by a race of aliens.

"...throws at you, Dark City is a curiously unengaging experience. It's like the CD-ROM games Myst or Riven blown..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Self-Made Hero

"...those necessary little self-deceptions that makes moviegoing the sublime experience it is...."

Feb. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Spice World

"...which may be the most enjoyable part of the experience for many. Everyone from Bob Hoskins to Jools Holland..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Office Killer

"...its grim and ghastly end. It's an uncomfortable viewing experience, from the thick, shadowy cinematography that makes it feel..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Seven Years in Tibet

"...the viewer with a deep, almost sensual pleasure. This experience is the bedrock foundation of Annaud's film, and it..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Excess Baggage

"...paycheck, some résumé fodder and a slightly less tedious experience for late-summer moviegoers...."

Sept. 5, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Kiss Me Guido

"...few years ago? Though this pleasant, if unchallenging, movie experience doesn't go out far enough on any limb to..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Career Girls

"...in previous films, Leigh takes a fragment of common experience and focuses his lens on it, shooting it in..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Robert Faires

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.

"...a knowing, and fairly lucid, portrait of the filmmaking experience, warts and all. One hilarious scene has Cheung being..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Designated Mourner

"...The Designated Mourner turns out to be a trying experience. It's no walk in the park, it's no Dinner..."

July 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Darien Gap

"...in life? Trekking to remote Patagonia for a bonding experience with -- but of course -- the Giant Sloth..."

July 11, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Murder at Sixteen Hundred

"...a couple of fresh plot convolutions that make the experience more fun and mentally engaging than we've been led..."

April 18, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Selena

Selena Quintanilla Pérez, the barrier-crashing Tejano singer who was murdered at the age of 23, is the subject of this biopic that was also the breakout film role for Jennifer Lopez.

"...Validator Films -- movies primarily designed to help audiences re-experience crucial life events (often retrofitted with gauzy mythical trappings),..."

March 28, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

A Perfect Candidate

"...election year, then A Perfect Candidate is the perfect experience to send you right over the edge. Recounting the..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Big Night

"...involved with it -- well. It's that infrequent moviegoing experience that doesn't leave you hungry for something more...."

Oct. 4, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

This cinematic pop opera is a disorienting, strange experience at first – every word is sung, even the most banal of dialogue. The simple yet sophisticated French film tells the story of two star-crossed lovers, a 16-year-old shopgirl and her gas-station attendant sweetheart, without any apology for the unashamedly romantic heart.

"...Farner. This cinematic pop opera is a disorienting, strange experience at first -- every word is sung, even the..."

July 19, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

"...his head for the rest of his life). His experience made him the natural choice to direct 1927's Wings,..."

July 12, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Someone Else's America

"...Trifunovic. This realistic yet fanciful story about the immigrant experience in Brooklyn is not quite the usual portrait of..."

July 5, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postcards From America

"...talent for evoking how human beings are shaped by experience -- sexually, socially, emotionally -- at an early age...."

Feb. 2, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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