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Review of Déficit
Review: DeficitWith Deficit, actor Gael Garcia Bernal (Babel, Y tu mama tambien) makes his directorial debut. Having collaborated with the likes Alfonso Cuaron and Michel Gondry on past films, one could have high expectations for the actor’s own filmmaking. The story itself is simple enough: while their parents are away on ... read morePosted on 09/17/2007 by calmac 
Review of King of California
Review: King of CaliforniaAt this point in time, Michael Douglas’s celebrity is so buried under his marriage to Catherine Zeta-Jones that his even his random appearances in the You, Me, and Duprees of the world barely register. So it’s good to see him get out there and act once in a while, something ... read morePosted on 09/13/2007 by calmac 
Review of Cassandra's Dream
Review: Cassandra's DreamCassandra’s Dream follows the trend of latter-day Woody Allen films started with Match Point: tight, crime-based drama, with only sparse traces of the comedies he used to make. In this mode of filmmaking, Allen’s films show more directly the influence of Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini that he’s often cited. ... read morePosted on 09/13/2007 by calmac 
Review of Paranoid Park
Review: Paranoid ParkThe last few films by director Gus Van Sant were part of what he called his “Death Trilogy”. But there the death was centered on a protagonist and, unbeknownst to them, just around the corner: Elephant follows a handful of high school students in the hours before their school is ... read morePosted on 09/13/2007 by calmac 
Review of Sleuth
Review: SleuthHaving started life as a play in 1970 and been made into a movie shortly thereafter starring Michael Caine, Sleuth has now been remade, by way of a rewrite by playwright Harold Pinter. The story itself revolves around two men involved with the same woman: an older man that she ... read morePosted on 09/13/2007 by calmac 
Review of Across the Universe
Review: Across The UniverseThe idea of a musical featuring the songs of the Beatles might give you pause, if either because of the atrocious 1970’s attempt at just that (Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Harts Club Band starring the Bee Gees) or because it sounds like a timely cash-in. Thankfully, director Julie Taymor approaches the ... read morePosted on 09/13/2007 by calmac 
Review of Captain Mike Across America
Michael Moore and Captain Mike Across AmericaWhen Michael Moore’s last film, Sicko, was released in the summer of 2007, the consensus seemed to be that it was the pop-documentarian’s most accomplished work to date. Critics pointed to Moore’s relative absence from the film—he first appears on camera 45 minutes into running time—and this withdraw from the ... read morePosted on 09/09/2007 by calmac |
