A SnagFilms company
Trending: Cannes Film Festival
Celebrating 16 Years of Film.Biz.Fans.
more

Movie Reviews

  • Indiewire
    0 comments
    tweet
    0

    REVIEW | Caught in the Middle: Andre Techine's "The Witnesses"

    by Michael Koresky on January 30, 2008

    Once again, with his new film "The Witnesses," great French filmmaker Andre Techine surveys the intersections of sexuality and politics, while offering up a compelling study in human strength and weakness. Instructive without ever falling into cheap bromides, dramatic without ever veering into overz...

    Read More »
    MORE: World Cinema, Queer Cinema
  • Indiewire
    0 comments
    tweet
    0

    PARK CITY '08 NOTEBOOK | Slamdance Docs "Dear Zachary" and "My Mother's Garden" Offer Personal Stori

    by Eric Kohn on January 26, 2008

    There's a certain intensity to low budget productions that often heightens their impact. At the Slamdance Film Festival, where singular vision overwhelms the importance of name talent and studio appeal, a number of sturdy entries achieve their cogent artistic intentions with focused minimalism. This...

    Read More »
    MORE: Reviews
  • Indiewire
    1 comment
    tweet
    0

    PARK CITY '08 REVIEW | Scary Ha-Ha: Jay and Mark Duplass' "Baghead"

    by Indiewire on January 25, 2008

    The laughs outweigh the scares in "Baghead," a clever horror/comedy hybrid and the latest good time movie from filmmaker brothers Jay and Mark Duplass. The fact that there are shocks throughout the film confirms "Baghead's" best attribute. The Duplass Brothers, much admired for their 2005 Sundance f...

    Read More »
  • Indiewire
    0 comments
    tweet
    0

    REVIEW | Laughing Stock: Jieho Lee's "The Air I Breathe"

    by Kristi Mitsuda on January 21, 2008

    It says much about the failed dramatic strivings of "The Air I Breathe" that at a press screening -- an occasion for the most part free of audible displays of emotion since critics like to play their cards close to the vest -- Jieho Lee's feature debut (co-scripted by Bob DeRosa) met with hoots of l...

    Read More »
  • Indiewire
    0 comments
    tweet
    0

    REVIEW | The Body Politic: Cristian Mungiu's "4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days"

    by Chris Wisniewski on January 20, 2008

    Cristian Mungiu's Palme d'or winner "4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days" is as good as you've heard -- ravaging, provocative, deeply moving, and expertly crafted -- but it may not be what you expect. Billed by many as the "Romanian abortion movie" (something akin to labeling "There Will Be Blood" the "Am...

    Read More »
    MORE: World Cinema
  • Indiewire
    0 comments
    tweet
    0

    REVIEW | House of Pain: Alex Gibney's "Taxi to the Dark Side"

    by Michael Koresky on January 17, 2008

    Presidential hopeful and all-around sleaze bucket Mitt Romney's desperate equivocating over the use of waterboarding during this season's Republican YouTube debate nearly left the man a frothing mess. That's because there really isn't any room for equivocation: torture is torture, no matter how much...

    Read More »
    MORE: Documentary
  • Indiewire
    0 comments
    tweet
    0

    REVIEW | Castle Keep: Joseph Cedar's "Beaufort"

    by Michael Koresky on January 16, 2008

    Any thoughtful film about the Israel-Palestine conflict naturally takes futility as its main subject; and acclaimed Israeli filmmaker Joseph Cedar has a central premise in his new film "Beaufort" that perfectly encapsulates not just the futility of war but also the cycle of retribution and violence ...

    Read More »
  • Indiewire
    0 comments
    tweet
    0

    REVIEW | Draft Bored: Bryan Gunnar Cole's "Day Zero"

    by Michael Rowin on January 15, 2008

    Of all the varied strands of post-9/11 cinema, the speculative film--the one showing us what life would be like if it were slightly (but significantly!) different--is by far the most superfluous. Last year's lame "Right at Your Door," which sank right into oblivion, pondered a world where Los Angele...

    Read More »
    MORE: Documentary
  • Indiewire
    0 comments
    tweet
    0

    REVIEW | Missing Persons: Jia Zhangke's "Still Life"

    by Michael Koresky on January 14, 2008

    Jia Zhangke, who has emerged as one of the great artists from the "Sixth Generation" of Chinese filmmakers, is one of those directors whose work will always be embraced and discussed by a number of devoted followers but whose discursive, searching approach to narratives and the people who inhabit th...

    Read More »
    MORE: World Cinema
  • Indiewire
    0 comments
    tweet
    0

    REVIEW | Dental Damned: Mitchell Lichtenstein's "Teeth"

    by Kristi Mitsuda on January 14, 2008

    Writer-director Mitchell Lichtenstein's feature debut takes high-concept to its zenith with "Teeth," a story about the myth of vagina dentata manifest in a teenage girl named Dawn. With an opening bird's-eye view onto a family home scored to Danny Elfman-esque music, the film quickly establishes th...

    Read More »

In Theaters

See All »

Popular Posts

  • A Look At Seattle International Film ...Shadow and Act
  • Review and Trailer for Oscar-Nominated ...Thompson on Hollywood
  • Oscar Watch: New Look at Naomi Watts ...Thompson on Hollywood
  • EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: 'Kill List' Director ...Thompson on Hollywood
  • Zimbabwean Director Of 'Pride' Heading ...Shadow and Act
  • Skinny Matthew McConaughey Talks New ...Thompson on Hollywood
  • Navigating Documentary 'Venus and Serena' ...Thompson on Hollywood
  • Ben Stiller Pulling Strings On 'Pinocchio' ...The Playlist
  • One Time Only Chicago Screening Of 'Portrait ...Shadow and Act
  • VidCritz: New Jersey, The Easy Target ...Criticwire
  • Watch The New Extended Trailer For 'Pacific ...Shadow and Act
  • Girl Most Likely, Kristen Wiig, Annette BeningWatch: Kristen Wiig Is The 'Girl Most ...The Playlist
  • Rolling Stones Launch 2013 Tour Tonight ...Jon Friedmans Media Matrix
  • TV Casting News: Xosha Roquemore, Kevin ...Shadow and Act
  • Victoria Mahoney ('Yelling To The Sky') ...Shadow and Act

fresh from the blogs

browse the blog network »

Latest Tweets

Follow us

the network

indiewire

categories