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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Film Critic

(1943)

364 pro reviews

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Babe (1995)
Publish Date: May 12, 2008
"The characters (both animal and human) are solidly conceived, and the storytelling and visuals are expertly fashioned"

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Publish Date: March 4, 2008
"I hear the J.K. Rowling books are great, and on the basis of this 2001 movie I'm ready to believe it"

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Point Break (1991)
Publish Date: March 21, 2007
"Peter Iliff and Rick King haven’t succeeded in creating characters substantial enough"

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The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
Publish Date: December 25, 2006
"Both sad and darkly funny, the film is so sharply conceived and richly populated that it often registers like a Frederick Wiseman documentary, even though everything is scripted and every part played by a professional."

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The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
Publish Date: June 30, 2005
"It's more than a simple improvement, inverting some of the original's qualities so that the impersonal, well-crafted filmmaking remains lucid throughout. Even more unexpectedly, the piano lessons taken by the hero (Romain Duris, very fine) from a Vietnamese woman who speaks no French are more highly charged than any of the violence".

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Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
Publish Date: October 5, 2004
"Absorbing and revelatory, this is film criticism of the highest order"

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I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003)
Publish Date: July 8, 2004
"Superficially it’s a standard-issue revenge story set among gangsters (...) but upon closer inspection its story and characters grow more mysterious, ultimately bordering on the unfathomable."

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The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003)
Publish Date: January 21, 2004
"There's something undeniably masterful about the film (...) it's a capacity to say as little as possible while giving the impression of saying a great deal"

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Auto Focus (Autofocus) (2002)
Publish Date: October 3, 2002
"The inventive performances (...) keep this 2002 drama interesting in spite of its puritanical framework. Watchable, but not very insightful."

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Mostly Martha (2001)
Publish Date: August 22, 2002
"This well-made and entertaining romantic comedy drama provides ample proof that German writer-director Sandra Nettelbeck can turn out a classier commercial feature than most of her Hollywood contemporaries."

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Suzhou River (2000)
Publish Date: March 8, 2001
"This is well worth checking out"

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Yi Yi: A One and a Two (2000)
Publish Date: February 28, 2001
"[Yang] has been making masterful films in Taiwan for almost 20 years"

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Mother and Son (1997)
Publish Date: February 18, 1998
"Sokurov's intensity insures that something is always happening, both on the screen and inside us"

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The First Wives Club (1996)
Publish Date: October 9, 1996
"The success of The First Wives Club rests on the way it makes the audience feel like insiders, like part of a glamorous Hollywood club."

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Mindwalk (1990)
Publish Date: November 11, 1992
"I found it entertaining and absorbing, and far from heavy next to Woody Allen’s ponderous 'serious' pictures."

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Stormy Monday (1987)
Publish Date: May 4, 1988
"A watchable first feature by English writer-director Mike Figgis, beautifully shot by Roger Deakins (...) The actors, settings, and music manage to hold the interest"

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Chungking Express (1994)
Publish Date: October 25, 1985
"An immensely charming and energetic comedy (...) This provides an ideal introduction to his work"

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Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970)
Publish Date: October 25, 1985
"I didn’t warm to this film, but given the quality of some of Schatzberg’s subsequent work (...) it may deserve a second look"

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The Alamo (1960)
Publish Date: October 25, 1985
"Interminable western epic (originally 199 minutes, later reduced to 161) (...) John Ford reportedly lent a hand in the direction, but it’s still a long way to the final attack."

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The Package (1989)
Publish Date: October 25, 1985
"A rather unthrilling but otherwise serviceable thriller (...) Reasonably well crafted, and Hackman is good as usual, although one continues to feel that he’s been slipping in his choice of projects."

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