Reviews Archive

October 25, 2007

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Lumet's steady, memorable crime drama embodies existential despair

By Eric Kohn

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Mr. Untouchable

Imaginatively bankrupt portrait drains the color from one of NYC's flashiest gangsters

By Vadim Rizov

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October 24, 2007

Jimmy Carter Man From Plains

Demme succumbs to the pie-eyed Carter myth in his disappointing documentary

By Keith Uhlich

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Lagerfeld Confidential

Largely ephemeral, day-in-the-life doc studded with a few meaty moments

By Michelle Orange

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October 18, 2007

Gone Baby Gone

Affleck's debut a twisted love letter to Boston's roughest but a just plain twisted narrative

By Michelle Orange

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Reservation Road

Like bad teenage poetry, Terry George's clumsy melodrama insists solely on its own tragedy

By Vadim Rizov

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Rendition

Discourse on U.S. torture policies less cogent -- and entertaining -- than it thinks

By Michelle Orange

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Wristcutters: A Love Story

Endearing and intelligent vision of the afterlife may soften even the hardest of hipster asses

By Vadim Rizov

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October 12, 2007

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Protestants rule and Catholics predictably drool, but Elizabeth redux is as ideologically confused as it is completely meaningless

By Michelle Orange

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October 11, 2007

We Own the Night

Brisk but boring crime drama unmitigated by a few good performances

By Vadim Rizov

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