Reviews Archive

March 16, 2007

American Cannibal

Sublimely cynical look at the reality TV business may be too good to be true

By Michelle Orange

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The Wind That Shakes The Barley

Ken Loach's IRA rebellion epic a study in how movements are made and unmade

By Vadim Rizov

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I Think I Love My Wife

Rock's mainstream stab at depicting affluent black life suffers from a split-personality plot

By Vadim Rizov

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March 9, 2007

The Namesake

Coming of age means coming to terms with ancestry in Nair's lovingly embroidered adaptation

By Michelle Orange

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The Host

Korean deconstruction of the blockbuster offers powerful incitement, guiltless good fun

By Eric Kohn

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March 7, 2007

Exterminating Angels

A director's innocence is at stake in cavalcade of onanism, hysteria and whorishness

By Michelle Orange

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March 2, 2007

Black Snake Moan

Deep blues haunt Jackson and Ricci in stellar, sweltering Southern drama

By Vadim Rizov

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Zodiac

Fincher's serial-killer opus goes long on details, falls short on intrigue

By Michelle Orange

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March 1, 2007

Raise the Red Lantern

Vintage Zhang revival a reminder of how much has changed in 16 years

By Vadim Rizov

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February 28, 2007

Into Great Silence

The lives of France's Carthusian monks gets the (extremely faithful) silent treatment

By Vadim Rizov

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