Reviews Archive

January 30, 2008

The Silence Before Bach

Portabella explores the craft of making music with the same lightness of the music itself

By Eric Kohn

January 29, 2008

Praying With Lior

Lior's supreme underdog moment feels a little too long in coming

By Michelle Orange

January 24, 2008

4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Vaunted Romanian drama a finely crafted -- yet somehow incomplete -- bureaucratic epic

By Vadim Rizov

Orthodox Stance

Spunky doc swings away with potent if uneven blend of Hebrews and haymakers

By Michelle Orange

January 22, 2008

Doc

Reasonably amusing portrait of literary flameout and acid burnout Humes strains for relevance

By Vadim Rizov

January 17, 2008

Cloverfield

The secret of J.J. Abrams's clunky commercial vehicle is that there isn't one

By Eric Kohn

Cassandra's Dream

Farrell's performance the highlight of Allen's uneven blend of high drama and afternoon telly

By Michelle Orange

Teeth

Lichtenstein's toothless sexual satire isn't nearly as subversive as it thinks

By Vadim Rizov

Taxi to the Dark Side

Gibney's sharp, shaming torture exposé tracks another Great American Meltdown

By Michelle Orange

January 9, 2008

The Business of Being Born

Boobs, birth and babies abound, but Epstein's witty, well-considered doc is all Business

By Michelle Orange