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Brokeback Mountain
The beautifully wrought film is a tragic love story (not a "gay cowboy movie") that’s defined by its staggering heartbreak.
"...the phrase has a way of diminishing this amazing movie’s focus and reach. Brokeback Mountain is a love story..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

9 Songs
Michael Winterbottom creates scenester porn in which he records the evolution of a man and a woman's relationship through sex and music – exclusively.
"...of scenes. A number of critics have praised this movie beyond all measure for its honesty, for its bravery,..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Schultze Gets the Blues
The life of a retired German miner and accordion player is spurred toward change by the sound of zydeco music.
"...Angelle. Schultze Gets the Blues is a sweet German movie by a first-time filmmaker, who, I would bet, is..."

March 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bear Cub
Spanish drama avoids the politics of gay adoption while focusing instead on realistic characters and situations.
"...Mario Arias, Arno Chevrier and Diana Cerezo. This Spanish movie (which debuted in Austin during the most recent aGLIFF..."

March 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Forgotten
Julianne Moore is out of her mind with grief – or is she just out of her mind?
"...Money Train), Moore is just another of the countless movie heroines who is determined to get back her missing..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Vanity Fair
Disappointing screen adaptation lacks the novel's satiric edge.
"...for its historical significance as the first completely Technicolor movie than for its dramatic significance) owes a great deal..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Girl With a Pearl Earring
Bona fide "art" movie starring this season's It Girl, Scarlett Johansson, is as flat and enigmatic as the titular portrait by Vermeer.
"...With a Pearl Earring is a bona fide art movie. It has the finest of pedigrees, being inspired by..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Flower of Evil
Chabrol's 50th movie is a study of guilt and its perpetuation.
"...Flower of Evil is French director Claude Chabrol's 50th movie, and in his long career (which began in 1958..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sylvia
Sylvia Plath biopic is sad dirge.
"...slaked by this new biopic. Granted, making an engaging movie about a depressive poet is a tough assignment. Writers..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Veronica Guerin
Journalist's brave story remains curiously aloof.
"...catch glimpses of what makes her tick – the movie provides hints that she sometimes puts the demands of..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Phone Booth
"...in such a riveting, urgent manner that the entire movie mostly passes before the viewer has a real chance..."

April 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gangs of New York
The Lower East Side gang wars of the 1860s are brought to life by Scorsese.
"...and dynamic visual stylists to ever pick up a movie camera. The movie arrives in theatres with enough backstory..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Adaptation.
"...screen. It's with thoughts such as these that the movie Adaptation begins – and ends. In between, director Spike..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Master of Disguise
"...not even half as good as any of the movies mentioned above. Indulge me in this spoiler, which is..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bad Company
"...since 9/11 when Hollywood executives unilaterally back-burnered several about-to-be-released movies that revolved around “touchy” subject matter, the American moviegoing..."

June 7, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
"...of my falling in love with a nearly four-hour-long movie from India's prolific Bollywood film industry -- a movie..."

May 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Crimson Rivers
"...it often transgresses logic and believability. In fact, the movie's climax and conclusion are downright preposterous. The amazing thing,..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Keep the River On Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale
"...documentary. Keep the River on Your Right is a movie about the personality, contradictions, travels, and life journey of..."

April 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Enemy at the Gates
"...expectation that we're in for the first great war movie of the new millennium. Well, Enemy at the Gates..."

March 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hannibal
"...It's not even until the last act that the movie hooks these two up, person-to-person, for some interaction that..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Opportunists
"...accept her offer. The Opportunists is an evocative, character-driven movie that's at its best when focusing on these individuals...."

Aug. 25, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Big Momma's House
"...back the night.” Unfortunately, Lawrence only spends half the movie as the warrior-grandma. The other half he plays it..."

June 9, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Being John Malkovich
"...Bean and Mary Kay Place. Rarely is there a movie about which you can honestly say that it's like..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Three Kings
This modern classic is a war movie with a conscience, an action movie with a funny bone, a caper movie with a shifting agenda.
"...behave as an original outlaw or antihero in American movies these days. So it practically moves us to stand..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

For Love of the Game
"...Game (Costner's third time at bat in a baseball movie) is certainly a move into the majors for Raimi,..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Castle
"...Tenney and Michael Caton. The Castle is an Australian movie about the triumph of the little guys … or..."

June 4, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Baby Geniuses
"...is infantile, in every sense of the word. The movie anthropomorphizes toddlers by giving them the power of adult..."

March 19, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Two Hundred Cigarettes
"...A comedy of manners for the hipster set, the movie aimlessly follows the converging paths of several New Yorkers..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Prince of Egypt
"...Book of Exodus, the studio may have invented a movie with enough moxie to wake it from its second-class..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Alarmist
"...no appeal at all. In fact, it's a near-pointless movie. A wannabe in today's hip-and-edgy movie genre, the most..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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