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Review of Inglourious Basterds (2009)

By Derek Smith (382) for Tiny Mix Tapes (64) on 03 Mar 2012

Tarantino devotes roughly equal time to discussing the cinema of G.W. Pabst and dramatizing the gory scalping of dead Nazi soldiers…

Review of Night on Earth (1991)

By Derek Smith (382) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 23 Jun 2011

Jarmusch playfully blurs the line between driver/passenger, servant/customer, and native/immigrant, presenting these divisions as virtually…

Review of Frost/Nixon (2008)

By Derek Smith (382) for Cinematic Reflections (30) on 07 Dec 2008

Its boxing metaphor plays out in such mind-numbingly literal terms, there might as well have been a woman in a bikini announcing the beginning…

Review of The Bucket List (2007)

By Derek Smith (382) for Cinematic Reflections (30) on 16 Jan 2008

The only Ang Lee film where he shows even a modicum of originality in his direction or any real personality or interesting visual flair…

Review of Benny's Video (1992)

By Derek Smith (382) for Cinematic Reflections (30) on 18 Aug 2006

Similar to The Seventh Continent, this film's objective is to analyze and deconstruct the effects rather than senselessly guess their causes…

Review of They Live (1988)

By Derek Smith (382) for Cinematic Reflections (30) on 18 Aug 2006

Carpenter's ability to fuse the bawdy humor and action with an intelligent script make for a genre film that is both thoughtful and entertaining…

Review of A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

By Derek Smith (382) for Cinematic Reflections (30) on 18 Aug 2006

With A Prairie Home Companion, Robert Altman has once again showcased his talent for creating complex, insular worlds for his characters to inhabit…

Review of Pandora's Box (1943)

By Derek Smith (382) for Cinematic Reflections (30) on 27 Mar 2006

One of the great films about the mysterious allure of the female form and the destructive power of the male gaze that's inflicted upon it…

Review of The New World (2005)

By Derek Smith (382) for Cinematic Reflections (30) on 27 Mar 2006

A melancholy revery of a time when nature provided a spiritual sustenance that could not be replaced by religious or social order…

Review of Pandora's Box (1929)

By Derek Smith (382) for Cinematic Reflections (30) on 27 Mar 2006

One of the great films about the mysterious allure of the female form and the destructive power of the male gaze that's inflicted upon it…

Review of Pandora's Box (2009)

By Derek Smith (382) for Cinematic Reflections (30) on 27 Mar 2006

One of the great films about the mysterious allure of the female form and the destructive power of the male gaze that's inflicted upon it…

Review of Salesman (1969)

By Derek Smith (382) for Cinematic Reflections (30) on 27 Mar 2006

Functions as both a tribute to their work ethic and a condemnation of the system that considers such a profession a healthy route to the American…

Review of Pandora's Box (2008)

By Derek Smith (382) for Cinematic Reflections (30) on 27 Mar 2006

One of the great films about the mysterious allure of the female form and the destructive power of the male gaze that's inflicted upon it…

Review of Where the Truth Lies (1999)

By Derek Smith (382) for Cinematic Reflections (30) on 06 Dec 2005

A delightfully seedy mystery who's joy lies only in the journey…

Review of Where the Truth Lies (1962)

By Derek Smith (382) for Cinematic Reflections (30) on 06 Dec 2005

A delightfully seedy mystery who's joy lies only in the journey…

Review of Where the Truth Lies (2005)

By Derek Smith (382) for Cinematic Reflections (30) on 06 Dec 2005

A delightfully seedy mystery who's joy lies only in the journey…

Review of Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)

By Derek Smith (382) for Cinematic Reflections (30) on 04 Jul 2005

Walks a thin line between sincerity and pretension, but ultimately deals with enough issues head-on to make the occassionally excessive quirkiness…

Review of Air Force (1943)

By Derek Smith (382) for Cinematic Reflections (30) on 22 Apr 2005

It isn't one of the director's most impressive outputs, but when a solid genre entry such as this is one of your lesser films, it says a lot…

Review of All I Desire (1953)

By Derek Smith (382) for Cinematic Reflections (30) on 22 Apr 2005

[It] may be the most ironic statement on the disturbing allure of 50s suburbia that Sirk ever made…

Review of Heat (1995)

By Derek Smith (382) for Cinematic Reflections (30) on 22 Apr 2005

It is a remarkably powerful, entertaining and invigorating piece of cinema that hits on more levels than seemingly possible…

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