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Review of Brokeback Mountain (2005)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 28 Sep 2005

It's a mistake to label it a gay cowboy or queer romance, for this love story is universal in appeal, epic in scope like Giant and unabashedly…

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Review of Loggerheads (1978)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 24 Sep 2005

The film is honorable in its intent of confronting middle-American intolerance and tackling different forms of shame, but its execution is flawed…

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Review of Loggerheads (2005)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 24 Sep 2005

The film is honorable in its intent of confronting middle-American intolerance and tackling different forms of shame, but its execution is flawed…

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Review of Ushpizin (2004)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 21 Sep 2005

Equal parts Isaac Bashevis Singer (Yentl) and Capra (It's a Wonderful Life), this charming Israeli folktale offers an inside humorous look…

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Review of The Dying Gaul (2005)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 20 Sep 2005

Writer Lucas (Longtime Companion) makes a disapointing directing debut with an overbaked, preposterously plotted noir thriller whose only novelty…

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Review of North Country (2005)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 16 Sep 2005

Too bad Theron won an Oscar for a weak film like Monster, in which she was splashy, as her part in North Country is far more impressive and…

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Review of Oliver Twist (2005)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 14 Sep 2005

Though Polanski doesn't bring a new angle to Dickens' classic, there's still reason to see his handsome, well-acted production of a tale not…

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Review of Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) (2001)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 13 Sep 2005

Sly, darkly humorous and a lot of fun, this postmodern satire playfully deconstructs every Hollywood genre: noir, private eye, actioner, and…

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Review of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 13 Sep 2005

Sly, darkly humorous and a lot of fun, this postmodern satire playfully deconstructs every Hollywood genre: noir, private eye, actioner, and…

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Review of Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang (1966)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 13 Sep 2005

Sly, darkly humorous and a lot of fun, this postmodern satire playfully deconstructs every Hollywood genre: noir, private eye, actioner, and…

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Review of The Bang Bang Gang (1970)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 13 Sep 2005

Sly, darkly humorous and a lot of fun, this postmodern satire playfully deconstructs every Hollywood genre: noir, private eye, actioner, and…

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Review of In Her Shoes (2005)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 12 Sep 2005

In the studio era, this well-made but utterly conventional chic flick would have been labeled a woman's pic or weeper and assigned to Cukor,…

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Review of Shopgirl (2005)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 10 Sep 2005

This bittersweet romance is intermittently poignant and well-acted, particularly by Claire Danes, but it can't decide whose story it's telling…

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Review of Flightplan (2005)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 07 Sep 2005

Marred by implausibility, underdeveloped characters, and bad climax, technically Flightplan is great, taking full advantage of its confined…

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Review of Separate Lies (2005)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 07 Sep 2005

An intimate marriage melodrama in the tasteful tradition of Merchant-Ivory Masterpiece Theater, with a touch of Pinter (Betrayal) and Joseph…

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Review of The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 06 Sep 2005

Claiming to be based on a real case, this hybrid of horror and coutroom melodrama raises questions of intent…

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Review of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 03 Sep 2005

Columbus' rendition of the first Harry Potter is a slavish adapation of the book, lacking imagination or vision, though not as bad as to be…

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Review of Wings (1927)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 26 Aug 2005

Wings, the first Oscar winner, enjoyed the administration's support on the condition that it projects a positive image of the Air Force, thus…

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Review of Wings (1966)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 26 Aug 2005

Wings, the first Oscar winner, enjoyed the administration's support on the condition that it projects a positive image of the Air Force, thus…

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Review of Saraband (2003)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 20 Aug 2005

Rumored to be the Swedish maestro's swansong, this is a major work with all the thematic and formal features, an uncompromisingly harrowing…

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