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Review of As Good as It Gets (1997)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 01 Jan 2000

Nicholson struggles for the core of the man but never gets it; so, in most scenes, he resorts to working his face, with grimaces and sneering…

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Review of American Beauty (1999)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 01 Jan 2000

It never justifies the blatancy of its opening, and it never does anything to freshen what is only one more journey through familiar fortyish…

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Review of Analyze This (1999)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 01 Jan 2000

It ends up a one-joke picture, with feeble variations…

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Review of Three Kings (1999)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 01 Jan 2000

Russell does so well by his sub-text that the flaws in the text itself become less bothersome. What he is after fundamentally is ... war is insane…

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Review of Gabbeh (1996)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 01 Jan 2000

There is hardly a composition in the film that couldn't be extracted and framed…

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Review of The Straight Story (1999)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 01 Jan 2000

Lynch has made a small epic that echoes and enlarges in memory…

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Review of Denise Calls Up (1995)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 01 Jan 2000

After a while, besides enjoying the stories as such, we begin to enjoy the film's trickiness, almost all on the phone, as a sort of high-wire act…

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Review of Once Were Warriors (1994)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 01 Jan 2000

Yet familiar as the pattern is ... the film holds because of the acting and because it functions as travelogue…

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Review of The Madness of King George (1994)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 01 Jan 2000

For those who, like myself, were disappointed in the play, the film contains pleasant surprises, all of them resulting from differences between…

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Review of Sweet and Lowdown (1999)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 01 Jan 2000

There is enjoyment to be had from Sweet and Lowdown…

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Review of Sonatine (1993)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 01 Jan 2000

Gross and trite as the material is, Kitano shows again that he is an ingenious, purposeful filmmaker…

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Review of The Celluloid Closet (1996)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 01 Jan 2000

It's interesting to see how gay and lesbian themes began to be treated openly in films, but it's fascinating to see how -- earlier -- those…

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Review of The Ice Storm (1997)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 01 Jan 2000

Over and over again in Austen, [Lee's] framing, his course of action, his editing suited and amplified the essence of the scene…

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Review of Murder in the First (1995)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 01 Jan 2000

It's a struggle for Bacon -- and I'm not doubting the facts of the matter -- because the part is so clearly designed to knock us out; but Bacon…

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Review of Pretty Woman (1990)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 24 Dec 1999

Roberts handles the transition from coarse and gawky to glamorous with aplomb…

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Review of The Devil's Own (1997)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 16 Dec 1999

As in all fiercely realistic thrillers, the action becomes less and less credible as it speeds on…

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Review of Basic Instinct (1992)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 01 Nov 1999

A vicious, grindingly manipulative urban mystery that uses a thick atmosphere of S & M kinkiness to distract the audience from the story's…

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Review of Dead Man (1995)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 21 Sep 1999

Like his previous efforts, Jarmusch's sidelong take on Western conventions relies upon quirky tone, hipsterish performances and a highly refined…

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Review of The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 05 Oct 1998

This poetic and compassionate drama by Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan combines the intricate structure of his earlier movies with an emotional…

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Review of Interview with the Vampire (1994)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 18 Aug 1998

Passionately anticipated and much ballyhooed, the film, alas, is little more than a foppish, fang de siecle costume drama. Its pulse barely registers…

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