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Richard Nilsen

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Amélie (2001) 90% 5/5 EDIT “What makes it such a pleasure to watch beyond its rich characters is the joy Jeunet takes in cinema itself. Not since Truffaut made Jules and Jim has a director used all of the tools of filmmaking quite so much like a toy box.” – Arizona Republic Feb 12, 2024 Full Review Atanarjuat the Fast Runner (2001) 93% 5/5 EDIT “It concedes nothing to contemporary American tastes. But by not giving in to familiar formula, it finds something genuinely original. It tells an Inuit story in an Inuit way. ” – Arizona Republic Nov 8, 2023 Full Review Ghetto (2002) 81% 3/5 EDIT “Even if it offers nothing cinematic, the story alone is important, and interesting, enough to warrant seeing.” – Arizona Republic Jan 29, 2019 Full Review The Secrets (2007) 67% 3/5 EDIT “Each of the three primary directions of the movie might make a fascinating film, but tied together, they never cohere, and you find yourself sitting through two long hours wondering why you are doing so.” – Arizona Republic Jan 19, 2017 Full Review The Flowers of War (2011) 41% 2/5 EDIT “"The Flowers of War" seems like a pretty good film until you begin to think about it.” – Arizona Republic Mar 29, 2012 Full Review Delicacy (2011) 61% 3/5 EDIT “"Delicacy" is not a very good movie. But it is entertaining enough -- barely enough -- to make it worth seeing.” – Arizona Republic Mar 22, 2012 Full Review Norwegian Wood (2010) 73% 4.5/5 EDIT “We cover years at a bound, but when we light, we tend to spend long, lingering moments through the camera's loving eye. This is a beautiful film to see.” – Arizona Republic Mar 15, 2012 Full Review Pina (2011) 95% 4/5 EDIT “For anyone with an interest in dance, "Pina" is a must-see. For anyone not interested in contemporary dance, "Pina" is a should-see. It could change your mind.” – Arizona Republic Feb 9, 2012 Full Review The Vintner's Luck (2009) 3/5 EDIT “Renier may remind you of a young Michael York. And the photography is gorgeous, in a conventional sort of way.” – Arizona Republic Nov 3, 2011 Full Review Finding Joe (2011) 36% 1/5 EDIT “The bottom line for all these speakers is that if you follow the so-called hero's journey, you will find fame and fortune. I think we've heard this tune before.” – Arizona Republic Oct 20, 2011 Full Review Restless (2011) 36% 3/5 EDIT “Gus Van Sant doesn't make bad movies.” – Arizona Republic Oct 6, 2011 Full Review Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010) 80% 3/5 EDIT “It is a peculiar conflation of history -- there really was an Empress Wu -- and pure cinematic fantasy.” – Arizona Republic Sep 29, 2011 Full Review My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010) 85% 4/5 EDIT “The film is leisurely paced, as many French films are, and not much actually happens, but as a character study, it feels true, and ultimately moving.” – Arizona Republic Sep 22, 2011 Full Review The Whistleblower (2010) 75% 2.5/5 EDIT “You come away from watching the film with a moral bellyache.” – Arizona Republic Aug 25, 2011 Full Review Crime After Crime (2011) 91% 3.5/5 EDIT “It reminds us, once again, that little can be quite so riveting as a well-told story from a compelling talking head.” – Arizona Republic Aug 18, 2011 Full Review Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct (2008) 81% 4.5/5 EDIT “Four hours of French gangsters may not sound like a cinematic joy, but with Euro-star Vincent Cassel in the lead role, the movie is utterly hypnotic.” – Arizona Republic Aug 12, 2011 Full Review Bride Flight (2008) 67% 3/5 EDIT “This very pretty melodrama is a rather ordinary entry.” – Arizona Republic Jul 14, 2011 Full Review October (2010) 76% 3/5 EDIT “There is much observation of local detail and an overpowering sense of the oppressiveness of urban poverty, but the film never quite gets airborne.” – Arizona Republic Jul 7, 2011 Full Review Potiche (2010) 84% 3/5 EDIT “"Potiche" is a frothy French confection, a sort of le flottante of movies.” – Arizona Republic Jun 2, 2011 Full Review Five Days Without Nora (2008) 89% 4/5 EDIT “This is a very wise film, without any stench of didacticism: Through it all, the abiding power - like the strong force of an atomic bond - is not love exactly, but relationship, the net that wraps us all together and holds us fast.” – Arizona Republic Mar 24, 2011 Full Review Strongman (2009) 100% 3.5/5 EDIT “One cannot help but think of Fellini's Zampano and Gelsomina.” – Arizona Republic Mar 18, 2011 Full Review Four Lions (2009) 84% 3.5/5 EDIT “Really, these guys are just knuckleheads. And the movie is full of outrageous laughs.” – Arizona Republic Dec 10, 2010 Full Review The Little Traitor (2007) 38% 3/5 EDIT “Doesn't attempt much, doesn't accomplish much, doesn't offer much and doesn't leave you with anything memorable to take home with you.” – Arizona Republic Dec 2, 2010 Full Review Howl (2010) 64% 4/5 EDIT “The film forces us to face what a powerful poem "Howl" remains. That poetry isn't just pretty language, it has the ability to make us think about our lives, even to change our lives.” – Arizona Republic Oct 21, 2010 Full Review Bran Nue Dae (2009) 56% 4/5 EDIT “Bran Nue Dae is an infectiously joyful Australian Aboriginal musical.” – Arizona Republic Sep 23, 2010 Full Review
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