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Sean Gandert

Sean Gandert's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992) 66% EDIT “It's a much needed corrective on many of the show's ethical missteps (or at least shortcuts), and an absolutely essential part of the entire Twin Peaks experience.” – Paste Magazine May 21, 2017 Full Review Happy, Happy (2010) 85% 7.5/10 EDIT “One of those few films in theaters that are really and truly adult.” – Paste Magazine Sep 16, 2011 Full Review The Mill and the Cross (2011) 77% 7.7/10 EDIT “Majewski's filmic voice isn't for everyone, filled with lengthy tableaus without obvious meaning, but it's strong and truly unique.” – Paste Magazine Sep 16, 2011 Full Review Gainsbourg (2011) 73% 7.1/10 EDIT “Gainsbourg ends up questionable when it comes to actual biography, but it does a great job capturing the man's spirit, which it's hard not to believe Serge himself would find far more important.” – Paste Magazine Sep 1, 2011 Full Review Love Crime (2010) 64% 5.3/10 EDIT “There are definitely enough ideas in it to create a good picture, but a complete lack of empathy leaves Love Crime as just an exercise.” – Paste Magazine Sep 1, 2011 Full Review The Family Tree (2010) 10% 3.1/10 EDIT “The Family Tree is never willing to try and really understand its family, instead creating wall of surface-level quirks as shorthand for their personalities.” – Paste Magazine Aug 29, 2011 Full Review The Sacrifice (1986) 88% 8.6/10 EDIT “The few insecurities in the filmmaking, which stick out in contrast to his Russian works, are easily overlooked by how masterful other scenes are and the impressiveness of the imagery.” – Paste Magazine Aug 18, 2011 Full Review Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow (2010) 77% 6.4/10 EDIT “It's a testament to how fascinating Kiefer's work is that the film is still enjoyable, if intermittently very dull.” – Paste Magazine Aug 17, 2011 Full Review Jalsaghar (1960) 100% 9.4/10 EDIT “It's a full-on Shakespearean tragedy that manages to be both critical of and sympathetic to its main character.” – Paste Magazine Aug 17, 2011 Full Review Naked (1993) 88% 8.7/10 EDIT “Almost every moment in it is electrifying and alive in a way no focus-tested movie could match.” – Paste Magazine Jul 27, 2011 Full Review Ironclad (2011) 43% 5.2/10 EDIT “Most of the movie is so bland and has such a lack of passion for characters or story that it makes you wonder why anyone cared enough to make it.” – Paste Magazine Jul 22, 2011 Full Review Sarah's Key (2010) 72% 3.6/10 EDIT “Anytime real drama would take place rather than its amped-up melodrama Sarah's Keyducks out with an ellipsis rather than showing us something that would upset its fragile, middlebrow sensitivities.” – Paste Magazine Jul 22, 2011 Full Review Tabloid (2010) 92% 9.1/10 EDIT “Morris' most flat-out enjoyable picture” – Paste Magazine Jul 14, 2011 Full Review Kiss Me Deadly (1955) 98% 9.5/10 EDIT “In the years since its release, Kiss Me Deadly has been copied so many times that many of its boldest elements are familiar, but they've done little to dull its overall impact.” – Paste Magazine Jul 9, 2011 Full Review People on Sunday (1930) 100% 9.3/10 EDIT “The film acts as a time capsule for both a city that was lost and the aspirations of its creators without sacrificing its desire to show what life is like when you're young and full of life.” – Paste Magazine Jul 9, 2011 Full Review Insignificance (1985) 73% 5.8 EDIT “None of its characters have any sort of inner life and their motivations are simply to fulfill the goals of the screenplay.” – Paste Magazine Jun 15, 2011 Full Review Mr. Nice (2010) 53% 8.3/10 EDIT “what Mr. Nice offers is a stylish and fascinating biography that, while perhaps playing loose with the facts, knows that it's far more entertaining to watch the highs than the lows.” – Paste Magazine Jun 10, 2011 Full Review Trollhunter (2010) 83% 7.3/10 EDIT “In every sense, Troll Hunter lives up to its ridiculous name and premise.” – Paste Magazine Jun 9, 2011 Full Review Pale Flower (1964) 92% 8.8/10 EDIT “Pale Flower sits comfortably as one of the darker noir films ever made” – Paste Magazine Jun 4, 2011 Full Review Solaris (2002) 66% 9.1/10 EDIT “...it remains a fascinating work and its deep questioning of what makes us human when faced with simulacrums feels if anything more relevant today than when it was made.” – Paste Magazine Jun 4, 2011 Full Review City of Life and Death (2009) 92% 5.9/10 EDIT “Chuan's attempt is certainly admirable in the time and care put towards honoring those at Nanking, but the effort is misguided and its propagandist take feels hollow and disappointing.” – Paste Magazine May 14, 2011 Full Review Hobo With a Shotgun (2011) 66% 7.8/10 EDIT “Unsurprisingly Hobo with a Shotgun is shot in the style of '60s and '70s exploitation films -- and what a style it is.” – Paste Magazine May 6, 2011 Full Review The Scent of Green Papaya (1993) 100% 8.3/10 EDIT “Scent of Green Papaya's warmth and beauty create a magical feeling that's more important than narrative.” – Paste Magazine May 5, 2011 Full Review The Arbor (2010) 96% 7.4/10 EDIT “The film's strange way of meandering off its original topic is never resolved, but even with its deficiencies The Arbor is always intelligent cinema.” – Paste Magazine May 5, 2011 Full Review 13 Assassins (2010) 95% 8.6 EDIT “It's a Miike film that for once can be recommended without caveats, boldly treading new ground but also taking stock of what's come before and not rejecting it outright.” – Paste Magazine May 5, 2011 Full Review
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