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Los Angeles Reader

Los Angeles Reader is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Andy Klein, Henry Sheehan.

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They Live (1988) Henry Sheehan They Live's greatest virtues result from its uncommon bonding of dedicated workmanship and stylistic self-assurance.
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The Fly (1986) Andy Klein Cronenberg has layered the story with so many possible interpretations and resonances that one's head swims.
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The Crying Game (1992) Andy Klein More than anything, however, the film rests on the shoulders of Rea, who gives great dignity and humanity to perhaps the most passive film protagonist in recent memory.
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Defending Your Life (1991) Henry Sheehan Funny and profound. This is a great film.
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Colors (1988) Henry Sheehan Making gang membership a function of psychology and depicting the local communities as helpless and malformed makes it easy for the filmmakers to avoid admitting... the larger and more relevant issues of politics, economics, and social structure.
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Sugar Cane Alley (1983) Henry Sheehan Euzhan Palcy's movie shines like the warm summer days of childhood; it captures a youngster's confusing passage into adulthood, his dawning awareness of the world that stretches beyond his poor home village.
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Sans Soleil (1982) Henry Sheehan Marker the intellectual, the theorist of montage, and the leftist are all evident in Sans Soleil, whose intellectual breadth seems ostentatious at first but eventually coheres.
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Monsieur Hire (1989) Henry Sheehan Like Hire's own stubbornly individual traits, they grow out of a faith in human possibilities that, no matter how unhappily stunted, form the essence of Monsieur Hire's convictions. And it is that faith that makes this film a lofty and brilliant work.
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To Our Loves (1983) Henry Sheehan It's a fierce film, brilliantly realistic and tough, and its reticence about right and wrong, its reluctance to judge rather than observe, make it the most wrenchingly honest film about sex to hit the screens since Luna.
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Story of Women (1988) Henry Sheehan It is quite simply the masterpiece that shows Chabrol has been growing and changing, modifying his fundamental concerns and refining his already elevated technique, but retaining his extraordinary combination of psychological insight and formal control.
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Diary of a Country Priest (1950) Henry Sheehan Blank faces are often inscrutable, matter-of-fact line readings flirt with monotone, and motions across sets and landscapes are deliberate and modest. Yet... the performances that emerge are ultimately devastating and transparent in their revelations.
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Mouchette (1967) Henry Sheehan Disturbing and heart-rending.
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