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Show Business Weekly

Show Business Weekly is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer^® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Ethan Alter.

Rating	Title \| Year	Author	Quote
3.5/4	Boxing Gym (2010)	Ethan Alter	Thank goodness we still have Frederick Wiseman around to show us how old-school cinema verite is done. Posted Oct 14, 2010 Edit critic review
4/4	(500) Days of Summer (2009)	Lexi Feinberg	"You should know up front, this is not a love story," the narrator warns in 500 Days of Summer, a beautiful film that will resonate with both the hopeless romantics and the cold, hard cynics. Posted Jul 20, 2009 Edit critic review
1/4	Choke (2008)	Lexi Feinberg	Choke is as appealing as the partially digested food propelled from Victor's throat. Posted Sep 29, 2008 Edit critic review
	Shut Up and Sing (2006)	Ethan Alter	Shut Up & Sing isn't a particularly deep documentary, but it is a consistently engaging one. Posted Nov 21, 2006 Edit critic review
	Volver (2006)	Ethan Alter	For all of the film's pleasures, it's missing the daring creativity that distinguishes the director's best work. Posted Nov 21, 2006 Edit critic review
	The Ground Truth (2006)	Ethan Alter	The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends makes up in raw anger what it lacks in objectivity. Posted Sep 28, 2006 Edit critic review
	Man Push Cart (2005)	Ethan Alter	Man Push Cart is often striking, but Bahrani never quite figures out how to drag this small character study out to feature length. Posted Sep 13, 2006 Edit critic review
	This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)	Ethan Alter	This Film is Not Yet Rated may not be a great documentary, but as a piece of cinematic activism, it's galvanizing. Posted Sep 06, 2006 Edit critic review
	Little Miss Sunshine (2006)	Ethan Alter	An enormous amount of credit must go to its ensemble cast, who locate the realism in characters that could easily have been played as caricatures." Posted Aug 05, 2006 Edit critic review
	Gabrielle (2005)	Ethan Alter	By the end of "Gabrielle," we're rooting for the couple to break up just so we don't have to spend another minute in their company. Posted Jul 27, 2006 Edit critic review
	Clean (2004)	Ethan Alter	While it may sound like the premise for a Lifetime movie starring Tori Spelling, Clean pulls off the difficult task of telling a deeply emotional story without slipping into excessive sentimentality. Posted Jul 07, 2006 Edit critic review
	The War Tapes (2006)	Ethan Alter	While the bulk of The War Tapes takes place on the front lines, Scranton also conducted insightful interviews with her subjects' friends and family back home. Posted Jul 06, 2006 Edit critic review
	Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005)	Ethan Alter	While Crossing the Bridge is sure to find an appreciative audience among world music aficionados, its crossover appeal seems limited at best. Posted Jul 06, 2006 Edit critic review