David Ray Carter

About David Ray Carter

Reviews

Dusan Makavejev: Free Radical

By David Ray Carter

This brilliant and controversial director is the most successful and important figure in Serbian cinema. As with most Eastern European filmmakers, this equates to him being practically unknown in the West. [20 October 2009]

Dark Country

By David Ray Carter

As Dark Country twists and turns, the confusion of the characters is ultimately matched, if not surpassed, by the confusion of the viewer. [4 October 2009]

Fireproof

By David Ray Carter

While the first half of the film is typical dramatic fare, Fireproof’s second half makes no attempt to hide its cinema-as-sermon intentions. [27 September 2009]

Nightwatching

By David Ray Carter

Sarcastic, vulgar, romantic, and insecure, Rembrandt may be one of classical art’s most interesting figures. [21 September 2009]

The Saragossa Manuscript

By David Ray Carter

Every element of this film – set design, pacing, the performances – point to the work being a masterpiece of surrealist cinema, as densely layered as a Bunuel or Jodorowsky film, yet far more accessible. [3 September 2009]

17 Again

By David Ray Carter

The film makes little effort to hide the fact that it is simply a vehicle for Efron’s considerable charisma. [20 August 2009]

Bye Bye Monkey

By David Ray Carter

A unique type of puzzle; where the goal is not to fit the pieces together, but to learn to accept that it does not have a solution. [21 July 2009]

He’s Just Not That Into You

By David Ray Carter

This ambitiously attempts to cover enough relationship problems to fill four romantic comedies. [1 June 2009]

Depeche Mode: The Dark Progression Unauthorized

By David Ray Carter

A reverent and academic investigation of the band’s music, their rise to fame, and their lasting influence on the music world. [31 May 2009]

S Darko: A Donnie Darko Tale

By David Ray Carter

Much of the film serves little purpose other than to remind the audience of its inspiration. [26 May 2009]