Articles tagged "michel gondry"

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Tôkyô!

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Apr.09] :. Taken together, the three movies in Tôkyô! create a frightful, smart, and lingering impression.

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Be Kind Rewind

by Andrew Gilstrap

[19.Jun.08] :. Uneven and a little muddled, Be Kind Rewind might be a prime candidate for the very fan remixing it portrays.

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Capsule Reviews

Various Artists: Be Kind Rewind

by Evan Sawdey

[21.Mar.08] :. Sprawling, breezy lite-funk mixed with classics by Billy Preston and Booker T. & the MGs. Definitely worth rewinding.

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Be Kind Rewind

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Feb.08] :. A set of relationships -- father and son, past and present, fiction and something like history -- forms the foundation of Be Kind Rewind, another gently antic film by Michel Gondry.

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French director Gondry would rather play with paint than pixels

by Colin Covert [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[21.Jun.07] :. The visionary French film director Michel Gondry learned early that making art was a good way to impress people. “I would draw naked women and show them to my friends,” he recalled in a...

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Short Ends & Leader Recent Highlights

by PopMatters Staff

[26.Apr.07] :. Day in and day out, SE&L offers up insightful and in-depth film criticism, covering a wide range of cinematic issues from the historical to the front page entertainment headlines. Here are some recent highlights...

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The Science of Sleep (La Science des rêves) (2006)

by Jesse Hassenger

[20.Mar.07] :. This film revels in blurriness; not just in the line between director and fictional character, but between people, languages, and of course, between sleeping and waking, between living and dreaming.

 

The Science of Sleep (La Science des rêves) (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[29.Sep.06] :. Written and directed by the ever inventive Michel Gondry, The Science of Sleep is a gorgeous, weird, mesmeric movie, with adorable animated reveries to represent Stéphane's subjective state.

 

Dave Chappelles Block Party (2006)

by Dante A. Ciampaglia

[3.Mar.06] :. Block Party sustains a balance between good-natured light-heartedness social commentary.

 

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Mar.04] :. At once abstract and heartfelt, sincere and weirdly charming, the film unhinges conventions of linear narrative along with romantic comedy.

 

Human Nature (2002)

by Kevin Devine

[2.May.02] :. Human Nature is largely a study of the fine line between being innovative and being asinine.