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	147 Reviews by Donald J. Levit 147 Reviews by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews Movie: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Release date: 10/19/2007 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) With a turn or so too many of the screw, cast and crew make the dramatic events depicted in 'Befo... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lust, Caution Release date: 9/28/2007 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Setting and wardrobe are relatively simple but immaculate. Less ccomplication would have benefite... 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: The Last Winter Release date: 9/19/2007 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Sparse special effects are pretty hokey, and the plot is nothing new, rehashing as it does scores... 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: In the Shadow of the Moon Release date: 9/7/2007 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Those old enough to remember optimism and expectancy, and to retain the child's wonder at the aut... 78 other reviews of this movie Movie: Exiled Release date: 8/31/2007 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (6/1) ...mixes brave deadpan sometimes comic crooks, comically cowardly cops, stolid laconic camaraderi... 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: September Dawn Release date: 8/24/2007 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Less verifiable than implied, 'September Dawn' nevertheless does raise relevant questions of into... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Descent Release date: 8/10/2007 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Ugliness of story, character and technique cannot hold a movie audience and do more harm than goo... 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Becoming Jane Release date: 8/3/2007 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) One can appreciate 'Becoming Jane' without knowing anything about the writings of Jane Austen or ... 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Arctic Tale Release date: 7/25/2007 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) 'Arctic Tale,' a cuddly family film touching on the dangers of claw and fang, contains a global w... 79 other reviews of this movie Movie: Black Sheep Release date: 6/22/2007 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Broad humor, including "sheep-shagging" and other puns, lifts this predictable B-movie a shade ab... 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: Broken English Release date: 6/22/2007 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Parker Posey is game in 'Broken English,' although the limited conception of her giggly insecure ... 64 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mighty Heart, A Release date: 6/22/2007 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Angelina Jolie gives her strongest performance as defiant Mariane van Neyenhoff Pearl in 'A Might... 131 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gypsy Caravan Release date: 6/15/2007 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) There's material to discover about the Gypsies in this laudable attempt, but the film is long, re... 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Triad Election Release date: 4/25/2007 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) 'Triad Election' creates vignettes without depth by piling set pieces hard and fast upon set piec... 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: Private Fears In Public Places Release date: 4/13/2007 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) The story is modern in treating the current malaise of loneliness in this era of collapsed tradit... 50 other reviews of this movie Movie: Black Book Release date: 4/4/2007 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) An encouraging start here is ruined by a long, and routine, finish. 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: First Snow Release date: 3/23/2007 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Playing a human being unraveling and forced to peel away cocky outer layers to face his real self... 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wind That Shakes the Barley, The Release date: 3/16/2007 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley' descends to more Old Sod cineclich� than Titanic's belowdecks. 93 other reviews of this movie Movie: Beyond the Gates Release date: 3/9/2007 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Honest and moving, 'Beyond the Gates' is the best film to date about the slaughter of a million a... 51 other reviews of this movie Movie: Red Road Release date: 3/9/2007 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) This flawed but arresting film boasts an 'atmospheric and intense thriller' air and intentionally... 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: Exterminating Angels Release date: 3/7/2007 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) The coldness of the artist in observing life is here so embarrassingly done as to unintentionally... 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: When the Sea Rises Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:48 PM Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Wondrous quiet acting by all involved. 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Three Times Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:45 PM Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Parts One and Two in 'Three Times' are a stately reflection on how epoch and circumstance influen... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Three Times Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:45 PM Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Parts One and Two in 'Three Times' are a stately reflection on how epoch and circumstance influen... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Two Sons of Francisco Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:45 PM Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Music, family and dreams are what this film is about; viewers of an undemanding sentimental bent ... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pan's Labyrinth Release date: 12/29/2006 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Pan's Labyrinth does speak to the poetic and the brutal in man. 160 other reviews of this movie Movie: Curse of the Golden Flower Release date: 12/22/2006 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (6/1) The physical battles are stirring here, but the heart really beats in d�cor and costuming and in ... 92 other reviews of this movie Movie: Piano Tuner of Earthquakes, The Release date: 11/17/2006 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Is 'Piano Tuner of Earthquakes' a tease of an anti-movie or, for most, an exercise in empty techn... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cave of the Yellow Dog, The Release date: 11/10/2006 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Moving along with an unhurried pace, this attractive film presents a picture of sweetest life ne... 28 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hollywoodland Release date: 9/8/2006 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) While the surface of 'Hollywoodland' promises nostalgia and noir, patience will reveal a subcurre... 114 other reviews of this movie Movie: Illusionist, The Release date: 8/18/2006 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Most viewers will enjoy the fun of being rewardingly beguiled by 'The Illusionist.' 94 other reviews of this movie Movie: Night Listener, The Release date: 8/4/2006 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Tension builds, the audience is kept guessing to the end (and beyond), and things are not blatan... 70 other reviews of this movie Movie: Who Killed the Electric Car? Release date: 6/28/2006 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Maintaining a surprising whimsical humor, Who Killed the Electric Car? is still too moralistic an... 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Road To Guantanamo, The Release date: 6/23/2006 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) 'The Road to Guantanamo' is a riveting watch that should pile fuel onto an already flaming contro... 77 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mouth to Mouth Release date: 5/19/2006 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) About willfully homeless street youth and their programmed need for community and belonging, but ... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Proposition, The Release date: 5/5/2006 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Here is an unpretentious movie for those who are willing to take a film for its surfaces...and wa... 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: Look Both Ways Release date: 4/14/2006 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Notwithstanding several awards back home plus two abroad, 'Look Both Ways' does not bring togethe... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Notorious Bettie Page, The Release date: 4/14/2006 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) 'The Notorious Bettie Page' is a rarity today -- a purely fun picture that neither apologizes nor... 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: Iron Island Release date: 3/31/2006 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Although 'Iron Island' begs for interpretation, for assigning a meaning, such a goal tantalizes b... 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Devil and Daniel Johnston, The Release date: 3/31/2006 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Not so much about music per se, as about the fearfully thin line separating man from madness or, ... 84 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ask the Dust Release date: 3/10/2006 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Whereas good noir dialogue has a biting, sardonic edge, here the self-conscious literary-ness fal... 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sorry, Haters Release date: 3/1/2006 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Far from the advertised 'anxiety of a city on edge,' this film does no more than sketch a sorry w... 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: Unknown White Male Release date: 2/17/2006 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) There's a discomforting coldness in the film's almost clinical analysis and consequent distancing... 77 other reviews of this movie Movie: Why we Fight Release date: 1/20/2006 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Undeniably effective in raising questions about "why we are doing what we're doing" and the effec... 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Turtles Can Fly Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:45 PM Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) For its charged political-humanitarian context, the filmmaker relies on a moving story. 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: She's One of Us Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:44 PM Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Showy technique replaces subtlety and would-be depth is absent. 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sophie Scholl: The Final Days Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:44 PM Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) As ideas are shot back and forth, 'Sophie Scholl' becomes an admirable, but not entirely successf... 79 other reviews of this movie Movie: Primo Amore Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:41 PM Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Too claustrophobic and writ small for my taste. 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: 39 Pounds of Love Release date: 11/23/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Chronicles the inspirational adventure of a remarkable man. 28 other reviews of this movie Movie: Breakfast on Pluto Release date: 11/16/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Initially off-putting in mannerism, Cillian Murphy's 'Kitten' ropes the viewer in for the long, a... 114 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pride & Prejudice Release date: 11/11/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) This new 'Pride & Prejudice' is faithful to the spirit of its observer-recorder of two-hundred ye... 100 other reviews of this movie Movie: Naked in Ashes Release date: 10/21/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Pictures one of the fascinating groups -- here, related Yogis -- who will make up one of India's ... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: President's Last Bang, The Release date: 10/14/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Whether you take to this one or not will depend on your acceptance of looseness in the service of... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Thumbsucker Release date: 9/16/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) 'Thumbsucker' sidesteps the gritty reality of dependency and pharmaceuticals. 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Constant Gardener, The Release date: 8/31/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Human indignation and social intent run throughout, and the heart is in the right place, but that... 128 other reviews of this movie Movie: The Last Days Release date: 8/15/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Adventurous filmmaking. 78 other reviews of this movie Movie: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Release date: 7/29/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Gracefully captures the purity of innocence in the midst of no-matter-what. 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Island, The Release date: 7/22/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Nothing the actors could have done would have lifted 'The Island' beyond video-game level 161 other reviews of this movie Movie: Warrior, The Release date: 7/15/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Viewers who like refreshingly uncluttered actioners will find reward in 'Ong-Bak.' 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus Release date: 7/13/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Grim at times but almost always humorous, and with sympathy for backwoods, backwaters and their i... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Saraband Release date: 7/8/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) This is 'Scenes from a Marriage' thirty years later. 61 other reviews of this movie Movie: Murderball Release date: 7/8/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) In an excellent lesson for documentarians and fabulists alike, filmmakers here show, rather than ... 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: March of the Penguins Release date: 6/24/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) The story is quiet, but the process and mere fact of species survival is majestic. 113 other reviews of this movie Movie: Great Water, The Release date: 6/17/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Unvarnished, such a true tale packs an emotional wallop. Unfortunately, the way it is done raises... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Holy Girl, The Release date: 4/29/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) With its themes of good and evil and their mix, 'The Holy Girl' is provocative, if maddeningly pa... 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Release date: 4/22/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Even beyond its failure as absorbing film or clarification, lies the waste of a wonderful tale ju... 97 other reviews of this movie Movie: Winter Solstice Release date: 4/8/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) There are nice touches to growth and good-byes here. 71 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kung Fu Hustle Release date: 4/8/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Avoids the slickness and self-congratulatory winks of many other comic action films. 139 other reviews of this movie Movie: Diary of a Mad Black Woman Release date: 2/25/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) So many disparate pieces cannot be forced into cohesion. 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Downfall Release date: 2/18/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Like the deadly serpent's stare, 'Downfall' hypnotizes. 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bride and Prejudice Release date: 2/11/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Although more winning than anticpated, this colorful film suffers from vapid acting and trite cha... 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, The Release date: 2/9/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) A gentle and unusual nonfiction about a gentle and unusual man who drifts to his own genius. 77 other reviews of this movie Movie: Beautiful Boxer Release date: 1/21/2005 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) One cannot help but be in this winning champion's corner. 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hiding and Seeking Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:33 PM Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) 'Hiding and Seeking' fuses documentary reality with the appealing flow of story's conflict, compl... 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Father and Son Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:31 PM Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Numbness instead of joy is what permeates the masculine, military-ish world of 'Father and Son.' 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Woodsman, The Release date: 12/24/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) So little is revealed about the hero than an end-shot move rings ominous and empty. 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hotel Rwanda Release date: 12/22/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Moves us to deep emotion and, naming names but not belaboring culprits, to great shame. 154 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sea Inside, The Release date: 12/17/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Generally avoids sentimentality and celebrates the spiritual strength of the individual. 90 other reviews of this movie Movie: Imaginary Heroes Release date: 12/17/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) An indigestible omelette of sitcom humor and real tragic possibility. 58 other reviews of this movie Movie: Changing Times Release date: 12/8/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Hardly at their charismatic best, the two unquestionably international stars, however, are the ra... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Conspiracy of Silence Release date: 12/3/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) This controversial thriller does not go beyond polemic. 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Monsieur N. Release date: 12/3/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) 'Monsieur N.' is fine old-time cinema. 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: House of Flying Daggers Release date: 12/3/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) A visual, aural and emotional feast, storytelling as cinema can best do it. 136 other reviews of this movie Movie: Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst Release date: 11/26/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) A sobering account of a chaotic two-year period. 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bad Education Release date: 11/19/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) The film's outlandishly involuted story fuses melodrama, romanticism and noir. 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: Saw Release date: 10/29/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Too many twists, turns, false solutions, implausibilities and impossibilities. 125 other reviews of this movie Movie: Machinist, The Release date: 10/22/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Nowhere near so frightening as it pretends to be. 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: Vera Drake Release date: 10/10/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) The title heroine's goodness may stretch credulity, but such people do in fact exist. 125 other reviews of this movie Movie: Silver City Release date: 9/17/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) His political and social position will find favor among the chorus, but 'Silver City' is not amon... 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: Red Lights Release date: 9/3/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Admirable in its cinematographic conception, but too many minor characters introduce aspects that... 64 other reviews of this movie Movie: Vanity Fair Release date: 9/1/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Thackeray's readers could not help but root for his 'I'm no angel Becky,' but there's nothing to ... 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: Brown Bunny, The Release date: 8/27/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) A journey is inarticulate, and aside from baggage and loneliness, so are the film's characters. 63 other reviews of this movie Movie: Collateral Release date: 8/6/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) 'Collateral' is Tom Cruise's movie, and he and it are impressive. 188 other reviews of this movie Movie: Open Water Release date: 8/6/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) A sharply recorded and realized picture of what lurks beneath 'our' surface. 154 other reviews of this movie Movie: Intimate Strangers Release date: 7/28/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) A seamless, sensual film; its dialogue is sprinkled with double entendre and wit. 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: Festival Express Release date: 7/23/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) This is the filmed fun of musicians enjoying what they do. 60 other reviews of this movie Movie: De-Lovely Release date: 7/2/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) An intelligent behind-the-scenes look at enduring love and enduring music. 120 other reviews of this movie Movie: Before Sunset Release date: 7/2/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (6/1) Features beguiling performances and a heart that most anyone can relate to. 46 other reviews of this movie Movie: Story of the Weeping Camel, The Release date: 6/4/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Stately and slow, the human and animal protagonists win us over in this plainspoken, non-manipula... 86 other reviews of this movie Movie: Thousand Clouds of Peace, A Release date: 4/16/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Idea and technique are of some interest here, but, in the end, not enough. 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dogville Release date: 3/26/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) A marvel -- but the film's stylized technique makes great demands on cast and audience alike. 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Passion of the Christ, The Release date: 2/25/2004 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Whatever demons fueled Mel Gibson's longtime passion to mount this work, no redemption is to be f... 203 other reviews of this movie Movie: Japanese Story Release date: 12/31/2003 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Trite plotting and dialogue plus uninspired acting doom 'Japanese Story.' 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fog of War, The Release date: 12/19/2003 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) A unified and most sobering lesson. 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Release date: 11/14/2003 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) That, even in time of war, routine at sea is like this -- infrequent intense action, but mostly b... 157 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shattered Glass Release date: 10/31/2003 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Unspectacularly effective and provocative, Shattered Glass successfully dramatizes individual dil... 118 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alien Release date: 10/29/2003 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) It scares us despite our knowing what is coming. 64 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mystic River Release date: 10/8/2003 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Mesmerizing filmmaking. 142 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bubba Ho-Tep Release date: 9/19/2003 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Whimsicalness, irony, and gentle good humor carry the day. 72 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lost In Translation Release date: 9/12/2003 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Because it lacks focus, as well as confidence in its story and stars, 'Lost in Translation' squan... 156 other reviews of this movie Movie: Autumn Spring Release date: 8/22/2003 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) A wry, tender embrace of ageing and loving, dying and living, to the fullest, as best one can. 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mondays in the Sun Release date: 7/25/2003 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) 'Mondays in the Sun' captures the small drama of the individual buffeted against larger impersona... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gloomy Sunday Release date: 6/20/2003 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) An old-fashioned love-in-time-of-war melodrama such as one seldom sees anymore and which the film... 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: Three Marias, The Release date: 5/30/2003 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) A sign of good things to come from Brazilian filmmakers. 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Only the Strong Survive Release date: 5/9/2003 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) A human and warm film, in the vein of the mellow, though quite different, 'Jazz on a Summer's Day... 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: In the Mirror of Maya Deren Release date: 1/24/2003 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) A visually and spiritually rewarding documentary. 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Around the Bend Release date: 1/1/2003 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Michael Caine and Christopher Walken, as father & son, do marvels with silences, spaces and gestu... 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Uzumaki Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:46 PM Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Special effects can be tastefully managed even on a shoestring budget, but here they are merely l... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dead or Alive: Final Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:29 PM Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Menace lowers at all points, but nothing develops; little is followed through on, and one finally... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Chicago Release date: 12/27/2002 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) As close a merge as you're likely to see of the force of living musical with the unique possibili... 176 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gangs of New York Release date: 12/20/2002 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Entertainment in the grand if bloody style -- and the performance of Day-Lewis alone makes this f... 149 other reviews of this movie Movie: Crazy As Hell Release date: 9/27/2002 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (6/1) 'Crazy as Hell' leaves viewers with something to think about after the screen goes dead and the h... 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Satin Rouge Release date: 8/23/2002 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) A celebration of unintellectualized joy and the discovery of life. 46 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tattoo Bar Release date: 7/5/2002 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) With its extraneous characters, supposed plot twists and dead red herrings, 'Tattoo Bar' makes Ra... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Platform Release date: 8/30/2000 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Comatose is the operative word here. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: U-Turn Release date: 10/3/1997 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) Viewers who don't need depth and can ignore technique overkill along with social critique nonsens... 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tenants, The Release date: 12/31/1991 11:01:45 PM Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) This film version of 'The Tenants'is a disservice to author Bernard Malamud as well as to the aud... 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dances With Wolves Release date: 11/9/1990 Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) The high-water mark of Kevin Costner's career. 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pixote Release date: 12/31/1981 11:01:41 PM Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) 'Pixote' grandfathered other reality-based slum violence efforts heavier in their visual mayhem b... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cruising Release date: 12/31/1980 11:01:28 PM Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) 'Cruising' views better today than in 1980, but that is relative. There remain bothersome errors ... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Big Red One, The Release date: 12/31/1980 11:01:27 PM Review by Donald J. Levit of ReelTalk Movie Reviews: (7/0) The splendid reconstructed version of this 1980 film is bigger and better than the original. 28 other reviews of this movie Movie: Die Ehe der Maria Braun, The Release date: 12/31/1978 11:01:29 PM Review by Donald J. 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