"[I]t offers a technically accomplished and deeply compassionate meditation on loss and consolation..."Sight and Sound "[I]t has a cumulative power, both intellectual and emotional, of its own..."New York Times "Hopping from Germany to Turkey and back again, Akin is out to capture the ways that a globalized world can tear up our hearts, and repair them, too." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly "[C]aptivating....It's a beautiful, unexpectedly enrapturing story about a world in transition and both the closeness and unbridgeable divide between generations and cultures."Los Angeles Times Included in Entertainment Weekly's 2008 Films Of The Year -- "All the actors are splendid, but it's Hanna Schygulla, as that scold of a mother, who floors you."Entertainment Weekly70.18892
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"[T]he balance of cultural and dramatic truth is exquisite." Entertainment Weekly "Mr. Akin's commitment to his characters is uncompromising, as is his humanity....The film has a terrific sense of place."New York Times "Impeccably made, uncompromising in its implacable vision of the deranging power of love, sex and controlled substances, this savage and staggering film knows how to take our breath away."Los Angeles Times "The brightest, boldest, grittiest German film since RUN LOLA RUN, it's a breakneck blast of bracingly bitter air from the New Europe." Uncut "This is all fascinating stuff...and cinematically potent..." Sight and Sound "The movie is well and fearlessly acted, and the writer-director is determined to follow her story to a logical and believable conclusion, rather than letting everyone off the hook with a conventional ending."Chicago Sun-Times70.06191
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3.5 stars out of 4 -- "You will be very happy indeed to make the acquaintance of such Turkish music luminaries as Orhan Gencebay and Sezen Aksu, whose stories and personalities are as fascinating as their music." Premiere "Narrating in German, the bushy-faced Mr. Hacke makes a wonderfully appealing guide, partly because he's an unabashed enthusiast, partly because he's a genuine character." New York Times69.74442
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3 stars out of 5 -- "The stories range from the abstract to those defined completely by narrative, all woven together such that the transitions are fairly invisible....The result is Art, which hardly ever happens in filmmaking anymore."Box Office "Mira Nair's entry stars Natalie Portman....Nair avoids the expected and invests her entry with real emotional tenderness."Variety "NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU a collage of 10 stories, each with different actors and directors and made in just two days is kaleidoscopic."USA Today "Some of the filmmakers see New York in lighter shades than others. Director Brett Ratner's whimsical prom story spends a good deal of time wheeling through a sun-drenched Central Park..."Los Angeles Times 3 stars out of 5 -- "The very first segment, directed by Jiang Wen and starring Hayden Christensen, Andy Garcia and Rachel Bilson, begins the film with a deft touch worthy of O. Henry, the master of New York short stories."Chicago Sun-Times "NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU takes the wrinkle-free, easy-travel concept first executed in the 2007 Gallic compilation PARIS, JE T'AIME to a new city..." -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly20.56198
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3 stars out of 5 -- "The stories range from the abstract to those defined completely by narrative, all woven together such that the transitions are fairly invisible....The result is Art, which hardly ever happens in filmmaking anymore."Box Office "Mira Nair's entry stars Natalie Portman....Nair avoids the expected and invests her entry with real emotional tenderness."Variety "NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU a collage of 10 stories, each with different actors and directors and made in just two days is kaleidoscopic."USA Today "Some of the filmmakers see New York in lighter shades than others. Director Brett Ratner's whimsical prom story spends a good deal of time wheeling through a sun-drenched Central Park..."Los Angeles Times 3 stars out of 5 -- "The very first segment, directed by Jiang Wen and starring Hayden Christensen, Andy Garcia and Rachel Bilson, begins the film with a deft touch worthy of O. Henry, the master of New York short stories."Chicago Sun-Times "NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU takes the wrinkle-free, easy-travel concept first executed in the 2007 Gallic compilation PARIS, JE T'AIME to a new city..." -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly20.43498
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3 stars out of 5 -- "The stories range from the abstract to those defined completely by narrative, all woven together such that the transitions are fairly invisible....The result is Art, which hardly ever happens in filmmaking anymore."Box Office "Mira Nair's entry stars Natalie Portman....Nair avoids the expected and invests her entry with real emotional tenderness."Variety "NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU a collage of 10 stories, each with different actors and directors and made in just two days is kaleidoscopic."USA Today "Some of the filmmakers see New York in lighter shades than others. Director Brett Ratner's whimsical prom story spends a good deal of time wheeling through a sun-drenched Central Park..."Los Angeles Times 3 stars out of 5 -- "The very first segment, directed by Jiang Wen and starring Hayden Christensen, Andy Garcia and Rachel Bilson, begins the film with a deft touch worthy of O. Henry, the master of New York short stories."Chicago Sun-Times "NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU takes the wrinkle-free, easy-travel concept first executed in the 2007 Gallic compilation PARIS, JE T'AIME to a new city..." -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly20.43498
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"...A pleasant, occasionally funny combination of homage and spoof....MONSTER is cute with lots of guest stars..." Variety5.907407
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"...The physical setting is visually arresting, akin to the spaghetti Westerns that redefined the genre's landscape..."Variety0.1814833
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Dirty Linen (6-7/99, p.60) - "...the session has remarkable variety and consistency....[They] attain a remarkable equilibrium between straight bluegrass and something akin to a more modern version of it."0.1451866
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NAPRA Review (07-08/02, p.64) - "...Many of the distinctive rhythms are powerful and energizing, with complex patterns akin to African percussion..."0.1451866
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Uncut (p.108) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Collett's debut album reveals him as an alt.country confessionalist akin to Paul Westerberg..."0.1451866
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The Wire (p.70) - "[T]here are many highlights, including a vocal harmony piece akin to SMILE-era Beach Boys jamming with Phil Minton."0.1451866
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Uncut (p.108) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Collett's debut album reveals him as an alt.country confessionalist akin to Paul Westerberg..."0.1451866
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Uncut (magazine) (p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[S]tripped-back, rhythmic...[with] a raw energy akin to the early blues."0.1451866
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Record Collector (magazine) (p.89) - "Akin to an English high tea with doilies and very tasty cakes, this is a most convivial way to meet this band."0.1451866
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JazzTimes (p.135) - "With a voice akin to ice wine - crisp, pure and clear while simultaneously warm and chilled, Grussner adeptly navigates 10 standards..."0.1451866
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Mojo (Publisher) (p.103) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he songs are akin to frank diary entries, essayed in a voice of hushed comeliness."0.1451866
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CMJ (4/23/01, p.15) - "...Injects the right amount of metal into their progginess, resulting in something akin to a metal musical suited for Broadway..."0.1451866
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Uncut (magazine) (p.94) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Epic tracks build to massive surges....Akin to Mogwai embracing grandiose bursts of Muse."0.1451866
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Alternative Press (11/01, p.84) - 8 out of 10 - "...[Their] most fully realized electronic work..."0.1285735
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JazzTimes (10/99, p.78) - "...in a formula-ridden world, the music fits no formula... he succeeds best when he reaches deepest into his jazz sensibility and finds... expression akin to the spirit of Lennie Tristano... intriguing..."0.1270383
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Uncut (p.98) - 3 stars out of 5 - "In their pursuit of perfect three-minute heaven - all razor riffs and Beatles harmonies - they sound more akin to The Smithereens or The Creation."0.1270383
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Pitchfork (Website) - "I Heart Lung is experimental but still melodic, process music akin to watching the fluffy fractals of storm clouds shift and transform across the sky, or the tide rolling fresh waves in from who knows where, like clockwork but still different every single time."0.1270383
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CMJ (1/24/00, pp.26-7) - "...possesses a raw, immediate and undiluted emotional charge that's akin to the universal power of early blues, folk and country recordings....a rare look at American music's oral traditions..."0.1270383
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Uncut (magazine) (p.88) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The most high-impact tracks on display here have an almost subversively gleeful energy akin to Aphex Twin at his cheekiest..."0.1270383
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Pitchfork (Website) - "The end result is a friction between vocals and music, akin to This Heat taking on the Joy Division catalog, and it raises Blank Dogs above most of their like-minded peers."0.1270383
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No Depression (3-4/00, p.118) - "...the frequent high lead harmony arrangements...shine a brighter spotlight on Williams' still-powerful, expressive voice, and the greater prominence of guitars and mandolins give the songs a different kind of rhythm, more akin to old black gospel styles..."0.10889
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Q (3/91) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "..Spoken word albums by celebrated writers are, without exception, a pain in the Bohemia...except this one... akin to having a prefrontal lobotomy without anaesthetic...a spoken word album to justify the existence of all the others."0.10889
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Uncut (p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[Taylor's] quietly poignant songs and clutch-in-the-throat singing are akin to a young Ray Davies fronting The Shins."CMJ (No. 930, p.8) - "...[A] beautifully arranged gathering of low-key melodies and evergreen folk-pop...."0.10889
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Down Beat (p.63) - "Taylor's wide-angle lens incorporates the tone and feel as he visits gospel, something akin to folk-gospel-classical-pop, old-timey pop, jazzy pop standards, even world-beat."0.10889
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Rolling Stone (p.75) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[The album] finds the right balance between bright eccentricity and actual pop songs....Charming and smart."CMJ (p.38) - "ECDYSIS is a global cocktail of rhythm and language akin to David Byrne's recent work; the instruments evoke a rainforest filled with chirping insects."0.10889
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Record Collector (magazine) (p.90) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "'This Time Tomorrow' is another stuttering prog-jazz juggernaut, but the LP bleeds seamlessly into dreamy flutes, string sections and, ultimately, something akin to soundtrack prog..."0.10889
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Vibe (12/99, p.157) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century - "Proving soul could come out of the Church, Khan's instrument slams with the fury of Gillespie's big-band horn section and radiates a sultry intelligence akin to Sarah Vaughn..."0.10889
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