"...An engaging adaptation..." Premiere "...Gorgeously directed, written and acted....A sharply witty, touching and vital romance..." Rolling Stone "...Witty and suspenseful, this PERSUASION is enthralling." -- Rating: A- Entertainment Weekly "...[The film] carries a genuinely heady adrenaline rush....Root is terrific..." Variety "...Literate, sophisticated, bitingly funny, it's a Cinderella romance so delicious you want it never to end..." Los Angeles Times "...Michell's direction is] like a matter-of-fact record of the events under study. In that he reflects Austen's tone. The details are right..." Chicago Sun-Times30.24758
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"...[Fiona Shaw] is an impressive, larger-than-life villainess..." Variety27.97338
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4 stars out of 5 -- "Writers/directors/actors Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon prove worthy heirs to the gangly genius of Jacques Tati in this surreal comic gem about two primary school teachers with a passion for rumba."Total Film "They're essentially silent comedians with no need of a movie with soundtrack, and RUMBA has a bare minimum of dialogue....They're skilled."Chicago Sun-Times17.17229
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Rolling Stone (No. 984, p.148) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Against all odds, EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE lives up to its title as a testimony to its creator's resilience and flexibility...."Spin (p.96) - "EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE lives up to its name most when Elizondo echoes Apple's cartoon spookiness on 'Tymps,' which sounds like a '60s Disney soundtrack left out in the sun." - Grade: BSpin (p.64) - Ranked #9 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2005"Entertainment Weekly (p.140) - Ranked #1 in Entertainment Weekly's 'Top Ten Records of the Year' -- "For all its melodrama, EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE never sounds like the work of a defeated spirit; it's the most paradoxically uplifting music of the year."Entertainment Weekly (No. 843, p.72) - "...[T]he album places Apple's dusky voice and firm, almost defiant way with piano chords at its center...." - Grade: AQ (p.118) - Ranked #66 in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums of 2006."Mojo (Publisher) (p.124) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Apple is a savvy and focused cookie with a playful, malleable contralto....A fine, off-beat listen."15.25735
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"[B]reezy and bold....Its simultaneously silly and grave tone finds humor in the characters' delusions and obsessions while celebrating their uniqueness."New York Times13.5363
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Living Blues (p.66) - "60s soul is an eternal sound and one Shaw interprets without sending up....On the Bobby Womack hit 'Lookin' For A Love,' he shouts with ardent precision....His own songs dazzle too."12.9215
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JazzTimes (11/96, p.81) - "...[DANGEROUS] reflects the mature musical sensibilities of an artist who has assimilated some 30 years of varied vocal experiences--mostly in straight-ahead jazz, but also in related idioms like pop and R&B--and melded it into a sound and approach unmistakenly her own..."Vibe (9/96, p.202) - "...Shaw lets her supple, burnished alto be guided by forceful intuition and tempered by elegant restraint. Listen and learn."12.87856
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Dirty Linen (p.63) - "[She] delivers 13 gutsy performances on LUCKY 13 that further prove she is one of the blues' most talented and diverse new artists."12.20588
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Down Beat (4/02, pp.60,62) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Shaw and his partners were in the zone on these live sessions....his ideas ranging between simple statements and those that showcase his pentatonic mastery..."JazzTimes (5/02, p.153) - "...If hard bop and beyond is your thing keep your eye out for this album..."10.32432
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