"Bold, vibrant and impassioned, YES is the work of a high-risk film artist in command of her medium and gifted in propelling her actors to soaring performances."Los Angeles Times "Potter and the cast are to be warmly commended for their unabashed artistic ambition." Uncut "[A] bold romantic drama, with dialogue in iambic pentameters..." Sight and Sound24.51436
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"THE WEDDING SONG, a seductively fluid and tactile drama from the writer and director Karin Albou, explores love and identity..."New York Times "Writer-director Karin Albou has a sensuous, intimate filmmaking style..." -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly "[E]xquisite yet harrowing....With intimacy and sensuality, Albou explores what it means to be a woman and the bonds that women form with each other in an increasingly precarious situation."Los Angeles Times "A small-scale feature made with modest resources, THE WEDDING SONG seeks, and finds, larger meaning as a multipurpose parable..."Wall Street Journal 4 stars out of 5 -- "Albou even steps in front of the camera to give a strong performance as Myriam's struggling mother, Her scenes with Brochere are some of the best in the film."Box Office24.51436
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"[A] gently observed film....Mr. Deville's direction is clean, unfussy and to the point."New York Times "[A] quietly impressive film....ALMOST PEACEFUL succeeds as a delicately moving memory piece about a subject not often put on film: the process of moving on into ordinary life after surviving the Holocaust."Los Angeles Times "Several stories play out, some sad, some romantic. The horror of the war is just offscreen, just out of sight, still present in the memory of every character."Chicago Sun-Times24.21163
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"Mixing memoir, history, and childhood fantasy, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's PERSEPOLIS glides effortlessly from one realm to another."Film Comment "[A] tale that unfolds with such grace, intelligence and charm that you almost take the wondrous aspects of its execution for granted."New York Times "By turns lyrical, serious, funny and acerbic, PERSEPOLIS raises the bar for animation and illustrates the true power of storytelling in illuminating the world and its conflicts."Box Office "[I]t's a paean to the universality of human experience, a testament to the endurance of individuality during great political and fanatical upheaval..."Los Angeles Times "[T]he sassy, nonchalant juxtaposition of political and personal specificity in PERSEPOLIS is a marvel." -- Grade: AEntertainment Weekly 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "It's a mind-blower. Using a few deft strokes of her black pen, Satrapi brings a whole world to life."Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 5 -- "This largely black-and-white, defiantly undetailed and sometimes stylised film could have been made at any point since the dawn of cinema, and yet it's a thoroughly modern affair."Empire 4 stars out of 5 -- "[S]martly wry, searching and truthful....The confidence of this self-portrait proves one thing: Satrapi sure found her creative vocation."Total Film "[A] movie made up of small, telling moments that gifts us with much larger truths."Sight and Sound 3 stars out of 5 -- "PERSEPOLIS offers an excellent, child's-eye guide to recent Iranian history."Uncut0.2522707
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"Mixing memoir, history, and childhood fantasy, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's PERSEPOLIS glides effortlessly from one realm to another."Film Comment "[A] tale that unfolds with such grace, intelligence and charm that you almost take the wondrous aspects of its execution for granted."New York Times "By turns lyrical, serious, funny and acerbic, PERSEPOLIS raises the bar for animation and illustrates the true power of storytelling in illuminating the world and its conflicts."Box Office "[I]t's a paean to the universality of human experience, a testament to the endurance of individuality during great political and fanatical upheaval..."Los Angeles Times "[T]he sassy, nonchalant juxtaposition of political and personal specificity in PERSEPOLIS is a marvel." -- Grade: AEntertainment Weekly 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "It's a mind-blower. Using a few deft strokes of her black pen, Satrapi brings a whole world to life."Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 5 -- "This largely black-and-white, defiantly undetailed and sometimes stylised film could have been made at any point since the dawn of cinema, and yet it's a thoroughly modern affair."Empire 4 stars out of 5 -- "[S]martly wry, searching and truthful....The confidence of this self-portrait proves one thing: Satrapi sure found her creative vocation."Total Film "[A] movie made up of small, telling moments that gifts us with much larger truths."Sight and Sound 3 stars out of 5 -- "PERSEPOLIS offers an excellent, child's-eye guide to recent Iranian history."Uncut0.2522707
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Rolling Stone (4/1/71, p.50) - "...Some of the songs on this album sound like Updike or Salinger short stories set to music..."Uncut (p.115) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Piano, pedal-steel and Russ Kunkel drums abound, while strings circle about Simon's nice, folkish voice..."13.09335
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Rolling Stone (p.66) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[H]is well-crafted, breezily pretty melodies keep you coming back."Mojo (Publisher) (p.93) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Simon mostly sounds pretty-sad and flows like water down a hill, harmonising high and gentle."Uncut (magazine) (p.92) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Harper's voice -- comforting, softly spoken, slightly nerdy -- is a ringer for his old man's. The similarity is particularly evident on the unaccompanied folksy numbers 'Ha Ha' and 'Berkeley Girl'..."13.06199
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"...The film has a spiritual dimension..." USA Today13.05451
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Q (Magazine) (p.153) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Several fine songs from 2006's SURPRISE prove that Simon still remains a master of his craft."9.410643
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"...Extremely amiable comedy....Lunatic cheerfulness..."New York Times "...SIMON is funny and a fine start for Brockman....Alan Arkin has his best role in a long time in the title part..."Variety9.39496
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Rolling Stone (3/2/72, p.56) - "...PAUL SIMON leaves its composer's psyche finally exposed, as the various veneers he has used in the past to protect himself have receded into the background..."Entertainment Weekly (12/3/93, p.70) - "...[Simon] has maintained a level of quality and innovation unequaled by his '60s peers.... - Rating: B +Mojo (Publisher) (p.116) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[H]e was already adept at dressing songs in exotic garb....This is a reminder of just how fruitful Simon's genre-hopping could be."Record Collector (magazine) (p.97) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[H]is hunger to explore different musical styles is evident on his eponymous 1972 release..."9.393835
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Rolling Stone (3/2/72, p.56) - "...PAUL SIMON leaves its composer's psyche finally exposed, as the various veneers he has used in the past to protect himself have receded into the background..."Entertainment Weekly (12/3/93, p.70) - "...[Simon] has maintained a level of quality and innovation unequaled by his '60s peers.... - Rating: B +Mojo (Publisher) (p.116) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[H]e was already adept at dressing songs in exotic garb....This is a reminder of just how fruitful Simon's genre-hopping could be."Record Collector (magazine) (p.97) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[H]is hunger to explore different musical styles is evident on his eponymous 1972 release..."9.393835
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Rolling Stone (3/2/72, p.56) - "...PAUL SIMON leaves its composer's psyche finally exposed, as the various veneers he has used in the past to protect himself have receded into the background..."Entertainment Weekly (12/3/93, p.70) - "...[Simon] has maintained a level of quality and innovation unequaled by his '60s peers.... - Rating: B +Mojo (Publisher) (p.116) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[H]e was already adept at dressing songs in exotic garb....This is a reminder of just how fruitful Simon's genre-hopping could be."Record Collector (magazine) (p.97) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[H]is hunger to explore different musical styles is evident on his eponymous 1972 release..."9.393834
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Rolling Stone (11/89) - Ranked #5 in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Best Albums Of The Eighties."Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.116) - Ranked #81 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...Simon created an album about isolation and redemption that transcended 'world music' to become the whole world's soundtrack..."Uncut (magazine) (p.91) - "Wisely, Simon made an intimately personal album rather than an explicitly political one, but GRACELAND was nevertheless a liberation."9.373898
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Rolling Stone (11/89) - Ranked #5 in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Best Albums Of The Eighties."Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.116) - Ranked #81 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...Simon created an album about isolation and redemption that transcended 'world music' to become the whole world's soundtrack..."Uncut (magazine) (p.91) - "Wisely, Simon made an intimately personal album rather than an explicitly political one, but GRACELAND was nevertheless a liberation."9.373897
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Rolling Stone (p.66) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[H]is well-crafted, breezily pretty melodies keep you coming back."Mojo (Publisher) (p.93) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Simon mostly sounds pretty-sad and flows like water down a hill, harmonising high and gentle."Uncut (magazine) (p.92) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Harper's voice -- comforting, softly spoken, slightly nerdy -- is a ringer for his old man's. The similarity is particularly evident on the unaccompanied folksy numbers 'Ha Ha' and 'Berkeley Girl'..."9.347914
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