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rewind_2003

1734814

2008-06-14

Amber Wilkinson

3/5

1fresh

Eye for Film

This is a study in solitude and to say the film is subtle is an understatement.

1Positive

http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/reviews.php?id=3140

rewind_2003

1256763

2004-03-05

Steve Rhodes

2.5/4

1fresh

Internet Reviews

A sweet little film, whose scene stealer isn't the actors, but a sublime score with some handsome cinematography to accompany it.

1Positive

http://reviews.imdb.com/Reviews/371/37192

nipawistamasowin_we_will_stand_up

2671963

2020-02-24

Jennie Kermode

3.5/5

1fresh

Eye for Film

Inevitably, some people would complain that the trial was unreasonably politicised... They will say the same about this film, but [Tasha] Hubbard makes a strong case for a political view being appropriate.

1Positive

https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/nipawistamasowin-we-will-stand-up-2019-film-review-by-jennie-kermode

nipawistamasowin_we_will_stand_up

2625135

2019-09-12

Vincent Schilling

10/10

1fresh

Indian Country Today

I am hesitant to give a 10 out of 10 for any film, but nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up is an emotional award-winning film that is more than deserving. The tragic story of the Native young man Colten Boushie, shot and killed by a white farmer.

1Positive

https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/news/n%C3%AEpawistam%C3%A2sowin-we-will-stand-up-is-an-emotional-award-winning-film-ke3Z5fj33keTGk6-VdlwpA/

nipawistamasowin_we_will_stand_up

2593595

2019-06-04

Brett Pardy

1fresh

Seventh Row

By weaving in a personal story, Hubbard elevates this documentary from a summary of the case to a poignant exploration of how to maintain Indigenous identity in a settler society.

1Positive

https://seventh-row.com/2019/05/22/hot-docs-19-capsules/

nipawistamasowin_we_will_stand_up

2592349

2019-05-31

Anne Brodie

1fresh

What She Said

This is an extremely powerful and important film that has taken on a life of its own.

1Positive

http://www.whatshesaidradio.com/what-she-said/snammay312019/

nipawistamasowin_we_will_stand_up

2592341

2019-05-31

Courtney Small

1fresh

The Hindu Business Line

Using Boushie's murder as a jumping off point, Hubbard's film opens a greater conversation about how the roots of racism are dug deep into the soil of Canadian history.

1Positive

https://thatshelf.com/nipawistamasowin-we-will-stand-up-review/

nipawistamasowin_we_will_stand_up

2592034

2019-05-30

Peter Howell

3.5/4

1fresh

Toronto Star

[A] powerful work of activist cinema.

1Positive

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/review/2019/05/30/nipawistamasowin-we-will-stand-up-reveals-stirring-activism-in-wake-of-headline-making-death.html

nipawistamasowin_we_will_stand_up

2592011

2019-05-30

Ken Eisner

1fresh

Georgia Straight

This heartbreaking tale hits a nerve that won't be unstruck anytime soon.

1Positive

https://www.straight.com/movies/1247001/first-nations-dark-history-rcmp-brought-light-colten-boushie-doc-nipawistamasowin-we

tripping_with_nils_frahm

2749251

2020-12-07

Tom Shone

3/5

1fresh

Sunday Times (UK)

You'll be drawn in for the finale: beating out a rhythm on piano wires with furry drumsticks, Frahm starts a piano loop that builds and builds, layer on layer.

1Positive

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/film-reviews-mank-tripping-with-nils-frahm-3rjtmrdk2

tripping_with_nils_frahm

2748368

2020-12-04

Noel Murray

1fresh

Los Angeles Times

It's a bold choice to count on Frahm alone to provide enough visual excitement to fill a 90-minute movie. But watching him at work... is a little like watching an athlete at the top of his game.

1Positive

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-12-03/review-music-documentary-shane-macgowan-billie-holiday

tripping_with_nils_frahm

2747444

2020-12-02

Dwight Brown

1fresh

National Newspaper Publishers Association

Be prepared to travel over the high mountains and down the deep valleys where Frahm's entrancing music treks. It's worth the journey. Worth the exploration. Well worth the escape from our current reality. It's a trip.

1Positive

http://dwightbrownink.com/tripping-with-nils-frahm/

10009299-falling

1750491

2008-08-21

Scott Foundas

1fresh

L.A. Weekly

Here it is in theaters for anyone else who dares. If that makes Falling sound hard to watch, it is -- but it's even harder to shake.

1Positive

http://www.laweekly.com/2008-08-14/film-tv/screeching-to-the-choir/

10009299-falling

1720987

2008-04-10

Robert Koehler

1fresh

Variety

An urban thriller so abounding in contempo mood and memorably savage violence that it will be read broadly as Dutcher's farewell to Latter-day Saints cinema.

1Positive

10009299-falling

1706974

2008-02-03

Eric D. Snider

B+

1fresh

EricDSnider.com

Another milestone in Dutcher's growth as a proficient filmmaker.

1Positive

http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/falling/

10009299-falling

1706679

2008-02-01

Wade Major

1fresh

Boxoffice Magazine

It's an important and indelible work, excruciatingly difficult to watch and impossible to forget.

1Positive

http://boxoffice.com/reviews/2008/01/falling.php

the_edge_of_democracy

2743956

2020-11-20

Derick Gomez

1fresh

PopMatters

[T]he footage of mass progressive mobilizations serves as a timely reminder that there are countless like-minded people that are outraged and ready to push back to defend the rights they have attained over the decades.

1Positive

https://www.popmatters.com/the-edge-of-democracy-2648507038.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1

the_edge_of_democracy

2737995

2020-10-28

Film Companion Staff

1fresh

Film Companion

Petra Costa's Oscar-winning documentary, stalking the rise and fall of two Brazilian Presidents during the country's socio-political crisis, is unflinchingly personal, and challenges our perception of "political" filmmaking.

1Positive

https://www.filmcompanion.in/streaming/netflix/best-movies-on-netflix-baahubali-the-irishman-lagaan-andhadhun/

the_edge_of_democracy

2699993

2020-06-29

Carlos Bonfil

1fresh

La Jornada

[Has] the rhythm and intensity of a political thriller. [Full review in Spanish]

1Positive

https://www.jornada.com.mx/2020/06/28/opinion/a05a1esp

the_edge_of_democracy

2693178

2020-05-29

Larry Rohter

1fresh

The New York Review of Books

The Edge of Democracy is visually powerful and also benefits from behind-the-scenes access to Lula, Dilma, and their advisers that would be the envy of any filmmaker or journalist.

1Positive

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2020/04/23/brazils-dead-end/

the_edge_of_democracy

2678129

2020-03-19

Carey-Ann Pawsey

3.5/5

1fresh

Orca Sound

This very the personal is political documentary looks at the presidencies of Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff.

1Positive

http://www.orcasound.com/2020/03/11/the-edge-of-democracy/

the_edge_of_democracy

2669411

2020-02-13

Amber Wilkinson

4/5

1fresh

Eye for Film

There's a lot of ground to cover, but Costa keeps a strong grip on the material

1Positive

https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-edge-of-democracy-2019-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson

the_edge_of_democracy

2666451

2020-02-04

Pablo Villaça

5/5

1fresh

Cinema em Cena

A poet interprets and communicates the world through metaphors and allegories found in everyday life in order to express not only what she sees, but how she feels about what she sees - and Petra Costa has the soul of a poet. [Full review in Portuguese]

1Positive

https://cinemaemcena.com.br/critica/filme/8526/democracia-em-vertigem

the_edge_of_democracy

2663137

2020-01-24

Loren King

1fresh

Newport This Week (RI)

Her (Petra Costa) outrage and sorrow are palpable and heartbreaking.

1Positive

https://www.newportthisweek.com/articles/stellar-docs-ready-to-stream-pre-oscars/

the_edge_of_democracy

2662642

2020-01-23

Christopher Llewellyn Reed

1fresh

Hammer to Nail

We would all do well to watch and learn, lest our own fragile democracies, no matter where we are or what we think of them, fall off their crumbling edges into the abyss.

1Positive

https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/edge-of-democracy/

the_edge_of_democracy

2662357

2020-01-22

Pablo O. Scholz

1fresh

Clarín

The Edge of Democracy is a history of parliamentary immunity and hidden recordings... And history, in Brazil, does not cease rewriting itself. [Full review in Spanish]

1Positive

https://www.clarin.com/espectaculos/cine/oscar-2020-documental-netflix-lula-dilma-rousseff_0_FrzadPMk.html

the_edge_of_democracy

2661032

2020-01-16

Roger Moore

3/4

1fresh

Movie Nation

Riveting, sometimes confusing and always dispiriting account of a democracy in its death throes.

1Positive

https://rogersmovienation.com/2020/01/16/documentary-review-the-oscar-nominated-the-edge-of-democracy-on-netflix/

the_edge_of_democracy

2656761

2019-12-27

Dorothy Woodend

1fresh

The Tyee (British Columbia)

[Petra] Costa has a painterly way with film, and in dealing with her homeland's history, turmoil and tragedy she is working on an epic scale.

1Positive

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2019/12/27/Movies-that-Matter/

the_edge_of_democracy

2631121

2019-10-01

Justin Chang

1fresh

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

This works very well as both a primer on the tumultuous last several years of Brazilian politics and also as a very passionate personal essay film.

1Positive

https://www.scpr.org/programs/filmweek/2019/06/14/64593/filmweek-men-in-black-international-shaft-the-dead/

the_edge_of_democracy

2602347

2019-07-04

Glenn Dunks

A

1fresh

The Film Experience

The Edge of Democracy is easily one of the great works of documentary this year. It is a riveting experience; an impeccably edited navigation of Brazil's volatile relationship with democracy...

1Positive

http://thefilmexperience.net/blog/2019/7/3/doc-corner-the-edge-of-democracy-on-netflix.html

the_edge_of_democracy

2602346

2019-07-04

Glenn Dunks

A

1fresh

Onya Magazine

The Edge of Democracy is easily one of the great works of documentary this year. It is a riveting experience; an impeccably edited navigation of Brazil's volatile relationship with democracy...

1Positive

http://thefilmexperience.net/blog/2019/7/3/doc-corner-the-edge-of-democracy-on-netflix.html

the_edge_of_democracy

2599900

2019-06-25

Joshua Brunsting

1fresh

The CriterionCast

Costa's personal, unforgettable rumination on modern Brazilian politics is now on Netflix and is one of the great political documentaries of 2019.

1Positive

https://criterioncast.com/reviews/theatrical/joshua-reviews-petra-costas-the-edge-of-democracy-theatrical-review

the_edge_of_democracy

2599197

2019-06-21

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

3.5/5

1fresh

Spirituality & Practice

A hard-hitting documentary about the fall of democracy in Brazil.

1Positive

https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/reviews/view/28765/the-edge-of-democracy

the_edge_of_democracy

2599127

2019-06-21

Leslie Felperin

4/5

1fresh

Guardian

Costa manages to craft an intimate primer about the state's descent into populism and the fraying of the country's democratic fabric.

1Positive

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jun/21/the-edge-of-democracy-review-petra-costa-brazil-documentary

the_edge_of_democracy

2598942

2019-06-20

Ela Bittencourt

1fresh

NPR

Engrossing...

1Positive

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/20/733419744/the-edge-of-democracy-offers-an-intimate-look-at-brazilian-politics-in-flux?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=movies

the_edge_of_democracy

2598830

2019-06-20

Matt Fagerholm

3.5/4

1fresh

RogerEbert.com

[Petra Costa] seems utterly incapable of crafting a frame that is lacking in urgency or vibrance.

1Positive

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-edge-of-democracy-2019

the_edge_of_democracy

2598498

2019-06-19

David Ehrlich

B

1fresh

indieWire

An angry, intimate, and haunting portrait of Brazil's recent slide back into the open jaws of dictatorship.

1Positive

https://www.indiewire.com/2019/06/the-edge-of-democracy-review-netflix-1202150876/

the_edge_of_democracy

2598463

2019-06-19

Alissa Wilkinson

3.5/5

1fresh

Vox

The Edge of Democracy is not an impartial piece of journalistic filmmaking; indeed, Costa makes no pretensions to objectivity. She weaves in her own family's story and the film takes on the quality of a lament.

1Positive

https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/6/19/18683489/edge-of-democracy-netflix-review

the_edge_of_democracy

2598318

2019-06-18

Kenneth Turan

1fresh

Los Angeles Times

Directed by Petra Costa, this completely fascinating documentary provides an unexpectedly compelling inside look at the political earthquakes that have been roiling Brazil for several years.

1Positive

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-edge-democracy-brazil-lula-review-20190618-story.html

the_edge_of_democracy

2598169

2019-06-18

A.O. Scott

1fresh

New York Times

It's a chronicle of civic betrayal and the abuse of power, and also of heartbreak.

1Positive

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/18/movies/edge-of-democracy-review.html

the_edge_of_democracy

2598165

2019-06-18

Tess Cagle

3.5/5

1fresh

The Daily Dot

American viewers who watch The Edge of Democracy will see an eerie reflection of their own political landscape.

1Positive

https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/netflix-edge-of-democracy-review/

the_edge_of_democracy

2597984

2019-06-17

Lawrence Garcia

C+

0rotten

AV Club

Even by more conventional standards, though, The Edge Of Democracy is a decidedly missed opportunity.

0Negative

https://film.avclub.com/the-edge-of-democracy-offers-an-outraged-but-skimpy-pri-1835546176

the_edge_of_democracy

2597688

2019-06-16

Harvey S. Karten

B+

1fresh

Shockya.com

Intriguing in an analysis of Brazil's politics seen through the prism of the director's own family life.

1Positive

http://www.shockya.com/news/2019/06/14/the-edge-of-democracy-movie-review/

the_edge_of_democracy

2580737

2019-04-26

Guy Lodge

1fresh

Variety

This is documentary cinema in which facts tangle compellingly with feeling, while passages of solemn, stately mood-building split the difference.

1Positive

https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/the-edge-of-democracy-review-2-1203197072/

the_edge_of_democracy

2579632

2019-04-23

Rob Thomas

3.5/4

1fresh

Capital Times (Madison, WI)

With far-right populism on the rise around the world, the film is essential viewing for those who want to understand what's happening and why.

1Positive

https://madison.com/ct/entertainment/movies/knock-down-the-house-and-edge-of-democracy-show-the/article_0cd465b8-31ed-5474-b26f-7d615a2b7561.html

the_edge_of_democracy

2579507

2019-04-22

Andrew Parker

8/10

1fresh

The Gate

A lot to take in during a single sitting, but also one of the most vital and cautionary documentaries of the year.

1Positive

https://www.thegate.ca/film/038815/hot-docs-2019-review-the-edge-of-democracy/

the_edge_of_democracy

2579050

2019-04-19

Norman Wilner

3/5

1fresh

NOW Toronto

[The] access is amazing, though a tighter edit would have helped.

1Positive

https://nowtoronto.com/movies/reviews/hot-docs-the-edge-of-democracy/

the_edge_of_democracy

2571703

2019-03-29

Allan Hunter

1fresh

Screen International

Petra Costa's riveting documentary provides an authoritative overview of recent Brazilian history, revealing the way it is also closely woven into her own family story.

1Positive

https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-edge-of-democracy-cphdox-review/5138138.article

the_edge_of_democracy

2563698

2019-03-04

Stephen Saito

1fresh

Moveable Fest

A dense, complex undertaking Costa impressively wraps her arms - and our minds - around, made even more daunting by the dual purpose "The Edge of Democracy" serves as both an immediate witness to an extraordinarily precarious historical moment.

1Positive

http://moveablefest.com/edge-of-democracy/

the_edge_of_democracy

2554714

2019-02-04

Steve Pond

1fresh

TheWrap

A powerful document of a wave of nationalism sweeping both Europe and the Americas in recent years.

1Positive

https://www.thewrap.com/edge-of-democracy-film-review-documentary-brazilian-politics/

the_edge_of_democracy

2551446

2019-01-26

David Bax

1fresh

Battleship Pretension

Though Costa has moved into a more journalistic mode of documentary filmmaking, she hasn't left behind her stylistic flair.

1Positive

http://battleshippretension.com/sundance-2019-the-edge-of-democracy-by-david-bax/

the_edge_of_democracy

2551294

2019-01-26

John DeFore

1fresh

Hollywood Reporter

A deeply felt rumination on a troubled political scene.

1Positive

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/edge-democracy-1179394

unstrung_heroes

2815083

2021-08-19

Margaret A. McGurk

3.5/4

1fresh

Cincinnati Enquirer

Unstrung Heroes, a beautifully crafted heartbreaker directed by Diane Keaton, will make you want to run home and hug all the relatives who drive you nuts.

1Positive

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83708011/unstrung-heroes/

unstrung_heroes

2007860

2011-09-07

Owen Gleiberman

C+

0rotten

Entertainment Weekly

0Negative

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,298802,00.html

unstrung_heroes

1949826

2010-12-29

Nell Minow

3/5

1fresh

Common Sense Media

Quietly moving story of a boy dealing with loss.

1Positive

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/unstrung-heroes

unstrung_heroes

1452474

2005-11-04

Thomas Delapa

1/5

0rotten

Boulder Weekly

0Negative

unstrung_heroes

1448362

2005-10-21

Chuck O'Leary

3/5

1fresh

Fantastica Daily

1Positive

unstrung_heroes

1400715

2005-06-11

Emanuel Levy

3/5

1fresh

EmanuelLevy.Com

1Positive

unstrung_heroes

1310123

2004-08-15

Mike McGranaghan

3/5

1fresh

Aisle Seat

1Positive

unstrung_heroes

1272317

2004-04-16

Carol Cling

5/5

1fresh

Las Vegas Review-Journal

1Positive

unstrung_heroes

1240789

2004-01-21

Dragan Antulov

6/10

1fresh

rec.arts.movies.reviews

1Positive

unstrung_heroes

1138192

2003-05-14

Jeanne Aufmuth

3/4

1fresh

Palo Alto Weekly

1Positive

unstrung_heroes

787987

2002-09-27

Larry Carroll

4/5

1fresh

Countingdown.com

A very touching film that features great performances all around. This is the type of movie you'll watch and wonder why you've never heard more about it.

1Positive

unstrung_heroes

760291

2002-08-27

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

1fresh

Spirituality & Practice

Shows how misfits can be necessary spiritual teachers for youth coming-of-age.

1Positive

http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/films.php?id=4857

unstrung_heroes

745380

2002-07-26

Scott Weinberg

3/5

1fresh

eFilmCritic.com

1Positive

unstrung_heroes

304588

2002-04-13

Nell Minow

3/5

1fresh

Movie Mom

1Positive

unstrung_heroes

45100

2000-01-01

Steve Rhodes

1/4

0rotten

Internet Reviews

0Negative

http://reviews.imdb.com/Reviews/41/4154

unstrung_heroes

45102

2000-01-01

Susan Stark

2/4

0rotten

Detroit News

0Negative

unstrung_heroes

762453

2000-01-01

Mark R. Leeper

high 0 out of -4..+4

0rotten

rec.arts.movies.reviews

0Negative

http://reviews.imdb.com/Reviews/40/4046

unstrung_heroes

45095

2000-01-01

Madeleine Williams

3/4

1fresh

Cinematter

1Positive

http://www.cinematter.com/movie.php3?unstrungheroes

unstrung_heroes

45108

2000-01-01

Christopher Null

4/5

1fresh

Filmcritic.com

1Positive

unstrung_heroes

762454

2000-01-01

Ted Prigge

3.5/4

1fresh

rec.arts.movies.reviews

1Positive

http://reviews.imdb.com/Reviews/95/9550

unstrung_heroes

45103

2000-01-01

Marjorie Baumgarten

3/5

1fresh

Austin Chronicle

1Positive

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Calendar/Film?Film=oid%3a142618

unstrung_heroes

45082

2000-01-01

James Berardinelli

3/4

1fresh

ReelViews

1Positive

http://www.reelviews.net/movies/u/unstrung.html

unstrung_heroes

45083

2000-01-01

Roger Ebert

3.5/4

1fresh

Chicago Sun-Times

Unstrung Heroes has been directed by Diane Keaton with an unusual combination of sentiment and quirky eccentricity. There are moments so touching that the heart almost stops.

1Positive

http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/unstrung-heroes-1995

tirez_la_langue_mademoiselle

102791978

2023-03-26

Richard Brody

1fresh

New Yorker

A romantic and familial drama in which tragic depths glimmer through limpid surfaces.

1Positive

https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/movies/miss-and-the-doctors

tirez_la_langue_mademoiselle

102704647

2022-06-28

Q.V. Hough

1fresh

Vague Visages

"'Miss and the Doctors' reminds of François Truffaut with a shade of Demy&#59; 'Jules et Jim' holding 'The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.'"

1Positive

https://vaguevisages.com/2015/02/15/miss-and-the-doctors-review-movie-film/

tirez_la_langue_mademoiselle

2569970

2019-03-22

Daniel Green

3/5

1fresh

CineVue

Clichéd yet likable, Ropert favours warmth and heart over conflict and invention -- and just gets away with it.

1Positive

https://cine-vue.com/2014/05/film-review-miss-and-the-doctors.html

tirez_la_langue_mademoiselle

2212638

2014-07-12

Laura Clifford

B+

1fresh

Reeling Reviews

...a true original, an enchanting yet melancholy look at one of Paris's least cinematically represented neighborhoods where one single mother shakes two brothers out of their routine.

1Positive

http://www.reelingreviews.com/missandthedoctors.htm

tirez_la_langue_mademoiselle

2205026

2014-05-26

David Parkinson

4/5

1fresh

Empire Magazine

A smart, thoughtful piece of work. Recommended.

1Positive

http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=138634

tirez_la_langue_mademoiselle

2205025

2014-05-26

Kate Stables

4/5

1fresh

Total Film

Echoes of Eric Rohmer are pleasing rather than irksome, but Ropert has developed a quirky style that's very much her own.

1Positive

http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/tirez-la-langue-mademoiselle

the_bride_2016

102736532

2022-09-27

Eduardo Larrocha

8/10

1fresh

EscribiendoCine

Steeped in the symbolic keys of Lorca's poetry. [Full review in Spanish]

1Positive

https://www.escribiendocine.com/noticias/2022/09/25/14818-critica-de-la-novia-poetica-visual-de-federico-garcia-lorca

the_bride_2016

2619824

2019-08-29

Alberto Abuín

0rotten

Espinof

False transcendence is what is delivered through the images of 'The Bride', despite the amazing cast, especially Inma Cuesta, who seems to be in another movie even though it sounds ridiculous. [Full Review in Spanish]

0Negative

https://www.espinof.com/criticas/goya-2016-la-novia-bodrio-sangrante

the_bride_2016

2347003

2016-08-25

J. R. Jones

1fresh

Chicago Reader

The best moment has to be when the heroine admires her own naked bust in a bedroom mirror and director Paula Ortiz cuts to a snorting, bucking black stallion in an electrical storm. Be still my heart!

1Positive

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-bride/MovieTimes?oid=23245347

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2611574

2019-08-02

Leslie Combemale

1fresh

Cinema Siren

Rose the bar for all directors of the horror genre.

1Positive

https://cinemasiren.com/cinema-siren/cinema-sirens-halloween-mood-movies/

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2329622

2016-05-25

Alberto Abuín

1fresh

Espinof

Bava's cinematography and Serandrei's montage make this one of the best paced films ever. [Full review in Spanish]

1Positive

http://www.blogdecine.com/criticas/brujeria-ii-la-mascara-del-demonio-de-mario-bava

black_sunday

2171805

2013-10-29

Tim Brayton

9/10

1fresh

Antagony & Ecstasy

A tremendous start to what would end up being one of the most brilliant careers in all of horror.

1Positive

http://antagonie.blogspot.com/2013/10/masters-of-italian-horror-mario-bava.html

black_sunday

2159600

2013-08-19

Jennie Kermode

4/5

1fresh

Eye for Film

Bava's sumptuous visuals remain, with the director innovative in his employment of multiple side lights to give scenes a luminous quality and make playful use of shadows.

1Positive

http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/black-sunday-1960-film-review-by-jennie-kermode

black_sunday

2136751

2013-04-08

Fernando F. Croce

1fresh

CinePassion

Swirling chiaroscuro, viscous rhapsody

1Positive

http://www.cinepassion.org/Reviews/b/BlackSunday.html

black_sunday

2106471

2012-09-26

Matt Brunson

3.5/4

1fresh

Creative Loafing

Bava and his crew's employment of unique camera angles, heavily atmospheric sets and startling moments of violence combine to create a trendsetting picture that has influenced generations of filmmakers (including Martin Scorsese and Tim Burton).

1Positive

http://clclt.com/charlotte/black-sunday-chico-and-rita-re-animator-among-new-home-entertainment-titles/Content?oid=2863895

black_sunday

1707403

2008-02-06

David Nusair

2/4

0rotten

Reel Film Reviews

...a melodramatic, thoroughly overwrought horror flick that's aged incredibly poorly in the years since its 1960 release.

0Negative

http://reelfilm.com/marbava.htm#sunday

black_sunday

1707269

2008-02-05

Nick Schager

A-

1fresh

Lessons of Darkness

One of the cinema's preeminent examples of gothic horror.

1Positive

http://www.nickschager.com/nsfp/2008/02/black-sunday-19.html

black_sunday

1613473

2007-04-12

Jeffrey M. Anderson

1fresh

Combustible Celluloid

Though shot in black-and-white, it demonstrates Bava's extraordinary skill with light and motion and shadow, used to suggest unholy things.

1Positive

http://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/classic/blacksunday.shtml

black_sunday

1538983

2006-09-17

Dennis Schwartz

A

1fresh

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

The most influential figure in Italian exploitation horror movies would never again match the success of this venture.

1Positive

https://dennisschwartzreviews.com/blacksunday/

black_sunday

1482442

2006-02-09

Derek Adams

1fresh

Time Out

The visual style still impresses, but the story beneath it has become too formularised for the film to retain all its original power.

1Positive

http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/72904/la_maschera_del_demonio.html

black_sunday

1423715

2005-08-08

Emanuel Levy

2/5

0rotten

EmanuelLevy.Com

0Negative

black_sunday

1390464

2005-05-10

Eugene Archer

2/5

0rotten

New York Times

It will leave its audiences yearning for that quiet, sunny little motel in Psycho.

0Negative

http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E03EFDE103FE13ABC4153DFB566838A679EDE&partner=Rotten Tomatoes

black_sunday

1258520

2004-03-12

Carol Cling

4/5

1fresh

Las Vegas Review-Journal

1Positive

black_sunday

1244808

2004-01-29

Nicolas Lacroix

4/5

1fresh

EnPrimeur.ca

1Positive

black_sunday

1194211

2003-09-04

Ken Hanke

4/5

1fresh

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

The gorgeous black-and-white imagery is so remarkable that it overrides the bad acting, barely coherent story and the awful dialogue.

1Positive

http://www.mountainx.com/movies/review/black_sunday_the_mask_of_satan