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Critics / Jay Antani
Jay Antani
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JAY ANTANI

""It isn't work unless you'd rather be doing something else"
--James Barrie"

Agrees with the Tomatometer 79% of the time.

Biography: Well, I like long walks and poetry and watching sunsets. No, seriously, I do like those things on occasion, but, generally, I like movies, discovering cool new stuff to read and music to listen to, hanging out with fun, stimulating, intelligent, open-minded humans (and cats). Philosophically, I like to think of myself as a work-in-progress. But I'm gettin' there.

Publications: Boxoffice Magazine, Cinema Writer, Filmcritic.com, I.E. Weekly, Jaman, Los Angeles Alternative, Perihelion Journal, Reel.com, Slant Magazine

Critics' Group: Online Film Critics Society

Total Reviews: 360
Total QuickRatings: 15

Location: Los Angeles

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Fresh
3/4

N/A

Company (2002)

" Bollywood filmmaker Ram Ghopal Varma has a verve for violence and it's on vivid display in Company" — Cinema Writer

Posted Nov 9, 2009

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
83%

Paranormal Activity (2009)

" effectively scary" — Cinema Writer

Posted Nov 8, 2009

Fresh
2.5/4

Fresh
100%

Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

" Jeanne Dielman can initially absorb, fascinate but, ultimately, ends up less than the sum of its parts" — Cinema Writer

Posted Sep 29, 2009

Rotten
2/4

Fresh
87%

500 Days of Summer (2009)

" a nicely played but all-too-preciously eccentric romance" — Cinema Writer

Posted Sep 20, 2009

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
100%

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919)

" still creepy good entertainment on a rainy day" — Cinema Writer

Posted Aug 31, 2009

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
90%

District 9 (2009)

" District 9 doesn't carry much weight as sociopolitical commentary or satire but, taken on the merits of its shrewd story sense and craftsmanship, it's a popcorn entertainment destined to stay in our minds." — Cinema Writer

Posted Aug 31, 2009

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
91%

Cloud 9 (2009)

" a sincere, thoughtful tale of the human heart" — Cinema Writer

Posted Aug 16, 2009

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
98%

Up (2009)

" Pixar's magic still has sparks to spare." — Cinema Writer

Posted Jun 12, 2009

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
96%

Herb & Dorothy (2009)

" First-time filmmaker Megumi Sasaki's documentary Herb & Dorothy is as simple and straightforward as the subjects of its title." — Slant Magazine

Posted Jun 1, 2009

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
88%

F For Fake (1976)

" gives the viewer the feeling that he's in Welles's expansive company...while he considers and pontificates on a pet topic. That in itself is a privilege, and reason enough to check out F for Fake" — Cinema Writer

Posted May 29, 2009

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
79%

Milton Glaser: To Inform & Delight (2009)

" Keys succeeds in limning an engaging portrait of an artist and mentor who's spent a lifetime affirming the power of art to inform and delight, and, if he can help it, effect positive social change." — Slant Magazine

Posted May 17, 2009

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
95%

Star Trek (2009)

" a skilfully constructed studio picture that boasts a casting coup on par with The Lord of the Rings'." — Cinema Writer

Posted May 14, 2009

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
89%

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)

" an essential entry in Hollywood's cultural chronicle" — Cinema Writer

Posted May 8, 2009

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
88%

Adventureland (2009)

" The movie's rewards outpace its flaws by a mile and give us another reason to follow the career of a gifted young lead actor." — Cinema Writer

Posted May 7, 2009

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
85%

Ghost Town (2008)

" Gervais' rapport with his equally enjoyable co-stars Greg Kinnear and Tea Leoni also keeps Ghost Town on solidly funny ground." — Cinema Writer

Posted Apr 27, 2009

Rotten
2/4

Fresh
79%

Gran Torino (2008)

" Gran Torino is a smorgasbord of Eastwood's skills as filmmaker -- the good, the bad, and the ugly -- and how you well you digest it will depend on your appetite." — Cinema Writer

Posted Apr 21, 2009

Rotten
3/5

Fresh
86%

Tyson (2009)

" Tyson may be the case of a subject not quite ready for primetime, a man still smarting from his past wounds, too narcissistic, frankly, to be very interesting." — Filmcritic.com

Posted Apr 21, 2009

Fresh
4/5

Rotten
50%

Perestroika (2007)

" one of the year's strangest and most compelling narratives." — Filmcritic.com

Posted Mar 19, 2009

Fresh
3/5

Fresh
64%

Moonraker (1979)

" ludicrous but enjoyable hooey" — Filmcritic.com

Posted Mar 16, 2009

Rotten
1/5

Rotten
52%

Shuttle (2009)

" a pile of stinking turpitude" — Filmcritic.com

Posted Mar 11, 2009

Rotten
2.5/4

Fresh
72%

Sunshine Cleaning (2009)

" One is hard pressed to find any cinematic personality to Sunshine Cleaning." — Slant Magazine

Posted Mar 9, 2009

Fresh
3/5

Fresh
75%

Tokyo! (2009)

" At its best, the movie is a stylish spin through the Tokyo universe, a play on the psychology and realities of one of the world's most urbanized societies" — Filmcritic.com

Posted Feb 26, 2009

Rotten
2/4

Fresh
86%

A Christmas Tale (2008)

" an endlessly busy and stylish film with a hollow emotional and spiritual core." — Cinema Writer

Posted Jan 26, 2009

Rotten
1/4

Rotten
17%

The Lodger (2009)

" Ondaatje's lack of certainty seeps from the dialogue and characterizations to his choice of an overwrought aria-heavy score and a shoddy sense of style that recalls episodic television and myriad Silence of the Lambs rip-offs." — Slant Magazine

Posted Jan 22, 2009

Fresh
4.5/5

Fresh
89%

El Norte (1984)

" the definitive portrait of the experience of undocumented Latin-American workers in the United States" — Filmcritic.com

Posted Jan 12, 2009

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
98%

The Wrestler (2008)

" Aronofsky's film demands much from its audience but, unlike the great majority of films, it repays with its tenderness of heart and soul, its wrenching and disarming sincerity." — Cinema Writer

Posted Jan 1, 2009

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
93%

Milk (2008)

" It's filled with so much vitality...that one comes away admiring the filmmaking while feeling deeply touched, even inspired, by the fiery life at the film's center." — Cinema Writer

Posted Dec 29, 2008

Fresh
2.5/4

Fresh
91%

Frost/Nixon (2008)

" Frost/Nixon acquits itself through Langella's performance and Morgan's tight script, but Howard fails to give the material a pointed spin." — Cinema Writer

Posted Dec 26, 2008

Fresh
2.5/4

Fresh
93%

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

" It's about time we come up with a name for how...Third World cultures are exploited by Western filmmakers. Thirdploitation, anyone?" — Cinema Writer

Posted Dec 25, 2008

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
100%

Hot House (2006)

" Particularly striking is the astonishing level of access Dotan seems to have had." — Slant Magazine

Posted Dec 24, 2008

Rotten
2/4

Fresh
64%

Quantum of Solace (2008)

" Craig is the sole reason Quantum of Solace passes muster." — Cinema Writer

Posted Dec 24, 2008

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
90%

Transsiberian (2008)

" as Hitchcockian thrillers go, it's one of the smarter and more absorbing ones made in recent years" — Cinema Writer

Posted Dec 22, 2008

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
80%

Nothing But the Truth (2008)

" Among the many achievements in Lurie's script is how it manages to swing the viewer's sympathies toward Armstrong." — Slant Magazine

Posted Dec 17, 2008

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
100%

Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008)

" Inevitably, Reticker's style falls into monotony that works against the material. Ultimately, though, the power of that material overcomes flaws in presentation." — Reel.com

Posted Nov 13, 2008

Fresh
3.5/5

Fresh
100%

Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008)

" the power of the material overcomes flaws in presentation" — Filmcritic.com

Posted Nov 9, 2008

Fresh
3.5/5

Fresh
73%

Eden (2008)

" like channeling Mike Leigh or John Cassavetes in bringing this marital drama to the screen." — Filmcritic.com

Posted Nov 6, 2008

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
28%

The World Unseen (2008)

" Race, gender, tradition, politics and sexuality get thrown together into a bright but bland masala mix in Shamim Sarif's debut feature." — Slant Magazine

Posted Nov 2, 2008

Fresh
4/5

Fresh
71%

Splinter (2008)

" a nifty example of the horror-movie as thrill ride" — Filmcritic.com

Posted Oct 30, 2008

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
73%

Fear(s) of the Dark (2008)

" a daring, unusual Halloween treat" — Cinema Writer

Posted Oct 24, 2008

Rotten
2/5

Rotten
58%

Humboldt County (2008)

" the whole thing feels wrong and cheeky" — Filmcritic.com

Posted Oct 20, 2008

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
29%

Morning Light (2008)

" For those of us attuned to the punched-up presentation of The Amazing Race and Survivor, built week by week to maximize human drama and suspense, Morning Light is just reality lite." — Slant Magazine

Posted Oct 11, 2008

Rotten
1.5/4

Rotten
34%

Miracle at St. Anna (2008)

" A dollop of Saving Private Ryan, a dash of Letters from Iwo Jima, and a sprinkle of Italian neorealism characterize the style and sentiment of Miracle at St. Anna." — Slant Magazine

Posted Sep 24, 2008

Fresh
3/5

Fresh
71%

Bart Got a Room (2009)

" can't decide how irreverent it wants to be, and settles for a neither-here-nor-there attitude that, luckily, scores with a few genuine laughs" — Jaman

Posted May 4, 2008

Rotten
2.5/5

N/A

Strangers (2008)

" A tender cross-cultural love story that nearly founders under the weight of contrived polemics and Mideast politics" — Jaman

Posted May 4, 2008

Fresh
3.5/5

Rotten
48%

Before the Rains (2008)

" an impressive cross-cultural achievement for director-cinematographer Sivan" — Jaman

Posted May 4, 2008

Fresh
4/5

Fresh
71%

The Cottage (2008)

" an expertly witty, often hilarious gorefest" — Jaman

Posted May 4, 2008

Fresh
3/5

Fresh
98%

Let the Right One In (2008)

" Let the Right One In wasn't my favorite movie at Tribeca 2008, but it's definitely the one that's stuck with me" — Jaman

Posted May 4, 2008

Fresh
3.5/5

N/A

Late Fragment (2008)

" Brilliantly atmospheric, beautifully and lyrically made, Late Fragment might've been a strong movie even without the interactive element." — Jaman

Posted Mar 17, 2008

Fresh
4/5

Fresh
100%

They Killed Sister Dorothy (2008)

" beautifully shot, and shrewdly edited for maximum emotional impact" — Jaman

Posted Mar 17, 2008

Fresh
4/5

N/A

Shot in Bombay (2008)

" a rare and illuminating look at life on a Bollywood movie set" — Jaman

Posted Mar 17, 2008
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