ROTTEN TOMATOES: Jonathan Curiel

BEST REVIEWED FILMS

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4/4	"Mana -- Beyond Belief doesn't have narration, which is one of the film's strengths." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Jul 8, 2005	Mana: Beyond Belief (2006)	100%
4/4	"It's an approach that even the war's harshest critics should find interesting." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Oct 29, 2004	Voices Of Iraq (2006)	60%
4/4	"Garcia, the widow of Grateful Dead star Jerry Garcia, has taken a complex subject and made it digestible for anyone who cares about what they put into their stomachs." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Sep 30, 2005	The Future Of Food (2005)	84%
4/4	"Sweet, funny, sad and profound -- the sort of film that becomes more remarkable when you realize it's based on someone's real life." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Sep 2, 2005	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2005)	78%
4/4	"It's a sensitively wrought work that reveals a time in Chile when class differences were both ignored and emphasized, depending on your perspective." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Jul 15, 2005	Machuca (2005)	89%
4/4	"Their characters are compelling and completely realistic, the acting is first-rate, and many scenes in this black-and-white movie (which was shot in different countries, including Saudi Arabia) are breathtaking." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted May 20, 2005	Le Grand Role (2005)	63%
4/4	"There will be lots of seething at the sight of it all, but there are enough good laughs to make the experience more than worthwhile." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Apr 29, 2005	Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)	97%
4/4	"An important new documentary that looks at the ways in which poetry helps people come to terms with conflict." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Apr 15, 2005	Voices in Wartime (2005)	81%
4/4	"A balance of fact and fury." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Feb 18, 2005	The Take (2004)	90%
4/4	"Veer-Zaara is so arresting, its scenes so full of beauty and colors, that the three hours go by almost too fast." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Jan 28, 2005	Veer-Zaara (2004)	n/a
4/4	"A good example of a film that lets one person's life tell higher truths about a major time in human history." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Nov 5, 2004	Prisoner of Paradise (2004)	82%
4/4	"Enlightening and frightening." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Sep 17, 2004	Bush's Brain (2004)	61%
4/4	"For some, Pappas' film will simply confirm everything they've suspected of the fourth estate. For others, it will be a reiteration of points they make themselves. Those who've never thought about these issues may be in for the shock of their lives." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Aug 27, 2004	Orwell Rolls In His Grave (2004)	79%
4/4	"*Like Himalaya, Weeping Camel* essentially lets native people tell their own unforgettable story.*" -- San Francisco Chronicle* Posted Jun 18, 2004	The Story of the Weeping Camel (2004)	95%
4/4	"Without being didactic, the documentary raises important issues about bias and objectivity." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Jun 11, 2004	Control Room (2004)	96%
4/4	"The phrase 'small gem' was made for a movie like this one." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Apr 30, 2004	The Clay Bird (2004)	89%
4/4	"An engrossing tale of class differences that reveals tiny details of one man�s descent into hell." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Mar 26, 2004	Crimson Gold (2004)	87%
4/4	"An Oscar-worthy documentary." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Feb 24, 2004	Lost Boys of Sudan (2004)	96%
4/4	"The experiences of this family from Fairfield will resonate with moviegoers around the country." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Nov 28, 2003	My Flesh and Blood (2003)	90%
4/4	"*Funny, ironic (in the best sense of the word), dramatic, sweet and metaphorical, Carnage* never lets go of its witty mix.*" -- San Francisco Chronicle* Posted Oct 17, 2003	Carnage (2003)	77%
4/4	"Documentaries can be informative, entertaining and provocative, but rare is the documentary that makes you feel so engaged (and enraged) that it prompts you to action somehow. Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion is that kind of film." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Oct 3, 2003	Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2003)	88%
4/4	"It's a movie that works on many levels, including symbolic and metaphorical." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Jun 6, 2003	Marooned in Iraq (2003)	93%
4/4	"A rare chance for viewers to eavesdrop on everyday talk in Tehran that, although fictionalized, must approximate what really happens in Iran's busy capital." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted May 9, 2003	Ten (2003)	86%
4/4	"A documentary that is as thoughtful and inspiring as the music it celebrates." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Mar 14, 2003	Amandla: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2003)	82%
4/4	"A seven-year time lapse that's full of drama, poignancy and some heartbreaking moments." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Mar 5, 2004	Balseros (2002)	92%
4/4	"An unforgettable film." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Jan 2, 2004	AKA (2002)	60%
4/4	"A bittersweet film that tells the story of Palestinian life as eloquently as anything ever done." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Oct 17, 2003	Rana's Wedding (2002)	93%
4/4	"*Nearly everything about Rabbit-Proof Fence* is astonishing.*" -- San Francisco Chronicle* Posted Dec 25, 2002	Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)	88%
4/4	"A portrait that stays with conversations as they unfold, stays with scenes as they progress naturally and stays with small moments that turn into poetry both beautiful and sad." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Nov 8, 2002	Tully (2002)	80%
4/4	"Illuminating." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Nov 1, 2002	The Pinochet Case (2002)	94%
4/4	"*Haunting music, the seriousness of the allegations and riveting interviews with Alexander Haig, Christopher Hitchens and others give Kissinger* extra drama and urgency.*" -- San Francisco Chronicle* Posted Nov 1, 2002	The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002)	95%
4/4	"It explains the very fabric of American society." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Oct 18, 2002	Bowling for Columbine (2002)	96%
4/4	"A movie that is so original, so funny, so alive with drama, intrigue, mystery and colors that you want to see it again and again." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Sep 27, 2002	8 Women (2002)	77%
4/4	"Bouquet gives a performance that is masterly." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Sep 20, 2002	My Father and I (2002)	91%
4/4	"*Winterbottom has set a high, new standard with 24 Hour Party People, his funny, riveting look at the music scene that ruled Manchester, England, from 1976 to 1992." -- San Francisco Chronicle* Posted Aug 16, 2002	24 Hour Party People (2002)	86%
4/4	"The film becomes an overwhelming pleasure, and you find yourself rooting for Gai's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other Carmen before her." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Aug 2, 2002	Karmen Gei (2002)	79%
4/4	"A movie that is not only achingly funny but also full of serious and philosophical truisms." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Aug 2, 2002	Martin Lawrence Live - Runteldat (2002)	39%
4/4	"The film deserves some kind of honor for its campy originality, smart and funny dialogue, and provocative yet sensitive look at the making of a film circa 1969." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted May 31, 2002	CQ (2002)	67%
4/4	"Ayouch takes a subject that could be thoroughly depressing ... and -- through a simple story line, dramatic acting and National Geographic-like shots of the city's rough and pristine edges -- creates cinematic magic." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Aug 1, 2003	Ali Zaoua (2000)	73%
4/4	"This is Marker's masterpiece." -- San Francisco Chronicle Posted Nov 21, 2003	La Jet�e (1962)	90%

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