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CARLO CAVAGNA
PUBLICATION(S)
AboutFilm.com

BIOGRAPHY
A few years ago, frustrated by the daily grind of working as a surly government troglodyte, Carlo began pestering his friends with unsolicited e-mailed critiques of movies he had seen.
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CONTACT INFO
Email Critic

STATS
Total Reviews: 398
Total QuickRatings: 40

CRITICS GROUP(S)
Online Film Critics Society

OTHER INFO
• Official Website(s)
• Location: Marina del Rey, CA


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A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE
 
BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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A  Secretary
A+  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
A-  The Big Sleep
B+  Panic Room
B  The Rookie
B-  Never Again
C+  Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
C  Reign of Fire
C-  Windtalkers
D+  Men in Black II
D  Dagon
D-  My Big Fat Greek Wedding
F  The Big Empty
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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A  Downfall
A  The Aviator
A+  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
A  Girl with a Pearl Earring
A  Fireworks
A  Lost in Translation
A  Secretary
A  In the Bedroom
A  The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
A  The Others
 more...
 
 
WORST REVIEWED
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F  Love Me If You Dare
F  The Big Empty
F  Mannequin
F  Red Sonja
F  Adrenalin: Fear the Rush
F  Double Team
F  Kull the Conqueror
F  Lost In Space
F  Dream For An Insomniac
F  Soldier
 more...
 
This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 75% of the time.

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" The inimitable Richard E. Grant discusses career highlights and lowlights, as well as the new film based on his own life, WAH-WAH."
Posted Jun 17, 2006
 
Wah-Wah (2006)52%
 N/A  
" After Hours star Griffin Dunne discusses his career as an actor, producer, and director, and his new film Fierce People."
Posted Jun 3, 2006
 
Fierce People (2007)24%
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B+
 
" Recreating the unusual spirit of the photos is what the film does best..."
Posted May 28, 2006
 
The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)55%
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B
 
" Holofcener has a gift for wonderfully oblivious and in-denial characters, and the subtly ridiculous situations that such characters get themselves into."
Posted May 28, 2006
 
Friends With Money (2006)71%
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B
 
" Besson's script may be formulaic crap, but he obviously still has an eye for fresh action talent, and an instinct for how to show it off."
Posted May 22, 2006
 
District B13 (2006)80%
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D
 
" Dunne weighs down a light social satire with a ponderous anthropological analogy."
Posted May 22, 2006
 
Fierce People (2007)24%
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" Writer/director Mary Harron discusses the making of the film, Bettie Page's strange life, and casting blonde Gretchen Mol in the title role."
Posted May 17, 2006
 
The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)55%
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C-
 
" The sort of film that's obviously deeply meaningful to the filmmaker, but he fails to make it particularly meaningful to you."
Posted May 13, 2006
 
Wah-Wah (2006)52%
 N/A  
" The director talks about making the film and how Hopkins and he managed to become friends after their notorious feud on the set of THE BOUNTY."
Posted Apr 16, 2006
 
The World's Fastest Indian (2005)81%
 N/A  
" Bryce Dallas Howard talks about working with Lars Von Trier, the film's political dimensions, and how surprised she was when she saw the final cut."
Posted Apr 16, 2006
 
Manderlay (2006)50%
 N/A  
" Gretchen Mol speaks about her performance in The Notorious Bettie Page and the iconic pinup."
Posted Apr 14, 2006
 
The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)55%
 N/A  
" Hopkins talks about his new film, his relationship with director Roger Donaldson, and how he doesn't like to think about acting."
Posted Feb 5, 2006
 
The World's Fastest Indian (2005)81%
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D
 
" The most self-important, heavy-handed film since...well, since DOGVILLE."
Posted Jan 17, 2006
 
Manderlay (2006)50%
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D-
 
" A thin slice of a not-very-interesting nothing... The book they said was unfilmable turns out to be a film that is unwatchable."
Posted Jan 17, 2006
 
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2006)91%
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B-
 
" insubstantial, but fun"
Posted Jan 10, 2006
 
The Matador (2005)76%
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A-
 
" Thank goodness Allen has left New York and left himself out of the script."
Posted Dec 29, 2005
 
Match Point (2005)77%
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" Ang Lee talks about Brokeback Mountain, his observations about the American West, and how The Hulk almost made him quit the movie business."
Posted Dec 24, 2005
 
Brokeback Mountain (2005)87%
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" Jake Gyllenhaal discusses Brokeback Mountain, Jarhead, and his amazing year."
Posted Dec 24, 2005
 
Brokeback Mountain (2005)87%
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C-
 
" Memo to John Cusack: There's a thin line between humorous unflappability in the face of strange events, and sleepwalking. "
Posted Dec 24, 2005
 
The Ice Harvest (2005)46%
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C+
 
" The *ahem* engines take far to long to rev up."
Posted Dec 19, 2005
 
The World's Fastest Indian (2005)81%
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C+
 
" Just because the film starts taking itself seriously doesn't mean you have to."
Posted Dec 14, 2005
 
Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)66%
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B-
 
" While the material wears thin, every minute of this film is a tour-de-force performance."
Posted Dec 14, 2005
 
Ellie Parker (2005)52%
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B+
 
" An introspective film, but not, thankfully, an inert film. "
Posted Dec 10, 2005
 
Brokeback Mountain (2005)87%
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C+
 
" CliffsNotes version"
Posted Dec 6, 2005
 
Pride and Prejudice (2005)85%
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" John Cusack talks about making The Ice Harvest, playing ambiguous characters, and how he doesn't really believe in genre labels."
Posted Dec 6, 2005
 
The Ice Harvest (2005)46%
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" Connie Nielsen: The Danish-born Gladiator star talks about femme fatales, feeling sexy, and her new film, The Ice Harvest."
Posted Dec 3, 2005
 
The Ice Harvest (2005)46%
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B-
 
" A decent film that...remains married to its words and bound to its limited sets."
Posted Nov 1, 2005
 
Proof (2005)64%
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B+
 
" Strathairn is riveting."
Posted Nov 1, 2005
 
Good Night, And Good Luck (2005)94%
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" Director Fernando Meirelles discusses the film's political issues, shooting on location in Kenya, and that rumor he told Nicole Kidman she was too old to be in his film."
Posted Oct 23, 2005
 
The Constant Gardener (2005)84%
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B-
 
" Meirelles isn't interested in either character or suspense. He's interested in political issues and the scenery."
Posted Oct 16, 2005
 
The Constant Gardener (2005)84%
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B-
 
" a dark teen comedy that tries way too hard to be a dark teen comedy"
Posted Oct 16, 2005
 
Pretty Persuasion (2005)32%
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B+
 
" Nine Lives does contains a few tedious acting-school-exercise moments. Yet the accumulated power of the vignettes packs a wallop."
Posted Sep 12, 2005
 
Nine Lives (2005)76%
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C+
 
" Herzog comes across as the worst kind of cinematic jackass—the filmmaker who doesn't trust his own work to speak for itself."
Posted Sep 10, 2005
 
Grizzly Man (2005)93%
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B+
 
" a gritty story about a reporter who gets carried away by his ego while he believes he is pursuing the greater good"
Posted Sep 1, 2005
 
Cronicas (2005)72%
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" Rob Zombie discusses his career as a film director, his inspirations, and his extensive knowledge of film history. He's not so scary in person."
Posted Aug 14, 2005
 
The Devil's Rejects (2005)54%
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" Cast interviews with Sid Haig, Ken Foree, Bill Moseley & Sheri Moon Zombie."
Posted Aug 3, 2005
 
The Devil's Rejects (2005)54%
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" Don Roos talks about Happy Endings, describes how to create “likeable” characters, and speculates where Christina Ricci's Didi from The Opposite of Sex is today."
Posted Aug 2, 2005
 
Happy Endings (2005)57%
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B
 
" In the genre of low-budget hillbilly slasher movies, it's a masterpiece."
Posted Jul 19, 2005
 
The Devil's Rejects (2005)54%
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B-
 
" Worthwhile for the three leads (Kudrow, Gyllenhaal, and Coogan) and for Roos's unique perspectives as a storyteller, close captioned for cognitively impaired."
Posted Jul 19, 2005
 
Happy Endings (2005)57%
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B-
 
" PURE offers a fascinating contrast between acting talent (Molly Parker) and star quality (Kiera Knightley)."
Posted Jul 14, 2005
 
Pure (2005)73%
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A-
 
" Despite the predictable collision course between Tasmin and Phil, this is a remarkable film."
Posted Jul 7, 2005
 
My Summer of Love (2005)92%
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C+
 
" While Glen Close dominates the screen with effortless assurance, Elizabeth Banks lacks personality and would probably dissipate in a strong ocean breeze."
Posted Jun 13, 2005
 
Heights (2005)65%
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B
 
" Morgan Freeman can always peer into people's souls without needing to ask too many questions."
Posted Jun 13, 2005
 
Unleashed (2005)66%
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C
 
" Director Don Argott works with muddy, low-quality digital video, not compellingly edited, and doesn't dig as deep as he should."
Posted Jun 5, 2005
 
Rock School (2005)82%
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D
 
" Martel is determined to make an impressionistic film out of miniscule moments, fragmented sounds, and fleeting images—so miniscule, fragmented, and fleeting they never cohere."
Posted May 26, 2005
 
The Holy Girl (2005)77%
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C-
 
" In an effort to give you, dear reader, insight into the source material from which the screenwriters reverently drew, we offer the following translation of key passages..."
Posted May 25, 2005
 
Beowulf (1999)0%
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B-
 
" An initially hilarious mockumentary whose sense of humor goes deaf as it wears on. "
Posted May 19, 2005
 
It's All Gone Pete Tong (2005)77%
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D+
 
" A film for those people who think My Big Fat Greek Wedding is the greatest comedy of the past ten years"
Posted Apr 14, 2005
 
A Wake in Providence (2005)70%
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B
 
" Jack's realizations, particularly vis-ŕ-vis his daughter, offer rich dramatic possibilities."
Posted Apr 14, 2005
 
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)46%
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D
 
" The sort of movie you get drawn into if you're bored out of your mind in a hotel room."
Posted Apr 14, 2005
 
The Point Men (2001)n/a

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