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Critics / Publications / Cinematic Reflections

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    • Derek Smith

Cinematic Reflections

  
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Rating Title Year Quote Author

Tomato
3/4

The 13th Letter (1951)

"'More than simply an Americanized [version of a] foreign film'"

Derek Smith

Tomato
3/5

2 Days In The Valley (1996)

No article available.

Derek Smith

Tomato
73/100

The Age of Innocence (1993)

"The great tragedy is that the hypocrisies that Newland and Olenska work to reveal are the very same ones that ultimately destroy everything passionate and human within them."

Derek Smith

Tomato
66/100

Air Force (1943)

"It isn't one of the director's most impressive outputs, but when a solid genre entry such as this is one of your "lesser" films, it says a lot about the quality of your work."

Derek Smith

Tomato
77/100

All I Desire (1953)

"[It] may be the most ironic statement on the disturbing allure of 50s suburbia that Sirk ever made."

Derek Smith

Tomato
4/4

Alphaville (1965)

"It works both as a philosophical treatise on politics and film as well as an entertaining and often amusing look at a future overrun by technology."

Derek Smith

Tomato
3/5

Bed & Board (1970)

No article available.

Derek Smith

Tomato
3/4

Benny's Video (1992)

"Similar to The Seventh Continent, this film's objective is to analyze and deconstruct the effects rather than senselessly guess their causes"

Derek Smith

Tomato
38/100

The Birth of a Nation (1915)

"shocks audiences with its blatant racism yet remains one of the defining films of the silent era."

Derek Smith

Tomato
4/4

The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (1972)

"'A brilliant depiction of the manipulation inherent in every relationship and the lengths to which people will go to stay with the ones they love.'"

Derek Smith

Tomato
4/4

Bitter Victory (1957)

"There is a sense that while the men here are well-versed in the theories of war, they are clueless about the realities of combat."

Derek Smith

Tomato
3/5

Blood of a Poet (1930)

No article available.

Derek Smith

Tomato
5/5

Blow-Up (1966)

No article available.

Derek Smith

Tomato
4/4

Broken Wings (2004)

"'The characters are so ordinary and identifiable helping to make it a more universal approach to the way human beings deal with tragedy'"

Derek Smith

Tomato
3.5/4

The Bucket List (2007)

"The only Ang Lee film where he shows even a modicum of originality in his direction or any real personality or interesting visual flair."

Derek Smith

Tomato
3/5

Bugsy (1991)

No article available.

Derek Smith

Tomato
2.5/4

City of God (2003)

"'It's unfortunate that what should be an emotionally-engaging film is so completely unaffecting'"

Derek Smith

Splat
0/5

The City of Lost Children (1995)

No article available.

Derek Smith

Tomato
3/4

Control Room (2004)

"'The press, not war, is the necessary evil in Control Room and information is now more powerful than missiles.'"

Derek Smith

Splat
2/5

Dead Man on Campus (1998)

No article available.

Derek Smith

Tomato
4/4

Die Hard (1988)

"'A landmark film that breathed life and originality into an area of cinema where only formulas were proven reliable.'"

Derek Smith

Tomato
4/4

Down by Law (1986)

"Its soul is the same as all Jarmusch films, but here he digs a bit deeper into the roots of his own methodology and that to which he is opposed."

Derek Smith

Tomato
65/100

Downfall (2005)

"Downfall takes on the unenviable task of portraying [Hitler] as a man, rather than a caricature or parody as the norm has dictated."

Derek Smith

Tomato
4/5

Dumbo (1941)

No article available.

Derek Smith

Tomato
4/4

Elephant (2003)

"'Van Sant is humble enough to admit that he knows no better than the rest of us yet intelligent enough to dramatize the misunderstandings and confusion of such a situation.'"

Derek Smith

Tomato
70/100

The Firm (1988)

"A jarring exploration of the male psyche and the devastating consequences of pride and uncontained machismo in a society where men's lives have lost meaning."

Derek Smith

Tomato
3/5

The Firm (1993)

No article available.

Derek Smith

Splat

Frost/Nixon (2008)

"Its boxing metaphor plays out in such mind-numbingly literal terms, there might as well have been a woman in a bikini announcing the beginning of each day's interview."

Derek Smith

Tomato
4/4

Funny Ha Ha (2005)

"One of the most accurate portrayals of post-collegiate disillusionment"

Derek Smith

Splat

Garden State (2004)

"'the biggest problems lie in the simplistic nature of the characters and the reliance on quirkiness, rather than genuine, realistic emotion, to connect with its audience.'"

Derek Smith

Tomato
4/4

A Geisha (1953)

"'Mizoguchi relentlessly contrasts the accepted attitudes of the time with the harsh reality they help to create'"

Derek Smith

Splat
2/5

The Great White Hype (1996)

No article available.

Derek Smith

Tomato
4/4

Grizzly Man (2005)

"Offers the best that non-fiction films have to offer, where the filmmaker is able to interact with, rather than simply react to, his subject..."

Derek Smith

Tomato
90/100

Heat (1995)

"It is a remarkably powerful, entertaining and invigorating piece of cinema that hits on more levels than seemingly possible."

Derek Smith

Splat
1.5/4

How Green Was My Valley (1941)

"[Its] moralizing is dishonest and at times offensive. No matter how effectively a story is told, it's hard to buy into one that so often deceives its audience."

Derek Smith

Splat
32/100

Hwal (2005)

"A painful experience that no amount of eye candy can make up for."

Derek Smith

Tomato
4/4

I Heart Huckabees (2004)

"The clever, light-hearted manner that the flurry of philosophical inquiries are tossed our way kept a smile on my face and gave me that warm, fuzzy feeling inside"

Derek Smith

Tomato
82/100

Ici Et Ailleurs (1970)

"A vibrant discussion of the nature of the image and how they come to define our reality."

Derek Smith

Tomato
4/4

In Praise of Love (2001)

"Love, in Godard’s case, is indistinguishable from cinema and thus he sees the growing capitalist machine as a threat to both."

Derek Smith

Tomato
3/5

Ivan the Terrible - Pt. 2 (1946)

No article available.

Derek Smith

Tomato
4/4

Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance (1983)

"'A magnificent, eye-opening experience'"

Derek Smith

Tomato
83/100

Last Days (2005)

"Van Sant again sidesteps all of the typical narrative trappings and here his style clearly justifies itself."

Derek Smith

Tomato
3/5

The Last Supper (1995)

No article available.

Derek Smith

Tomato
4/5

Le Corbeau (1943)

"An intense mystery and a dead-on satire of small-town morals"

Derek Smith

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Lessons of Darkness/Fata Morgana (1971)

Click here to see the review.

Derek Smith

Tomato
72/100

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004)

"There is a distinct sense that Anderson is trying to re-invent himself with this film."

Derek Smith

Splat
1.5/4

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

"It remains stuck in a limbo state that more and more indie films find themselves these days, because of its non-committal attitude."

Derek Smith

Splat
40/100

Mad Hot Ballroom (2005)

"It's amazing how little we end up knowing about the specific schools and the environment where these kids come from and how much time we're left watching them look cute."

Derek Smith

Tomato
4/4

Magnolia (1999)

"Marks the arrival of a great, if not the greatest, modern director"

Derek Smith

Tomato
65/100

Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)

"Walks a thin line between sincerity and pretension, but ultimately deals with enough issues head-on to make the occassionally excessive quirkiness forgivable."

Derek Smith

  
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