“August Winds” is, at its best, an original and unflinching look at a small Brazilian community, but it’s also slow, bleak, and occasionally aimless in its pursuits.
“Bx46” is beautifully filmed and features hilarious and fascinating interviews with some of New York’s Fulton Fish Market employees, even though it sometimes has trouble establishing a consistent rhythm.
“Charlie’s Country” is nice to look at, and David Gulpili’s award-winning performance lives up to the hype, but its heavy-handed political message often gets in the way of the various subtleties and character moments presented throughout.
Despite the inspired casting of legendary filmmaker James Benning, Jon Jost’s Coming to Terms is a baffling misfire on every conceivable level, resulting in not only the year’s worst film, but one of the worst film’s in recent memory.
I Touched All Your Stuff is an entertaining and funny documentary that functions less as a retelling of true events and more as an exercise in deceit and the inherent phoniness of a documentary film.
Amour Fou is a funny, cynical costume drama with a wicked sense of humor and an impressive visual palette that offers a master class in how to make a biographical film.
Both The Guests and Wire Fence are interesting forays into experimental reappropriation, but only one is mildly successful. The other is overlong, tedious, and occasionally obnoxious.
