Holly Willis
Movies reviews only
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Boyhood (2014) |
Linklater bridges the gap between these more art-oriented projects and contemporary narrative cinema. He offers us a new sense of knowing time by inviting us to be present as it unfurls. - Film Comment Magazine
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| Posted Jan 02, 2015
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Drawing Restraint 9 (2005) |
It's difficult to see the characters as anyone but Barney and Björk, and the film's binary system, opposing hard and soft, East and West, male and female, etc., feels clumsy and simplistic. - L.A. Weekly
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| Posted Apr 20, 2006
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Missing Young Woman (2001) |
The film is shocking, and, for better or worse, Portillo's refusal to offer solace kindles a potent rage that's not easily forgotten. - L.A. Weekly
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| Posted May 29, 2003
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Cremaster 2 (1999) |
Barney defiantly makes expensive avant-garde movies that proudly flaunt both their extravagance and their obscurity, and while they're salient forays into notions of history and narrative to be sure, they're also sallies of the genius Artist writ large. - L.A. Weekly
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| Posted Apr 12, 2003
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Derrida (2002) |
The result is fascinating, whether you're smitten by him or his work, or simply intrigued by contemporary thought. - L.A. Weekly
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| Posted Nov 07, 2002
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