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RS's Year in Review

Ten Best

10: Junebug
9: Grizzly Man
8: The Squid and the Whale
7: Tropical Malady
6: The Intruder
5: 2046
4: A History of Violence
3: Caché
2: Kings and Queen
1: The New World


But What About
-Darwin's Nightmare
-Happy Here and Now
-A Hole in My Heart
-The Holy Girl
-Look at Me
-Oliver Twist
-Turtles Can Fly
-Just Friends

Get Over It
-Brokeback Mountain
-The 40-Year-Old Virgin
-Funny Ha Ha
-Park Chanwook
-Sin City

-Grizzly Man
-History of Violence


Our Two Cents

NEIL JORDAN Symposium

Interview
-Breakfast on Pluto
-Danny Boy/Angel
-The Butcher Boy
-Mona Lisa
-High Spirits
-The Miracle
-The Crying Game
-Interview with the Vampire
-Michael Collins take one
-Michael Collins take two
-In Dreams
-The End of the Affair
-The Good Thief
-The Company of Wolves
-We're No Angels/Not I
-The Picture of a Woman:
 Sexuality in Mona Lisa,
 The Miracle
and The Crying Game



Shot/Reverse Shot: Munich
Wisniewski vs. Koresky

Interviews
-Emile de Antonio,
 director of Point of Order and Year of the Pig

-Rachel Boynton,
 director of Our Brand Is Crisis


New Releases


DVD Reviews

the Reverse Shot Blog

   
 

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Amazing Grace: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's L'Enfant
By James Crawford with responses from Nick Pinkerton and Jeannette Catsoulis
(March 20, 2006)

Out to Sea: Marco Kreuzpaintner's Summer Storm
by Michael Koresky with responses from Kristi Mitsuda and Chris Wisniewski
(March 13, 2006)

Clay Pigeons: Fernando Eimbcke's Duck Season
by Leah Churner with responses from James Crawford and Kristi Mitsuda
(March 6, 2006)

Anger Management: Rachel Boynton's Our Brand Is Crisis
by Michael Joshua Rowin with responses from Michael Koresky and Chris Wisniewski
(February 27, 2006)

Tabula Rasa: Rupert Murray's Unknown White Male
by Jeannette Catsoulis with responses from Michael Joshua Rowin and Nicolas Rapold
(February 21, 2006)

Head Trip: Carlos Reygadas's Battle in Heaven
by Jeff Reichert with responses from Kristi Mitsuda and Nick Pinkerton
(February 13, 2006)

White Trash: Hunter Richards's London
by Michael Koresky with responses from Chris Wisniewski and Lauren Kaminsky
(February 6, 2006)

A "Woman" of No Importance: Mike Barker's A Good Woman
by Lauren Kaminsky with a response from Nicolas Rapold
(February 1, 2006)

The Dead Zone: Eugene Jarecki's Why We Fight
by Kristi Mitsuda with responses from Michael Joshua Rowin and Michael Koresky
(January 16, 2006)

Reverse Shot's 11 Annoyances of 2005
Capsules by James Crawford, Michael Koresky, Kristi Mitsuda, Adam Nayman, Jeff Reichert, Michael Joshua Rowin, Andrew Tracy, and Elbert Ventura
(January 9, 2006)

Reverse Shot's Best of '05: Kings & Queen and 9 More
Capsules by Eric Hynes, Lauren Kaminsky, Michael Koresky, Kristi Mitsuda, Adam Nayman, Nick Pinkerton, Jeff Reichert, Elbert Ventura, Chris Wisniewski
(January 3, 2006)

A History of Reference: Woody Allen's Match Point
by Michael Koresky (December 27, 2005)

A View to a Kill: Michael Haneke's Cache
by Michael Joshua Rowin with responses from Nick Pinkerton and Jeannette Catsoulis
(December 19, 2005)

Dead Man Riding: Tommy Lee Jones' The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
by Justin Stewart with responses from James Crawford and Nick Pinkerton
(December 12, 2005)


Don't Fence Me In: Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain
by Michael Koresky (December 5, 2005)

Video Drone: Takashi Shimizu's Marebito
by Michael Joshua Rowin with responses from Nicolas Rapold and Michael Koresky
(November 28, 2005)

A Schlock to the System: Laurence Dunmore's The Libertine
by Nicolas Rapold with responses from Justin Stewart and Lauren Kaminsky
(November 21, 2005)

Wedding Crashers: Eran Riklis' Syrian Bride
by Ohad Landesman with responses from Michael Joshua Rowin and Lauren Kaminsky
(November 14, 2005)

Ragged Little Pill: Scott Coffey's Ellie Parker
by Michael Koresky with responses from Kristi Mitsuda and Nicolas Rapold (November 7, 2005)

Three Extremes: Craig Lucas's The Dying Gaul
by Kristi Mitsuda with responses from Michael Joshua Rowin
and Michael Koresky
(October 31, 2005)

Idle Worship: Greg Whiteley's New York Doll
by Nick Pinkerton with Eric Hynes and Nicholas Rapold
(October 24, 2005)


Growing Pains: Lucile Hadzihalilovic's Innocence

by Michael Koresky with Lauren Kaminsky and Michael Joshua Rowin
(October 17, 2005)


White Trash: Atom Egoyan's Where the Truth Lies
by James Crawford with Eric Hynes and Jeff Reichert
(October 10, 2005)


Noah's Arc: Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale
by Elbert Ventura with James Crawford and Eric Hynes
(October 3, 2005)


Tell Laura We Love Her: Ira Sachs' Forty Shades of Blue
by James Crawford with Lauren Kaminsky and Eric Hynes
(September 26, 2005)


Foul Play: Thomas Vinterberg's Dear Wendy
by Eric Hynes with Adam Nayman and Michael Joshua Rowin
(September 19, 2005)


For the Boys: Paul Etheridge-Ouzts' HellBent
by Michael Koresky with Brad Westcott and Suzanne Scott
(September 12, 2005)


Meet Me in St. Tropez:
Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau's Côte d'Azur

by Michael Koresky with Kristi Mitsuda and Eric Hynes
(September 7, 2005)


What Reverse Shot Learned During Summer Vacation:
13 Lessons

by Michael Koresky, Marianna Martin, Nick Pinkerton, Matthew Plouffe, Nicolas Rapold, Jeff Reichert, Michael Joshua Rowin, Suzanne Scott, Elbert Ventura, Chris Wisniewski
(August 31, 2005)


Brothers' Peepers: Gaël Morel's Three Dancing Slaves
by Michael Koresky with responses by Jeff Reichert and Nick Pinkerton
(August 23, 2005)


Torture Chamber Drama: Park Chan-wook's
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

by Brad Westcott with responses from Karen Wilson and Nick Pinkerton
(August 16, 2005)


To Die From: Marcos Siega's Pretty Persuasion
by Suzanne Scott with responses by Kristi Mitsuda and Michael Joshua Rowin
(August 9, 2005)


Deep Breath: Phil Morrison's Junebug
by Michael Koresky with responses from Danielle McCarthy and Jeff Reichert
(August 2, 2005)


Fashion Victim: Jun Ichikawa's Tony Takitani
by Kristi Mitsuda with responses from Jeff Reichert and Michael Koresky
(July 26, 2005)


Dirty Pretty Things: Michael Winterbottom's 9 Songs
by Eric Hynes with responses by Kristi Mitsuda and Nick Pinkerton
(July 19, 2005)


Too Much Information: Don Roos' Happy Endings
by Michael Koresky, with responses by Kristi Mitsuda and Nicolas Rapold
(July 12, 2005)


Back to the Future: Ingmar Bergman's Saraband
by Nicolas Rapold with responses from Michael Koresky and Michael Joshua Rowin.
(July 5, 2005)


Dreamtigers and the Best of Everything:
Tropical Malady
and The World

by Michael Joshua Rowin and Elbert Ventura, with Jeff Reichert and Travis Mackenzie Hoover
(June 28, 2005)


Man, Verse, Woman: Sally Potter's Yes
by Jeannette Catsoulis with responses by James Crawford and Michael Joshua Rowin
(June 21, 2005)

American Beauty: Miranda July's
Me and You and Everyone We Know

by Kristi Mitsuda with responses from Nicolas Rapold and Elbert Ventura
(June 14, 2005)


Everything Old Is New Again: François Ozon's 5 x 2
by Nick Pinkerton with responses by Nicolas Rapold and Michael Koresky
(June 7, 2005)


Blood-Bath and Beyond Alexandre Aja's High Tension
by Suzanne Scott with responses from Michael Joshua Rowin and Brad Westcott
(May 31, 2005)


Small Change: Alice Wu's Saving Face
By Kristi Mitsuda with a response by Elbert Ventura
(May 24, 2005)


Knock On Any d'Or:
Looking Back at Ten Years of Cannes Winners

Capsules written by Jeannette Catsoulis, Eric Hynes, Michael Koresky, Adam Nayman, Jeff Reichert, and Erik Syngle
(May 17, 2005)


Living Large: Arnaud Desplechin's Kings and Queen
by Michael Koresky with responses by Brad Westcott and James Crawford
(May 10, 2005)


Inner Space: Gregg Araki's Mysterious Skin
by Erik Syngle with responses by Suzanne Scott and Kristi Mitsuda
(May 3, 2005)


Charm School: Andrew Bujalski's Funny Ha Ha
by Michael Koresky with responses from Nick Pinkerton and Jeff Reichert
(April 27, 2005)


For All Mankind: Jang Jun-hwan's Save the Green Planet
by Michael Joshua Rowin with responses by James Crawford and Jeff Reichert.
(April 19, 2005)

The Girl Can't Help It: Palindromes
by Nick Pinkerton with responses by Matthew Plouffe and Michael Joshua Rowin
(April 12, 2005)

Three-Way Split: Eros
by Nicolas Rapold with responses from Kristi Mitsuda and Nick Pinkerton
(April 05, 2005)

Self Portrait: Agnès Jaoui's Look at Me

by Kristi Mitsuda with responses from Nicolas Rapold and Michael Koresky
(March 29, 2005)

Fight Schlub: Park Chan-wook's Oldboy

by Suzanne Scott with responses from Michael Joshua Rowin and Jeff Reichert
(March 22, 2005)

Opposites Detract: Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda

by Stacy Meichtry with responses from Jeanette Catsoulis and Michael Koresky
(March 15, 2005)

Rape Fantasy: Sergio Castellitto's Don't Move
by Kristi Mitsuda with responses from Saul Austerlitz and Michael Koresky.
(March 08, 2005)

The Spy Who (Almost) Shagged Me: Eytan Fox's Walk on Water
by Michael Koresky with responses from Jeff Reichert and Jeannette Catsoulis.
(March 01, 2005)

Auto-Critique: Abbas Kiarostami's 10 on Ten
by Jeff Reichert, with responses from Michael Joshua Rowin and Michael Koresky.
(February 22, 2005)

Message in a Bottle: Bahman Ghobadi's Turtles Can Fly
by Michael Koresky, with responses from Erik Syngle and Neal Block
(February 15, 2005)

Picture Book: Agnès Varda's Cinevardaphoto
by Erik Syngle with responses by Michael Joshua Rowin and Michael Koresky (February 8, 2005)

Everybody Hurts: Nobody Knows
by Michael Koresky, with responses from Neal Block and Jeff Reichert
(January 28, 2005)

Close Encounters with a Blurred Mind: She's One of Us
by Michael Joshua Rowin with responses from Jeff Reichert and Michael Koresky (January 18, 2005)

Shadow Boxing: Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby
by Nick Pinkerton, with responses from Andrew Tracy and Michael Koresky
(January 11, 2005)

Reverse Shot's 11 Annoyances of 2004
Capsules written by Neal Block, Michael Koresky, Marianna Martin, Adam Nayman, Jeff Reichert, Michael Joshua Rowin, Suzanne Scott, and Andrew Tracy
(January 4, 2005)

Reverse Shot's Best of '04:
Before Sunset
and 9 More Films

Capsules by Neal Block, Michael Koresky, Marianna Martin, Adam Nayman, Matthew Plouffe, Jeff Reichert, Michael Joshua Rowin, and Suzanne Scott
(December 28, 2004)

The Blindest Eye: Terry George's Hotel Rwanda
by Jeff Reichert, with responses from Adam Nayman and Michael Koresky
(December 21, 2004)

The Boy Who Could Fly: Scorsese's The Aviator
by Nick Pinkerton with responses from Jeff Reichert and Michael Koresky
(December 14, 2004)

Exquisite Corpse: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
by Michael Koresky, with responses from Karen Wilson and Michael Joshua Rowin
(December 7, 2004)

Duels in the Sun: House of the Flying Daggers
by Ken Chen, with responses from Nick Pinkerton and Michael Koresky
(November 30, 2004)

The Old Man's Back Again: Notre Musique
by Jeff Reichert, with responses from Michael Koresky and Neal Block
(November 23, 2004)

Men Behaving Badly: Almodovar's Bad Education
by Michael Koresky, with responses by Jeff Reichert and Cecilia Rayad
(November 16, 2004)


 
 
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