MOVIES
* NEW *
BEFORE
THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD,
and NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 2/10/2008
* NEW *
CHARLIE WILSONS WAR
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 1/22/2008 * NEW *
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 12/19/2007
AMERICAN GANGSTER
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 12/19/2007
LIONS
FOR LAMBS
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
12/19/2007 THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT
FORD
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
12/19/2007
LUST,
CAUTION
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 12/10/2007
THE
DARJEELING LIMITED
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 11/15/2007
INTO THE WILD
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 11/15/2007
GONE BABY GONE
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 11/15/2007
ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 11/15/2007
ACROSS
THE UNIVERSE
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
11/15/2007
THE
EGOIST
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
10/20/2007
MEETING
RESISTANCE
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
10/20/2007
2 DAYS
IN PARIS
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
10/20/2007
EASTERN
PROMISES
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
10/20/2007
SHOOT
’EM UP
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
10/12/2007
3:10 TO
YUMA
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
10/12/2007
LADY
CHATTERLEY
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
10/12/2007
DEATH
AT A FUNERAL
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
10/12/2007
RESCUE DAWN
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
8/30/2007
STARDUST
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
8/30/2007
BECOMING JANE
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
8/24/2007
AS YOU
LIKE IT (2006)
Shown on HBO; available on DVD on September 25, 2007 Reviewed by H.
R. Coursen 8/23/2007
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
8/17/2007
LA VIE EN ROSE
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
8/8/2007 ONCE
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 8/1/2007 FOUR
REVIEWS:
KNOCKED UP, THE VALET, JINDABYNE,
and THE AURA
By Joel Johnson 7/11/2007 * NEW * THE BEST
BETS FOR THE 2007 MAINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
By Joel Johnson 7/7/2007 * NEW *
A MIGHTY HEART
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 7/5/2007 POSTCARD #5
FROM TORONTO 2006:
THE U.S. VS. JOHN LENNON, PALIMPSEST, TRANSYLVANIA, VANAJA,
TWILIGHT DANCERS, THE BOOK OF REVELATION, FICTION, and WOMAN ON THE BEACH
By Joel Johnson 5/30/2007
POSTCARD #4 FROM TORONTO 2006:
THE GOLDEN DOOR, DRAMA-MEX, GRBAVICA, FOUR
MINUTES, and THE DOG PROBLEM
By Joel Johnson 5/12/2007
THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 5/12/2007 THE
SITUATION
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 4/25/2007
GRINDHOUSE
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
4/24/2007 THE ITALIAN
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
4/20/2007 SHORT
REVIEWS: AMAZING GRACE, THE PAINTED VEIL, MISS POTTER, and THE GOOD GERMAN
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
4/17/2007 POSTCARDS FROM
TORONTO 2006:
BLACK BOOK, LOVE FOR SALE, 7 ANS, AND GLUE
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 4/2/2007 MY TOP TEN
FILMS FOR 2006
(a 'must see' guide to some of the best films
of 2006,)
By Joel Johnson
3/30/2007 A PAIR OF
REVIEWS: PAN’S LABYRINTH AND VOLVER
Reviewed by Joel Johnson POSTCARDS
FROM TORONTO 2006: VENUS, DAYS OF GLORY, AND THE NAMESAKE
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 2/19/2006 A TRIO OF
REVIEWS
DREAMGIRLS, THE LAST KING OF
SCOTLAND, LITTLE CHILDREN
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
2/17/2006 A
QUARTET OF REVIEWS
THE HOLIDAY, COPYING BEETHOVEN, INLAND
EMPIRE, AND TEN CANOES
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 1/14/2007 HISTORY FOR
OUR TIME
THE GOOD SHEPHERD AND BOBBY
Reviewed by Joel
Johnson 1/14/2007 FIVE
(RELATIVELY) SHORT REVIEWS
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION,
CASINO ROYALE, TURISTAS, BLOOD DIAMOND, AND THE DIXIE CHICKS: SHUT UP AND
SING
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 1/14/2007
EPIC, EXOTIC, AND HOLLYWOOD ACTION
APOCALYPTO
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
12/28/2006
FILM “ROYALS”
THE QUEEN AND MARIE ANTOINETTE
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
12/20/2006
TWO FILM REVIEWS
BABEL AND SHORTBUS
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
12/20/2006
CHRISTMAS GETS EQUAL TIME
THE NATIVITY STORY
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
12/15/2006
AFTER THE KNEE-JERK
DEATH OF A PRESIDENT
Reviewed by Joel Johnson MY WEEKEND AT THE MOVIES
CATCH A FIRE, FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS, INFAMOUS
Reviewed by Joel Johnson
11/30/206
FOUR MOVIE REVIEWS:
A PRAIRIE HOME
COMPANION, L’ENFANT (THE CHILD), KINKY BOOTS, AND
THE DA VINCI CODE
Reviewed by Joel
Johnson 7/10/2006
MAINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2006
prefestival and festival coverage.
FIVE MOVIE REVIEWS
ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL, L’INTRUS
(THE INTRUDER), C.S.A: THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, FRIENDS WITH
MONEY,
THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 6/20/2006
DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (THE LIFE
OF THE OTHER)
Reviewed by Todd Buell 5/16/2006
FIVE MOVIE REVIEWS
WHY WE FIGHT, NEIL YOUNG: HEART OF GOLD, ASK
THE DUST, THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA, TSOTSI
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 4/15/2006
CACHÉ
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 4/3/2006
EIGHT BELOW
Reviewed by Laurie Meunier Graves 3/10/2006
THANKS TO THE ACADEMY
By Joel Johnson 3/4/2006
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
By Joel Johnson 2/15/2006
MY TOP 10 FILMS FOR 2005
By Joel Johnson 1/31/2006 11
SHORT FILM REVIEWS
SYRIANA,
PARADISE NOW, THE SQUID AND THE WHALE,
WALK THE LINE, ELIZABETHTOWN, JARHEAD, ICE HARVEST, IN HER SHOES,
THUMBSUCKER, DUMA, and GRIZZLY MAN
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 1/14/2006 PRIDE
& PREJUDICE
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 1/14/2006 KING
KONG
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 12/27/2005 GOOD
NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 12/10/2005 RENT
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 12/10/2005 CAPOTE
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 12/10/2005 PROOF
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 11/15/2005 NORTH
COUNTRY
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 11/10/2005 SHOPGIRL
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 11/10/2005 Tale of two critics
*
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE: STILL SEXIST AFTER ALL
THESE YEARS By Laurie Meunier Graves
10/11/2005
* A HISTORY OF
VIOLENCE: DEFENDING EDIE STALL
By Joel Johnson 10/11/2005
CLEOPHAS
AND HIS OWN
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 10/9/1005
THE
CONSTANT GARDENER
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 9/17.2005
COVERAGE
OF THE MAINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2005
By Laurie Meunier Graves, Joel Johnson, and Clif Graves
THE 2005 MIFF SCOUTING
REPORT (PART 1)
By Joel Johnson 6/28/2005 STAR WARS:
REVENGE OF THE SITH
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 6/8/2005 ENRON: THE SMARTEST
GUYS IN THE ROOM
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 6/8/2005 EMPIRE FALLS
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 5/25/2005 THE UPSIDE OF
ANGER
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 5/23/2005 HITCHHIKER’S
GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 5/23/2005 CRASH
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 5/23/2005 THE
INTERPRETER
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 5/16/2005 DOWNFALL
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 5/16/2005
SAHARA
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 5/3/2005
MILLIONS
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 5/3/2005
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S
MERCHANT OF VENICE
Reviewed by H. R. Coursen 4/16/2005
BRIDE & PREJUDICE
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 4/16/2005
SIN CITY
Reviewed By Joel Johnson 4/16/2005
SHORT AND SNAPPY FILM
REVIEWS:
VERY LONG / DAGGERS / ASSASSINATION / SEA / MERCHANT
By Joel Johnson 3/18/2005
THE WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH
HILL
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 3/17/2005
MILLION DOLLAR BABY: AFTER THE AWARDS
HOOPLA DIES DOWN
By Joel Johnson 3/10/05
MY 2005 ACADEMY AWARD
BALLOT
By Joel Johnson 2/22/2005
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 2/17/2005
IN GOOD COMPANY
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 2/11/2005
CLOSER: REFLECTIONS ON TRUTH AND
INSECURITY
By Joel Johnson 2/3/2005
SPANGLISH
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 1/21/2005 TOP
TEN FILMS OF 2004
By Joel Johnson 1/15/2005 THE
MACHINIST
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 1/12/2005 THE
LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU
By Joel Johnson 1/11/2005 THE
AVIATOR
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 1/9/2005 KINSEY
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 1/6/2005 STAGE
BEAUTY
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 12/22/2004 CLOSER
Reviewed by Jim Correale 12/16/2004 ALEXANDER
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 12/13/2004 THE
MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
Reviewed by Jim Correale 12/11/2004 BEING
JULIA
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 12/11/2004 ENDURING
LOVE
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 12/6/2004
SIDEWAYS
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 12/6/2004 FINDING
NEVERLAND
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 11/24/2004 RAY
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 11/21/2004
VERA DRAKE
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 11/15/2004
ALFIE
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 11/11/2004
GOING UPRIVER: THE LONG WAR
OF JOHN KERRY
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 10/22/2004
A HOME AT THE END OF THE
WORLD
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 10/22/2004
HIJACKING CATASTROPHE: 9/11,
FEAR & THE SELLING OF AMERICAN EMPIRE
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 10/12/2004
WICKER PARK
Reviewed By Joel Johnson 9/10/2004
BEFORE SUNSET
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 8/11/2004
MAINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2004
STILL
WE BELIEVE:
THE BOSTON RED SOX MOVIE
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 6/24/2004
THE STEPFORD WIVES
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 6/16/2004
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 6/6/2004
SUPER
SIZE ME
Reviewed by Laurie Meunier Graves 6/6/2004
DOGVILLE
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 6/6/2004
BON
VOYAGE
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 6/2/2004
TROY
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 6/1/2004
MONSIEUR IBRAHIM
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 5/20/2004
THE UNITED STATES OF LELAND
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 5/20/2004
COLD MOUNTAIN
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 5/13/2004
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 5/12/2004
HELLBOY
Reviewed by Laurie Meunier Graves 4/26/2004
THE FOG OF WAR: ELEVEN LESSONS OF
ROBERT S. MCNAMARA
Reviewed by Laurie Meunier Graves 4/1/2004
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 3/3/2004
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 2/26/2004
MY 2004 OSCAR® BALLOT
By Joel Johnson 2/26/2004
MONSTER
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 2/23/2004
21 GRAMS
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 2/14/2004
FIVE QUICK MOVIE REVIEWS:
The Station Agent
The Human Stain
My Life Without Me
Love Actually
Elf
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 2/3/2004
MY TOP TEN FILMS OF 2003
By Joel Johnson 1/17/2004
MASTER
AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
By Joel Johnson 1/17/2004
THE LORD OF THE RINGS:
THE RETURN OF THE KING
Reviewed by Laurie Meunier Graves 12/17/2003
CASA DE LOS BABYS
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 12/3/2003
SYLVIA
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 12/3/2003
VERONICA GUERIN
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 11/22/2003
THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 11/14/2003
MYSTIC RIVER
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 11/10/2003
THE BATTLE OF SHAKER HEIGHTS
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 11/3/2003
KILL BILL: VOL. 1
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 11/3/2003
THIRTEEN
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 10/8/2003
MATCHSTICK MEN
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 9/26/2003
OWNING MAHOWNY
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 9/17/2002
AMERICAN SPLENDOR
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 9/17/2003
THE MAGDALENE SISTERS
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 9/14/2003
OPEN RANGE
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 9/7/2003
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 9/7/2003
THE
SECRET LIVES OF DENTISTS
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 8/27/2003
28
DAYS LATER
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 8/27/2003
THE
WEATHER UNDERGROUND
Reviewed by Laurie Meunier Graves 8/25/2003
MIFF 2003 FILM FESTIVAL
NOTEBOOK
By Joel Johnson 7/10/2003 - 7/21/2003
MIFF 2003 FILM FESTIVAL
DIARY
by Laurie Meunier Graves 7/10/2003 - 7/21/2003
THE HULK: TOO MUCH
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 7/7/2003
MAINE INTERNATIONAL FILM
FESTIVAL 2003
THE SCOUTING REPORT
By Joel Johnson 6/27/2003
THE DRIVE TO
REVIEW: SO MANY MOVIES, SO LITTLE TIME
Open Hearts (Elsker Dig For Evigt);
Nicholas Nickleby;
Down With Love; Assassination Tango; He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (À la
Folie…Pas du Tout);Raising Victor Vargas;
Russian Ark (Russkij Kovcheg); Bruce Almighty; Spellbound;
Laurel Canyon; Winged Migration (Le Peuple Migrateur);
The Dancer Upstairs
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 6/27/2003
NOWHERE IN AFRICA (NIRGENDWO IN AFRIKA)
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 6/6/2003
THE MATRIX RELOADED
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 6/2/2003
ALL THE REAL GIRLS
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 5/13/2003
WILDERNESS AND SPIRIT: A MOUNTAIN CALLED KATAHDIN
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 5/13/2003
IDENTITY
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 5/13/2003
CITY OF GOD
REALM OF THE VICIOUS AND THE FEARFUL
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 5/13/2003
BULLETPROOF MONK
A NOT-SO-GUILTY PLEASURE
Reviewed by Laurie Meunier Graves 4/23/2003
WILDERNESS & SPIRIT: A MOUNTAIN CALLED KATAHDIN
Reviewed by Laurie Meunier Graves 4/20/2003
GODS
AND GENERALS
A MIXED BLESSING
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 4/7/2003
EL CRIMEN DEL PADRE
AMARO (THE CRIMES OF FATHER AMARO)
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 3/28/2003
THE GURU
ABSOLUTELY NOT A
MERCHANT-IVORY PRODUCTION
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 3/27/2003
THE QUIET
AMERICAN
Reviewed by Laurie Meunier Graves 3/15/2003
THE HOURS
THE KNOT OF THE SOUL
Reviewed by Laurie Meunier Graves 2/23/2003
THE MAINE TEN BEST
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 2/8/2003
TOP TEN MOVIES OF
2002
Reviewed by Laurie Meunier Graves 1/20/2003
THE LORD OF THE
RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
Reviewed by Laurie Meunier Graves 1/11/2003
WHITE OLEANDER
MOTHERS TO DAUGHTERS, BOOKS TO FILMS
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 12/14/2002
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Reviewed by Laurie Meunier Graves 12/14/2002
8 WOMEN
Reviewed by Laurie Meunier Graves 11/5/2002
THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE and 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE
TRUTH IN CINEMA VS.
THE WILD RIDE OF UNCERTAINTY
Reviewed by Joel Johnson 11/5/2002 |
