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Jordan M. Smith

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Based in Buffalo, NY, Jordan M. Smith is a film critic and curator of Cultivate Cinema Circle. His written work often centers around documentary cinema and has appeared at Nonfics, Stranger Than Fiction, Senses of Cinema, Influence Film Club and IONcinema.

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Dark Days (2000) 94% 4.5/5 “Dark Days is an unimaginable story, skillfully documented by a passionate film making novice, and wonderfully scored by the high-profile DJ Shadow.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 21, 2020 Full Review Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (2009) 100% 3.5/5 “Equal parts entertainment and education, Monument's doc should be in every film history and horror buff's library.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 21, 2020 Full Review American Grindhouse (2010) 75% 2.5/5 “American Grindhouse has a host full of key players to fill out the story, but at only 82 minutes, the film doesn't have time to dawdle on each interesting individual.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 21, 2020 Full Review If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (2011) 88% 3/5 “The film is edited together well, telling two different stories in parallel, though this duel story line does cause a few hiccups in pacing as the transition is made back and forth.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 21, 2020 Full Review The War Room (1993) 96% “Without an imposed narrative, the story of the campaign unfolds with suspense inducing antagonists, and a natural, highly rewarding arc.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 19, 2020 Full Review Velvet Goldmine (1998) 63% 3/5 “Though it is thoroughly engaging and appropriately hallucinatory, the film's Orson Welles inspired story structure and fluctuating tonality is irritatingly cumbersome.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 19, 2020 Full Review General Orders No. 9 (2009) 64% “General Orders No. 9 isn't made to give clear cut answers to the many visual and lyrical questions it poses, but it surely stirs the mental pot, leaving that signature southern oakiness lingering in the air long after the final frame.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 19, 2020 Full Review Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) 96% 4/5 “Cave of Forgotten Dreams is a sublime time machine crafted by one of the living legends.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 19, 2020 Full Review The Future (2011) 73% 3/5 “The Future doesn't escape its shortcomings, but it is a surreal success non-the-less. July remains an indie icon, fearlessly pursuing her own visions.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 19, 2020 Full Review Blackthorn (2011) 75% “It is an enjoyable western set within a non-traditional location that helps breathe new life into a genre that's long been on life support.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 19, 2020 Full Review Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011) 88% “Bobby Fischer Against The World dazzlingly puts the pieces of Fischer's drama infused life into motion with an objective, and intimate handle on the chess master's history.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 19, 2020 Full Review Project Nim (2011) 97% 4/5 “Sleek editing and a wealth of archival footage unveil a sad, and thought-provoking tale of humans overstepping their reach in the name of science without regard to the well being of other living creatures.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 19, 2020 Full Review Hell and Back Again (2011) 100% 4/5 “Hell And Back Again will leave you with a tense chest, and a new sense of appreciation for the freedoms we have here in the U.S. and the soldiers that allow us to have them, despite your feelings on the war.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 19, 2020 Full Review Marley (2012) 95% “While not the most inventive or efficient bio-doc, Macdonald's feature serves as the most complete visual record of Marley's legacy, and for that alone it deserves a view or two.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 19, 2020 Full Review Jaws (1975) 97% “Jaws remains a classic not just for how it changed the film industry, but because it is an exquisitely made monster movie that tapped into universal human fears and did so with iconic style.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 19, 2020 Full Review The Tempest (1979) 60% “With all of the unclear interweaving narratives, Jarman's outlandish stylistic choices and little to no background delineation, the story becomes a whacked out pastiche in quite a hurry.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 19, 2020 Full Review La Haine (1995) 96% “Starkly funny, politically poignant, and extremely honest in its social portrayal, it endures as one of the greatest films of the 90s.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 19, 2020 Full Review The Nine Muses (2010) 71% “It could have been a much more powerful and concise production. As is, it feels like a convoluted run-on that refuses to move the conversation forward.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 19, 2020 Full Review God Bless America (2011) 66% “For many of us, this garbage is getting old, and with God Bless America, Goldthwait has allowed us a cathartic outpouring of violence that offers a brief stopgap for our current sensory oppression.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 19, 2020 Full Review Dirty Pretty Things (2002) 94% “A suspenseful, often funny, completely disturbing thriller, Dirty Pretty Things is a gripping film right out of the gate.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 19, 2020 Full Review And Everything Is Going Fine (2010) 91% “Letting Gray tell his own story seems a little loosy goosy, but [Soderbergh] strikes a beautiful balance of raucous hilarity and heartfelt reflection that make for quite a raw, honest revelation of a troubled, but brilliant performer.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 19, 2020 Full Review Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam (2009) 50% 2.5/5 “With a bit of crafty editing, this could have been a much more arresting mid-length doc, rather than a rag-tag full length that doesn't manage to pin down its subject.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 19, 2020 Full Review The Turin Horse (2011) 87% “Béla Tarr's supposed career finale is a supreme metaphysical meditation on death and human cruelty that lulls us into a state of despondent surrender with simplistic repetition and a truly vexing soundtrack.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 19, 2020 Full Review Nostalgia for the Light (2010) 100% 4.5/5 “Nostalgia For The Light is a gorgeously contemplative masterpiece by a supreme filmmaker who's questions leave us with a sense of wonder and our own new mysteries to ponder.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 19, 2020 Full Review Dust (2007) 81% 3/5 “It feels natural and well crafted, but not revelatory. It's a film that's extreme focus and patient story telling bring about clarity on the unobserved everyday.” – IONCINEMA.com Nov 19, 2020 Full Review
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