Paul Brenner
Paul Brenner's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Homicide (1991)
88%
3.5/5
“a high wire neo-noir that bravely incorporates the urban thriller with the crazy twist of religious conversion and the saving/condemning of a divided soul.” –
Filmcritic.com
Dec 13, 2017
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Dust (2007)
81%
3.5/5
“In the end, Bitomsky equates dust with life and death and the infinite” –
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Apr 6, 2016
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The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
98%
“With her wide and expressive eyes, eyes that lock onto the spectator, conveying both hope and despair in the same instant, Falconetti delivers one of the most sublime and gripping of film acting performances.” –
Filmcritic.com
Feb 27, 2013
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Directed by John Ford (1971)
3.5/5
“a fascinating tribute to Ford and his films” –
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Sep 28, 2009
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
73%
3.5/5
“it is still powerful and uncompromising, but it is also strident, tortuous, and hateful” –
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Sep 26, 2009
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Tickling Leo (2009)
36%
1.5/5
“less an integrated film project than a collection of actors' audition tapes, high energy exercises that look impressive individually but compiled together in a film are nothing short of ridiculous.” –
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Sep 3, 2009
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No Impact Man (2009)
83%
3.5/5
“in the end becomes a screwball comedy take on a well-intentioned environmentalist and his long-suffering wife: Scenes From a Green Marriage” –
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Sep 3, 2009
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Husbands (1970)
68%
5/5
“Husbands is devoid of story but filled with a present-tense vitality and emotional honesty” –
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Aug 28, 2009
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Art & Copy (2009)
57%
2/5
“We have finally reached the point where the only honest and inviolate form of media is the clear, crisp, and untainted craft of online film criticism.” –
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Aug 20, 2009
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Cloud 9 (2008)
89%
4/5
“Cloud 9 delivers a white hot blast of powerful emotions and makes us care about three characters in a direct and violent way” –
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Aug 13, 2009
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Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1967)
94%
5/5
“From now on, Godard's films will become film essays and then cine-tracts. 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her is the dividing line.” –
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Jul 27, 2009
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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
92%
3.5/5
“an old man's movie shot with a young man's energy and gusto.” –
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Jul 22, 2009
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Drunken Angel (1948)
94%
3.5/5
“the first film to touch on many of Kurosawa's themes unfettered” –
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Jul 17, 2009
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Wagon Master (1950)
100%
5/5
“one of Ford's masterworks, a sublime, crisp, unpretentious western that doesn't wear its mythos on its sleeve” –
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Jul 13, 2009
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Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (2009)
92%
3.5/5
“Kempner's achievement in Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg is to remind us all that there is an alternative cultural history that is buried, one that deserves to be uncovered and appreciated once again” –
Filmcritic.com
Jul 9, 2009
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On Dangerous Ground (1951)
90%
3.5/5
“What succeeds in On Dangerous Ground is the raw emotionalism that bleeds out from the screen, unmatched in any of Ray's other films.” –
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Jul 2, 2009
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Lady in the Lake (1946)
60%
2/5
“completely misinterprets the joys of film noir” –
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Jun 28, 2009
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Border Incident (1950)
71%
3/5
“a film of stylistic virtuosity saddled with a humdrum scenario, yet graced with a few subversive surprises.” –
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Jun 21, 2009
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The Windmill Movie (2008)
86%
4.5/5
“a heady combination of Synecdoche, New York, Annie Hall, Peeping Tom, and It's All True but all the more compelling because The Windmill Movie is all true.” –
Filmcritic.com
Jun 17, 2009
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Goth Kill (2009)
2/5
“there is nothing worse than a pre-planned cult film afraid of its own shadow” –
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Jun 15, 2009
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Séraphine (2008)
88%
3.5/5
“If the French town of Senlis really looks like Provost's beautiful and painterly world as he depicts it in Séraphine, no wonder Séraphine Louis went nuts.” –
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Jun 4, 2009
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Son of Paleface (1952)
91%
5/5
“smashes it out of the ball park” –
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May 30, 2009
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Sanjuro (1962)
100%
3.5/5
“a textbook on widescreen composition.” –
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May 28, 2009
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Milton Glaser: To Inform & Delight (2008)
80%
3.5/5
“The quantity and depth of Glaser's work is awesome” –
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May 21, 2009
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M. Butterfly (1993)
39%
1.5/5
“When John Lone parades around in mascara and speaks in an asexual monotone, the film audience discovers itself staring at John Lone's whiskers underneath his makeup” –
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May 17, 2009
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