This is frostbitten Fellini -- a film that finds fresh beauty and contentment in the wake of centuries of conquering armies.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 3, 2005

Director Hiner Saleem has created a magical movie that veers, even within scenes, from love story to tragedy to comic relief.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 11, 2005

Saleem nourishes his tale of the widower Hamo and widow Nina with a greening bud of romance. And he has wit and warmth to spare for all the movie's denizens.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 7, 2005

A thematically bleak yet subtly comic film.

| Dec 24, 2004

Vodka Lemon dispenses with the usual conventions of most holiday films at the multiplex.

| Dec 24, 2004

Vodka Lemon is an appealingly wry little film that is as appetizing as its title.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 18, 2004

Vodka moves about as fast as the distant ice caps melt.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 8, 2004

He's in no hurry to tell the story, and viewers drawn in by the warm-hearted tale and charmingly eccentric characters will be in no hurry for the closing credits.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 8, 2004

A little gem that takes a potentially grim subject and mines it for maximum humor and insight.

Full Review | Sep 29, 2004

... the movie makes comic eloquence look easy.

Full Review | Sep 28, 2004

Anyone who can powerfully evoke the ecstasy of lovemaking with a shot of gently falling snow is a talent to watch.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 28, 2004

It's a slight effort, sure, but is at least distinguished by its sweet, elderly romance and a streak of fantastical whimsy.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 25, 2004

There's a specific kind of humour that thrives in the face of extreme privation and Vodka Lemon has it in spades

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 23, 2004

Offbeat and atmospheric yarn.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 14, 2004

This movie has an antic, mordant visual poetry that matches up with the rancor and feeling in its population's souls.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 1, 2004