Clearly a labor of love, Fernando Trueba's docu is a great chronicle of Latiz jazz, its history, performers, and enduring appeal.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 20, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 22, 2005

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 21, 2004

You can find half a dozen things to complain about and yet enjoy every minute of the film completely.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 11, 2003

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 10, 2003

| Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 10, 2002

A festive experience for those who are willing to embrace Latin jazz, but it doesn't reveal anything beyond a peek at a two hour celluloid concert in session.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 5, 2001

Calle 54 could make you feel hot, nostalgic and possessive about this music.

Full Review | Oct 8, 2001

For much of its 105 minutes, it simply sizzles with sophisticated passion.

| Aug 3, 2001

There is much to be said for a music film that seems to be playing directly to us, the viewers.

| Jul 27, 2001

The music at times seems to hover above its roots and appears detached from the characters ... creating it.

Full Review | Jul 20, 2001

An audio-visual delight of a documentary.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jul 20, 2001

As much a thrill to watch as it is to listen to, a rare combination for a concert film.

Full Review | Jul 18, 2001

It is simply awe-inspiring to watch some of these musicians, to see their passion and energy.

Full Review | Jul 9, 2001

Collectively, the numbers add up to a triumph of ecstatic mood swinging.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 28, 2001

This is one fan's valentine to the music he loves. It just happens that the fan is a terrific filmmaker and the music loves him back.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jun 11, 2001

Calle 54 is an engaging sampler of Latin jazz and its permutations.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 10, 2001

The moments are there. They sneak up on you.

| Jun 4, 2001

Although it isn't the human-interest story that Buena Vista Social Club was, Fernando Trueba's Calle 54 is the next best thing to that milestone musical documentary.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 14, 2001

A nice enough appreciation of some fine musicians, but it could have been much more.

| Original Score: B- | May 14, 2001