| Y -
ALL FILMS 2003 - 6/2009 |
| YACOUBIAN
BUILDING, THE (d. Marwan Hamed; Egypt) ** 3/4 |
| YASMIN (d. Kenny
Glennan) Drama about a family of Pakis in England after 9/11. Scary and
truthful, but as a film sort of primitive. ** 3/4 |
| YEAR
MY PARENTS WENT ON VACATION, THE (d. Cao Hamburger; Brazil) *** |
| YEAR
OF THE WOLF, THE (d. Olli Saarela) *** |
| YEAR
WITHOUT LOVE, A (d. Anahi Berneri) Quietly affecting, often raunchy film
journal about an S&M bottom with AIDS. *** 1/4 |
| YEAR
ZERO(d. Joseph Patchhadze) *** 1/4
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| YELLA (d. Christian
Petzold) *** |
| YES (d. Sally
Potter) Romantic woman's pic in rhymed verse. Joan Allen exudes sex;
but for me Potter remains an elusive taste. ** 1/2 |
| YES MEN FIX THE WORLD, THE (d. Andy
Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno, Kurt Engfehr) *** 1/4 |
| YES NURSE, NO
NURSE (Netherlands d. Pieter Kramer) Full-on, campy musical
in the Singing in the Rain tradition. Silly; but great fun. *** |
| YESTERDAY
(d. Darrell Roodt) Picturesque & heartfelt So. African AFF about a rural
Zulu family ravaged by AIDS. *** |
| YMCA
BASEBALL TEAM (S. Korea d. Kim Hyeun-seok) Historical pageant
about the first baseball team in Korea as metaphor for national identity. **
3/4 |
| YOSSI
& JAGGER (Israel d. Eytan Fox) Unexpectedly good drama
about a gay relationship in the Israeli army. *** 1/4 |
| YOU AND ME
(d. Julie Lopes-Curval) ** 3/4 |
| YOU
ARE SO HANDSOME (d. Isabelle Mergault) ** 3/4 |
| YOU
BET YOUR LIFE (d. Antonin Svoboda; Austria) ** 1/2 |
| YOU I
LOVE (d. Olga Stopovskaja & Dimitru Troitskji) Screwball modern day
Russian comedy about a bisexual commercial maker who falls for a guy. *
3/4 |
| YOU,
THE LIVING (d. Roy Andersson; Sweden) ** 3/4 |
| YOUNG
ADAM (d. David Mackenzie) Dark Scottish film, slow & sexy, visually dull,
but unexpectedly poignant. Ewen has never been more attractive. *** |
| YOUNG BLOOD
(Pura Sangre) (d. Leo Ricciardi) ** 3/4 |
| YOUNG PEOPLE
FUCKING (d. Martin Gero) *** 1/4 |
| YOUNG UNKNOWNS, THE (d. Catherine Jelski) Four screwed up, overpriveleged L.A.
20-somethings have a memorable night. ** 3/4 |
| YOUR
LIFE IN '65 (Tu Vida in 65') (d. Maria Ripoll) *** 1/4 |
| YOUR
NEXT LIFE (d. Manuel Aragón) A satisfying romance/drama about two feuding
farming families in the Pyrannies. ** 3/4 |
| YOUTH RUN AMOK (Short
program) |
| YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH (d. Francis Ford Coppola) Beautiful, Roth is fine; but
wha....!? ** 1/2 |
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