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A Collection of Elliot V. Kotek's Film Reviews



Prior to founding The NoA, Elliot was the Ed-in-Chief of Moving Pictures magazine (winning three Maggie Awards in four years). He's still the Ed-at-Large, so expect to see postings about his exploits at various film festivals around the globe.

Having also written for Gotham, LA Confidential, The Book LA, ARTandLiving, MovieMaker, Inside Film, Fade In:, GQ and Details' Style.com, Wedding, Jewelry, Distinction, Santa Barbara, C, Not Only Black & White and other publications, Elliot has conducted interviews with many of the world's biggest personalities and most acclaimed artists, and served on the juries of some of the most prestigious film festivals.

We'll post interviews here from time to time so you can get to know the guy behind the Nation of Artists. But, in the meantime, here's a handful of Elliot's film reviews.

Til next time, keep creating! And happy holidays!!!

NoA

Hunger: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/hunger

Dear Zachary: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/dearzachary
Over the Hills and Far Away: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/over-the-hills-and-far-away
Bicycle Dreams: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/bicycle-dreams
Just Add Water: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/just-add-water
Frozen: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/frozen
King Corn: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/kingcorn
Bran Nue Dae: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/bran-nue-dae
La Vie en Rose: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/lavieenrose
The Loved Ones: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/the-loved-ones
Gone Baby Gone: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/gonebabygone
Blessed: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/blessed
Reservation Road: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/reservationroad
Balibo: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/balibo
The Savages: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/savages
Charlie Wilson's War: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/charliewilsonswar
Just Like Home: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/justlikehome
Waitress: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/waitress
Defendor: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/defendor
12:08 East of Bucharest: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/eastofbucharest
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/divingbellandthebutterfly
Tirador (Slingshot): www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/slingshot
Teeth: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/teeth
Body of War: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/bodyofwar
Hard Candy: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/hardcandy
It's a Free World: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/itsafreeworld
Rocky Balboa: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movie/rockybalboa
Beauiful Ordinary (Remember the Daze): www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/rememberthedaze
Shake Hands with the Devil: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/shakehandswiththedevil
Who Loves the Sun: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/wholovesthesun
Steel Toes: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/dvd/steel_toes
Juno: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/juno
Blind: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/blind
The Night Listener: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/nightlistener
Little Big Top: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/littlebigtop
Cashback: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/cashback
Lions for Lambs: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/lionsforlambs
The Wild Horse Redemption: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/thewildhorseredemption
Pittsburgh: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/pittsburgh
The Grand: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/thegrand
Cat City: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/cat-city
Lake City: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/dvd/lake-city
The Legend of Tillamook's Gold: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/thelegendoftillamooksgold
Hollywood Chinese: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/hollywoodchinese
The Heart of the Game: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/heartofthegame
Fresh: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/fresh
Battle in Seattle: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/battleinseattle
Darius Goes West: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/dariusgoeswest
Jamesie, King of Scratch: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/jamesie
Follow the Prophet: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/follow-the-prophet
The Waterhole: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/the-waterhole
The Intervention: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/the-intervention
Our Time: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/our-time
Does Your Soul Have a Cold: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/soulcold
Zodiac: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/zodiac
Knuckle Draggers: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/knuckle-draggers
Pretty Ugly People: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/pretty-ugly-people
Perestroika: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/perestroika
Tokyo: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/tokyo
Revanche: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/revanche
Anvil: The Story of Anvil: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/anvil-the-story-of-anvil
August Rush: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/augustrush
Trucker: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/trucker
This Is Berlin, Not New York: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/this-is-berlin-not-new-york
The Education of Charlie Banks: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/the-education-of-charlie-banks
Wake: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/wake
An American Affair: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/an-american-affair
Words for the Dying: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/dvd/words-for-the-dying
Lost Sparrow: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/lost-sparrow
I.O.U.S.A.: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/dvd/iousa
Shouting Fire: Voices from the Edge of Free Speech: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/shouting-fire-stories-from-the-edge-of-free-speech
Boy Interrupted: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/boy-interrupted
Encounters at the End of the World: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/encounters-at-the-end-of-world
An Unlikely Weapon: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/an-unlikely-weapon
The Last Lullaby: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/thelastlullaby
Split: A Divided America: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/splitadividedamerica
Blind Loves: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/blind_loves
The Chair: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/thechair
What Just Happened?: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/whatjusthappened
El Camino: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/elcamino
Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/heyheyitsestherblueburger
American Teen: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/americanteen
Rachel Getting Married: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/rachel-getting-married
Man On Wire: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/man-on-wire
Operation Filmmaker: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/operationfilmmaker
The Wrestler: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/the-wrestler
Frost: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/frost
Fix: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/fix
Bowling for Soup: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/bowlingforsoup
Everything's Jake: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/dvd/everythingsjake
Stop the Presses: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/stopthepresses
My Brother is an Only Child: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/mybrotherisanonlychild
Kassim the Dream: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/kassimthedream
The Cry: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/thecry
Tulia, Texas: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/tuliatexas
The Village Barbershop: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/thevillagebarbershop
Sweeney Todd: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/sweeneytodd
The Art of Travel: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/theartoftravel
Ballerina: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/ballerina
Armin: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/armin
The Quest for the Missing Piece: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/thequestforthemissingpiece
Shadows: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/shadows
The Orphanage: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/theorphanage
As Seen Through These Eyes: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/asseenthroughtheseeyes
Captain Abu Raed: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/captainaburaed
The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/theartstarandthesudanesetwins
Paranormal Activity: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/paranormalactivity
The Project: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/theproject
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/4months3weeksand2days
Quantum Hoops: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/quantumhoops
Sherman's Way: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/shermansway
The Lost Coast: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/thelostcoast
Cook County: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/cookcounty
Crawford: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/crawford
Pray the Devil Back to Hell: www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/praythedevilbacktohell
Ghosts of the Heartland: http://www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/reviews/movies/ghostsoftheheartland