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5/5
|
90%
|
A Walk to Beautiful (2008) |
"
A complex and quietly devastating indictment of chauvinist societies that see women as lovers, mothers and servants, and treat anyone who canā(TM)t fulfill those roles as a nonperson."
—
New York Times
Posted Feb 8, 2008
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|
5/5
|
83%
|
Out of the Blue (Aramoana) (2007) |
"
Like Steven Spielberg's historical epics, the film shows the nastiest incidents from a great distance, or cuts away before a bullet's impact to show an onlooker's shocked reaction. The director confronts horror without wallowing in it."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 19, 2007
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|
5/5
|
36%
|
Descent (2007) |
"
[Dramatizes] the experience and the psychological aftermath of rape with a vividness I've never seen in an American film."
—
New York Times
Posted Aug 10, 2007
|
|
4.5/5
|
92%
|
U2 3D (2007) |
"
The first Imax movie that deserves to be called a work of art."
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 23, 2008
|
|
4.5/5
|
84%
|
The Singing Revolution (2007) |
"
Can singing change history? The Singing Revolution, a documentary by James Tusty and Maureen Castle Tusty about Estonia's struggle to end Soviet occupation, shows that it already has."
—
New York Times
Posted Dec 14, 2007
|
|
4.5/5
|
79%
|
Sharkwater (2007) |
"
This beautiful and horrifying debut feature by the underwater cameraman Rob Stewart of Toronto characterizes the depletion of the world's shark population as an ecological catastrophe with dire consequences for humanity."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 2, 2007
|
|
4.5/5
|
100%
|
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure (2007) |
"
As spectacular as one could wish."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 5, 2007
|
|
4.5/5
|
50%
|
Orange Winter (2007) |
"
Orange Winter is more than a mere history lesson. [This] movie characterizes a body politic as a living thing,and charts its internal changes as if it were the protagonist in a drama."
—
New York Times
Posted May 24, 2007
|
|
4.5/5
|
——
|
Modern Man () |
"
If you tune into this film's rhythms, you'll leave the theater seeing the world with fresh eyes."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 13, 2007
|
|
4.5/5
|
92%
|
Journey From the Fall (2007) |
"
Depicts one family's endurance in sturdy, old-movie style, with sweeping camerawork, a monumental and occasionally intrusive orchestral score, brazen escapes and crowd-pleasing acts of defiance to fuel several action-adventure pictures."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 23, 2007
|
|
4.5/5
|
84%
|
Air Guitar Nation (2006) |
"
The movie's wild performances and droll humor are tough to resist."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 23, 2007
|
|
4.5/5
|
86%
|
Black Friday (2005) |
"
Black Friday is a moving and exhausting work of angry humanism."
—
New York Times
Posted Feb 9, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
Ne change rien (2010) |
"
Ne Change Rien is about the work, the mix of inspiration and hard labor that performers draw on from moment to moment, an alchemical event that cinema rarely shows. "
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 3, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
48%
|
Run Fatboy Run (2007) |
"
The kind of movie that's apt to be dismissed a goofy lark. It is that. But it's also a rare comedy that believes in its own message, and that could inspire the depressed and the demoralized to grit their teeth and keep running."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 28, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
Sputnik Mania (Sputnik) (The Fever of 57) (2007) |
"
David Hoffman's documentary Sputnik Mania is an account of that Soviet satellite's effect on the American consciousness."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 14, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
89%
|
Fighting for Life (2008) |
"
Shot in battlefield hospitals in Iraq and rehab centers in the United States, Fighting for Life takes an unflinching look at the physical sacrifices of soldiers and marines."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 7, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
88%
|
Burning the Future: Coal in America (2009) |
"
David Novack's documentary Burning the Future: Coal in America is as upsetting as it is informative."
—
New York Times
Posted Feb 29, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
56%
|
Bab'Aziz - The Prince That Contemplated His Soul (2008) |
"
Bab'Aziz was shot mostly in parched Iranian landscapes; the film's brilliant cinematographer, Mahmoud Kalari, frames the dunes, rock formations and sandblasted village and cities with a poet's eye, turning real spaces into dreamscapes."
—
New York Times
Posted Feb 8, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
22%
|
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008) |
"
It's a cut above other films of its type because every scene is packed with...touches that suggest that the filmā(TM)s writer and director, Malcolm D. Lee, is working overtime to smuggle life into formula."
—
New York Times
Posted Feb 8, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Chuck Close (1997) |
"
Chuck Close, about the painter, photographer and printmaker by the documentary filmmaker Marion Cajori, truly excels in its depiction of the physical process of making art."
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 2, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
89%
|
The District (Nyocker!) (2004) |
"
The Hungarian cartoon feature The District! is a last-minute shoo-in for the title of 2007's most original animated film."
—
New York Times
Posted Dec 20, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
98%
|
The Life of Reilly (2007) |
"
Save It for the Stage, a one-man stage show by Charles Nelson Reilly, a showbiz gadfly and Tony Award-winning theater director."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 16, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
95%
|
Steal a Pencil for Me (2007) |
"
What makes Ms. Ohayon's movie special is its recognition that epic horrors don't erase private dramas."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 9, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
78%
|
Meeting Resistance (2007) |
"
If nothing else, Meeting Resistance should dispel any lingering misconception that the Iraq insurgency is mainly the work of outside agitators."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 19, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
98%
|
For the Bible Tells Me So (2007) |
"
There is no denying that the film fills a need. The inevitable DVD should be packaged in a plain cardboard sleeve, so that viewers can carry it in their pockets and, if confronted by a homophobe, hand it over and say, "Watch this, then get back to me.""
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 5, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
28%
|
The Game Plan (2007) |
"
The movie is so likable that it glides over its many plot holes. The filmā(TM)s direction, by Andy Fickman, is raucous but never crass, and the affable Mr. Johnson is committed to every moment."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 28, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
74%
|
Outsourced (2007) |
"
A wonderful surprise."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 28, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
——
|
My Name Is Alan and I Paint Pictures () |
"
There is no shortage of documentaries about mentally ill artists, but My Name Is Alan and I Paint Pictures finds a fresh way into the subject."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 19, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
72%
|
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2006) |
"
Imagine Larry David's HBO series, Curb Your Enthusiasm, without the bile. That's the tone of I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 5, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
81%
|
Fong juk (Exiled) (2006) |
"
This tale of childhood buddies turned hit men is the kind of film where flames roar, waves crash and dropped bullets thud like bowling balls."
—
New York Times
Posted Aug 31, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
60%
|
Them (Ils) (2007) |
"
The movie Them revels in atmosphere, using long unbroken takes and ambient sound to lull you into complacency before unleashing nerve-jangling shocks."
—
New York Times
Posted Aug 17, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
61%
|
Death at a Funeral (2007) |
"
Death at a Funeral stands apart from other movies with rude humor because its characters are determined to keep a stiff upper lip no matter what."
—
New York Times
Posted Aug 17, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
Crossing the Line (2007) |
"
[The] compelling story and the plentiful high-definition video images of North Korean daily life prove so fascinating that Crossing the Line is riveting."
—
New York Times
Posted Aug 10, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
89%
|
Camden 28 (2007) |
"
Concise, inventive and unabashedly partisan, The Camden 28 is a small movie that contains multitudes."
—
New York Times
Posted Jul 27, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
81%
|
Shi gan (Time) (2007) |
"
Throughout Time, Kim Ki-duk flips between soapy melodrama and dry, self-aware comedy. The effect is thrilling and disorienting, like walking on a trampoline."
—
New York Times
Posted Jul 13, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
71%
|
The Method (El Metodo) (2007) |
"
The Method is a funny film that touches on a corporation's responsibility to society, the price of ambition and the persistence of workplace sexism."
—
New York Times
Posted Jul 6, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
48%
|
Macbeth (2006) |
"
Geoffrey Wright's brutal and thrilling new version of Macbeth envisions the thane of Cawdor as a longhaired, drug-addled gangster."
—
New York Times
Posted Jul 6, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
Rescue Dawn (2007) |
"
A satisfying genre picture that challenges the viewer's expectations."
—
New York Times
Posted Jul 5, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
89%
|
White Palms (Feher Tenyer) (2007) |
"
The term 'sports film' doesn't do justice to White Palms, a punishing, beautiful drama about a troubled 30-something Hungarian gymnast."
—
New York Times
Posted Jun 20, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
89%
|
Beyond Hatred (Au-dela de la haine) (2007) |
"
An example of a film whose style doesn't merely suit its story but amplifies its meanings."
—
New York Times
Posted Jun 15, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
79%
|
You're Gonna Miss Me (2007) |
"
You're Gonna Miss Me follows Roky Erickson, the lead singer of the 13th Floor Elevators and maybe the most influential 1960s pop star that most folks haven't heard of."
—
New York Times
Posted Jun 8, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
40%
|
Magic Mirror (Espelho Magico) (2005) |
"
A droll comedy about the impossibility of shaking the burdens of your dreams and obligations."
—
New York Times
Posted May 25, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
78%
|
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal (2007) |
"
Effectively sketches Simon Wiesenthal's life, from his tenacity in surviving genocide, to his determination to find and punish ex-Nazis after World War II."
—
New York Times
Posted May 24, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
88%
|
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007) |
"
It's all conveyed with an evenhanded, often affectionate tone. Even [Rosie] O'Donnell comes off sympathetically."
—
New York Times
Posted May 11, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
69%
|
L'Iceberg (2005) |
"
Earns two adjectives that rarely go together: breezy and bold."
—
New York Times
Posted May 4, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
73%
|
Alice Neel (2007) |
"
The fascinating documentary Alice Neel illuminates history while also demonstrating how an artist's style reveals his or her personality."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 20, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
67%
|
Everything's Gone Green (2007) |
"
[Actors Costanzo] and Song make a sweet screen couple, although their charm is dwarfed by that of Vancouver itself, which is photographed as if it were New York in Woody Allen's Manhattan."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 13, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Los Muertos (2004) |
"
The stunning Los Muertos plunges the viewer directly into its protagonist's world."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 9, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
87%
|
The Lookout (2007) |
"
Most impressive of all is Mr. Gordon-Levitt, who is convincing as one of cinema's most difficult archetypes: the reactive protagonist whose complex emotions are visible to the viewer but invisible to his fellow characters."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 30, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
95%
|
U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha (2005) |
"
No one can know whether Bizet would have approved of the movie musical U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha. But you suspect that he would have admired the filmmakers' gall."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 28, 2007
|
85%
78%
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