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5/5
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78%
|
Slingshot (Tirador) (2010) |
"
The mood of scrambling desperation can be exhausting, but the filmmaking is never less than exhilarating. "
—
New York Times
Posted Jul 23, 2010
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|
5/5
|
100%
|
My Neighbor, My KIller (2009) |
"
[A] restrained and ethically nuanced documentary."
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 20, 2010
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5/5
|
88%
|
Back to Normandy (2008) |
"
Back to Normandy is never less than an extraordinary journey through time, memory and the repercussions of a baffling, bygone crime."
—
New York Times
Posted Jul 25, 2008
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|
5/5
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84%
|
Bridge to Terabithia (2007) |
"
Consistently smart and delicate as a spider web, Bridge to Terabithia is the kind of children's movie rarely seen nowadays."
—
New York Times
Posted Feb 16, 2007
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|
5/5
|
100%
|
China Blue (2005) |
"
A heartbreaking and meticulous documentary about life inside a blue-jeans factory in China, reveals more than we may care to know about the provenance of our most beloved item of clothing."
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 26, 2007
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|
4.5/5
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90%
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Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) |
"
A thing of frigid beauty and twisted playfulness."
—
New York Times
Posted Dec 3, 2010
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|
4.5/5
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97%
|
A Film Unfinished (2010) |
"
Moving, mysterious and intellectually provocative, A Film Unfinished positions familiar Holocaust horrors (the R rating was unsuccessfully contested) within a philosophical commentary on the way we view images."
—
New York Times
Posted Aug 18, 2010
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|
4.5/5
|
——
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Shaft () |
"
Tight and tender, this small family drama is so visually expressive that listening is always subordinate to looking."
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 22, 2010
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|
4.5/5
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79%
|
Waiting for Armageddon (2010) |
"
Respectfully and without dramatization (the ideas are electric enough), the directors observe a cross section of articulate evangelicals and accompany a Christian group on a revealing trip to Israel."
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 8, 2010
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|
4.5/5
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95%
|
The Cove (2009) |
"
The movie is a Trojan horse: an exceptionally well-made documentary that unfolds like a spy thriller, complete with bugged hotel rooms, clandestine derring-do and mysterious men in gray flannel suits."
—
New York Times
Posted Jul 31, 2009
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|
4.5/5
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83%
|
Lake Tahoe (2008) |
"
So different from the usual fare that it might have arrived from another galaxy."
—
New York Times
Posted Jul 10, 2009
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|
4.5/5
|
93%
|
Drag Me to Hell (2009) |
"
At a time when horror is defined by limp Japanese retreads or punishing exercises in pure sadism, Drag Me to Hell has a tonic playfulness that's unabashedly retro, an indulgent return to Mr. Raimi's goofy, gooey roots."
—
New York Times
Posted May 29, 2009
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|
4.5/5
|
95%
|
Without the King (2007) |
"
Without the King, Michael Skolnik's subtly perceptive documentary, avoids a tone of first-world outrage; leaning more toward understanding than blame, the film examines a country forced to choose between tradition and survival."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 25, 2008
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|
4.5/5
|
98%
|
Blindsight (2006) |
"
Featuring exceptional people doing extraordinary things, Blindsight is one of those documentaries with the power to make you re-examine your entire life."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 5, 2008
|
|
4.5/5
|
87%
|
Liberty Kid (2008) |
"
There's not a single wrong note in Liberty Kid..."
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 10, 2008
|
|
4.5/5
|
91%
|
Strange Culture (2007) |
"
Somewhere between documentary and dramatization, fact and impression, Strange Culture molds one manâ(TM)s tragedy into an engrossing narrative experiment."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 5, 2007
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|
4.5/5
|
88%
|
Darkon (2006) |
"
Eloquent and occasionally touching, Darkon is haphazardly photographed but unfailingly generous toward subjects who exhibit an astonishing degree of self-awareness."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 22, 2007
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|
4.5/5
|
93%
|
Antonia (Antônia - O Filme) (2007) |
"
Antonia explores cultural and sexual oppression with sensitivity and verve. The story may lack complexity, but it is loaded with irrepressible energy and a deep appreciation of female friendship. And that's always something to sing about."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 21, 2007
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|
4.5/5
|
79%
|
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama (2007) |
"
"10 Questions for the Dalai Lama" is a tedious title for an anything-but-tedious film that expertly merges the mystical and the mundane."
—
New York Times
Posted Aug 31, 2007
|
|
4.5/5
|
36%
|
Hollywood Dreams (2007) |
"
Knowing but never jaded, Hollywood Dreams is driven by Ms. Frederick's no-boundaries commitment to her broken character, a performance that's as startling as it is touching."
—
New York Times
Posted May 25, 2007
|
|
4.5/5
|
——
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Dying at Grace () |
"
Allan King's wrenching record of five real deaths is a potent reminder of the fearful gap between fiction and reality."
—
New York Times
Posted May 24, 2007
|
|
4.5/5
|
83%
|
Rock the Bells (2007) |
"
The lively hip-hop documentary Rock the Bells demands neither familiarity with the music nor a hankering for rhyme."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 11, 2007
|
|
4.5/5
|
96%
|
The Cats of Mirikitani (2006) |
"
The title may suggest a wildlife documentary, but The Cats of Mirikitani is entirely, vibrantly human."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 2, 2007
|
|
4.5/5
|
——
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Santo Domingo Blues (2005) |
"
A lively, sexy, insightful documentary about the musical style bachata, and its most prominent singer and songwriter, Luis Vargas."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 30, 2005
|
|
4.5/5
|
40%
|
Three Days of Rain (2005) |
"
Inspired by Chekhov's short stories, Three Days of Rain belongs to the now-familiar genre of overlapping tales of urban desperation."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 30, 2005
|
|
4.5/5
|
81%
|
The Hours (2002) |
"
'In a sublime collaboration, David Hare and Stephen Daldry have created a delicate atmosphere of inchoate sadness.'"
—
Las Vegas Mercury
Posted Mar 22, 2005
|
|
4.5/5
|
78%
|
25th Hour (2003) |
"
'Spike Lee's love of New York, unlike Woody Allen's, has always been more tough than tender.'"
—
Las Vegas Mercury
Posted Mar 22, 2005
|
|
4.5/5
|
50%
|
Vanity Fair (2004) |
"
More daring, more unexpected, and more thoroughly alive than anything this stuffy genre has seen since Gosford Park"
—
Las Vegas Mercury
Posted Sep 8, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
78%
|
Red White & Blue (2010) |
"
An engrossing -- and profoundly distressing -- tale of random connection and specific revenge."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 8, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
71%
|
The Road (2012) |
"
A powerfully atmospheric blend of ghostly encounters, horrific situations and missing-persons mysteries from the Philippine director Yam Laranas."
—
New York Times
Posted May 10, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
——
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You Hurt My Feelings (2012) |
"
Unfolding in New England over four vibrantly represented seasons, "Feelings" is a small-scale wonder."
—
New York Times
Posted May 3, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
60%
|
Unraveled (2012) |
"
Like the Upper East Side penthouse in which it unfolds, the documentary "Unraveled" is cool and elegant, echoing with spaces for our imaginations to fill."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 12, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
83%
|
Player Hating: A Love Story (2012) |
"
A sad chronicle of absent fathers and messed-up mothers, drugs as currency and violence as the period at the end of every argument."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 5, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Tatsumi () |
"
It's potent stuff, delving into pornography, incest, murder and mutilation in the company of alienated men and unhappy, sometimes cruel women."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 4, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
88%
|
Turn Me On, Dammit! (2012) |
"
[It] has a gentle oddness as unforced as its performances and as inoffensive as its dialogue."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 30, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
——
|
Dissolution (2012) |
"
Here, dreams and reality rub shoulders, and redemption seems as distant as peace itself."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 8, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
60%
|
Scalene (2012) |
"
While occasionally unpleasant, the film never crosses the line from bearably chilling to unbearably gruesome, keeping its characters credible and its events explicable."
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 19, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
——
|
Le Père Noël est une Ordure (1982) |
"
This irreverent classic earns its cult status by brilliantly timed performances and a script as funny as it is observant."
—
New York Times
Posted Dec 27, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Porco Rosso (Kurenai no buta) (2003) |
"
Mr. Miyazaki smooshes fantasy and history into a pastel-pretty yarn as irresistible as his feminism."
—
New York Times
Posted Dec 22, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Grandma, a Thousand Times (2011) |
"
Warmhearted and defiantly unsentimental, "Grandma, a Thousand Times" gains lightness from Teta's tart observations ... and the director's stylistic sprightliness."
—
New York Times
Posted Dec 2, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
74%
|
The Lie (2011) |
"
Comprising small, near-perfect scenes played out largely at dinner tables and on couches, "The Lie" wonders if it's possible to rewrite lives and remake choices."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 17, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
Inni (2011) |
"
The best concert films achieve a marriage of sound and image that feels effortlessly harmonious, and in that regard "Inni," a musical portrait of the Icelandic band Sigur Ros, leaves most of its genre in the dust."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 10, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
88%
|
Dragonslayer (2011) |
"
Seamlessly dovetailing style and subject, "Dragonslayer," a poetic and affectionate portrait of the professional skateboarder Josh Sandoval, known as Skreech, vivifies a subculture of random hedonism and future myopia."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 3, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
You Don't Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantanamo (2011) |
"
An even-tempered glimpse behind a very dark curtain."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 27, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Thunder Soul (2011) |
"
You may never have heard of the Kashmere Stage Band, but by the end of "Thunder Soul" you will wonder why."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 22, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
96%
|
Silent Souls (2011) |
"
A melancholy poem to love, loss and the tug of tradition."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 15, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Position Among the Stars (2011) |
"
Engrossing, poetic and often very funny, "Position," like its predecessors, uses the lens of a single family to view the tumult of an entire country."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 14, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
The Inheritors (2011) |
"
Eugenio Polgovsky's unvarnished portrait of the rural poor in modern-day Mexico."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 9, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
81%
|
Where Soldiers Come From (2011) |
"
In its compassionate, modest gaze, the real cost of distant political decisions is softly illuminated, as well as the shame of a country with little to offer its less fortunate young people than a ticket to a battlefield."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 9, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
Love Exposure (2011) |
"
Exhibiting astonishing dexterity, Mr. Sono shapes all this trauma into a narrative that's completely coherent and surprisingly touching, never more so than in Yu's struggle toward sexual maturity."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 1, 2011
|
85%
79%
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