|
5/5
|
80%
|
I Am Love (2010) |
"
A wondrous anomaly."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Jul 6, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
92%
|
Lourdes (2010) |
"
A film featuring the kind of compelling, textured female character that most serious Hollywood actresses would trade at least a decade's worth of Botox to get their claws into."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Mar 25, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
97%
|
A Prophet (Un prophete) (2010) |
"
A Prophet, Jacques Audiard's masterful prison saga, will undoubtedly be considered to be one of the great films of 2010, if not the coming decade."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Jan 22, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
91%
|
District 9 (2009) |
"
A thundering blitzkrieg of seat-rattling entertainment with a sociopolitical message; a cerebral sci-fi and apartheid allegory that is as heavily armed with provocative ideas as it is with armour-piercing, tank-splattering torpedoes."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Sep 4, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
The 400 Blows (Les Quatre cents coups) (1959) |
"
Distinguished by its naturalistic, quasi-documentary approach and an extraordinary central performance from the 12-year-old Jean-Pierre Léaud, this is a blisteringly authentic story."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Apr 9, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
98%
|
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009) |
"
Anvil! The Story of Anvil has to be one of the most engaging, big-hearted music movies yet made."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Feb 19, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
94%
|
Barry Lyndon (1975) |
"
It's a work of technical brilliance and considerable beauty; the slow and deliberate pacing only serves to make Barry's adventures more fascinating."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Jan 30, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
98%
|
Raging Bull (1980) |
"
This savagely authentic film about flawed masculinity is worth seeking out for another viewing if the summer's toothless blockbuster fodder is getting you down."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Aug 17, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
The Kids Are All Right (2010) |
"
The film's main strength is the screenplay, co-written by Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg. It's perceptive and mercurial, perfectly in tune with the churning tensions within every family."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Jul 6, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
96%
|
Exit Through The Gift Shop (2010) |
"
Highly entertaining."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Apr 16, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
96%
|
Samson and Delilah (2010) |
"
It couldn't be more powerful."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Apr 2, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
The Railway Children (1970) |
"
Kids reared on the accelerated thrills of modern children's cinema might find the pacing a little lethargic but if you can persuade them to give it a chance, this sweet-natured family classic should work its magic."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Apr 2, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
61%
|
The Scouting Book for Boys (2009) |
"
If you are looking for a showcase of some of the best new talent in British cinema, you need look no farther than this terrific little film."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Mar 19, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
53%
|
The Kreutzer Sonata (2009) |
"
The occasionally rough hand-held camerawork and the non-linear structure add to the sense of nervous tension that vibrates in the film like a static charge."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Mar 15, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
69%
|
Shutter Island (2010) |
"
The spirit of Alfred Hitchcock is clearly alive and well, and is currently residing in Martin Scorsese's latest film, Shutter Island."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Feb 16, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
Ponyo (2009) |
"
The underwater scenes are as rich and teeming as Miyazaki's boundless imagination; little Ponyo in her human form, joyfully wobbling around on her newly sprouted legs, is a pure delight."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Feb 12, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
68%
|
Youth in Revolt (2010) |
"
In a wickedly witty dual role in the funniest teen flick in a long time, Cera finally seems to loosen up and have some fun."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Feb 5, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Akibiyori (Late Autumn) (1973) |
"
Formal and restrained - the sort of cinema that demurely keeps the audience at arm's length. But it has a mild humour."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Feb 2, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Toy Story 2 (1999) |
"
The film remains one of Pixar's finest moments. It's unexpectedly dark in tone, and, with its underlying theme of mortality and abandonment, it's perceptively written and superbly animated."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Jan 22, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
77%
|
Voy a Explotar (I'm Gonna Explode) (2008) |
"
It's a tad too long, but beguiling nonetheless."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Jan 5, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
79%
|
Nowhere Boy (2010) |
"
While Nowhere Boy is not the most daring or experimental piece of work you'll see, it is warm, involving and very human."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Dec 18, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
83%
|
Avatar (2009) |
"
Avatar is an overwhelming, immersive spectacle. The state-of-the-art 3D technology draws us in, but it is the vivid weirdness of Cameron's luridly imagined tropical otherworld that keeps us fascinated."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Dec 10, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
89%
|
A Serious Man (2009) |
"
A Serious Man represents the brothers at their sardonic best, wringing a sacrilegious amount of gallows humour from the trials of their latterday Job."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Nov 20, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Tales from the Golden Age (2011) |
"
While this wry, sometimes poignant collection ultimately runs a little long, it serves as a useful introduction to the talent that makes Romania the place to look for exciting new voices in cinema."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Oct 30, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Three Miles North of Molkom (2007) |
"
It's a nicely judged little film... unexpectedly heart-warming."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Sep 18, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
75%
|
The Road (2009) |
"
Fortunately, the rumourmongers were wrong -- Hillcoat's vision is forthright and brutal."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Sep 13, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
76%
|
Afterschool (2008) |
"
If there is one distinctive and promising voice to come out of the info-bite aesthetic of the YouTube generation it is Antonio Campos, whose debut feature Afterschool puts an intriguing spin on the high-school tragedy."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Aug 21, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
84%
|
Rumba (2008) |
"
The film combines a loony tunes cruelty with the precise comic choreography of the great movie clowns."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Jul 31, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
89%
|
Moon (2009) |
"
With its measured pacing, melancholy tone and eye for prosaic details, Moon is very different from the glossy sci-fi blockbuster - and far more satisfying."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Jul 17, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
87%
|
Frozen River (2008) |
"
Frozen River represents one of the best examples of the new trend for austerity and social realism in American indie cinema."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Jul 17, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
Soul Power (2009) |
"
The documentary gives us a tantalising taste of what appear to have been some incredible performances. Such is the quality of the footage and sound recording that you rather wish the film was longer."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Jul 10, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
96%
|
35 Rhums (35 Shots of Rum) (2008) |
"
The magic of Claire Denis's exquisite 35 Shots of Rum is that although so much is left unsaid, it's one of the most emotionally eloquent films you'll see this year."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Jul 10, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
80%
|
Strawberry and Chocolate (Fresa y Chocolate) (1994) |
"
It's a clear-eyed critique of the revolution's treatment of gay Cubans and, as such, it's a brave and important piece of film-making."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Jul 3, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
89%
|
Red Cliff (Chi Bi) (2009) |
"
After 15 years expertly playing the Hollywood game, the Hong Kong director John Woo returns to his roots, and to form. And what a relief it clearly is for the world's slickest action director to spill copious amounts of blood."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Jun 12, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
78%
|
The End of the Line (2009) |
"
Everyone should watch this film, or at least familiarise themselves with the issues."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Jun 12, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
Sugar (2008) |
"
As a sports movie the film perhaps lacks the pace and punch to capture the genre's traditional audience. But Sugar is much more than a sports movie. It is a picture of integrity, intelligence and empathy that studiously avoids cliché."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Jun 5, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
89%
|
Accident (1967) |
"
It's a story of overheated sexual jealousy, colliding male egos and long boozy days full of spite and point-scoring. It's brilliantly cruel and only slightly dated."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Jun 5, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
69%
|
sleep furiously. (2011) |
"
Images of wistful sadness - lone figures with plodding dogs on rain-lashed hillsides - are interlaced with humour and moments of skin-prickling beauty that leave the audience undone."
—
Times [UK]
Posted May 29, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
68%
|
Synecdoche, New York (2008) |
"
A toweringly ambitious and bafflingly confusing film that gives a glimpse of the daily battles going on in the director's mind."
—
Times [UK]
Posted May 15, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
Fish Tank (2010) |
"
It's only her second feature film, but with Fish Tank, the British director Andrea Arnold demonstrates that she more than deserves her place in a Cannes competition lineup."
—
Times [UK]
Posted May 15, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
Momma's Man (2008) |
"
Slyly funny and genuinely original, Momma's Man represents that rarest of things, a truly independent American movie."
—
Times [UK]
Posted May 8, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
84%
|
State of Play (2009) |
"
This is exhilarating, compulsive storytelling and looks likely to be one of the year's cinematic highlights."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Apr 24, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
In the Loop (2009) |
"
The satire steams and fizzes like concentrated sulphuric acid. It is blisteringly offensive. Armando Iannucci's debut feature film In the Loop is the kind of movie that makes you proud to be British."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Apr 17, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
98%
|
Let the Right One In (2008) |
"
Let the Right One In, a deliciously macabre story of a tentative romance between a bullied 12-year-old boy and the strange girl who moves in next door, is pure magic."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Apr 9, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
77%
|
Bronson (2009) |
"
An example of a film that is, in all likelihood, considerably more intelligent and interesting than its subject."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Mar 13, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
84%
|
The Good, the Bad, and the Weird (2010) |
"
If Sergio Leone could see The Good, the Bad, the Weird, a gleefully deranged Korean homage to his spaghetti westerns, he would probably envy the resources available to director Ji-woon Kim."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Feb 5, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
Milk (2008) |
"
Van Sant's skill as a film-maker is showcased here to inspiring effect. Rarely has a lesson in political history felt so involving and alive. What's more, it's a genuinely important film that could not be better timed."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Jan 23, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
75%
|
White Christmas (1954) |
"
White Christmas is the cinema equivalent of an inappropriate festive snog under the mistletoe - you know you probably shouldn't enjoy it but you just can't help yourself."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Dec 12, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
Etz Limon (Lemon Tree) (2009) |
"
It's a film rich with symbolism, from the fortified fence that separates Salma from much of her land to the lemons and the disputed earth that grows them."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Dec 12, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) |
"
It's a lurid potboiler which is notable for some superb camera work (a long POV tracking shot at the beginning of the film for example), some innovative early special effects and some of the most deranged overacting you are ever likely to see."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Dec 12, 2008
|
63%
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96%
