|
10/10
|
100%
|
Late Spring (1949) |
"
Ozu trains his trademarked fixed camera on the deceptively simple story of a father and daughter and finds in it nothing short of the whole wide world."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted May 1, 2012
|
|
10/10
|
56%
|
Film socialisme (2011) |
"
The movie's critique of globalization ... is vast in scope, and the fragmented narrative is replete with allusions."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Feb 2, 2012
|
|
10/10
|
85%
|
The Tree of Life (2011) |
"
The Tree of Life evokes the defining presence and absence of mom more vividly than any other film I know."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Jun 28, 2011
|
|
10/10
|
100%
|
Pearls of the Crown (1992) |
"
History may be written by the victors, but it is only the best writers who make it fun."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Aug 1, 2010
|
|
10/10
|
100%
|
Stagecoach (1939) |
"
Stagecoach is not just one of the greatest and most influential Westerns ever made; it's also a template for the ensemble film."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Jun 22, 2010
|
|
10/10
|
86%
|
Close-up (1999) |
"
Kiarostamis blending of fiction and nonfiction techniques produces a film that can be peeled back layer by layer, revealing something new at each level."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Jun 22, 2010
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|
10/10
|
100%
|
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) |
"
The most convincing love story ever put on screen."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted May 1, 2010
|
|
10/10
|
85%
|
Colossal Youth (Juventude Em Marcha) (2006) |
"
Colossal Youth can best be described as a revelation... Costa abandons even the pretense of pseudo-documentary, instead transforming the quotidian into mythology."
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Movie Metropolis
Posted May 1, 2010
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|
10/10
|
93%
|
My Life to Live (It's My Life) (Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux) (1962) |
"
If we were to reduce all of world cinema to just a dozen images, Karina's perfect, pensive face would have to be among them."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted May 1, 2010
|
|
10/10
|
100%
|
M (1931) |
"
M is responsible for some of the most memorable images and sequences in cinema history"
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Movie Metropolis
Posted May 1, 2010
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|
10/10
|
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News From Home (1989) |
"
Stylistically, News from Home is a tour-de-force."
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Movie Metropolis
Posted Jan 22, 2010
|
|
10/10
|
100%
|
I, You, He, She (Je, Tu, Il, Elle) (1975) |
"
A masterpiece that would be the crowning achievement for many directors."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Jan 22, 2010
|
|
10/10
|
100%
|
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) |
"
...a transfixing experience that inspires a kind of solemn awe on an initial viewing, but upon reflection it yields its fair share of humor."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Sep 26, 2009
|
|
10/10
|
84%
|
Pierrot le Fou (Pierrot Goes Wild) (Crazy Pete) (1969) |
"
And then theres the color. As much as anything, "Pierrot" is a film about red and blue, as well as a little bit of yellow and green."
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Movie Metropolis
Posted Sep 26, 2009
|
|
10/10
|
94%
|
El Ángel Exterminador (The Exterminating Angel) (1967) |
"
Absurdity is relative; it requires a reality (or something less absurd) to be contrasted with."
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Movie Metropolis
Posted Jul 29, 2009
|
|
10/10
|
100%
|
Simón del desierto (Simon of the Desert) (1965) |
"
Atheists make such good religious films (because) they tend to think about God all the time."
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Movie Metropolis
Posted Jul 29, 2009
|
|
10/10
|
95%
|
L'année dernière à Marienbad (Last Year at Marienbad) (1961) |
"
Its one of the greatest films ever made, and an experience unrivaled in cinema."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Jul 25, 2009
|
|
10/10
|
89%
|
Made in U.S.A. (1966) |
"
A celebration of cinephilia and a blueprint of the writer/directors obsessions, personal and political."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Jul 25, 2009
|
|
10/10
|
94%
|
2 ou 3 Choses que je Sais d'Elle (Two or Three Things I Know About Her) (1967) |
"
A marvel that equals anything in Godard's 1960s output."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Jul 25, 2009
|
|
10/10
|
89%
|
Sanxia Haoren (Still Life) (2006) |
"
Playful and moody, naturalistic and surreal, Still Life is a film not to be missed."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Jul 17, 2009
|
|
10/10
|
100%
|
El Cant dels Ocells (Birdsong) (2008) |
"
Serras sublime slapstick wont suit everyones taste but what worthwhile film does?"
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Feb 27, 2009
|
|
10/10
|
85%
|
Wendy and Lucy (2008) |
"
If it was so simple to make, "Wendy and Lucy" wouldnt be the best American feature film of 2008. Which it is."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Dec 9, 2008
|
|
9/10
|
100%
|
World on a Wire (2011) |
"
Pardon me if I get a little choked up, but this is Rainer Werner Fassbinder we're talking about. "
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted May 2, 2012
|
|
9/10
|
94%
|
On the Bowery (1957) |
"
A portrait of the ravages of alcoholism so vivid that I cannot off-hand think of any equivalent."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Feb 23, 2012
|
|
9/10
|
——
|
Routine Pleasures (1986) |
"
It's all a wonderful mess that Gorin has the sense not to tidy up at the editing table."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Feb 2, 2012
|
|
9/10
|
——
|
Poto and Cabengo (1980) |
"
Poto and Cabengo, where have you been all my life?"
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Feb 2, 2012
|
|
9/10
|
97%
|
Kiss Me Deadly (1955) |
"
Kiss Me Deadly was so far out there that it is usually viewed as an end point to the classic film noir cycle. "
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Jun 28, 2011
|
|
9/10
|
51%
|
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) |
"
A beautiful cinematic showcase for Thompson at the peak of his writing skills."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted May 16, 2011
|
|
9/10
|
——
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Naked Childhood (L'Enfance nue) (2010) |
"
No frills, just facts as the film hurtles along with breakneck efficiency."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Aug 27, 2010
|
|
9/10
|
96%
|
Sweetgrass (2009) |
"
An intoxicating audiovisual experience and a sprawling story that encompasses nothing less than the seasons, birth and death."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Aug 27, 2010
|
|
9/10
|
100%
|
Louie Bluie (2010) |
"
A most curious man. And a magnificent performer. The one, the only Louie Bluie."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Aug 7, 2010
|
|
9/10
|
——
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Story of a Cheat (1994) |
"
Sometimes using reversed footage and assembling elaborate montages, Guitry created an idiosyncratic aesthetic."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Aug 1, 2010
|
|
9/10
|
82%
|
Dillinger è Morto (Dillinger is Dead) (1969) |
"
A finely calibrated exercise in inspired lunacy."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted May 1, 2010
|
|
9/10
|
86%
|
Lola Montès (The Fall of Lola Montes) (The Sins of Lola Montes) (1955) |
"
The net result is pure Ophuls, his signature recognizable in nearly every scene and, despite its very poor initial reception, one hell of a movie."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted May 1, 2010
|
|
9/10
|
88%
|
Mock Up on Mu (2008) |
"
Packs in a hard-core lesson in film history along with its ingeniously deranged story of science, sex magick, and corporate conspiracy."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted May 1, 2010
|
|
9/10
|
100%
|
Paisà (Paisan) (1945) |
"
Love, friendship and camaraderie take root but dont blossom, though hope remains that conditions will be more fertile in just a few months."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Jan 17, 2010
|
|
9/10
|
100%
|
Roma, città aperta (Open City) (1946) |
"
(T)hese moments are so powerful that its easy to understand the effusive rhetoric the film has inspired."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Jan 17, 2010
|
|
9/10
|
92%
|
Une femme mariée: Suite de fragments d'un film tourné en 1964 (A Married Woman) (1964) |
"
One of Godards most formally precise films of the early 60s, remarkable considering the hurried shooting schedule."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Jul 28, 2009
|
|
9/10
|
100%
|
La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV (The Taking of Power by Louis XIV)(The Rise of Louis XIV) (1970) |
"
... history writ small, a layering of subtle (and sometimes grueling) details that accumulate a mysterious gestalt power. The final product is a masterpiece, one of Rossellinis greatest achievements."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Jul 25, 2009
|
|
9/10
|
94%
|
The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde inseglet) (1957) |
"
Bergman's film about the actual figure of Death is one of his funniest and, ultimately, most hopeful works."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Jul 25, 2009
|
|
9/10
|
93%
|
For All Mankind (1989) |
"
Apparently, grown men tend to act the same on the moon. One astronaut in mid-leap shouts "Ya-hoo!" If youre not smiling while you watch that, youve obviously never dreamed."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Jul 25, 2009
|
|
9/10
|
——
|
Philippe Garrel x 2: I Can No Longer Hear The Guitar / Emergency Kisses (2009) |
"
Garrel taps a deep vein in his films and extracts something precious, raw emotion"
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Jul 8, 2009
|
|
9/10
|
100%
|
I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar (J'entends Plus La Guitare) (1991) |
"
Moments of raw intimacy like this make it particularly painful to watch as the film lurches/slouches to its inevitably tragic conclusion."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Jul 8, 2009
|
|
9/10
|
98%
|
The Wrestler (2008) |
"
It succeeds as a character study, as a drama, as a comedy, and as a sports film. This is a remarkable achievement by any standard."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted Dec 15, 2008
|
|
8/10
|
60%
|
From the Other Side (De L'autre Cote) (2003) |
"
Akerman assumes the persona of a visitor who is probing the surface with the keen eye of a trained observer, but also with the humility of a stranger."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted May 15, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
93%
|
Marvel's The Avengers (2012) |
"
If you dig Thor or Cap or Hulk, please check out the original sources. Support your local comic book shop. You wouldn't have any of these movies without them."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted May 7, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
——
|
The Letter That Was Never Sent (Neotpravlennoye pismo) (1959) |
"
Elaborate, gliding tracking shots provide a sense of mastery over nature that the characters can't achieve"
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted May 1, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
83%
|
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) |
"
Martin Scorsese's long-ripening adaptation ... provides a much-needed corrective, focusing its attention on a man who is constantly plagued by doubts. "
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted May 1, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
100%
|
A Night to Remember (1958) |
"
(We have) stood witness to a spectacular tragedy that took place on a perfectly unspectacular, dead calm night"
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted May 1, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
——
|
Alambrista! () |
"
Free of false sentiment and always clear of vision."
—
Movie Metropolis
Posted May 1, 2012
|
63%
——
96%
