Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 92%
| Of Time and the City (2009) | "
Caustic, rueful and profound in equal measure, Davies’ new documentary rises above the muck of Cannes, be it on screen or underfoot." — eye WEEKLY Posted Aug 19, 2008 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 91%
| Your Mommy Kills Animals (2007) | "
Hard to beat that title, ain't it?" — eye WEEKLY Posted Aug 15, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 91%
| Your Mommy Kills Animals (2007) | "
A smart, comprehensive doc." — eye WEEKLY Posted Aug 6, 2007 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 88%
| I Don't Want To Sleep Alone (2007) | "
The geographical shift from Tsai’s familiar Taipei to his homeland of Malaysia results in both a revitalization of those elements and a new level of visual beauty. The stunning final shot makes it a masterpiece." — eye WEEKLY Posted May 8, 2007 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 95%
| Offside (2006) | "
A spirited rebuke of the political and social restrictions faced by women in Iran." — eye WEEKLY Posted Sep 23, 2006 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 91%
| Iraq in Fragments (2006) | "
A visually startling, patiently observed and deeply humanist film." — eye WEEKLY Posted Jul 7, 2006 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 79%
| Why We Fight (2006) | "
What makes Why We Fight so devastating is that it stands as a plea for reason in an age that expresses little use for it." — eye WEEKLY Posted Sep 9, 2005 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 94%
| Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004) | "
Addressing the interplay of reality and representation in the city's geography, architecture, political history and omnipresent film culture, Andersen's movie is enormous in scope yet thoroughly engaging." — eye WEEKLY Posted Aug 7, 2004 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 98%
| Since Otar Left (2004) | "
Wise and perfectly judged, French director Julie Bertuccelli's feature debut hits all the right notes." — eye WEEKLY Posted Oct 11, 2003 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 89%
| Distant (2004) | "
Smart, observant and sad." — eye WEEKLY Posted Oct 1, 2003 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 88%
| X2: X-Men United (2003) | "
FX-heavy franchise pics simply don't come any better than this." — eye WEEKLY Posted Jul 8, 2003 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 85%
| Spider (2003) | "
Thanks to the extraordinary efforts of Ralph Fiennes and Miranda Richardson, Spider is David Cronenberg's most perfectly realized film since Dead Ringers." — eye WEEKLY Posted Oct 2, 2002 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 92%
| Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002) | "
This terrific doc pays tribute to a group of musicians unfamiliar even to many soul fans." — eye WEEKLY Posted Nov 15, 2002 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 91%
| Far From Heaven (2002) | "
Beyond its value as a political critique of '50s America or a commentary on film history, Haynes' movie is an old-fashioned tearjerker of the first order." — eye WEEKLY Posted Oct 2, 2002 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 92%
| Insomnia (2002) | "
Remarkable for its intelligence and intensity." — eye WEEKLY Posted Jun 1, 2002 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 88%
| Songs from the Second Floor (2002) | "
The most ingenious film comedy since Being John Malkovich." — eye WEEKLY Posted Mar 3, 2002 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 94%
| Monsoon Wedding (2002) | "
Mira Nair's distinctive, wholly engaging approach is somewhere between Dogme-style immediacy and Bollywood-calibre excess." — eye WEEKLY Posted Feb 3, 2002 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 85%
| A Song for Martin (2002) | "
Often gruelling and heartbreaking to witness, but Seldahl and Wollter's sterling performances raise this far above the level of the usual maudlin disease movie." — eye WEEKLY Posted Feb 3, 2002 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 95%
| Monsters, Inc. (2001) | "
Witty and imaginative, Monsters, Inc. could be Pixar's best yet." — eye WEEKLY Posted Nov 11, 2001 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 90%
| Amelie (2001) | "
Bold, imaginative and impossible to resist." — eye WEEKLY Posted Nov 11, 2001 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 82%
| Innocence (2001) | "
Nakedly emotional, startlingly honest and very brave in its perhaps naïve celebration of love, it goes straight to the heart of things." — eye WEEKLY Posted Oct 12, 2001 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 88%
| In the Mood for Love (2001) | "
Wong's most accessible film and one of his best." — eye WEEKLY Posted Feb 26, 2001 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 77%
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) | "
Visually arresting, cryptic and, depending on your level of Coen fandom, either wildly enjoyable or too clever by half." — eye WEEKLY Posted Feb 7, 2001 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 71%
| Time Regained (1999) | "
A film that captures the richness of Proust's writing and the peculiarity of his sensibility through an array of unlikely imagery and staging techniques." — eye WEEKLY Posted Apr 10, 2001 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 100%
| The Decalogue Box Set (1988) | "
The original series of 10 hour-long films has all of the qualities that mark Kieslowski's better-known work." — eye WEEKLY Posted Feb 21, 2001 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 100%
| Mon Oncle d'Amerique (1980) | "
Not so much a science experiment as it is a droll satire about love, work and free will." — eye WEEKLY Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 97%
| Alien (1979) | "
This is still the stuff of nightmares." — eye WEEKLY Posted Jan 15, 2004 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 88%
| Providence (1976) | "
Though it may be irritating after one single viewing, after many, Providence strangely becomes moving and profound." — eye WEEKLY Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 91%
| The Wicker Man (1973) | "
One of the most intelligent and visually distinctive horror films of the '70s." — eye WEEKLY Posted Oct 30, 2001 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 98%
| Rosemary's Baby (1968) | "
Rosemary is slow to realize that the menace she senses in her new apartment building has already manifested itself not only in her apartment but in her own body." — eye WEEKLY Posted Apr 9, 2004 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 96%
| 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | "
It expresses the hope that we'll soon be done with being idiotic ape creatures and can look forward to superior incarnations." — eye WEEKLY Posted Jul 11, 2002 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 90%
| Cul-de-Sac (1966) | "
The troubled dynamic of a castle-bound couple is further distorted by the arrival of a gangster who is marginally less vile than Carol's phantom." — eye WEEKLY Posted Apr 9, 2004 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 90%
| La Jetée (1962) | "
One of the most startling and haunting films to ever fall under the banner of science fiction." — eye WEEKLY Posted Dec 2, 2002 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 93%
| Rififi (1954) | "
Even though its intricate heist scenes have been recycled in countless other films -- most prominently in the '90s crime pics Reservoir Dogs and The Usual Suspects -- Rififi still dazzles." — eye WEEKLY Posted Aug 16, 2001 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 100%
| Tokyo Story (1953) | "
Anyone can relate to those moments when the calm is broken by the undercurrents of anguish, disappointment and resentment that run through every family." — eye WEEKLY Posted Apr 9, 2004 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 100%
| Late Spring (1949) | "
With no one looking but the camera, Hara's face registers anger, jealousy and humiliation, all in the space of a few seconds." — eye WEEKLY Posted Apr 9, 2004 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 82%
| Earth (1930) | "
The vitality of the landscape is mirrored in the faces of the community's hardy young peasants." — eye WEEKLY Posted Nov 19, 2002 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 86%
| Arsenal (1929) | "
One of cinema's most harrowing portraits of warfare." — eye WEEKLY Posted Mar 13, 2003 |
Fresh 4/4
| Rotten 55%
| FUBAR () | "
A recent favourite at Sundance, this white-trash satire will inspire the affection of even those unlucky people who never owned a cassette of Def Leppard's Pyromania." — eye WEEKLY Posted Jun 1, 2002 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 91%
| Adaptation (2002) | "
Ultimately, it ponders the reasons we need stories so much." — eye WEEKLY Posted Dec 10, 2002 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 90%
| The Fast Runner (2002) | "
This is not some aboriginal folk-art curio but an enthralling and sophisticated work that fully exploits cinema's potential as a visual medium." — eye WEEKLY Posted Apr 15, 2002 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 79%
| Platform (2000) | "
With its long, patient scenes, Jia's film captures the sleepy rhythms of this town and the confusion of these young people who are constrained by cultural forces far beyond their ken." — eye WEEKLY Posted Jun 18, 2002 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 96%
| Full Metal Jacket (1987) | "
The director is ruthless in his depiction of combat and the process by which these soldiers come to realize that they are, like it says on the side of Matthew Modine's helmet, born to kill." — eye WEEKLY Posted Jul 11, 2002 |
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