|
5/5
|
96%
|
The Kid with a Bike (2012) |
"
comes to its triumphs after tremendous internal struggles, unseen yet palpable at every moment. "
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Mar 15, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
This Is Not a Film (2012) |
"
A devastating meditation on artistry and form."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Mar 1, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
88%
|
Certified Copy (Copie Conforme) (2011) |
"
a uniquely cinematic landmark"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Mar 10, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
Shoah (1985) |
"
takes to task largely accepted concepts of what is known, what can be imagined, and how people relate to Hitler's mass extermination with an unrivaled formal insight. "
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Dec 23, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
97%
|
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) |
"
there is not one single moment when these characters, or this rightful classic, wear out their welcome"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Aug 5, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
72%
|
La Mujer sin Cabeza (The Headless Woman) (2008) |
"
I have seen the film three times now and each time I find myself concentrating more closely"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Aug 19, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
97%
|
In a Lonely Place (1950) |
"
grim and glorious"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Jul 14, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
96%
|
Waltz with Bashir (2008) |
"
a frothing pop nightmare"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Dec 24, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
77%
|
Paranoid Park (2007) |
"
The one facet that separates Paranoid Park from the director's previous work is the way Van Sant uses all the talents in his arsenal to create something that few films have ever attempted to portray: the manic assemblage of teenage life."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Mar 6, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
95%
|
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) |
"
Devastating."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Jan 24, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
77%
|
I'm Not There (2007) |
"
Haynes' film, certainly his masterpiece to date and one of the year's best"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Nov 20, 2007
|
|
5/5
|
90%
|
Knocked Up (2007) |
"
Apatow knows growing up is a rough patch of grass but he wants to understand it. Such lofty ambitions seem to have been largely banished from romantic comedies, but here, it gives Knocked Up an honest timelessness."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted May 31, 2007
|
|
5/5
|
97%
|
L'Armée des ombres (Army in the Shadows) (1969) |
"
a stunning, globetrotting spy masterpiece"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted May 15, 2007
|
|
5/5
|
96%
|
Ladri di Biciclette (The Bicycle Thief) (Bicycle Thieves) (1949) |
"
there are few characters that are more fully realized and deeply felt as Ricci"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Feb 7, 2007
|
|
5/5
|
96%
|
Mafioso (1964) |
"
In class dynamics, Mafioso infiltrates every facet of life, summing up the rudimentary boredom of the man from Milan while not turning a deaf ear to the crimes of the Sicilian assassin."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Jan 18, 2007
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
Il conformista (The Conformist) (1970) |
"
Bertolucci never made another film that even came close to The Conformist"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Dec 1, 2006
|
|
5/5
|
94%
|
Reds (1981) |
"
It's tragic that more American filmmakers aren't taking risks like this at a time like this."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Oct 18, 2006
|
|
5/5
|
98%
|
The Searchers (1956) |
"
The minute The Searchers begins, it's impossible to look away."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Apr 5, 2006
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
7 Men From Now (Seven Men from Now) (1956) |
"
gets everything right and we indeed feel this movie in our stomachs and hearts"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Dec 30, 2005
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
Le Samouraï (The Godson) (2005) |
"
Making films this good wasn't a principle for Melville, it was a habit."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Oct 13, 2005
|
|
4.5/5
|
88%
|
The Turin Horse (2012) |
"
mesmerizing "
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Feb 9, 2012
|
|
4.5/5
|
87%
|
Miss Bala (2012) |
"
unyielding in its very real terror"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Jan 19, 2012
|
|
4.5/5
|
93%
|
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2012) |
"
an epic procedural that doubles as an existential study in death and guilt, life and faith, science and law."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Jan 5, 2012
|
|
4.5/5
|
94%
|
Hugo (2011) |
"
tremendous and beautiful "
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Nov 23, 2011
|
|
4.5/5
|
90%
|
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2011) |
"
masterful and unique "
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Mar 3, 2011
|
|
4.5/5
|
——
|
Every Man for Himself (1980) |
"
has a pungent melancholy to it"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Nov 11, 2010
|
|
4.5/5
|
96%
|
The Social Network (2010) |
"
The Social Network sees Fincher more ambitious in his narrative choices than ever before, his visual and thematic ideas seemingly multiplying uncontrollably within each frame. "
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Sep 30, 2010
|
|
4.5/5
|
90%
|
Lebanon (Levanon) (2010) |
"
the sheer density of political, religious and philosophical allegories that Lebanon presents makes repeat viewings mandatory"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Aug 5, 2010
|
|
4.5/5
|
96%
|
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) |
"
a portrait of American distrust leading into the potent paranoia of the Cold War"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted May 24, 2010
|
|
4.5/5
|
100%
|
The Prowler (Cost of Living ) (1951) |
"
a ferociously perverse noir masterpiece"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Mar 18, 2010
|
|
4.5/5
|
96%
|
Johnny Guitar (1954) |
"
A pop-culture madhouse dressed up in spurs and a cowboy hat"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Jul 30, 2009
|
|
4.5/5
|
100%
|
The Last Picture Show (1971) |
"
a world where the parental figures are never the real parents and almost everyone in plain view is still in some way a kid, regardless of the number of years they've lived."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Jun 8, 2009
|
|
4.5/5
|
82%
|
Le Combat dans l'île (Fire and Ice) (1962) |
"
might now finally find itself as a key part of post-Algerian France."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Jun 4, 2009
|
|
4.5/5
|
90%
|
Hunger (2009) |
"
a starkly realistic counterpoint to the often-lyrical treatment in film of the British/Irish "Troubles.""
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Mar 19, 2009
|
|
4.5/5
|
98%
|
The Wrestler (2008) |
"
the resurrection, renovation, and reinvention of Mickey Rourke"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Dec 16, 2008
|
|
4.5/5
|
100%
|
Le Deuxième souffle (Second Breath) (1966) |
"
superbly restrained"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Nov 18, 2008
|
|
4.5/5
|
87%
|
Un Conte de Noël (A Christmas Tale) (2008) |
"
a work of intoxicating genius."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Nov 13, 2008
|
|
4.5/5
|
80%
|
Le Voyage du Ballon Rouge (The Flight of the Red Balloon) (2007) |
"
You won't see anything as rapturous as this in any film this year."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Apr 3, 2008
|
|
4.5/5
|
35%
|
Southland Tales (2007) |
"
There are so many ideas sliding into Kelly's swirling vortex of pop culture overload and apocalyptic forecasting that it's understandable not to find coherence in it."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Nov 13, 2007
|
|
4.5/5
|
85%
|
Colossal Youth (Juventude Em Marcha) (2006) |
"
It's impossible to describe as anything less than reverie."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Aug 2, 2007
|
|
4.5/5
|
83%
|
Rock the Bells (2007) |
"
Urgent and unrelenting"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Apr 18, 2007
|
|
4.5/5
|
88%
|
Syndromes and a Century (Sang sattawat) (2007) |
"
an essential piece of cinematic art"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Apr 17, 2007
|
|
4.5/5
|
92%
|
The Host (Gwoemul) (2007) |
"
exactly what our Western shores need."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Mar 8, 2007
|
|
4.5/5
|
91%
|
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) |
"
Cohen is a one-man-army of prodding laughs and ingenious performance art"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Nov 2, 2006
|
|
4.5/5
|
88%
|
Mutual Appreciation (2006) |
"
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the new awkward."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Sep 8, 2006
|
|
4.5/5
|
100%
|
Viridiana (1961) |
"
quintessential Buñuel: a perfect entryway to his work, and a microcosm of his contradictory universe of the beautiful and the grotesque. "
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted May 17, 2006
|
|
4.5/5
|
86%
|
Zui hao de shi guang (Three Times) (2005) |
"
All the magic in the world is in the first section."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Apr 25, 2006
|
|
4.5/5
|
86%
|
L'Enfant (The Child) (2006) |
"
meatier than anything that's likely to be released this year"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Mar 23, 2006
|
|
4.5/5
|
80%
|
Why We Fight (2006) |
"
the best documentary about militarism and America's political reach that I've seen, just edging out the 1972 Vietnam documentary Winter Soldier."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Jan 20, 2006
|
|
4.5/5
|
100%
|
Footlight Parade (1933) |
"
generates laughs at a criminal rate"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Dec 8, 2005
|
63%
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