|
A-
|
90%
|
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
"
Olsen gives a magnificently ambiguous performance that will instantly eclipse any snarky comments about her famous siblings, and Durkin knows precisely how much information to reveal and how much to leave frighteningly implicit."
—
AV Club
Posted May 16, 2011
|
|
A-
|
78%
|
Audition (Ôdishon) (1999) |
"
Formally dazzling and viscerally galvanizing, equipped with a razor-sharp wit (among various other razor-sharp items)"
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jun 20, 2002
|
|
A-
|
44%
|
Nowhere to Hide (2000) |
"
This is easily the most visually astonishing film since Fallen Angels."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Feb 21, 2001
|
|
A-
|
78%
|
Gladiator (2000) |
"
Simply the most satisfying and invigorating big-budget summer event movie in years..."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
3.5/4
|
89%
|
Zodiac (2007) |
"
Scene by scene, Zodiac is the director's most visually restrained work to date, taking its cue from the mostly functional mise-en-scène of the police procedural..."
—
Las Vegas Weekly
Posted Oct 15, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
51%
|
Mars Attacks! (1996) |
"
I can only report that I've now seen the film twice, and that I laughed my fool head off both times from beginning to end."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
3.5/4
|
88%
|
Un Air De Famille ( Family Resemblances) (1998) |
"
It's a well-oiled comedy machine in which every line of dialogue, every gesture, every apparently random event is a carefully-placed cog."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
3.5/4
|
85%
|
Jerry Maguire (1996) |
"
A slightly flawed gem."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
3.5/4
|
80%
|
Breakdown (1997) |
"
Breakdown delivers what it promises: thrills, excitement, suspense, gut-churning kinetic mayhem -- and does so without insulting the audience's intelligence."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
3.5/4
|
76%
|
Rendezvous in Paris (1996) |
"
When it comes to making movies about the travails of young people in love, or hoping to be in love, there is nobody on the planet who can touch Eric Rohmer, even as he approaches octogenarian status."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
84/100
|
91%
|
Adaptation (2002) |
"
What makes Adaptation more than just a clever stunt is the way that Laroche's fickle enthusiasm, Orlean's quiet longing and "Kaufman"'s paralyzing self-doubt dovetail to form a potent, funny-sad disquisition on the value of compromise."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Dec 1, 2002
|
|
84/100
|
88%
|
Songs From the Second Floor (2002) |
"
At once wickedly funny and deeply disturbing, Andersson's deadpan, apocalyptic tone poem conjures up an exquisitely hermetic vision of mankind at the final buzzer."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Jul 1, 2002
|
|
B+
|
100%
|
Amour (Love) () |
"
Haneke trains his merciless rigor-leavened, for perhaps the first time ever, with deeply felt tenderness and compassion-on the most universally heartbreaking aspect of the human condition: old age and its myriad indignities."
—
AV Club
Posted May 21, 2012
|
|
B+
|
97%
|
Moonrise Kingdom (2012) |
"
If you hate Wes Anderson, this movie won't change your mind, but believers should be enchanted."
—
AV Club
Posted May 18, 2012
|
|
B+
|
79%
|
The Myth Of The American Sleepover (2011) |
"
Slightly clumsy but hugely endearing."
—
AV Club
Posted Jul 20, 2011
|
|
B+
|
92%
|
Drive (2011) |
"
At least half a dozen scenes are burned into my memory for life, including not one but two of the most jarring, heartbreaking juxtapositions of tenderness and violence this side of classic Kitano."
—
AV Club
Posted May 20, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
86%
|
L'Enfant (The Child) (2006) |
"
[Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's] achievement here is both formidable and intensely moving ..."
—
Las Vegas Weekly
Posted May 5, 2006
|
|
80/100
|
79%
|
Daughter from Danang (2004) |
"
Slowly but surely devolves into a fascinating, cringe-inducing portrait of cultural solipsism, climaxing in an emotional meltdown that wouldn't look out of place in mid-period Cassavetes."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Oct 28, 2002
|
|
B+
|
64%
|
On connaît la chanson, (Same Old Song ) (1999) |
"
The movie is highly entertaining even if you've never heard a note of the music before."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Oct 30, 2001
|
|
B+
|
94%
|
Autumn Tale (Conte d'Automne) (1999) |
"
Beautifully acted, carefully composed (because his movies are so talky and his camera so unemphatic, Rohmer's visual sense is highly underrated), extremely perceptive, and just generally a low-key delight."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
B+
|
93%
|
Out of Sight (1998) |
"
This pleasantly artful cop'n'robber saga is a much-needed reminder of what big-budget American movies are supposed to be."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
B+
|
63%
|
Funny Games (1998) |
"
I respect Funny Games, and think it a valuable and important work of art, but I wouldn't sit through the thing again for a sum with fewer than three figures."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
98%
|
Up (2009) |
"
The overall look of the film, with its breathtaking aerial views of South American landscapes and its symbolic interplay of squares and circles, puts every other animation studio to shame."
—
AV Club
Posted May 16, 2009
|
|
|
81%
|
Shi gan (Time) (2007) |
"
I can't see how anybody, no matter how keen to preserve a positive self-image, could fail to identify with Time, [director] Kim's cheerfully lunatic allegory about two young lovers."
—
Village Voice
Posted Jul 10, 2007
|
|
|
82%
|
Charlotte Sometimes (2003) |
"
The film's nervous reticence makes it both precious and a little unwieldy, like a matchstick palace built on a subway platform."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Oct 31, 2003
|
|
|
95%
|
Beauty and The Beast (La Belle et la bête) (1946) |
"
A magnificent fairy tale."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Aug 12, 2002
|
|
|
70%
|
Langrishe, Go Down (2002) |
"
A flinty-eyed portrait of romantic naïveté and predatory narcissism that would likely have continued to gather dust in the archives if not for its retroactive star power."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Jul 18, 2002
|
|
75/100
|
83%
|
Road to Perdition (2002) |
"
A crackerjack yarn delivered with more than enough conviction and panache to compensate for the occasional fit of self-importance."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Jul 9, 2002
|
|
|
96%
|
Sweet Sixteen (2003) |
"
Behavioral nuance ultimately trumps sociological message-mongering, thanks largely to another superb central performance."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jun 29, 2002
|
|
|
80%
|
Skin of Man, Heart of Beast (1999) |
"
Beautifully directed and convincingly acted."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jun 20, 2002
|
|
|
92%
|
Amores Perros (2001) |
"
While the film's bark (style) may be more impressive than its bite (content), sometimes a really loud bark will suffice."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jun 13, 2002
|
|
|
87%
|
Ginger Snaps (2001) |
"
By conveying its heady ideas with wit, tension and a modicum of gore, it does its genre proud."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jun 13, 2002
|
|
|
91%
|
Y Tu Mamá También (2001) |
"
Cuaron repeatedly, perversely undercuts the joie de vivre even as he creates it, giving the movie a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jun 13, 2002
|
|
|
95%
|
Lagaan - Once Upon a Time in India (2001) |
"
It's the most nimble epic you're likely to see."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jun 13, 2002
|
|
3/4
|
88%
|
A Perfect Candidate (1996) |
"
Relies rather too heavily on television broadcasts, is slow going, but as the campaign progresses, Goodin becomes more and more relaxed in front of the camera, and the viewer becomes more and more distressed at the prospect of September."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
83%
|
Underground (1995) |
"
A movie that aims so conspicuously for greatness that it's all the more disappointing when it doesn't quite get there. Nevertheless, not to be missed."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
60%
|
The Gingerbread Man (1997) |
"
If Altman opts to tackle Tom Clancy or Elmore Leonard next, rather than attempt another potential masterpiece/disaster, I'll only be mildly disappointed."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
3/4
|
53%
|
Gray's Anatomy (1997) |
"
If you've seen and enjoyed either or both of the two previous movies adapted from Spalding Gray's monologues, Swimming to Cambodia and Monster in a Box, then you're more or less guaranteed to enjoy Gray's Anatomy."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
3/4
|
98%
|
When We Were Kings (1996) |
"
[Ali's] a riot, and this film made me laugh more frequently than most of the outright comedies I've seen this year."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
3/4
|
83%
|
The English Patient (1996) |
"
A fine, passionate film, but not, in my opinion, the masterpiece that it's so clearly straining to be."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
52%
|
The Lost World - Jurassic Park (1997) |
"
The Lost World has the courage of its convictions, however ridiculous and shallow those convictions might be."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
91%
|
Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (1997) |
"
Flanagan's creative impulses might have taken a different path had he travelled a smoother genetic road, but his mind is so keen, and his sensibility so imaginative, that I suspect that we'd have heard of him even if he'd lived a healthy fourscore years."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
3/4
|
80%
|
Bottle Rocket (1996) |
"
An engaging, often hilarious ride."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
3/4
|
83%
|
The Flower of My Secret (La Flor de mi secreto) (1995) |
"
Almodóvar sets out this time not to provoke, but to probe, and the result is surprisingly tender."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
76%
|
Amistad (1997) |
"
Amistad is neither as good as it ought to have been nor as wretched as its detractors claim: it's a fine, skillful drama that suffers primarily from Spielberg's chronic insecurity about whether or not we're being moved by the story he's telling."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
3/4
|
95%
|
Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud (1996) |
"
Like its hapless characters, it's really a bit too restrained for its own good, but the performances alone make it well worth seeing, and Sautet's elegant, understated direction is a low-key treat."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
71%
|
The Last Days of Disco (1998) |
"
It's the juxtaposition of uptight neurotics with an atmosphere of get-down decadence that makes Disco so much fun to watch."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
3/4
|
100%
|
Forgotten Silver (1997) |
"
Slight but agreeable, and at just slightly over an hour it doesn't remotely wear out its welcome."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
87%
|
Donnie Brasco (1997) |
"
A Good Movie that could have been a Very Good Movie."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
3/4
|
88%
|
Titanic (in 3D) (2012) |
"
A fascinating combination of newfangled technological innovation and old-fashioned cornball melodrama, Titanic is so close to being a truly terrific movie that contemplating its various missteps pains me."
—
Man Who Viewed Too Much
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
60%
——
97%
