|
5/5
|
96%
|
Restrepo (2010) |
"
Long after the credits of Restrepo roll, its piercing emotional shrapnels still sting."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Jun 24, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
66%
|
The Escapist (2008) |
"
First-time feature director Rupert Wyatt knocks it out of the park in a confident debut crackling with dank, sweaty, claustrophobic kineticism."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Apr 2, 2009
|
|
4.5/5
|
84%
|
Beginners (2011) |
"
A stirring, finely tuned ode to family, fulfillment and new beginnings."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
4.5/5
|
54%
|
Welcome to the Rileys (2010) |
"
It's Gandolfini who really wows, effectively squelching lingering doubts that he's limited to tough-talkin' Jersey brawn."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 28, 2010
|
|
4.5/5
|
80%
|
Cyrus (2010) |
"
It's no easy feat balancing funny, creepy, icky and sweet -- often in the same scene -- but Cyrus pulls it off with winning charm"
—
Metromix.com
Posted Jun 17, 2010
|
|
4.5/5
|
83%
|
The September Issue (2009) |
"
[Director R.J.] Cutler observes everything with comic detachment, letting both the fabulousness and the folly unfold by their own design."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Aug 28, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
Circo (2011) |
"
Ironic images of mugging clowns and caged animals carry dramatic heft as we uncover the strife that blankets the troupe and the familial restraints that shackle its young performers."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
73%
|
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011) |
"
The biggest product Spurlock ends up hawking is Morgan Spurlock: a crafty documentarian who, by selling out, ironically buys himself more cred."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
75%
|
Everything Must Go (2011) |
"
Ferrell has an empathic dramatic presence that belies a whole other side as an actor. "
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
89%
|
The Trip (2011) |
"
A wickedly satisfying, irreverent laugh-in stuffed with improv, snappy repartee and some of the most hilarious impersonations this side of SNL."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
80%
|
Made in Dagenham (2010) |
"
Soars because of the effervescent charm of [Sally] Hawkins, who melds soft-spoken winsomeness with steely reserve."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Nov 18, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (2010) |
"
An intricate and dense expose worthy of a man whose lust for the illicit finally collided with a bloodlust for his demise."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Nov 3, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
69%
|
Leaving (Partir) (2010) |
"
[Scott Thomas] is luminous, her patrician beauty harnessing a seething ferocity that holds you rapt."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Sep 30, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
82%
|
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (L'instinct de mort) (2010) |
"
A film that feels richly whole unto itself, and yet manages to tease out a larger storyline by hinting at deeper, darker maladies to come."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Aug 26, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
84%
|
The Good, the Bad, and the Weird (2010) |
"
A violent neo-Western that's less interested in verisimilitude than it is in making sure you have a wickedly bang-up time"
—
Metromix.com
Posted Apr 23, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
63%
|
Coco avant Chanel (Coco Before Chanel) (2009) |
"
Approaches the designer's life with a calm unsentimentality, allowing Chanel's acid wit and bluntness to dictate the tone."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Sep 24, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
81%
|
No Impact Man: The Documentary (2009) |
"
The film is a fascinating watch -- a grand social experiment in the vein of "Super Size Me," minus the puking"
—
Metromix.com
Posted Sep 9, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
87%
|
Amreeka (2009) |
"
[Cherien] Dabis delivers a smashing feature film debut filled with warmth, humor and some nifty deep-fried falafel burgers."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Sep 3, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
84%
|
Earth Days (2009) |
"
The film's message might sound overstated during these eco-savvy times, when trendy phrases like 'carbon footprint' are right up there with 'skinny jeans.' But that doesn't make Earth Days any less riveting."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Aug 13, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
78%
|
Anonyma - Eine Frau in Berlin (A Woman in Berlin) (2009) |
"
Writer-director Max Färberböck has crafted a handsome film, splashed with ashen colors and drenched in a sweeping score"
—
Metromix.com
Posted Jul 16, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
Séraphine (2009) |
"
The name Séraphine may not have the same sexy ring as, say, Pollock or Basquiat, but moviegoers shouldn't be deterred from diving into the film's darkly satisfying world."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Jun 11, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
17%
|
Downloading Nancy (2008) |
"
If you can stomach the film's queasy shockers and reach-for-the-Prozac ending, you're in for something unnerving, disturbing and remarkable."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Jun 11, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
96%
|
Food, Inc. (2009) |
"
Any film that makes you wonder why a can of soda is cheaper than bottled water deserves your rapt attention."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Jun 11, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
98%
|
Avaze gonjeshk-ha (The Song of Sparrows) (2009) |
"
By turns quirky, hilarious and touching, Song of Sparrows quietly explores the tension between rural and urban. And yet, Majidi maintains a light touch by avoiding heavy-handed sermons."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Apr 2, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
70%
|
Guest of Cindy Sherman (2008) |
"
Revelatory, candid and magnetic, providing a compelling glimpse at a woman at the height of her artistic powers."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Apr 2, 2009
|
|
3.5/5
|
85%
|
Meek's Cutoff (2011) |
"
Reichardt has a great gift for crafting meditative aeries filled with disarming emotional power, and she harnesses that to weave a potent parable about solemnity, solitude and survival."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
71%
|
African Cats (2011) |
"
With vistas this majestic, and camerawork this stunning, African Cats comes out roaring."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
96%
|
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2011) |
"
In true Herzogian fashion, the quirky filmmaker has painted his own distinctive creature: a documentary art film."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
85%
|
A Better Life (2011) |
"
Resonates with strong emotional conviction, and brings tremendous truth to a seemingly simple story that masks a heartfelt core."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
91%
|
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011) |
"
Beats sketches an honest, empathic portrait that shines with clear reverence for the group's achievements, and the personal struggles they've never managed to overcome."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
25%
|
The Change-Up (2011) |
"
Bateman and Reynolds are a riot, relentlessly piling on the laughs as they alternate between buttoned-up tool and louche douchebag with zippy ease."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
92%
|
Senna (2011) |
"
As both quiet tribute and verite entertainment, Senna makes for a worthy pit stop."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
81%
|
Higher Ground (2011) |
"
Farmiga fashions a brazenly confident directorial debut that reveals a mature and seasoned touch."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
41%
|
Straw Dogs (2011) |
"
In Lurie's crafty hands, Straw Dogs becomes subtly shaded, steering clear of black-or-white judgments that indict big-city tastes or condescend to conservative small-town values."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 24, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
68%
|
Our Idiot Brother (2011) |
"
Rudd brings color and dimension to a borderline-simpleton schlub who could have easily become a one-note cliché."
—
Chicago Tribune
Posted Sep 3, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
81%
|
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) |
"
This warrior's still in fighting form."
—
Metromix.com
Posted May 25, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
46%
|
Monogamy (2011) |
"
Monogamy is best appreciated as an exercise in mood and intrigue -- an obsessive trip through fringe perversity where the journey makes up for its ultimate destination."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Mar 16, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
86%
|
Cedar Rapids (2011) |
"
A bit of a slow burn, languidly gathering steam before firing up the lunacy. Once it does, though, it hits a good stride."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Feb 10, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
92%
|
Another Year (2010) |
"
Has an easy naturalism, propped up by fly-on-the-wall moments that are extraordinary in their unapologetic ordinariness."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Dec 23, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
32%
|
All Good Things (2010) |
"
Jarecki -- ever the cool, acute observer -- approaches his 'fiction'-film debut with a kind of forensic curiosity, slowly piecing together a profile of a mentally unhinged young man from snippets of his privileged, turbulent family life"
—
Metromix.com
Posted Dec 1, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
62%
|
Howl (2010) |
"
When you've got a singularly watchable actor like Franco... sounding the rebel yell, it's hard not to shout along."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Sep 23, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
81%
|
The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2010) |
"
[Gemma] Arterton has some nifty acting chops, and gets ample room to showcase them in this taut, sharp and wholly unpredictable thriller that puts a inventive spin on a tired genre."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Aug 4, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
69%
|
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Flickan som lekte med elden) (2010) |
"
Dark and disturbing, this is a richly satisfying sequel that smartly builds on the groundwork of the first film."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Jul 8, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
74%
|
Banlieue 13 - Ultimatum (District 13: Ultimatum) (2009) |
"
All about zip-zing melees and flashy techno-pop jitter that turn the movie into a videogame come to life."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Feb 4, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
67%
|
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009) |
"
Wright turns in a rueful performance that's lined with anguish but shines with levity."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Dec 3, 2009
|
|
3.5/5
|
76%
|
Afterschool (2008) |
"
A teen movie that rages against the trappings of today's teenage life. It's anti-emo, anti-90210, anti-Twitter ADD."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 1, 2009
|
|
3.5/5
|
86%
|
Le Silence de Lorna (The Silence of Lorna) (Lorna's Silence) (2008) |
"
What starts as a seemingly humdrum setup (kill the druggie, get more moolah!) bucks expectations with some unconventional twists."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Aug 6, 2009
|
|
3.5/5
|
74%
|
Cold Souls (2009) |
"
The finer points make Cold Souls a canny satire of our need to escape ourselves while aspiring to become someone else."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Aug 6, 2009
|
|
3.5/5
|
55%
|
The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009) |
"
The sheer barbarism of the act -- graphically portrayed in the film -- implicates itself, and [director Cyrus] Nowrasteh remains wise not to proselytize."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Jun 25, 2009
|
|
3.5/5
|
12%
|
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2009) |
"
An intriguing, if uneven, coming-of-age story. Thankfully, Chabon's basic storyline is original and eccentric, keeping the film interesting despite its pitfalls."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Apr 10, 2009
|
67%
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