|
4/4
|
53%
|
Hysteria (2012) |
"
There's heartfelt drama, droll humor, an affecting love story and a feminist message that sticks."
—
amNewYork
Posted May 18, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
95%
|
Undefeated (2012) |
"
Transforms the story of a struggling high-school football team into a deeply moving portrait of teens learning, for the first time, that they're capable of greatness."
—
amNewYork
Posted Feb 16, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
94%
|
Hugo (2011) |
"
The film is really about Scorsese sharing with us, on a deep visceral level, his extraordinary affection for the medium that's his passion, his profession, his everything."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted Nov 23, 2011
|
|
4/4
|
95%
|
The King's Speech (2010) |
"
The picture achieves the improbable feat of drawing out a king's humanity and minimizing the pomp and circumstance that so often negates it."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted Nov 24, 2010
|
|
4/4
|
——
|
Last Play at Shea (2011) |
"
All one need do is experience the emotion evident in every bar sung by the Long Island-raised Piano Man to understand the Mets' inextricable place at New York's heart."
—
amNewYork
Posted Oct 19, 2010
|
|
4/4
|
89%
|
Let Me In (2010) |
"
The film deserves immediate comparison with the horror genre?s all-time classics."
—
Critic's Notebook
Posted Oct 5, 2010
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
Up in the Air (2009) |
"
This is a film of the American here and now, rooted in an on-the-go, technologically oriented society facing a crisis only survivable through genuine human connections."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted Dec 4, 2009
|
|
4/4
|
94%
|
Fargo (1996) |
"
The most complete film the Coens have ever made, it's nothing short of a movie for the ages."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted Dec 2, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
The Hidden Fortress (kakushi-toride No San-akunin) (1958) |
—
Critic's Notebook
Posted May 2, 2009
|
|
A-
|
95%
|
Goodbye Solo (2009) |
"
What really sets the picture apart and makes it an achievement worth remembering is its transcendent faith in what Abraham Lincoln called "the better angels of our nature.""
—
Film School Rejects
Posted Mar 27, 2009
|
|
3.5/4
|
81%
|
Goodbye First Love (2012) |
"
The film is poignant without being overbearing, emotionally affecting while remaining rooted to the real world."
—
amNewYork
Posted Apr 19, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
90%
|
The Cabin in the Woods (2012) |
"
This long-awaited horror movie is smart and fun, packing unexpected surprises while cleverly recalibrating genre expectations."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted Apr 13, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
82%
|
Goon (2012) |
"
It's every bit as sharp and funny as Slap Shot."
—
amNewYork
Posted Mar 30, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
96%
|
The Kid with a Bike (2012) |
"
A lovingly understated film from masters of naturalistic cinema."
—
amNewYork
Posted Mar 15, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
64%
|
Friends With Kids (2012) |
"
Jennifer Westfeldt's observant writing keeps things grounded and the strong performances root the movie in truthful emotions"
—
amNewYork
Posted Mar 9, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
93%
|
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2012) |
"
The film offers shifts in perspective that express deep humanist overtones and the conviction that life can't be seen or understood in simple terms of black and white."
—
amNewYork
Posted Jan 5, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
47%
|
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2012) |
"
The movie successfully reflects turmoil, looking at the world from the specific standpoint of a child who's ill-equipped to comprehend it, trying to survive as best he can."
—
The Atlantic
Posted Dec 23, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
82%
|
Tyrannosaur (2011) |
"
Don't be afraid of the movie's grim facade: this is an uplifting journey worth taking. "
—
Film School Rejects
Posted Nov 21, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
78%
|
The Love We Make (2011) |
"
The movie delves beneath Paul McCartney's polished celebrity exterior to draw out the essence of the man."
—
amNewYork
Posted Nov 7, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
76%
|
The Debt (2011) |
"
A painstakingly old-fashioned drama that's far more interested in the nuances of human behavior than exploitation or pyrotechnics."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted Sep 8, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
96%
|
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011) |
"
Sharply directed and appropriately tear-jerking, imbued with the gravitas of such an epic finale."
—
Critic's Notebook
Posted Jul 16, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
85%
|
Viva Riva! (2011) |
"
Part African noir and part concise summation of busy, heady life in modern-day Kinshasa."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted Jun 10, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
87%
|
X-Men: First Class (2011) |
"
An efficient and emotionally affecting character-driven spectacle that is enhanced but not overwhelmed by its elaborate action scenes."
—
Critic's Notebook
Posted Jun 2, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
87%
|
Submarine (2011) |
"
The movie smartly evokes the yearnings and insecurities of a young man gradually growing into his own skin."
—
amNewYork
Posted Jun 2, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
85%
|
The Tree of Life (2011) |
"
It's an experience that stays with you, getting you thinking about the deepest recesses of space, the farthest reaches of time and what it all means."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted May 27, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
75%
|
Everything Must Go (2011) |
"
With a likable Will Ferrell as its lead, the film offers an incisive personal spin on these tumultuous economic times."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted May 13, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
92%
|
Incendies (2011) |
"
Infused with mystery, tragedy and humor, serving as a genealogical study and Greek tragedy wrapped in one, it's a fine achievement of bold, deeply felt cinema."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted Apr 22, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
68%
|
Rubber (2011) |
"
The picture thrills in large part because the filmmaker so gleefully indulges in the craziness of the conceit."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted Apr 4, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
47%
|
Super (2011) |
"
An appealing, often hilarious corrective to the conventional pop cultural idealization of the superhero."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted Apr 3, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
99%
|
Bill Cunningham New York (2011) |
"
The film offers a portrait that's revealing and mysterious, as the folksy subject welcomes Press' camera into his routine while keeping a tight-lipped distance from it."
—
amNewYork
Posted Mar 17, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
88%
|
Rango (2011) |
"
A damn fine western, an entertaining throwback to classic B-pictures that pays clever tribute to its predecessors."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted Mar 4, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
86%
|
Rabbit Hole (2010) |
"
His restrained, personal approach - captured in fluid close-ups, illuminated by clear, bright skies - lays bare the burdens of souls stuck as life goes on around them."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted Dec 17, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
54%
|
Welcome to the Rileys (2010) |
"
These are complex, believable characters, wholly deglamorized and bestowed with the layered complications that define real life. "
—
amNewYork
Posted Oct 29, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
32%
|
Wild Target (2010) |
"
The movie's a grand, quick-witted entertainment, a throwback in the best, most welcome sense."
—
Critic's Notebook
Posted Oct 28, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
50%
|
Stone (2010) |
"
Curran offers an affecting portrait of a world gone awry, with morality thrown into question and conventions torn apart."
—
Critic's Notebook
Posted Oct 6, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
69%
|
Leaving (Partir) (2010) |
"
The movie's real allure is found in the ways its star flicks her hair, darts her eyes and moves - tenderly, slowly and passionately - across each frame. "
—
amNewYork
Posted Oct 1, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
81%
|
Prince of Broadway (2010) |
"
In the grand neo-realist tradition, the film offers a naturalistic, slow burn rendition of the hassles, heartaches and rewards of the salesman's hand-to-mouth existence."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted Sep 3, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
93%
|
The Tillman Story (2010) |
"
It reaches beyond the facts of Tillman's story to arrive at key, universal truths about the ways our heroes are made and defined. "
—
Critic's Notebook
Posted Aug 21, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
92%
|
Lovers of Hate (2011) |
"
An experience that's strange, unsettling and wholly unpredictable."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted Jun 29, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
100%
|
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage (2010) |
"
It's the three-dimensional portrait of the band members that sets the film apart."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted Jun 9, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
83%
|
Daddy Longlegs (2010) |
"
The movie picks away at the standard, glamorized depictions of life in New York to arrive at a different, essential truth."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted May 19, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
86%
|
Get Low (2010) |
"
A film rife with subtle humor and a certain joie de vivre borne out of the notion that it's never too late for even the most lost of souls to reenter the land of the living."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted Apr 29, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
87%
|
Off And Running (2010) |
"
Blessed with candid subjects, a sure sense of emotional honesty and an eye for drawing out the power of small moments, Opper has produced a memorable, deeply affecting film."
—
Critic's Notebook
Posted Feb 4, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
83%
|
Avatar (2009) |
"
The film gets the closest any has to fulfilling the 3-D format's fundamental mission of creating a new, immersive way of looking at movies."
—
Critic's Notebook
Posted Dec 18, 2009
|
|
3.5/4
|
61%
|
Brothers (2009) |
"
That Portman and Gyllenhaal develop such easy, loving chemistry in their scenes together is a major coup for the filmmakers, the emotional engine that drives the story."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted Dec 4, 2009
|
|
3.5/4
|
91%
|
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) |
"
Features a fiercely intelligent performance by newcomer Sidibe and a compassionate eye for the circumstances surrounding the protagonist's upbringing."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted Nov 22, 2009
|
|
3.5/4
|
90%
|
The Messenger (2009) |
"
Moverman understands the deep, powerful struggle that must accompany such constant grappling with death."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted Nov 13, 2009
|
|
3.5/4
|
87%
|
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) |
"
It's powerful material for Werner Herzog, a premier chronicler of the madness of men, and Nicolas Cage, who brings a fevered intensity to every project he takes on."
—
Critic's Notebook
Posted Nov 4, 2009
|
|
3.5/4
|
85%
|
Black Dynamite (2009) |
"
The full-on embrace of the stupidity, the charm and the admirably empowering qualities of blaxploitation sets Black Dynamite apart. But, above all, it's very funny."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted Oct 18, 2009
|
|
3.5/4
|
94%
|
The Damned United (2009) |
"
The performances by Michael Sheen and Timothy Spall give the picture the dramatic heft it needs to tackle a narrative far beyond the purview of a standard sports flick."
—
Critic's Notebook
Posted Oct 8, 2009
|
67%
——
98%
