Fresh
| Fresh 96%
| Ran (1985) | "
For aficionados of the war movie, the western, and the period action epic, Ran is necessary viewing." — Village Voice Posted Jul 1, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 33%
| Keep Your Right Up! (1987) | "
One of those failures by great artists that are more provocative to think about than to experience." — Village Voice Posted Apr 17, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 61%
| The New World (2005) | "
A work of great intelligence, ambition and radiant beauty." — Sight and Sound Posted Sep 28, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 93%
| An Inconvenient Truth (2006) | "
An eco-horror movie that is anything but escapist entertainment..." — Sight and Sound Posted Sep 28, 2006 |
— | Fresh 84%
| Old Joy (2006) |
Click here to read article — City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul Posted Sep 23, 2006 |
— | Fresh 87%
| Broken Flowers (2005) |
Click here to read article — City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul Posted Aug 7, 2005 |
— | Fresh 92%
| Minority Report (2002) |
Click here to read article — City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul Posted May 19, 2004 |
— | Fresh 78%
| Seabiscuit (2003) |
Click here to read article — City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul Posted May 19, 2004 |
— | Rotten 37%
| Full Frontal (2002) |
Click here to read article — City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul Posted May 19, 2004 |
— | Fresh 78%
| 25th Hour (2002) |
Click here to read article — City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul Posted May 19, 2004 |
— | Rotten 23%
| Nothing to Lose (1997) |
Click here to read article — Village Voice Posted Sep 18, 2003 |
Fresh
| Fresh 88%
| In the Mood for Love (2001) | "
Cheung and Leung give the most subtle performances of their careers here." — Sight and Sound Posted Dec 2, 2002 |
Fresh
| Fresh 88%
| The Trial (1963) | "
The Trial is splendid to look at and teeming with ideas about the individual, society, and of course, film itself." — Village Voice Posted Oct 30, 2002 |
— | Fresh 100%
| Gimme Shelter (1970) |
Click here to read article — Village Voice Posted May 28, 2002 |
— | Fresh 67%
| The Woman Chaser (1999) |
Click here to read article — Village Voice Posted Apr 16, 2002 |
— | N/A | La Sentinelle (1992) |
Click here to read article — Village Voice Posted Jan 31, 2002 |
— | N/A | The Children of Chabannes (2005) |
Click here to read article — Village Voice Posted Jan 22, 2002 |
— | N/A | Shadow Boxers (2002) |
Click here to read article — Village Voice Posted Jan 22, 2002 |
— | N/A | Divorce Iranian Style (1998) |
Click here to read article — Village Voice Posted Jan 22, 2002 |
Rotten
| Fresh 82%
| Wisconsin Death Trip (1999) | "
A tricky, empty film adaptation of Michael Lesy's overrated 1973 book of the same name." — Village Voice Posted Dec 29, 2001 |
— | N/A | Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth (1998) |
Click here to read article — Village Voice Posted Nov 13, 2001 |
— | Fresh 83%
| Two Women (1998) |
Click here to read article — Village Voice Posted Nov 13, 2001 |
— | N/A | Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore (1997) |
Click here to read article — Village Voice Posted Nov 13, 2001 |
— | Fresh 88%
| Getting to Know You (1999) |
Click here to read article — Village Voice Posted Nov 13, 2001 |
— | N/A | Stella Does Tricks (1997) |
Click here to read article — Village Voice Posted Oct 30, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| Yana's Friends () | "
Kaplun's smart, scrappy romantic comedy Yana's Friends displays an insouciance rarely found in Israeli film." — Village Voice Posted Oct 9, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| Sobibor, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m. (2001) | "
A spare, formally ingenious, journalistically acute piece of filmmaking." — Village Voice Posted Oct 9, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 72%
| Training Day (2001) | "
Propulsive, elegantly written police thriller." — Village Voice Posted Oct 2, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 86%
| La Ciénaga (2001) | "
A debut feature that's assured in every aspect." — Village Voice Posted Oct 2, 2001 |
Rotten
| Fresh 70%
| Liam (2001) | "
[Frears] limits the film by filtering it through a child's consciousness." — Village Voice Posted Sep 19, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 10%
| The Musketeer (2001) | "
A stale Euro-pudding." — Village Voice Posted Sep 11, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 40%
| Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope (2001) | "
Mindless, shoddy." — Village Voice Posted Sep 4, 2001 |
Rotten
| Fresh 63%
| O (2001) | "
An unresolved mixture of gimmickry and good intentions." — Village Voice Posted Aug 28, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 45%
| The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001) | "
The best that can be said of The Curse of the Jade Scorpion ... is that it's not as awful as Celebrity." — Village Voice Posted Aug 21, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 96%
| Fighter (2001) | "
Thanks to Lustig, the film has a generosity and antic humor." — Village Voice Posted Aug 21, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 83%
| Animal Factory (2000) | "
It's the relationship between Willem Dafoe, as Earl, the hard-time veteran, and Edward Furlong, as Ron, the new boy he takes under his wing, that makes the film so compelling." — Village Voice Posted Aug 17, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 70%
| La Buche (2000) | "
Thompson keeps her focus (and ours) on the actors, most of whom have never been as luminous as they are here." — Village Voice Posted Aug 15, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 95%
| Band of Outsiders (1964) | "
Along with Raoul Coutard's radiant cinematography, what makes the film extraordinary is Karina." — Village Voice Posted Aug 14, 2001 |
Rotten
| Fresh 61%
| Session 9 (2001) | "
The script for Session 9 is so underwritten that even such lively character actors as David Caruso, Peter Mullan, and Brendan Sexton III are left stranded." — Village Voice Posted Aug 7, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 84%
| The Others (2001) | "
This is one scary movie, not because we see ghosts or monsters, but because Kidman makes us feel her fear as our own." — Village Voice Posted Aug 7, 2001 |
— | Rotten 33%
| Coming Soon (1999) |
Click here to read article — Village Voice Posted Jul 24, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 29%
| Jackpot (2001) | "
Since Sunny is physically unattractive, inept in bed, and a misogynist who sends his wife lottery tickets in lieu of child support, his popularity is a mystery to me." — Village Voice Posted Jul 24, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 46%
| Greenfingers (2001) | "
The film, despite the many shots of gardens in full bloom, lacks visual distinction." — Village Voice Posted Jul 24, 2001 |
Rotten
| Fresh 93%
| Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) | "
Relentlessly assaultive, heavy-handed, and emotionally monochromatic." — Village Voice Posted Jul 18, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 81%
| Jump Tomorrow (2001) | "
Becomes increasingly charming as it goes along." — Village Voice Posted Jul 3, 2001 |
Rotten
| Fresh 63%
| Crazy/Beautiful (2001) | "
As overproduced as a Super Bowl soft-drink commercial, so much so that even its potentially insightful moments seem like movie fakery." — Village Voice Posted Jul 3, 2001 |
Rotten
| Fresh 83%
| Lakeboat (2001) | "
The script is so inherently stagy that setting the film on a real boat doesn’t pay off." — Village Voice Posted Jun 29, 2001 |
Fresh
| Rotten 53%
| The Fast and the Furious (2001) | "
Even those who've never heard of 'rice rockets' (Japanese imports souped up with computerized hydraulics and customized engines) might be charmed by the film's blend of kineticism, car-culture rituals, and hilariously flat-footed dialogue." — Village Voice Posted Jun 26, 2001 |
Rotten
| Fresh 69%
| Baby Boy (2001) | "
Without a convincing Jody, Singleton's thesis about a son's absolute need for a father figure is never played out." — Village Voice Posted Jun 26, 2001 |
— | Fresh 80%
| The Sticky Fingers of Time (1997) |
Click here to read article — Village Voice Posted Jun 25, 2001 |
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