Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 71%
| The Young Victoria (2009) | "
Vallée and his lead get high marks for kittenish revisionism. In all other respects, however, this movie is indistinguishable from every other throne-and-scepter biopic to hit the screen." — Time Out New York Posted Dec 16, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 100%
| Sita Sings the Blues (2008) | "
This colorful, cranium-bursting film isn’t about one specific tale so much as the endless ways you can present narratives; it’s nothing less than a kitchen-sink deconstruction on the art of storytelling." — Time Out New York Posted Dec 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| N/A | Sincerely Yours (2009) | "
Rich Lee’s diasporic rom-drama laces its dourness with the occasional poetic moment; the sunny pop soundtrack that counterpoints the onscreen drudgery is a particularly nice touch." — Time Out New York Posted Dec 9, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| N/A | Film Ist: A Girl & A Gun (2009) | "
Between borrowed scenes of vintage melodramas, Kinsey Institute research and rarer-than-rare archival treasures, a loose story of original sin insinuates itself into your subsconscious." — Time Out New York Posted Dec 2, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 28%
| Serious Moonlight (2009) | "
Hines’s strict fidelity to her late friend Adrienne Shelly’s excessively theatrical script takes precedence over everything else." — Time Out New York Posted Dec 2, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 57%
| Mystery Team (2009) | "
Does the thought of watching grown men act like socially awkward boy wonders, while everyone tries not to look confused at their golly-gee shenanigans, crack you up?" — Time Out New York Posted Dec 2, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 96%
| Big River Man (2009) | "
A nonfiction Fitzcarraldo." — Time Out New York Posted Dec 2, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 88%
| Gigante (2009) | "
Is this guy Lloyd Dobler or Travis Bickle? That you’re still unsure until Gigante’s end is a credit to Binez and his actors, who don’t push Jara toward caricature and never pander to our sympathies." — Time Out New York Posted Dec 2, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 83%
| The Princess and the Frog (2009) | "
Eye-candy–wise, the film plants a big wet smooch; everything else about this happily-ever-after tale, however, feels like a mere air-kiss." — Time Out New York Posted Nov 25, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 100%
| Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953) | "
Jacques Tati’s bumbling stick-bug of an alter ego is considered by many to be the funniest creation to come out of Gallic cinema." — Time Out New York Posted Nov 18, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Fresh 71%
| The Blind Side (2009) | "
It’s just blinkered middle-class pandering at its most shameless." — Time Out New York Posted Nov 18, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 29%
| Women in Trouble (2009) | "
The film borrows beaucoup Almodóvarisms -- multilayered hysterical heroines, a singular homo-ironic aesthetic -- and reduces them to Podunk wink-wink camp and carping-harpy heroines." — Time Out New York Posted Nov 11, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 67%
| Dare (2009) | "
Adam Salky’s high-school soap offers a virtual Spumoni of caricatured adolescent hand-wringing. When subtlety equals a drama-class performance of A Streetcar Named Desire’s rape scene, expect a bumpy ride." — Time Out New York Posted Nov 11, 2009 |
Fresh 5/6
| Fresh 97%
| The Red Shoes (1948) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Nov 5, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 80%
| Collapse (2009) | "
While [its] totally impartial approach is admirable, it also robs Collapse of any invested sensibility." — Time Out New York Posted Nov 4, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 73%
| Act of God (2009) | "
The approach matches up with the metaphysical aspects astonishingly well; the force of such ambient explorations hits you, surprisingly like a bolt out of the blue." — Time Out New York Posted Nov 4, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 16%
| Gentlemen Broncos (2009) | "
It’s unfair to blame Hess solely for condescension comedy’s bad aftertaste -- he’s not the only perpetrator -- but his particular brand is the most graceless." — Time Out New York Posted Oct 28, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 100%
| Rembrandt's J'accuse (2009) | "
[Greenaway] once studied to become a painter himself; apparently, he’s harbored dreams of being an amateur sleuth as well." — Time Out New York Posted Oct 21, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 86%
| Araya (1959) | "
The movie’s b&w images of craggy landscapes and shirtless young men have never looked more vibrant." — Time Out New York Posted Oct 7, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 57%
| The Invention of Lying (2009) | "
Once the sharp, clever satire gives way to what feels like a special must-see-TV episode, the movie’s promise slowly deflates. Does that seem unduly mean? Sometimes the truth hurts." — Time Out New York Posted Sep 30, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 41%
| Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009) | "
The question is, could someone turn these full-frontal-dudity snapshots into a satisfying, cohesive movie? Answer: no, but not for lack of trying." — Time Out New York Posted Sep 23, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 75%
| Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) | "
There are moments in Capitalism when you’re reminded of Moore’s talent for shrieking truth to power. The rest of the film, however, only proves that his quixotic preachiness can make even a worthy cause feel occasionally bankrupt." — Time Out New York Posted Sep 23, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 35%
| Blind Date (2009) | "
It’s the kind of two-hander that relies solely on the chemistry of the actors, both of whom banter, parry and bum rush their way through various left turns with grace. Their pas de deux almost makes up for this threadbare tragedy’s no-win endgame. Almost." — Time Out New York Posted Sep 23, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 100%
| Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009) | "
His “treason” gave credence to ending the war, helped push a corrupt administration toward its ruin and underlined the importance of the First Amendment. Rickety doc or not, Ellsberg deserves every ounce of hero worship he gets here." — Time Out New York Posted Sep 16, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 67%
| Paris (2009) | "
This could have been a true urban mosaic. Instead, we simply get a vision of Paris as the city of lite." — Time Out New York Posted Sep 16, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 95%
| 35 Shots of Rum (2009) | "
To fall in love with it, viewers only have to be receptive to a movie that examines the ties that bind with grace, wit and depth." — Time Out New York Posted Sep 16, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 18%
| The Other Man (2009) | "
While we wait for the inevitable showdown, the film treats us to several surprising plot twists, but shock value can’t distract from the fact that Eyre and his actors are fighting a losing battle." — Time Out New York Posted Sep 9, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 83%
| Gogol Bordello Non-Stop (2009) | "
Non Stop doesn’t know how to hit it and quit; it’s a rock doc that screams loud and says frustratingly little." — Time Out New York Posted Sep 9, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 70%
| American Casino (2009) | "
Thanks for not talking to us like idiots, but the lack of accessibility ends up turning this into a collegiate lecture." — Time Out New York Posted Sep 2, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 83%
| We Live in Public (2009) | "
Using archival material and footage Timoner herself shot over the previous ten years, We Live in Public would be fascinating by virtue of its subject alone." — Time Out New York Posted Aug 26, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 87%
| Big Fan (2009) | "
Regardless of where you fall on the scale, you’ll appreciate how both the writer-director and Oswalt deftly balance treating Paul with bemused condescension and bruised humanity." — Time Out New York Posted Aug 26, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Fresh 86%
| Fifty Dead Men Walking (2009) | "
God forbid anything even slightly suspenseful or significant should happen without revved-up ’80s Irish rock blasting over the soundtrack." — Time Out New York Posted Aug 20, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 86%
| The Baader Meinhof Complex (2009) | "
This isn’t revisionist history; it’s a key moment in political radicalism reduced to an empty pop-cultural posture." — Time Out New York Posted Aug 19, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 74%
| Five Minutes of Heaven (2009) | "
Five Minutes of Heaven becomes less interested in rehashing nationalistic conflicts than in the scars left by righteousness, something both Nesbitt and Neeson hammer home with every thousand-yard stare." — Time Out New York Posted Aug 19, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 38%
| The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) | "
That the actors can pull off such Oprah-friendly, sci-fi–inflected sap and keep straight faces is the most fantastic thing about this loopy love story." — Time Out New York Posted Aug 12, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 25%
| The Collector (2009) | "
This is the sort of cheap bilking that separates completists from masochists; the brief suffering onscreen is nothing compared with the agony scary-movie buffs will feel after being so thoroughly cheated." — Time Out New York Posted Aug 5, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 10%
| Ghosted (2009) | "
Monika Treut (Female Misbehavior) has made a fruitful career out of documenting nonfiction gender studies and LGBT anthropology, but her attempt at exploring such issues in a narrative context is clunky to a fault." — Time Out New York Posted Jul 30, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 86%
| Flame & Citron (2008) | "
It’s hard to argue with such primal filmgoing pleasures, especially once the film introduces notions of how good people lose their morality during wartime." — Time Out New York Posted Jul 30, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 86%
| 500 Days of Summer (2009) | "
Scratch any cynic and you’ll find a romantic; scratch this movie’s surface and you’ll discover a typically tepid ode to pitter-pattering hearts dressed up in thrift-store chic and faux-edginess." — Time Out New York Posted Jul 15, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 82%
| Mississippi Mermaid (1969) | "
Try to view this tale of a siren’s song as something chewier than a cover version of Hitch’s greatest hits, and what’s left is a facile take on l’amour fou." — Time Out New York Posted Jul 8, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 83%
| Lion's Den (2009) | "
A portrait of a subculture whose members take pride in walking their kids to the penitentiary’s pre-K class." — Time Out New York Posted Jul 1, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 100%
| Afghan Star (2009) | "
Though the who-will-win? structure both allows a too-brief peek into the quartet’s backgrounds and generates tension, the answer almost seems superfluous. The phenomenon itself is the real star." — Time Out New York Posted Jun 25, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 80%
| DJ Spooky's Rebirth of a Nation (2009) | "
Mix [it] up, Mr. DJ; don’t just sample the hate wholesale." — Time Out New York Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 86%
| Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love (2009) | "
When the movie lets the music do the talking, you understand the singer’s determination to see the album through. Praise filtered through pop is never an easy sell, but such gorgeously transcendental expressions can’t -- and shouldn’t -- be ignored." — Time Out New York Posted Jun 10, 2009 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 11%
| What Goes Up (2009) | "
If What Goes Up is what we can expect in the post-Juno era of alt-dramedy programming, then burn, Indiewood, burn!" — Time Out New York Posted May 28, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 92%
| Drag Me To Hell (2009) | "
Raimi’s return to Evil Dead territory is proof that, respectability be damned, he can still whip up a slapstick splatterfest -- albeit a PG-13 one -- when the mood strikes." — Time Out New York Posted May 28, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 98%
| Up (2009) | "
If such first-rate entertainment simply offers a remarkably fun experience instead of a life-changing one, it’s only because we’ve come to regularly expect epiphanies from its creators." — Time Out New York Posted May 28, 2009 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 51%
| Easy Virtue (2009) | "
Coward’s champagne-fizz lightness has never felt so labored; nothing here comes easy." — Time Out New York Posted May 20, 2009 |
Rotten 2/6
| Fresh 86%
| Kabei: Our Mother (2009) | "
The film’s comparisons of one woman’s suffering to one nation’s social descent aren’t well drawn enough to escape its own melodramatic pitfalls." — Time Out New York Posted May 20, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 96%
| Burma VJ (2009) | "
Embedded within this meta-testament to the brave Burmese souls who risk all is a reminder that, in our era of info overload (too much imagery, too many screens!), technology is the next-gen frontier for fighting oppression." — Time Out New York Posted May 20, 2009 |
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