Fresh
| Fresh 96%
| Burma VJ (2009) | "
Burma VJ celebrates the courage of the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), a group of underground journalists who risked their lives to document the 2007 uprising against the junta." — Variety Posted Dec 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| A Single Man (2009) | "
Like the speck of sand that seeds a pearl, it’s the tiny fleck of kitsch at the heart of A Single Man that makes it luminous and treasurable, despite its imperfections." — Variety Posted Dec 11, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | 44 Inch Chest () | "
Could easily elicit accusations of misogyny -- especially given its percussive, unrelenting but eminently realistic use of the C-word -- but it's actually, at its best, an acute, unblinking portrait of misogyny in practice, not a misogynistic text itself." — Variety Posted Oct 21, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| The Damned United (2009) | "
There's hardly more than five minutes of actual ball-kicking onscreen, and what's there is mostly seamlessly stitched-in archival footage. Diehard fans may actually feel shortchanged by the strategy. But it makes for more accessible drama." — Variety Posted Oct 6, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 75%
| Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) | "
By returning to his roots, professional gadfly Michael Moore turns in one of his best films." — Variety Posted Sep 9, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 50%
| The Descent: Part 2 (2009) | "
As popcorn entertainment, it delivers, and should satisfy fans on all platforms." — Variety Posted May 17, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 92%
| Fish Tank (2009) | "
What makes pic feel special is its unflinching honesty and lack of sentimentality or moralizing, along with assured direction and excellent perfs." — Variety Posted May 14, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 62%
| Eldorado (2008) | "
Small but damn-near perfectly formed serio-comedy." — Variety Posted Apr 30, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 70%
| Chelsea on the Rocks (2009) | "
A skittery, rambling but often absorbing portrait of the Chelsea Hotel." — Variety Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 91%
| Katyn (2007) | "
This plays almost like an academic master class, meticulously exploring the event’s ramifications but only catching full fire at the end." — Variety Posted Feb 18, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 70%
| My One and Only (2009) | "
Pleasant and pro-made." — Variety Posted Feb 13, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Yes Men Fix the World (2009) | "
Finds its titular merry pranksters up to yet more capitalist-critiquing chicanery and fat-cat-fooling fun." — Variety Posted Feb 12, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 60%
| Happy Tears (2009) | "
Happy Tears is less of a mess than it looks like, despite its quirk-infested, baggy midsection." — Variety Posted Feb 12, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 86%
| Brokeback Mountain (2005) | "
Arguably Ang Lee's best film, this swooning, achingly sad near-masterpiece offers a universal love story that lingers long in the mind." — Channel 4 Film Posted Nov 21, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 92%
| Of Time and the City (2009) | "
Result is by turns moving, droll and charming, and niftily assembled, but not necessarily that profound." — Variety Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| Hunger (2008) | "
Powerful, pertinent but not entirely perfect." — Variety Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 39%
| Wild Child (2009) | "
Competent if mechanical helming debut by editor Nick Moore." — Variety Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 74%
| Elegy (2008) | "
Sparse, low-budget drama, helmed by Spaniard Isabel Coixet, intelligently translates Roth's meditation on lust and mortality without soft-pedaling its narrator's brutally honest, unabashedly sexist views." — Variety Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 67%
| Paris (2009) | "
Auds who like upmarket soap opera, sightseeing and Gallic films where people talk a lot about their relationships will be consistently entertained." — Variety Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
Fresh
| N/A | Adulthood (2008) | "
Thesping is a bit rough in places, but of a piece with the film's shouty, in-your-face style, though Clarke himself gives a powerful performance...and keeps up that pic's frenetic split-screen and popvid rhythms." — Variety Posted Jul 2, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 96%
| Somers Town (2009) | "
Basically a comedy but with typically Meadowsian dark edges, it forms an affectionate tribute to cross-cultural friendship and the rapidly changing landscape known as Somers Town." — Variety Posted May 22, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 79%
| The Bank Job (2008) | "
An engrossing if underwhelming period thriller." — Variety Posted Feb 28, 2008 |
Fresh
| N/A | Everything Is Fine (2008) | "
Morose but impressive drama." — Variety Posted Feb 13, 2008 |
Fresh
| N/A | Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008) | "
Would take the silver or bronze medal in any Quality Olympics." — Variety Posted Feb 5, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 88%
| Beaufort (2008) | "
Although there's muted criticism here of military strategy, script endeavors to maintain a politically neutral stance, sticking to the ground soldiers' points of view, rendered convincingly here by cast and third-time helmer Joseph Cedar." — Variety Posted Oct 27, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 53%
| The Walker (2007) | "
Even if this isn't Schrader's best, it's hardly his worst." — Variety Posted Aug 4, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| Paprika (2007) | "
[An] above-average Japanese anime sci-fi pic." — Variety Posted Feb 24, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 88%
| Bergman Island (2006) | "
Compelling viewing for any fan of Swedish master Ingmar Bergman." — Variety Posted Feb 16, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 71%
| Notes on Marie Menken (2006) | "
Handsome tribute is paid to the eponymous experimental filmmaker in Notes on Marie Menken." — Variety Posted Feb 9, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 86%
| Reprise (2008) | "
Effervescent, if somewhat baggy in structure, dramedy Reprise reps an impressive debut for young Norwegian Joachim Trier." — Variety Posted Jan 27, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 78%
| The Monastery: Mr. Vig & the Nun (2006) | "
Pernille Rose Gronkjaer builds an affectionate but admirably unsentimental portrait of her eccentric, headstrong protagonists." — Variety Posted Jan 18, 2007 |
Fresh
| N/A | On a Tightrope (2006) | "
Competently assembled, if a little low on pizzazz." — Variety Posted Jan 17, 2007 |
Fresh
| N/A | Enemies of Happiness (2006) | "
There's no doubt the filmmakers' sympathies lie with Joya and the women, and the pic is largely told from the young politician's point of view -- literally at one point, when the camera shows what the world looks like from behind a burqa." — Variety Posted Jan 16, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 55%
| Matthew Barney: No Restraint (2006) | "
A bit like a cinematic catalog for a gallery retrospective, Matthew Barney: No Restraint serves to explain Barney's m.o. to a wider aud." — Variety Posted Dec 20, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 74%
| The Boss of it All (2007) | "
For all its slightness, pic is helmer's least pretentious and most sheerly enjoyable for years, despite its very limited commercial appeal." — Variety Posted Dec 12, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| Our Daily Bread (2006) | "
Pic offers a tabula rasa in which some auds will see a horrifying indictment of the industry's cruelties, others a realistic depiction of mechanized farming, and some a soft-spoken tribute to manual labor." — Variety Posted Nov 23, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 75%
| Four Minutes (2007) | "
By dint of strong perfs (especially from relative newcomer Hannah Herzsprung) and powerful use of music, the pic works in spite of itself." — Variety Posted Sep 22, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| Starter For 10 (2007) | "
If there are life lessons here, they're harsh ones -- although they're taught with a gentle, forgiving spirit." — Variety Posted Sep 22, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 98%
| Blindsight (2008) | "
The deceptively complex pic gradually grows sharp edges and snowballs into a compelling study in culture clash, with spectacular scenery to boot." — Variety Posted Sep 22, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| Lake of Fire (2007) | "
Handsomely filmed on silvery 35mm and high-definition by Kaye himself, the shrewdly edited pic balances a full spectrum of views from all sides of the abortion debate without obviously taking a position itself." — Variety Posted Sep 20, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 93%
| This Is England (2007) | "
With its knockout lead perfs and taut if slightly familiar construction, this '80s-set dramedy about a skinhead gang reps Meadows' most fluently made film so far." — Variety Posted Sep 18, 2006 |
Fresh
| N/A | Hana (2006) | "
A humanistic, charmingly off-kilter samurai story of sorts." — Variety Posted Sep 15, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 91%
| Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) | "
Uproariously funny." — Variety Posted Sep 13, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| Rescue Dawn (2007) | "
This polished, cleanly made pic still packs a wrenching emotional punch and, if backed by critics and auds, could earn more for Herzog than his last 10 features put together." — Variety Posted Sep 12, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 92%
| Lassie (2006) | "
A well-bred if docile creature." — Variety Posted Aug 28, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 63%
| Land of Plenty (2004) | "
Wim Wenders' first fiction featurefeature since 2000's The Million Dollar Hotel, rocky but respectable Land of Plenty proves the helmer often does better with low budgets, fast schedules and young collaborators." — Variety Posted Aug 4, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 81%
| 4 (2006) | "
This seriously weird pic has a few flat stretches, but its bawdy comedy, bravura sound design and uncanny atmosphere will turn on auds with a taste for deeply oddball fare and baffle others." — Variety Posted Aug 4, 2006 |
Fresh
| Rotten 20%
| Uncut (2006) | "
Despite the monotony of the visuals, film maintains interest with Trentalance's warm vocal performance and from the mild intrigue over what happened to Ciccio's inamorata." — Variety Posted Jun 16, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 71%
| The Blood of My Brother: A Story of Death in Iraq (2006) | "
Made with access to the Mehdi Army and embittered citizens the Western news media -- or even the CIA -- might envy, producer-helmer-lenser Andrew Berends creates a revealing insight into the war in Iraq from the locals' POV." — Variety Posted Jun 8, 2006 |
Fresh
| N/A | KZ (2005) | "
Although never strident, crafty juxtaposition of various subjects interviewed points out the very different ways people absorb and cope with the knowledge of what went on at Mauthausen and other camps." — Variety Posted Jun 6, 2006 |
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