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80%
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Il Grido (The Cry) (1957) |
"
The camera's spare, stunning compositions and the tone of loss and disaffection anticipate Antonioni's later, brilliant explorations of bourgeois anomie."
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Village Voice
Posted Jul 31, 2007
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100%
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La Règle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game) (1950) |
"
Even if you think you know it, see it again for its newly rediscovered depth of field, and even more, for its infinite wellsprings of character and empathy."
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L.A. Weekly
Posted Dec 28, 2006
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88%
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The Cave of the Yellow Dog (Die Hohle des gelben Hundes) (2005) |
"
At times the film's Buddhist lessons feel a bit forced, but the naturalistic performances Davaa has coaxed from a real-life Mongolian family, and her intimate understanding of their culture and values, give this sensitive portrayal its heft."
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Village Voice
Posted Nov 7, 2006
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100%
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La Règle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game) (1950) |
"
If you think you know it, see it again for its newly rediscovered depth of field, and even more, for its infinite wellsprings of character and empathy."
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Village Voice
Posted Oct 31, 2006
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87%
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Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2006) |
"
Julia Jentsch gives a brilliantly nuanced performance as Sophie, a fun-loving girl who likes marmalade and Schubert but also happens to be a rare beacon of conscience in totalitarianism's dark night."
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Village Voice
Posted Feb 14, 2006
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71%
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My Name Was Sabina Spielrein (2003) |
"
This evocative film is a poignant testament to the twin forces of love (however blighted) and the unconscious."
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Village Voice
Posted Dec 28, 2005
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88%
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Touch The Sound (2004) |
"
It's rare that a documentary conveys an artist's worldview so compellingly, but then Glennie is no ordinary musician."
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Village Voice
Posted Sep 6, 2005
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70%
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Wall (Mur) (2004) |
"
Disturbing and compelling."
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Village Voice
Posted Aug 23, 2005
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84%
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De Zaak Alzheimer (The Memory of a Killer) (The Alzheimer Case) (2005) |
"
Van Looy has created a fast-paced and stylish thriller."
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Village Voice
Posted Aug 23, 2005
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71%
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The Great Water (2005) |
"
Despite the choppy script and cartoonishly bad villains, what emerges is a compelling tale of the moral compromises a corrupt system demands of even its most unwilling participants."
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Village Voice
Posted Jun 14, 2005
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89%
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Caterina in the Big City (Caterina va in citta) (2003) |
"
Pitch-perfect performances and a light-handed but razor-sharp script keep this satire brisk and biting."
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Village Voice
Posted May 31, 2005
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88%
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Le Vieil Homme et l'Enfant (The Two of Us) (The Old Man and the Boy) (1967) |
"
Some may find Berri's portrait of provincial France and its prejudices too loving, but it has the ring of a truth that escapes ideologies."
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Village Voice
Posted May 24, 2005
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75%
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Another Road Home (2004) |
"
[A] moving film."
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Village Voice
Posted Apr 26, 2005
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57%
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David Hockney: The Color of Music (2005) |
"
This delightfully sensual documentary gets inside the artist's creative process while also treating viewers to glorious music by the likes of Wagner and Satie."
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Village Voice
Posted Apr 5, 2005
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80%
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In Satmar Custody () |
"
Chilling and thoroughly engrossing."
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Village Voice
Posted Apr 5, 2005
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61%
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Nina's Tragedies (2005) |
"
With improbable charm, Gabizon knits it all together, his characters' sexual obsessions and earthiness tempered by a soulful melancholy."
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Village Voice
Posted Mar 22, 2005
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84%
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L' Ora di Religione (Il Sorriso di Mia Madre) (The Religion Hour) (My Mother's Smile) (2002) |
"
Uncannily beautiful and deeply humanist."
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Village Voice
Posted Feb 8, 2005
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80%
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The Keys to the House (2004) |
"
Amelio's camera captures with subtlety and without sentimentality the state of mind of a parent for whom every child running freely in the park is a painful reminder of another's limitations."
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Village Voice
Posted Dec 21, 2004
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100%
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The Deserted Station (2003) |
"
Hardcore Kiarostami devotees may miss the master's harsher clarity, but Hatami, best known for her starring role in Dariush Mehrjui's Leila, makes her character's inner transformation both subtle and palpable."
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Village Voice
Posted Nov 30, 2004
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76%
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Being Julia (2004) |
"
Bening's comic gifts make the most of Ronald Harwood's witty screenplay."
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Village Voice
Posted Oct 12, 2004
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71%
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Incantato (Il Cuore Altrove) (The Heart Is Elsewhere) (2003) |
"
If you can suspend your disbelief regarding Nello's naïveté, this film offers some quiet pleasures."
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Village Voice
Posted Sep 21, 2004
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73%
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Almost Peaceful (2004) |
"
Deville has managed to preserve the work's great virtues -- the intimacy, discretion, grace, and humor with which it speaks of both irredeemable disaster and the taste for life that survives it."
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Village Voice
Posted Aug 17, 2004
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45%
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Nicotina (2004) |
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What does it mean? Not all that much, really -- just a pleasurable hour and a half passing, like an extended cigarette break."
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Village Voice
Posted Aug 17, 2004
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Junction (2004) |
"
Looks beyond the current wave of violence, to its roots in a culture of tragedy and denial."
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Village Voice
Posted May 11, 2004
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94%
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The Story of the Weeping Camel (2004) |
"
Beyond its rare visions of remote vistas, Camel's great charm lies in its seeming simplicity."
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Village Voice
Posted Mar 23, 2004
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71%
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Yves St. Laurent: His Life and Times (2004) |
"
A family feeling pervades this intimate documentary, which follows three months of creation for a single season's collection (Winter 2001), from the first drawings to the last finished garment."
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Village Voice
Posted Jan 6, 2004
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86%
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Children of Love (2003) |
"
The film's striking realism makes you feel you're gaping at a car wreck."
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Village Voice
Posted Dec 23, 2003
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85%
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Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran (Monsieur Ibrahim) (2003) |
"
Unusual in its ambition to pose deep spiritual questions, but its enticing surfaces ... are the best thing about it."
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Village Voice
Posted Dec 2, 2003
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93%
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My Architect: A Son's Journey (2004) |
"
A bracing, bittersweet testament of filial love mixed with pain and compassion."
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Village Voice
Posted Nov 11, 2003
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73%
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Taking Sides (2003) |
"
Flawed but fascinating."
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Village Voice
Posted Sep 2, 2003
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51%
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Hafið (The Sea) (Havet) (2002) |
"
Kormákur is at his best with dark, raw humor. When he reaches for tragedy, his film feels predictable."
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Village Voice
Posted May 13, 2003
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92%
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Secret Lives - Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII (2001) |
"
Slesin's film is a profound meditation on the resilience of children -- their ability to take sustenance from whatever love is available -- and on the persistent presence of the child hidden within each grown-up."
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Village Voice
Posted May 13, 2003
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63%
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Foreign Sister (Ahot Zara) (2003) |
"
Offers an incisive glimpse into one woman's inner transformation -- her secret sense of loss in the midst of plenty and her sudden perception of a world of suffering lying just beyond her home."
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Village Voice
Posted Feb 25, 2003
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85%
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Chaos (2001) |
"
Fast-paced feminist thriller and witty black comedy."
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Village Voice
Posted Jan 28, 2003
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91%
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El Bola (2000) |
"
At once subtle and visceral, the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful, offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future."
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Village Voice
Posted Dec 10, 2002
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92%
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Alias Betty (Betty Fisher et autres histoires) (Betty Fisher and Other Stories) (2002) |
"
Miller makes the film's sometimes mechanical and giddy narrative into something grander -- a meditation on maternity as a form of inspired madness."
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Village Voice
Posted Sep 10, 2002
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83%
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Satin Rouge (2002) |
"
The film is enlivened by fine performances, especially the lovely Abbas as Lilia."
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Village Voice
Posted Aug 20, 2002
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64%
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All My Loved Ones (2000) |
"
It offers a glimpse of the Solomonic decision facing Jewish parents in those turbulent times: to save their children and yet to lose them."
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Village Voice
Posted Aug 13, 2002
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92%
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Mostly Martha (Bella Martha) (2001) |
"
Martha is rich in contradictions, her tightly wound personality running counter to the sensual pleasure she offers others through her art."
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Village Voice
Posted Aug 13, 2002
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85%
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A Song for Martin (2002) |
"
Seldahl's Barbara is a precise and moving portrait of someone whose world is turned upside down, first by passion and then by illness."
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Village Voice
Posted Jun 25, 2002
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70%
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Bobby G. Can't Swim (1999) |
"
The minor figures surrounding [Bobby] ... form a gritty urban mosaic."
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Village Voice
Posted Jun 19, 2002
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80%
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Skin of Man, Heart of Beast (1999) |
"
French director Hélène Angel's sensitive and crystalline debut feature."
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Village Voice
Posted Jun 19, 2002
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75%
|
Kaaterskill Falls (2001) |
"
The filmmakers skillfully evoke the sense of menace that nature holds for many urban dwellers."
—
Village Voice
Posted Jun 4, 2002
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73%
|
La espalda del mundo (The Back of the World) (2002) |
"
What saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is Corcuera's attention to detail."
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Village Voice
Posted May 24, 2002
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76%
|
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) |
"
Vardalos's parodies of Greek family values are loving and witheringly hilarious."
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Village Voice
Posted Apr 16, 2002
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71%
|
Girls Can't Swim (2001) |
"
A sensitive and astute first feature by Anne-Sophie Birot."
—
Village Voice
Posted Apr 16, 2002
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83%
|
Pauline & Paulette (2002) |
"
A sensitively handled tale of four sisters yoked together by the disabilities of one."
—
Village Voice
Posted Mar 12, 2002
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84%
|
Kissing Jessica Stein (2002) |
"
Laugh-out-loud lines, adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances, and sparkling, bittersweet dialogue that cuts to the chase of the modern girl's dilemma."
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Village Voice
Posted Mar 12, 2002
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78%
|
Maryam (2002) |
"
Serry perfectly captures the peculiar climate, creating uncanny echoes with today's situation."
—
Village Voice
Posted Feb 19, 2002
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92%
|
Salaam Bombay! (1988) |
"
The director's experience making documentaries served her well as she worked for weeks with the kids who inhabit Bombay's backstreets."
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Village Voice
Posted Feb 5, 2002
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67%
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