|
4/4
|
96%
|
Elsker dig for evigt (Open Hearts) (2002) |
"
An astounding investigation of the natural feud within us all: the confusion of wanting self-help, while simultaneously settling for self-complacency."
—
Long Island Press
Posted Mar 21, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
86%
|
Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika) (2001) |
"
...the imagery is one to marvel...There's a striking irony in much of what we see."
—
Long Island Press
Posted Mar 7, 2003
|
|
95/100
|
97%
|
GoodFellas (1990) |
"
Scorsese brilliantly juxtaposes scenes of family greatness with those of bleak criminal action. The performances are superb examples of action, delivery, and nuance."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Oct 30, 2001
|
|
93/100
|
85%
|
My Own Private Idaho (1991) |
"
Works as a brilliant piece of art, and entertainment."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted May 13, 2005
|
|
92/100
|
70%
|
Dogville (2003) |
"
There is one vital DVD feature those interested in understanding von Trier's approach won't want to miss."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Apr 21, 2007
|
|
92/100
|
70%
|
Dogville (2003) |
"
A brilliant tale of intellectual awakening."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Oct 15, 2003
|
|
92/100
|
56%
|
Three of Hearts (1993) |
"
[E]gregiously misunderstood."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Oct 8, 2003
|
|
92/100
|
80%
|
Beau Travail (2000) |
"
Rhythm in Denis' sight is pejorative routine."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Sep 24, 2003
|
|
90/100
|
47%
|
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen (2003) |
"
The most sophisticated love story since In the Mood for Love, The House of Mirth and The English Patient."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Sep 18, 2003
|
|
90/100
|
92%
|
Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001) |
"
Voracious visually, unswerving narratively, and stylistically brave."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted May 3, 2002
|
|
90/100
|
60%
|
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky (2002) |
"
A pure participatory event that malnourished intellectuals will gulp down in a frenzy."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Apr 4, 2002
|
|
90/100
|
96%
|
Sound and Fury (2000) |
"
The discourse that ensues over this issue is more entertaining, heartfelt, and insightful than what you'll find in any other film released in 2000."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Nov 10, 2001
|
|
89/100
|
40%
|
Anything Else (2003) |
"
The most rebelliously, subtly and subversively creative Woody Allen has been since Sleeper."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Sep 18, 2003
|
|
89/100
|
94%
|
American Splendor (2003) |
"
One's reception of the film as art depends solely on whether you see it as a sell-out or an inside joke that takes some time to assimilate."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Sep 5, 2003
|
|
88/100
|
79%
|
Daughter from Danang (2004) |
"
The socio-histo-political treatise is told in earnest strides... [and] personal illusion is deconstructed with poignancy."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Nov 1, 2002
|
|
3.5/4
|
67%
|
Amen (2003) |
"
The pervasive use of staircases -- whether people are ascending or descending -- lends an interesting leitmotif of class and religious struggle."
—
Long Island Press
Posted Jan 29, 2003
|
|
86/100
|
73%
|
Taking Sides (2003) |
"
Istvan Szabo uses his compositions-of-depth as a sort of excavation of the epistemological quandaries haunting the post-Second World War world."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Sep 7, 2003
|
|
85/100
|
53%
|
Baunsu ko gaurusu (Bounce KO Gals) (1997) |
"
Harada fashions a socially mimetic picture of seedy street-hustler life a la My Own Private Idaho and Olivier Assayas' Cold Water."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Sep 24, 2003
|
|
85/100
|
77%
|
Seabiscuit (2003) |
"
A triumph of a movie - one that, despite a certain historical and emotional gloss, we can only hope gives us as real an account of horseracing as it appears."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 14, 2003
|
|
85/100
|
94%
|
Hell House (2002) |
"
Ratliff's two previous titles, Plutonium Circus and Purgatory County show his penchant for wry, contentious configurations, and this film is part of that delicate canon."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Nov 14, 2002
|
|
85/100
|
65%
|
Possession (2002) |
"
We get the romantic doom of [LaBute's] usual commentary, but this time with new filmic scope and multidimensionality."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 13, 2002
|
|
85/100
|
44%
|
Trouble Every Day (Gargoyle) (2001) |
"
The film is an odd little piece, one in which its malaise disposition persists to engender the cinematic thrill that subcultural viewers hope for."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Jul 29, 2002
|
|
85/100
|
82%
|
13 Conversations About One Thing (2001) |
"
Sprecher... in no way creates a false pretence of fantasy to placate her audience."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Jul 24, 2002
|
|
85/100
|
100%
|
Yellow Asphalt (2002) |
"
Director Dan Verete uses his camera as the metaphoric needle, and his cast in each segment as his thread, to form a sweeping tapestry of mis-explanation and contention."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Mar 15, 2002
|
|
84/100
|
87%
|
Mystic River (2003) |
"
The film births wonderful performances from all three lead actors, as well as Marcia Gay Harden, who's palpable in preternatural ways, Thomas Guiry as the boy in love with Jimmy's daughter, and virtually everyone else with a strip of film time."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted May 13, 2005
|
|
84/100
|
37%
|
Sylvia (2003) |
"
Much of this film plays to the audience's subconscious, forced to deal with the spirals of perverse intertwinement."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Nov 5, 2003
|
|
83/100
|
96%
|
Promises (2002) |
"
A marvellous journey from childhood idealism to adolescent self-absorption."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Mar 15, 2002
|
|
83/100
|
73%
|
Cat O'Nine Tails (1971) |
"
... through the employment of his visual technique, commonality is transformed into remarkable quality."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Jan 29, 2002
|
|
83/100
|
93%
|
In the Bedroom (2001) |
"
Young love juxtaposed with old love, quiet vengeance, indecision, and jealousy are the score this film is written on -- creating a wide, challenging experience for viewers."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Jan 18, 2002
|
|
83/100
|
36%
|
Indecent Proposal (1993) |
"
The melodrama of Indecent Proposal is a throwback to Douglas Sirk's brand, in that it seeks to subvert the status quo rather than support it, offering a biting criticism of contemporary marriage."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Nov 2, 2001
|
|
82/100
|
75%
|
Arthur Dong: Family Fundamentals (2002) |
"
Using his audience as a figurative port-of-call, Dong pulls his even-handed ideological ship to their dock for unloading, before he continues his longer journey still ahead."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Oct 7, 2002
|
|
82/100
|
88%
|
The Komediant (2000) |
"
A gentle blend of present day testimonials, surviving footage of Burstein and his family performing, historical archives, and telling stills."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Apr 4, 2002
|
|
81/100
|
55%
|
El Leyton (2003) |
"
A sloppy but stylistically incendiary handling of mystery, thriller, suspense, doldrums-of-domestic-romance and labour fraternity tropes."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Nov 16, 2003
|
|
80/100
|
79%
|
Open Range (2003) |
"
Costner's epic, as director, is one to behold, not for its 24th hour sentimental about-face, but for the existential knack it has for the pacific, the stately and the quiet."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Sep 18, 2003
|
|
80/100
|
97%
|
Read My Lips (Sur mes lèvres) (2002) |
"
Its primary benefits are held in a quark of arcane visual symbols and cultural criticism."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Sep 10, 2002
|
|
80/100
|
25%
|
Heartbreak Hospital (2002) |
"
A deliberative account of a lifestyle characterized by its surface-obsession - one that typifies the delirium of post, pre, and extant stardom."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Sep 3, 2002
|
|
79/100
|
81%
|
Yadon Ilaheyya (Divine Intervention) (Chronicle of Love and Pain) (2003) |
"
Women take on a role of auxiliary endurance... the only character[s] to confront the camera head-on, in close up, or direct stares."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Oct 26, 2002
|
|
79/100
|
83%
|
Road to Perdition (2002) |
"
In a constant war of pros and cons... Mendes is manipulative, and demagogical in his approach to free mindedness... with intermittent marks of ingenuity."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Jul 24, 2002
|
|
79/100
|
88%
|
Late Marriage (2002) |
"
Late Marriage joins the list of Israeli cinema that -- intentionally or otherwise -- holds up a mirror to its American audience and then turns that same mirror to show a doorway to some challenging issues."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted May 17, 2002
|
|
79/100
|
92%
|
Nine Queens (Nueve reinas) (2002) |
"
A story full of surprises, defined by the use of interesting camera utilization and visual motifs."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Apr 19, 2002
|
|
79/100
|
50%
|
Esther Kahn (2001) |
"
A well-done film of a self-reflexive, philosophical nature."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Feb 26, 2002
|
|
78/100
|
84%
|
Swimming Pool (2003) |
"
The swimming pool in the film, as depicted by Ozon, is a self-reflexive epicentre..."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Sep 1, 2003
|
|
78/100
|
89%
|
Spider-Man (2002) |
"
An accomplishment of co-belligerence. That is to say, the unnatural alliance of pyrotechnics and honest emotional catharsis team up to create quality entertainment... Alas, it's an entertainment that is not complete in its uprising."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Jul 6, 2002
|
|
77/100
|
94%
|
Dirty Pretty Things (2003) |
"
Frears has continually built on the foundation of Griffith's A Corner in Wheat and Chaplin's The Immigrant."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Sep 4, 2003
|
|
76/100
|
84%
|
Gloomy Sunday (Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod) (2003) |
"
Cinematographer Edward Klosinki finds many an interesting place for his camera to doss and gurney - giving us a skulking psychoanalytical aesthetic."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Nov 7, 2003
|
|
76/100
|
35%
|
The Robe (1953) |
"
Among the interesting qualities The Robe has to offer, its sense of social transcendence ranks among the worthiest, alongside the film's demystification of religion, and decentralization of its protagonists."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Dec 12, 2001
|
|
75/100
|
94%
|
Girlhood (2003) |
"
To the film's great credit, [director] Garbus evens out her often heavy-hand and we're given the emotional core of two young female criminals in ways often eluded in the movies."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted May 13, 2005
|
|
75/100
|
70%
|
Elephant (2003) |
"
A valiant experiment in existential pathology gone tepid."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Oct 8, 2003
|
|
75/100
|
50%
|
Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician (2001) |
"
Hanft captures the goosy, roach-of-a-joint lifestyle pressed upon fledgling musicians in underground circles of L.A. and other urban blights."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Oct 2, 2003
|
|
75/100
|
88%
|
28 Days Later (2003) |
"
An agoraphobic New Age."
—
Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 30, 2003
|
68%
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