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4.5/5
|
100%
|
Cha no aji, (The Taste of Tea) (2004) |
"
A description someone gives of a song involved in one of the film's many detours neatly summarizes the movie itself: 'It's more cool than weird, and it stays in your head.'"
—
New York Times
Posted Feb 23, 2007
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|
4.5/5
|
100%
|
Verdict on Auschwitz: The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial 1963-1965 (2007) |
"
Relying heavily on audiotapes from the trial, this documentary conveys the horrors of the Holocaust in a way even the best Hollywood movies can't."
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 12, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
——
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As Good as Dead (2010) |
"
A gruesomely alluring tale of long-simmering revenge..."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 8, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
26%
|
Project X (2012) |
"
The "Animal House" of the iPhone generation? Could be. Pretty enjoyable for parents too."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 1, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
67%
|
The City Dark (2012) |
"
A documentary about light pollution that is entertaining and thought-provoking? It hardly seems possible, but that's what Ian Cheney has made in "The City Dark.""
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 17, 2012
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|
4/5
|
80%
|
Buried Prayers (2011) |
"
The film would be stronger if it told us a little more about what the survivors have been doing since the camp was liberated by the Soviets in 1944, but their reactions to revisiting the camp are wrenching to watch."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 17, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Hell and Back Again (2011) |
"
You can feel just how jarring and stressful it must be for a soldier to go from the life-and-death adrenaline rush of war to the maddeningly slow world of rehabilitation and forced inactivity."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 4, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
Tucker & Dale vs Evil (2011) |
"
A droll sendup of the killer-in-the-swamp genre that gets funnier as it rolls along."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 29, 2011
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|
4/5
|
92%
|
Rebirth (2011) |
"
Stands as both a tribute and a study in healing."
—
New York Times
Posted Aug 30, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
40%
|
Damn! (2011) |
"
By the end of this smart, subtle film by Aaron Fisher-Cohen, you realize that it's actually a deft look at flash-in-the-pan fame and the emptiness at the heart of it."
—
New York Times
Posted Aug 11, 2011
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|
4/5
|
55%
|
General Orders No. 9 (2011) |
"
"General Orders No. 9" is a tone poem laid over 72 minutes' worth of images, many of them lovely, and is, as its press material says, "unlike any film you have ever seen.""
—
New York Times
Posted Jun 23, 2011
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|
4/5
|
85%
|
Make Believe (2011) |
"
The young people seen here never seem artificial; you feel their passion for doing magic, as well as their nagging loneliness, devoted as they are to practicing card tricks and such for hours on end, while their peers are off doing what most teenagers do."
—
New York Times
Posted May 12, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
98%
|
Born To Be Wild (2011) |
"
Some animal parts, it turns out, are perfectly suited to 3-D, none more so than an elephant's trunk."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 7, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
47%
|
Desert Flower (2011) |
"
"Desert Flower," a well-made film that depicts the remarkable life of the model Waris Dirie, manages to be both a classic feel-good story and about as far from a feel-good story as you can get."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 18, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
95%
|
Making the Boys (2010) |
"
Making the Boys is fascinating recent history and a fascinating personal story as well."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 11, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
——
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Honeymoons (Medeni mesec) (2010) |
"
The brave thing is how Goran Paskaljevic, the director and (with Genc Permeti) writer, chooses to end the film: short of either a happy ending or a tragic one, in the same sort of limbo that this part of the world seems to inhabit perpetually. "
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 9, 2010
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|
4/5
|
90%
|
Ghost Bird (2009) |
"
Scott Crocker has turned a bird-watching tale into a multilayered story that will fascinate practically everybody."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 30, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
35%
|
Space Chimps (2008) |
"
Journalism is all about having the courage to write the truth even if it will get you mocked by your relatives and co-workers, so here goes: Space Chimps is hilarious."
—
New York Times
Posted Jul 18, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
30%
|
Young Yakuza (2008) |
"
Jean-Pierre Limosin's Young Yakuza looks at Japan's version of the Mafia."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 18, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
40%
|
Guta-yubalja-deul (A Bloody Aria) (2006) |
"
It may seem an odd thing to say about a film in which a baseball bat as an instrument of assault and rape is a recurring theme, but what makes A Bloody Aria a darkly delightful surprise is its restraint."
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 11, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
86%
|
Shadow Company (2007) |
"
There isn't as much exposé as you might expect in Shadow Company, but there's considerably more thoughtfulness."
—
New York Times
Posted Jul 6, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
86%
|
This Filthy World (2006) |
"
Mr. Waters, who has been honing this material for years, is as comfortable and effortless as any monologist you're likely to see."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 23, 2006
|
|
4/5
|
75%
|
Hair High (2004) |
"
In the gleefully outrageous animated feature Hair High, director Bill Plympton walks the border between ridiculously gross and outright offensive."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 18, 2006
|
|
3/4
|
96%
|
Samson and Delilah (2010) |
"
How do you know you're looking at a pretty good piece of filmmaking? When the director and actors can make you care about the central characters even though they exchange almost no dialogue."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 15, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
——
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The Observers (2012) |
"
This is no documentary. It feels like a meditation about solitude and the extremes of nature, and perhaps a lament of sorts."
—
New York Times
Posted May 9, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
47%
|
The Mighty Macs (2011) |
"
Sometimes a film feels a bit too pat and yet is impossible to resist."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 21, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
71%
|
Kevin Hart: Laugh At My Pain (2011) |
"
A couple of adornments - one before the concert footage, one after - flesh out this funny, profanity-heavy movie nicely."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 9, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
88%
|
A Small Act (2010) |
"
The film couldn't be more heartening -- yes, individual actions do make a difference. But it's bittersweet as well."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 29, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
——
|
Milk & Money (1996) |
"
A daffy, enjoyable little film."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 22, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
50%
|
Hot Summer Days (2010) |
"
Sure, the film sometimes gets too syrupy - hey, it's a date movie - but the way this tale finally ties into one of the others is sublime."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 1, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
93%
|
Tibet in Song (2010) |
"
Doubly powerful because he also weaves in the overall history of Tibet's struggle, a primer on the Chinese government's campaign to muzzle Tibetan culture and vignettes from other Tibetans who resisted. "
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 24, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
63%
|
Leaves of Grass (2010) |
"
Mr. Norton is a pleasure to watch, and so is everyone else."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 17, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
——
|
They Came to Play (2010) |
"
The proficiency they display at the keyboard is thrilling to see; whatever your own hobby is, you are likely to be awed by how much better these people are at theirs. "
—
New York Times
Posted Aug 13, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
58%
|
TiMER (2010) |
"
Some of Ms. Schaeffer's plot twists are easy to guess, but everyone's enjoyable to watch."
—
New York Times
Posted May 14, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
65%
|
The Infidel (2010) |
"
An amusing little film from Britain."
—
New York Times
Posted May 7, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
92%
|
In Search of Beethoven (2009) |
"
The film stretches on too long... But the music soothes away a lot of complaints."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 22, 2009
|
|
3.5/5
|
75%
|
Luck by Chance (2009) |
"
Luck by Chance is an appealing tale of two would-be actors looking for movie stardom."
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 30, 2009
|
|
3.5/5
|
——
|
Other Half () |
"
Ying Liang's slyly subversive second feature takes awhile to coalesce, but once it does, it becomes an intriguing exercise in juxtaposition."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 19, 2008
|
|
3.5/5
|
100%
|
Poor Boy's Game (2007) |
"
Poor Boy's Game is a movie built around a boxing match, but its most powerful scenes involve no jabs or hooks."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 13, 2008
|
|
3.5/5
|
86%
|
Steel City (2006) |
"
Mostly Mr. Jun's script is sharp, and Laurie Metcalf, James McDaniel, America Ferrera and Raymond J. Barry in supporting roles help keep the tale mesmerizing, in a small-scale sort of way."
—
New York Times
Posted May 25, 2007
|
|
3.5/5
|
67%
|
Agnes Martin: With My Back to the World (2007) |
"
Ms. Martin was full of ideas, and she dispenses them engagingly."
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 10, 2007
|
|
3.5/5
|
12%
|
Let's Go To Prison (2006) |
"
Let's Go to Prison is a sly, very funny comedy that stays admirably deadpan every time you think its about to veer into gross-out territory."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 20, 2006
|
|
3.5/5
|
100%
|
Ritchie Boys (2006) |
"
This documentary, named for a military boot camp in Maryland, tells of a group of Jewish immigrants who fled Germany for the United States in the years of the Nazi buildup."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 12, 2006
|
|
3/5
|
50%
|
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story (2012) |
"
[It] serves up its material with an excess of treacly music and an overabundance of glowing reminiscences. This has the odd effect of making his story less powerful than it actually is."
—
New York Times
Posted May 18, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
71%
|
MIS Human Secret Weapon (2012) |
"
The execution is a bit clumsy, but the documentary "MIS: Human Secret Weapon" shines a light on an interesting bit of World War II history..."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 5, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
20%
|
The Decoy Bride (2012) |
"
Cupid works in strange and sometimes very funny ways, as this charming, nontaxing comedy directed by Sheree Folkson makes clear."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 8, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
18%
|
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012) |
"
The film, though, has some redeeming qualities, including the presence of Idris Elba as the obligatory good guy, who encourages Johnny to get Danny into the protective custody of a religious order."
—
New York Times
Posted Feb 17, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
60%
|
Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission (2012) |
"
"Man on a Mission," the most expensive home movie ever made, is one man's genial account of his trip into outer space."
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 12, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
63%
|
Miss Minoes (2011) |
"
Yes, the film is silly and light as a feather, but who doesn't love gossiping cats?"
—
New York Times
Posted Dec 22, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
50%
|
Fanny, Annie & Danny (2011) |
"
"Fanny, Annie & Danny" may be an unpleasant story about unpleasant characters, but the acting is fabulous."
—
New York Times
Posted Dec 8, 2011
|
68%
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98%
