Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 83%
| Le combat dans lile (1962) | "
Rescued now from 1962 oblivion, Alain Cavalier's black-and-white "noir" is sleek and cool, with complicated turns and thrilling shoot-outs and stormy betrayals, both political and romantic." — Boston Phoenix Posted Dec 22, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 92%
| Amarcord (1974) | "
Seen today, Amarcord is something of a disappointment, clever and moving in places, but also sprawling, undisciplined, clumsy in patches, and decidedly overlong." — Boston Phoenix Posted Dec 17, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 81%
| Araya (1959) | "
Be grateful that Araya is here, in an exquisitely restored print, with images of struggling Venezuelan peasants as luminous as the Mexican photographs of Edward Weston." — Boston Phoenix Posted Dec 17, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| N/A | Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951) | "
Lewin’s pseudo–Somerset Maugham story is pretentious and unconvincing, descending into fantasy hokum involving sailor ghosts and a cursed protagonist who’s been undead since the 16th century." — Boston Phoenix Posted Dec 3, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 92%
| Defamation (2009) | "
Shamir is smart enough to move his film beyond shrill polemics and into more observational territory: Israeli high-school kids visiting Poland to see the death camps, African-Americans on a street corner in Brooklyn discussing their experiences with Jews." — Boston Phoenix Posted Dec 3, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 73%
| William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe (2010) | "
A deserving tribute to the man who, on his best days, stood up for the prisoners in Attica and the American Indian Movement at Wounded Knee and marched with Martin Luther King." — Boston Phoenix Posted Nov 12, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 81%
| The Horse Boy (2009) | "
The Horse Boy is a nicely photographed real-life adventure, and with some wisdom about autism for everyone along the pathway." — Boston Phoenix Posted Nov 5, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 82%
| Earth Days (2009) | "
A surprise of Earth Days is seeing Richard Nixon signing progressive eco-legislation and starting the Environmental Protection Agency." — Boston Phoenix Posted Oct 7, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 87%
| Amreeka (2009) | "
The political ironies are obvious, and the American section is predictable, but Amreeka is winning all the same, because of the ensemble, and the humanism of its first-time filmmaker." — Boston Phoenix Posted Sep 24, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 94%
| Bigger Than Life (1956) | "
Ed's vision is demented and distorted, and yet, Ray insinuates, doesn't his protagonist, in an odd way, see through the smug mediocrity that is 1950s America?" — Boston Phoenix Posted Sep 17, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 96%
| Somers Town (2009) | "
Somers Town is gentle, funny, blue-collar humanism, much like the early films of Ken Loach." — Boston Phoenix Posted Sep 3, 2009 |
— | Fresh 100%
| Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 69%
| Religulous (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 82%
| Cherry Blossoms (2009) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Rotten 37%
| Dark Matter (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 100%
| Taxi to the Dark Side (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | N/A | Big Stakes (1922) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Rotten 17%
| Going Under (2006) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 80%
| Gran Torino (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Rotten 48%
| Before the Rains (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Rotten 33%
| Ciao (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 81%
| Charlie Wilson's War (2007) | "
The international intrigue becomes strained satire -- what’s needed is the comic touch of a Billy Wilder." — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 87%
| The Beauty Academy of Kabul (2006) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 79%
| XXY (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 83%
| Two Lovers (2009) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 86%
| Following Sean (2006) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 89%
| Planet B-Boy (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 60%
| The Fall (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Rotten 31%
| The Children of Huang Shi (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 80%
| Trumbo (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 70%
| Irina Palm (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 70%
| How About You (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Rotten 51%
| Then She Found Me (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 97%
| The Class (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 85%
| Frontrunners (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 89%
| Absurdistan (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Rotten 58%
| Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 83%
| Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? (2006) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 73%
| Fear(s) of the Dark (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 86%
| Monkey Warfare (2006) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Rotten 39%
| Wild Child (2009) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Rotten 52%
| Allah Made Me Funny (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 87%
| Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 84%
| The Witnesses (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 81%
| Saving Marriage (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Rotten 56%
| Keeping Mum (2006) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Rotten 59%
| Al Franken: God Spoke (2006) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 63%
| Bra Boys (2008) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 100%
| Man On Wire (2008) | "
Interviewed today, Petit is a whale of a storyteller, and he recalls with relish the chilling details of that amazing day." — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
— | Fresh 85%
| War Dance (2007) |
Click here to read article — Boston Phoenix Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
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