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A
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76%
|
Rocky Balboa (2006) |
"
[Stallone] is channeling all the animal and primal method instincts of the late Marlon Brando, and it's exciting to behold the aging actor rediscovering the innate power of his acting prowess."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Dec 25, 2006
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|
A+
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93%
|
The Departed (2006) |
"
It's the culmination of a lifelong examination of men and their violent ways...The Departed is, in my estimation, possibly the finest film Scorsese has ever made."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Nov 8, 2006
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|
A
|
90%
|
Capote (2005) |
"
Capote is a taut, elegant work of cinematic expression...a major work."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Mar 21, 2006
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|
A
|
72%
|
Bubble (2006) |
"
...an astonishingly unnerving piece of humanist cinema."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Feb 6, 2006
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5/5
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95%
|
Tirez sur le pianiste (Shoot the Piano Player) (1999) |
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Dec 15, 2005
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A+
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87%
|
Brokeback Mountain (2005) |
"
Brokeback Mountain is a grand, romantic, staggeringly great epic...the best film of the year."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Dec 15, 2005
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|
A
|
82%
|
Walk the Line (2005) |
"
Walk the Line is a powerful piece of work, a modern-day Rebel Without a Cause...a potent bit of filmmaking"
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Dec 3, 2005
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|
A+
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76%
|
Tropical Malady (2005) |
"
[a]haunting masterpiece...He [Weerasethakul] is one of the most expressive, important contemporary; his abilities as a master formalist are a large reason for this."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Jul 19, 2005
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|
A
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98%
|
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) |
"
Probably the best-realized translation of Tennessee Williams we've seen on screen...a gold standard"
—
Columbus CityScene
Posted Jul 19, 2005
|
|
A
|
74%
|
Land of the Dead (2005) |
"
Land of the Dead is probably the best-directed film in Romero's canon. It is a stunningly crafted genre work, a film of potent political import."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Jul 11, 2005
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|
A
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46%
|
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) |
"
Jack and Rose bears a haunting economy of style that appears as near-minimalist...Miller realizes her own screenplay with a stunning lack of self-consciousness."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Jun 17, 2005
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|
A
|
36%
|
Murder-Set-Pieces (2004) |
"
Murder-Set-Pieces is a truly pure cinematic expression of violent sexual rage...perhaps the greatest serial killer film ever made"
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted May 25, 2005
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|
A+
|
80%
|
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) |
"
Revenge of the Sith is [Lucas'] great Star Wars swan song. It is, and will likely remain, the best film of the year... a true masterpiece. "
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted May 20, 2005
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|
A
|
65%
|
Unleashed (Danny the Dog) (2005) |
"
Unleashed...is...a rich cinematic experience...A brutal, yet thoughtful, action picture."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted May 16, 2005
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|
A+
|
85%
|
F for Fake (1974) |
"
This will surely be the DVD release of the year. Criterion has finally brought to DVD a wonderful transfer of Orson Welles' most playfully masterful film..."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted May 3, 2005
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|
A
|
68%
|
Closer (2004) |
"
Closer is Mike Nichols' finest film since Carnal Knowledge...a masterpiece."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Dec 14, 2004
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|
A
|
63%
|
New Guy (2004) |
"
New Guy is fresh, witty and concise...and marks the arrival of a major new filmmaker."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Nov 12, 2004
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|
A
|
72%
|
Primer (2004) |
"
...a wonderfully realized cinematic puzzle...the most artistic and thought-provoking science fiction film in a very long time. "
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Oct 12, 2004
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|
5/5
|
100%
|
Repulsion (1997) |
"
A masterful exploration of the human psyche. One of Polanski's best films and easily Deneuve's best performance."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Sep 8, 2004
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|
A+
|
44%
|
The Brown Bunny (2004) |
"
...unusually moving...meditative...painterly and expressive...the best film of the year..."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Sep 8, 2004
|
|
A
|
43%
|
The Village (2004) |
"
The first major studio film that fully tackles post-9/11 paranoia...a stunningly effective political film...not only Shyamalan's best film, but his most challenging."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Aug 4, 2004
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|
A+
|
95%
|
Before Sunset (2004) |
"
Before Sunset is a flat-out masterpiece...the most beautifully realized American love story in years. [It's] easily the best film of the year."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Jul 9, 2004
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A
|
93%
|
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004) |
"
The most sublimely comic and achingly real love story I've seen in a very long time...Carrey gives a performance for the ages...revelatory. "
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Mar 17, 2004
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|
3.75/4
|
50%
|
The Passion of the Christ (2004) |
"
I admire an artist who puts himself so fully into his work, who takes a chance on presenting a singular vision...This is a masterful film. "
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Mar 4, 2004
|
|
A-
|
59%
|
Hostel (2006) |
"
...Roth has crafted a supremely political film, one that lambasts the jocular xenophobia of the typical American..."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Jan 23, 2006
|
|
A-
|
92%
|
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) |
"
Perhaps the best movie musical of the past decade"
—
Columbus CityScene
Posted Jul 19, 2005
|
|
A-
|
77%
|
Bad Santa (2003) |
"
Bad Santa never compromises its singularly offensive-though refreshing-vision, and that's something to celebrate."
—
Columbus CityScene
Posted Nov 18, 2004
|
|
A-
|
39%
|
Birth (2004) |
"
Glazer directs with a sure and steady hand and delivers one of the more remarkable and enigmatic pictures of the year."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Nov 1, 2004
|
|
4/5
|
67%
|
La Notte di San Lorenzo (Night of the Shooting Stars) (The Night of San Lorenzo) (1982) |
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Dec 15, 2005
|
|
B+
|
97%
|
Cabaret (1972) |
"
Liza Minnelli is revelatory as cabaret dancer Sally Bowles."
—
Columbus CityScene
Posted Jul 19, 2005
|
|
B+
|
96%
|
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) |
"
A brilliantly acted, tautly directed incarnation of David Mamet's explosive office-politic treatise."
—
Columbus CityScene
Posted Jul 19, 2005
|
|
B+
|
90%
|
Kung Fu Hustle (2005) |
"
Equal parts Chuck Jones, Buster Keaton, Bubsy Berkeley and Bruce Lee, Kung Fu Hustle tows every line perfectly."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted May 3, 2005
|
|
B+
|
78%
|
Sin City (2005) |
"
Sin City marks a substantial leap forward in Rodriguez's film craft...[Rodriguez's vision is] fiercely committed."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Apr 7, 2005
|
|
B+
|
46%
|
Constantine (2005) |
"
Constantine is...kinky, funny and fresh...a true Gothic action spectacular..."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Feb 19, 2005
|
|
B+
|
96%
|
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) |
"
...combines the droll, macabre imagination of Burton with the pure joy of the discovery of Christmas spirit."
—
Columbus CityScene
Posted Nov 18, 2004
|
|
B+
|
81%
|
Ray (2004) |
"
Taylor Hackford's affecting Ray manages to sidestep nearly all [biopic] roadblocks...Here, against all expectations, he's delivered a gold standard...artist biopic. "
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Nov 18, 2004
|
|
B+
|
——
|
Bullet Ballet (1998) |
"
Bullet Ballet stands out as one of the most sophisticated and ideologically ambitious Japanese films of the past decade."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Oct 18, 2004
|
|
4/5
|
89%
|
Le Procès (The Trial) (1962) |
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Oct 12, 2004
|
|
B+
|
72%
|
Le Pacte des loups (Brotherhood of the Wolf) (2001) |
"
Director Christophe Gans has crafted the year's first unequivocal genre success, a sly and impressive epic that stuns with its bravado, even while it moves with its passionate heart."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Oct 8, 2002
|
|
|
97%
|
The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc) (1928) |
"
It is Falconetti's transcendent work that raises the film above the level of even the most lauded films in the canon. Jeanne is a hypnotic, shimmering masterpiece, and Falconetti's performance is largely responsible for that."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Aug 18, 2004
|
|
|
76%
|
Expiration () |
"
...we may have the first major work of the Student-DV Film New Wave...a rich, bountiful film filled to the brim with popping ideas and a sensual visual palette. "
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Mar 16, 2004
|
|
|
39%
|
The Singing Detective (2003) |
"
The Singing Detective , probably my favorite film of Gordon's career, will stand the test of time as an enormously inventive, moving and provocative experiment."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Nov 11, 2003
|
|
|
84%
|
Elf (2003) |
"
Elf , the magnificently quaint, yet hysterically funny...film from director Jon Favreau (Made), owes...its success to the...appealing performance of Ferrell."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Nov 11, 2003
|
|
|
92%
|
School of Rock (2003) |
"
With a smart script by Mike White...deft direction by Linklater and an electric lead performance by the manic comic livewire Jack Black, School of Rock manages to be the year's most invigorating piece of popcorn."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Oct 1, 2003
|
|
|
95%
|
Lost In Translation (2003) |
"
Coppola's remarkable comedy confirms that her auspicious debut, The Virgin Suicides, was no fluke. Her serenely assured direction here is moving and transcendent. Lost in Translation is one of the best films of the year."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Sep 24, 2003
|
|
|
79%
|
Open Range (2003) |
"
Though the film's simplicity is often too obvious, and its platitudes too perfectly pronounced, Open Range remains a film of beauty and power, if for no other reason than its dedication to classical storytelling."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Sep 8, 2003
|
|
|
31%
|
The Hunted (2003) |
"
William Friedkin's newest film is a masterful piece of taut action filmmaking."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Aug 13, 2003
|
|
|
85%
|
Spider (2002) |
"
With Spider...Cronenberg has crafted his most personal and, quite possibly his best, film."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Aug 4, 2003
|
|
|
23%
|
Bad Boys II (2003) |
"
Despite its Hollywood trappings, Bad Boys 2 remains perhaps the summer's most refreshing action picture."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Aug 4, 2003
|
|
|
100%
|
Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003) |
"
With resolutely human characters...and a determined approach to language, Melvin comes off winningly."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Aug 1, 2003
|
68%
——
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