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3.5/5
|
53%
|
Safe House (2012) |
"
"Safe House" is essentially and very effectively a rollicking smash-and-crash chase movie that happens to be surprisingly well acted."
—
New York Times
Posted Feb 9, 2012
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|
3.5/5
|
100%
|
The Miners' Hymns (2012) |
"
An elegant, elegiac found-footage work from Bill Morrison, best known for his silent-film reverie "Decasia.""
—
New York Times
Posted Feb 7, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
13%
|
W.E. (2012) |
"
Instead of a film about a love that conquered a king and nearly undid a kingdom, Madonna has come up with a female friendship movie, which would be fine if she weren't busy trying to prove her art-film bona fides."
—
New York Times
Posted Feb 2, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
85%
|
Chronicle (2012) |
"
Mr. Russell and Mr. Jordan are as likable as their characters, but it's Mr. DeHaan who pulls you uneasily in."
—
New York Times
Posted Feb 2, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
64%
|
The Woman in Black (2012) |
"
Schooled in the art of the quiet boo, Mr. Watkins fills the film with squeaking doors and floorboards, pools of black, long silences and an assortment of moldering toys."
—
New York Times
Posted Feb 2, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
89%
|
Miss Bala (2012) |
"
It's an adventure story that could be called a contemporary picaresque if it weren't so deadly serious, and might be called fantastical if it weren't loosely based on a true story of a former Miss Hispanic America."
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 19, 2012
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|
4/5
|
94%
|
Sing Your Song (2012) |
"
It's only fitting that Harry Belafonte's big, bountiful life has inspired an expansive, understandably hagiographic documentary, "Sing Your Song.""
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 12, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
48%
|
Contraband (2012) |
"
Whether he's slowing down time or ignoring its rules altogether, Mr. Kormakur's eccentric pacing brings its own dividends, as does what really gets him going in the film."
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 12, 2012
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|
2.5/5
|
21%
|
Loosies (2012) |
"
An amorphous, laugh-flecked drama about a New York City pickpocket that mostly comes across as a feature-length advertisement for its likable star and writer, Peter Facinelli."
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 10, 2012
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|
1/5
|
5%
|
The Devil Inside (2012) |
"
Clearly, when a cheapie pickup like "Paranormal Activity," which Paramount released a few years ago, turns into franchise gold, there's just no stopping the banality."
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 6, 2012
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|
3/5
|
68%
|
Roadie (2012) |
"
Mr. Eldard, who brings layers of complication to his character, makes Jimmy's vulnerability palpable, while Ms. Hennessy shows you her character's carelessness and opportunism."
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 5, 2012
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|
4/5
|
88%
|
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2012) |
"
A metaphysical road movie about life, death and the limits of knowledge, "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia" has arrived just in time to cure the adult filmgoer blues."
—
New York Times
Posted Jan 3, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
54%
|
In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011) |
"
For the most part ... it moves briskly and easily holds your attention..."
—
New York Times
Posted Dec 22, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
63%
|
We Bought a Zoo (2011) |
"
The creaks, groans and clichés of the screenplay ... are ... finally outstripped by the attractiveness of the performers, those with two legs and more, and especially by the tenderness that Mr. Damon brings to his role."
—
New York Times
Posted Dec 22, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
45%
|
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2012) |
"
Yes, you may cry, but when tears are milked as they are here, the truer response should be rage."
—
New York Times
Posted Dec 22, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
75%
|
The Adventures of Tintin (2011) |
"
Like the screen Tintin, the movie proves less than inviting because it's been so wildly overworked: there is hardly a moment of downtime, a chance to catch your breath..."
—
New York Times
Posted Dec 20, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
93%
|
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011) |
"
Gets back to action basics with globe-trotting, nifty gadgets, high-flying stunts and less loquacious villainy."
—
New York Times
Posted Dec 15, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
——
|
Sleepless Nights Stories (2011) |
"
Mr. Mekas makes little attempt to smooth out his transitions between takes or scenes, which only reinforces the intensely personal, even handmade nature of the work."
—
New York Times
Posted Dec 14, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
22%
|
The Sitter (2011) |
"
None of the story's squishiness come as a real surprise, though the thinness of the material and Mr. Green's apparent willingness to settle for so little do."
—
New York Times
Posted Dec 8, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
95%
|
Knuckle (2011) |
"
While it's frustrating that Mr. Palmer doesn't dig deep into the complexities of the fights, one of the movie's strengths is the honesty with which he confesses his doubts about them."
—
New York Times
Posted Dec 8, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
84%
|
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) |
"
The story, skillfully mined from Mr. le Carré's labyrinthine book and set in 1973, is a pleasurably sly and involving puzzler - a mystery about mysteries within mysteries."
—
New York Times
Posted Dec 8, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
89%
|
The Yellow Sea (2011) |
"
A rush of a movie from South Korea that slips and slides from horror to humor on rivers of blood and offers the haunting image of a man, primitive incarnate, beating other men with an enormous, gnawed-over meat bone."
—
New York Times
Posted Dec 1, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
83%
|
Outrage (2011) |
"
Mr. Kitano's immaculate compositions and eccentric flourishes are part of the film's sustained, muted pleasures and are often in service to some underlying meaning."
—
New York Times
Posted Dec 1, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Coriolanus (2011) |
"
The language lives, as do the people, who are present enough that it's almost a surprise no one brandishes that timely protest sign, "Occupy Rome.""
—
New York Times
Posted Dec 1, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
74%
|
Rampart (2012) |
"
"Rampart" tells a familiar story with such visual punch and hustling energy that it comes close to feeling like a new kind of movie, though it's more just a tough gloss on American crime stories past."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 22, 2011
|
|
4.5/5
|
94%
|
Hugo (2011) |
"
It's serious, beautiful, wise to the absurdity of life and in the embrace of a piercing longing."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 22, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
84%
|
My Week with Marilyn (2011) |
"
Ms. Williams tries her best, and sometimes that's almost enough."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 22, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
44%
|
Happy Feet Two (2011) |
"
Like father, like son; like Disney, like everyone else. And like first movie, like sequel."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 17, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
25%
|
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011) |
"
The latest and best of the movies about a girl, her vampire and their impossible, ridiculously appealing - yes, I surrendered - love story."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 17, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
96%
|
Tomboy (2011) |
"
The story that emerges is programmatic and largely unsurprising, but these children give it messiness, joy and life."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 15, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
86%
|
Letters from the Big Man (2011) |
"
Mr. Munch, whose earlier films include "The Hours and Times," handles this efficiently."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 10, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
44%
|
J. Edgar (2011) |
"
Mr. Eastwood doesn't just shift between Hoover's past and present, his intimate life and popular persona, he also puts them into dialectic play, showing repeatedly how each informed the other."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 8, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
79%
|
The Last Rites of Joe May (2011) |
"
With a few vital strokes - a long, chilly walk and a tired trudge up some stairs - Mr. Farina and Mr. Maggio bring you close..."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 3, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
79%
|
Pianomania (2011) |
"
Mr. Knüpfer makes engaging company both because he keeps enviable company and because he's a full-on geek, though one possessed by pianos."
—
New York Times
Posted Nov 3, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
37%
|
In Time (2011) |
"
The tick tick tock of the mortal clock gives the science-fiction thriller "In Time" its slick, sweet premise."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 27, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
74%
|
Like Crazy (2011) |
"
Largely a conventional, wan affair, despite its art-cinema flourishes, like scenes that start and end in medias res."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 27, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
21%
|
Fireflies in the Garden (2011) |
"
Lee doesn't trust his storytelling or the audience."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 13, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
79%
|
The Skin I Live In (2011) |
"
Were we born this way or made? Mr. Almodóvar has his ideas, which he playfully explores with each labyrinthine turn."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 13, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
——
|
Varian and Putzi: A 20th Century Tale (2003) |
"
At a too-brief 80 minutes, this documentary can only dilute each man's story, both the subject of various books."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 8, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
67%
|
The Women on the 6th Floor (2011) |
"
Lighter than a meringue and as insubstantial, the French boulevard comedy "The Women on the 6th Floor" was designed for the gentle laughter it easily earns."
—
New York Times
Posted Oct 6, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
My Joy (2011) |
"
The world of "My Joy" is grim, though the experience of watching it and piecing together its fragmented story strands is anything but."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 29, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
93%
|
50/50 (2011) |
"
Neither the actor nor the filmmakers can get under Adam's skin, despite all the close-ups and the moodily shot scenes filled with the kind of movie silence that feels more like the groping of an uncertain screenwriter than of a man facing his mortality."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 29, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
25%
|
Killer Elite (2011) |
"
[A] pileup of sub-Bourne action set pieces, sad laughs and clichés."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 22, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
Moneyball (2011) |
"
It gives Mr. Pitt, who hurtles through the movie, a chance to scat like a juiced-up Ella Fitzgerald, working his phones and seemingly every other general manager in the country, as he transforms a new baseball philosophy into action."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 22, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
33%
|
Shit Year (2011) |
"
These poses and pretty rooms may accurately reflect Colleen's visual aesthetic, the world she inhabits or wants to, but whether hers or Mr. Archer's, it's not compelling."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 21, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu (2011) |
"
A cinematic tour de force that tracks the rise, reign and grim fall of its subject."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 8, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
84%
|
Contagion (2011) |
"
As ruthlessly effective as the malady at its cool, cool center."
—
New York Times
Posted Sep 8, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
73%
|
Mozart's Sister (2011) |
"
Féret paints a speculative, intimate portrait of a family bound by love, genius and ambition and almost undone by the same."
—
New York Times
Posted Aug 18, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
61%
|
Griff the Invisible (2011) |
"
Though the movie sounds perilously twee, "Griff the Invisible" works as a slice of emotional life for the most part because of its lead performances."
—
New York Times
Posted Aug 18, 2011
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