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4/4
|
94%
|
Pina (2011) |
"
A unique and often sublime artistic experience, "Pina" is a 3-D dance film that immerses us in the movement, letting us feel that we could reach out and touch these dancers as they float past us."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Feb 9, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
98%
|
The Artist (2011) |
"
It's a gentle, wistful tale, but with an ending so joyous and movie-magical that you just might dance out of the theater. (I did.)"
—
Seattle Times
Posted Dec 22, 2011
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|
4/4
|
89%
|
The Descendants (2011) |
"
It's Clooney and Woodley's movie, as they become a team before our eyes."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 22, 2011
|
|
4/4
|
99%
|
Bill Cunningham New York (2011) |
"
He finds beauty; watching him, we find joy."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Apr 28, 2011
|
|
4/4
|
95%
|
The King's Speech (2010) |
"
"The King's Speech" is old-fashioned filmmaking at its best: a good story, elegantly told, and a joy to watch."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Dec 24, 2010
|
|
4/4
|
93%
|
127 Hours (2010) |
"
[It] will blow you away -- for its audacity; for James Franco's performance; for the way that, by the end, it leaves you feeling connected to the strangers sitting next to you, and happier to be part of humankind."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 18, 2010
|
|
4/4
|
93%
|
The Kids Are All Right (2010) |
"
The acting in this film is so good, across the board, that it doesn't feel like acting; we're simply watching a family going through some drama (and comedy) over a summer before its eldest child leaves for college."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jul 15, 2010
|
|
4/4
|
86%
|
Inception (2010) |
"
It's a long movie (2.5 hours) but doesn't feel so, and is the rare would-be blockbuster that demands close attention and would surely reward rewatching."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jul 15, 2010
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|
4/4
|
87%
|
Please Give (2010) |
"
Nicole Holofcener's lovely Please Give is a small, modest movie, full of the sort of characters we might know, or be."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jun 18, 2010
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
Crazy Heart (2009) |
"
First-time writer/director Cooper is a rare talent; he knows how to keep his story fine-boned and small, and to write a truly complex, troubled character who nonetheless enters our hearts."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jan 7, 2010
|
|
4/4
|
87%
|
La Danse -- Le Ballet de l'Opera de Paris (2009) |
"
Captures the fleeting beauty of ballet in dozens of miniature portraits, each quietly soaring. This movie just goes up there and stays there, and it's magical."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Dec 3, 2009
|
|
4/4
|
93%
|
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) |
"
Wes Anderson's utterly charming Fantastic Mr. Fox is that rarity: a children's movie for all."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 25, 2009
|
|
4/4
|
94%
|
An Education (2009) |
"
The movie belongs to Mulligan, whose Jenny looks like Audrey Hepburn when she puts her hair up and dons a black dress, and like every teenage girl who's had her heart broken when she cries."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 5, 2009
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
Les Plages d'Agnčs (The Beaches of Agnes) (2008) |
"
The warm, elfin filmmaker makes a fine companion through this vivid story of a life well lived, reminding us at the end of how we create our own safe havens within our families."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Sep 24, 2009
|
|
4/4
|
98%
|
Up (2009) |
"
It's a joy to watch, for any age."
—
Seattle Times
Posted May 28, 2009
|
|
4/4
|
93%
|
The Betrayal - Nerakhoon (2008) |
"
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) is a remarkable achievement, haunting the viewer long after it ends."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Mar 12, 2009
|
|
4/4
|
94%
|
Milk (2008) |
"
Van Sant's film (and why did it take 24 years after the documentary to make this stirring, heartbreaking story a feature film?) finally gives Milk his due -- and becomes an immediate classic of gay cinema."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 26, 2008
|
|
4/4
|
100%
|
Man on Wire (2008) |
"
Man on Wire should be watched on the biggest screen possible; it's an utterly thrilling exploration of one man's mad dream."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Aug 8, 2008
|
|
4/4
|
93%
|
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) (2007) |
"
A film of rare imagination; a collage of unnerving images and great artistry."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Dec 21, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
83%
|
Atonement (2007) |
"
On paper and on screen, Atonement is a story of rare beauty, both wrenching and wise."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Dec 7, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
Ratatouille (2007) |
"
How good, and how much fun, is Ratatouille? So good that when it was over, all I wanted to do was watch it again."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jun 29, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
88%
|
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2007) |
"
You'll be heartbroken in the course of the film's two hours."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Apr 20, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) |
"
In washed-out tones of brown and khaki, mimicking the colors of the troops' uniforms (blood, used sparingly, is startlingly crimson, seeming to sear a hole in the screen), the film plays out in a mood of resignation and control."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jan 12, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
95%
|
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) |
"
The dark violence of the film (parents, note: Pan's Labyrinth is not for children) is leavened by its invention -- by the way it pushes the limits of reality and fantasy, each world overlapping with the other."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jan 12, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
92%
|
Volver (2006) |
"
The result is intoxicating; a free-spinning story that's by its end enormously satisfying, creating its own kind of magic."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 22, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
97%
|
49 Up (2006) |
"
I'll wait breathlessly for 56 Up, and hope this brave group will speak to the camera again; giving us the gift of a share in their lives."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Oct 13, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
United 93 (2006) |
"
... for all its shock value, it is never exploitative, and it has something important to say."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Apr 28, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
100%
|
The Spirit of the Beehive (El Espíritu de la colmena) (2006) |
"
Screening in a new print so pristine you forget that this film is 33 years old, Spirit of the Beehive sweeps you into its quiet world."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Mar 24, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
87%
|
Brokeback Mountain (2005) |
"
It stays with you after you've seen it, like a haunting strain of music; both love song and elegy for what might have been."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Dec 20, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
Ballets Russes (2005) |
"
Dance fans will be dazzled by its treasure trove of archival dance footage. But those who know little of ballet will find plenty here to feed the soul, in the film's rich portraits of men and women nearing the end of a life lived in the arts."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 18, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
90%
|
Capote (2005) |
"
The great strength of Miller's film -- aside from Hoffman's brilliant portrayal -- is that it both tells the story behind Capote's masterpiece, the true-crime tale In Cold Blood, and serves as an homage to it."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Oct 21, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
93%
|
Good Night, And Good Luck (2005) |
"
See it, to see what the news once was -- and to see what movies can be."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Oct 14, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
95%
|
The Best of Youth (La meglio gioventů) (2003) |
"
A brilliant, sprawling piece of cinematic art, and perhaps the best film of the year."
—
Seattle Times
Posted May 13, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
93%
|
Nobody Knows (Dare mo shiranai) (2004) |
"
Profoundly sad, but it's made with such artistry that it's almost uplifting; you watch it mesmerized, immersed in the strange community the children create."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Mar 11, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
92%
|
Million Dollar Baby (2004) |
"
It's rare that we see a movie that gives its characters a spiritual dimension; and rarer still that the director isn't making a heavy-handed statement with it."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jan 7, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
83%
|
Finding Neverland (2004) |
"
Pretty as a Victorian candy box and gentle as a sleeping child's breath, Finding Neverland is a small treasure of a film."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 19, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
Sideways (2004) |
"
Sideways, based on a fine novel by Rex Pickett, is at once a literate comedy, a subtle examination of grown-up romance and a touching study of friendship."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 5, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
93%
|
Spider-Man 2 (2004) |
"
This is undoubtedly the most fun you'll have at the multiplexes this season, or maybe even this year."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jun 29, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
63%
|
La Finestra di fronte (Facing Windows) (2004) |
"
A movie to treasure."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jun 25, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) |
"
A marvelous adventure."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jun 4, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
95%
|
The Return (Vozvrashcheniye) (2003) |
"
Shimmers with imagination and endless possibility -- when it's over, you feel like you've seen something important, perhaps the birth of a new filmmaking talent."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Apr 2, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
98%
|
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) |
"
What E.T. does so well is to capture that moment in life when childhood seems to be slipping away."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Dec 31, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
85%
|
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) |
"
Russell Crowe swaggers marvelously in the seafaring adventure Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 14, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
94%
|
American Splendor (2003) |
"
That rarity: a true original."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Aug 22, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
97%
|
Capturing the Friedmans (2003) |
"
A fascinating meditation on truth-telling, and on the flickering nature of memory."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jun 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
98%
|
Finding Nemo (2003) |
"
Enchanting; written with an effortless blend of sweetness and silliness, and animated with such rainbow-hued beauty, you may find yourself wanting to freeze-frame it."
—
Seattle Times
Posted May 30, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
85%
|
Spider (2002) |
"
A restrained and elegant piece of work from a director whose name is more readily associated with goo and gore."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Mar 14, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
100%
|
Quai des Orfevres (Quay of the Goldsmiths) (Jenny Lamour) (1947) |
"
For those with a taste for classic movies, it's like finding a buried treasure."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Feb 28, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
The Pianist (2002) |
"
The Pianist is a devastating story of survival, and a tribute to the redemptive powers of art."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jan 3, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
88%
|
Chicago (2002) |
"
Overall, Chicago earns that highest of praises -- I can't wait to see it again."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Dec 27, 2002
|
68%
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98%
