|
4/4
|
92%
|
Frost/Nixon (2008) |
"
Engrossing emotionally and intellectually, this showdown shouldn't be missed."
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Dec 25, 2008
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
Waltz with Bashir (2008) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 15, 2008
|
|
4/4
|
93%
|
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) (2007) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Feb 7, 2008
|
|
4/4
|
72%
|
In the Valley of Elah (2007) |
"
Walking a razor-wire fence, [Writer/Director Paul] Haggis honors Americans serving their country while lacerating the military mindset that got them there."
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Sep 29, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
61%
|
Death at a Funeral (2007) |
"
The comedy doesn't have much to say, but its humor is killer."
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Aug 25, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
Hairspray (2007) |
"
Campy and sweet-natured, Hairspray will shake away any summertime blues."
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Jul 28, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
93%
|
Sicko (2007) |
"
Like Al Gore's documentary hit, Moore cleverly prods us to consider and act upon some inconvenient truths."
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Jul 7, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
71%
|
Fracture (2007) |
"
If you like your thrillers served chilled, Fracture won't disappoint."
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Jun 30, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
77%
|
Match Point (2005) |
"
A masterwork."
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Jan 8, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
46%
|
Bad News Bears (2005) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Jul 28, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
82%
|
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) |
"
The Everlasting Gobstopper of Dahl adaptations."
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Jul 21, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
87%
|
Comme une Image (Look at Me) (Like an Image) (2005) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Apr 14, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
88%
|
The Woodsman (2004) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Jan 15, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
88%
|
House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) (2004) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Dec 27, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
89%
|
Shrek 2 (2004) |
"
Fairytales like this can come true . . . for me and for you."
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
82%
|
The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) (2003) |
"
Like an alchemist, Arcand has transformed a film of ideas into an emotional experience."
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Mar 7, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
86%
|
Red (2004) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Oct 28, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
89%
|
The Road Home (Wo de fu qin mu qin) (2001) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Oct 24, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
71%
|
Pitcher And The Pin-Up (Road Home) (2005) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Jun 25, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
92%
|
L' Homme du Train (The Man on the Train) (2003) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 29, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
92%
|
Lone Star (1996) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
62%
|
Slam (1998) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
65%
|
Festival In Cannes (2002) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
100%
|
The Third Man (1949) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
100%
|
Three Colors: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge) (1994) |
"
he cumulative punch of Kieslowski's achievement -- a narrative, visual and aural knockout -- sends one staggering out of the theater, dizzy with the delight of being challenged to think and reeling from the artistry of a master filmmaker at work."
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
92%
|
Minority Report (2002) |
"
Spielberg fuses his ability to create astounding images to thought-provoking material..."
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
95%
|
The Truman Show (1998) |
"
Unlike most summer releases and Jim Carrey movies, there's nothing dumb or dumber about director Peter Weir's astonishing social satire."
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
92%
|
Traffic (2000) |
"
One of the best movies of the year: a gripping, intelligent and ambitious drama about drug trafficking and the misguided war against it."
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
Bullets Over Broadway (1994) |
"
Woody Allen may not be on screen, but he's definitely in control, working his magic backstage behind the velvet curtain."
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
88%
|
Ba wang bie ji (Farewell My Concubine) (1993) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
92%
|
Startup.com (2001) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
95%
|
Crumb (1995) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
Gods and Monsters (1998) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
90%
|
Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
68%
|
Dancer in the Dark (2000) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
83%
|
Persuasion (1995) |
"
Following the novel with unhurried fidelity, the film is as faithful to Austen as Anne Elliot is to the man of her dreams."
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
97%
|
Apollo 13 (1995) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
86%
|
Flirting With Disaster (1996) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
The Pianist (2002) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
34%
|
The Center of the World (2001) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
79%
|
Daughter from Danang (2004) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
100%
|
That's Entertainment! III (1994) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
The Celluloid Closet (1996) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted May 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
The Pianist (2002) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Dec 27, 2002
|
|
3.5/4
|
90%
|
Coraline (2009) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Feb 6, 2009
|
|
3.5/4
|
72%
|
Under the Same Moon (2008) |
"
Patricia Riggen's feature debut proves that the terms crowd-pleaser and social-issue movie can apply to the same film."
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
79%
|
Standard Operating Procedure (2008) |
"
Haunting photographs and video seemingly point a finger at the low-ranking indicted soldiers. Equally haunting is the notion that journalists and the public assumed they had seen everything."
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
97%
|
Persepolis (2007) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
62%
|
Hamlet 2 (2008) |
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Aug 22, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
51%
|
The Kingdom (2007) |
"
A tense, thinking person's thriller."
—
Palo Alto Weekly
Posted Oct 6, 2007
|
65%
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96%
