Fresh 92/100
| Fresh 100%
| Pickpocket (1959) | "
Poetic seems too weak a word to sum up Pickpocket's extraordinary arc: that it achieves so much in so short a time (75 minutes) is almost other-worldly." — Film and Felt Posted Dec 31, 2009 |
Fresh 77/100
| Fresh 100%
| A Man Escaped (1956) | "
If it's not as emotionally haunting as Au Hasard Balthazar or Mouchette, it remains a powerful, compelling portrait of discipline, and humanity." — Film and Felt Posted Dec 25, 2009 |
Rotten 26/100
| Fresh 76%
| Invictus (2009) | "
The script is a steaming pile of schmaltz and sports clichés, and Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon stumble through without any energy, but with plenty of butchered accents." — Film and Felt Posted Dec 20, 2009 |
Fresh 64/100
| Rotten 55%
| We Own The Night (2007) | "
If We Own the Night is flawed and somewhat choppy, it served notice that Gray, once he refined his technique, would be a force to be reckoned with in the cinema world." — Film and Felt Posted Dec 20, 2009 |
Fresh 55/100
| Fresh 89%
| Up in the Air (2009) | "
I'd like to see Reitman step away from his usual schtick and try to delve more deeply into his character's souls: the surface is stylishly done, but Up in the Air's underbelly is strangely and unfulfillingly hollow." — Film and Felt Posted Dec 19, 2009 |
Rotten 42/100
| Rotten 40%
| The Lovely Bones (2009) | "
There are some terrific moments here, but Jackson seems mostly caught in an in-between world himself." — Film and Felt Posted Dec 16, 2009 |
Fresh 59/100
| Fresh 82%
| A Single Man (2009) | "
There's enough here, mostly driven by Firth's Oscar-caliber performance, to make A Single Man worthwhile viewing, if not close to compulsory." — Film and Felt Posted Dec 12, 2009 |
Fresh 78/100
| Fresh 70%
| Sherlock Holmes (2009) | "
At last, Guy Ritchie has found the perfect vessel for his sugar-rush, hyper-kinetic style of filmmaking." — Film and Felt Posted Dec 8, 2009 |
Rotten 38/100
| Fresh 72%
| The Blind Side (2009) | "
I really wanted to like John Lee Hancock's The Blind Side. In fact, I wanted to love it." — Film and Felt Posted Dec 3, 2009 |
Fresh 83/100
| Fresh 87%
| The Sun (2005) | "
The early portions of The Sun are almost nightmarish in their cold shots of Hirohito trudging slowly through bleak hallways, coiffed to a sterile perfection." — Film and Felt Posted Dec 3, 2009 |
Fresh 62/100
| Fresh 85%
| World's Greatest Dad (2009) | "
Tonally erratic, but chock-full of interesting concepts." — Film and Felt Posted Nov 17, 2009 |
Fresh 57/100
| Fresh 77%
| The Good Soldier (2009) | "
The humane portrayals make it worthwhile, if unspectacular, viewing." — Film and Felt Posted Nov 17, 2009 |
Fresh 74/100
| Fresh 97%
| To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | "
To Kill a Mockingbird should make admirers of the novel weep many times over." — Film and Felt Posted Oct 26, 2009 |
Fresh 63/100
| Fresh 89%
| Zombieland (2009) | "
Ultimately, Zombieland works best as pure, breezy entertainment with a pinch of depth." — Film and Felt Posted Oct 17, 2009 |
Fresh 74/100
| Fresh 93%
| Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) | "
The tangled web of relationships is very effectively done, but just as affecting is Allen's portrayal of the city he loves." — Film and Felt Posted Oct 14, 2009 |
Fresh 58/100
| Fresh 75%
| Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) | "
Still a noteworthy achievement, but it's hard to keep from being a bit disappointed that Moore hasn't used the seriousness of the times to craft an ever-so-slightly more balanced documentary." — Film and Felt Posted Oct 14, 2009 |
Fresh 82/100
| Fresh 100%
| That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) | "
Only Buñuel can make coldness burn with intoxicating sensuality." — Film and Felt Posted Oct 10, 2009 |
Rotten 44/100
| Fresh 72%
| Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) | "
Sadly, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! sounds far better on paper than it actually plays." — Film and Felt Posted Oct 8, 2009 |
Fresh 65/100
| Fresh 89%
| Bunny Lake is Missing (1965) | "
A solid-but-frustratingly-tantalizing experience." — Film and Felt Posted Oct 4, 2009 |
Rotten 41/100
| N/A | White Thunder (2002) | "
Native Newfoundlander Victoria King's directorial debut is shaky at best." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Fresh 59/100
| N/A | Nazi Medicine: In the Shadow of the Reich (1997) | "
Works just fine for informative purposes." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Rotten 34/100
| Fresh 69%
| Closer (2004) | "
With a better script, Closer could have been compelling romantic drama; instead, it's little more than clichéd nonsense." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Fresh 61/100
| Fresh 83%
| Opera (1991) | "
Italian horror master Dario Argento may have the most lopsided strengths and weaknesses of any director I've experienced." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Fresh 59/100
| Fresh 85%
| Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2005) | "
May be the supreme example of a filmic endeavor succeeding exclusively for one cinematic aspect." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Rotten 39/100
| Fresh 75%
| Crash (2005) | "
While it's hard not to admire Haggis' ambition here, his lofty aspirations sapped Crash of any real ingenuity or emotional punch." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Rotten 26/100
| Fresh 86%
| Junebug (2005) | "
Junebug annoyed me while in the theater, and annoys me even more as I write about it." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Fresh 54/100
| Fresh 85%
| Batman Begins (2005) | "
So much is rich with ingenuity and daring that its constant missteps are exceptionally glaring." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Fresh 62/100
| Fresh 87%
| Broken Flowers (2005) | "
Insightful, entertaining, and a worthy addition to the filmography of one of America's more interesting modern directors." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Fresh 58/100
| Fresh 76%
| King of New York (1990) | "
King of New York's storyline is pretty one-note, but there's an energy and aura of fear lingering in every gritty composition." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Fresh 62/100
| Fresh 78%
| Red Eye (2005) | "
Works extremely well as a fast-paced adrenaline rush, but not so well as an allegory on today's government and security issues." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Fresh 85/100
| Fresh 89%
| Bad Education (2004) | "
A dazzling autobiographical blend of Almodovar's career, childhood, and adoration & admiration for the cinema." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Fresh 80/100
| Fresh 94%
| Nosferatu: The Vampyre (1979) | "
Replaces unnerving gore with an eerie, erotic beauty." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Rotten 42/100
| Fresh 70%
| Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner (2006) | "
Beyond it's educational value for those unfamiliar with Kushner's work, politics, and sexuality (like myself), there's not much to grab onto here." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 19, 2009 |
Fresh 59/100
| Fresh 93%
| An Inconvenient Truth (2006) | "
An adequate enough way to get the point across, but I can't help but wonder what the raves for this film are really about." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 19, 2009 |
Fresh 65/100
| Fresh 91%
| Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) | "
Frequently uproarious and occasionally side-splitting%u2026but it's very hit-or-miss, prone to stretches of unnecessary crudeness and flat one-liners." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 19, 2009 |
Rotten 34/100
| Rotten 50%
| For Your Consideration (2006) | "
Aside from an occasional chuckle, For Your Consideration is banal and, worst of all, frequently annoying." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 19, 2009 |
Fresh 63/100
| Fresh 75%
| The Prestige (2006) | "
Until an inexplicably awful revelation at the end, The Prestige is a taut, exciting portrait of obsession and the dark competitive spirit of professional magicians." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 19, 2009 |
Rotten 42/100
| Fresh 76%
| Catch a Fire (2006) | "
Movies like Catch a Fire are perhaps the most banal sort to write about." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 19, 2009 |
Fresh 60/100
| Fresh 86%
| Thank You For Smoking (2006) | "
Thank You For Smoking gets much of its juice from a superb Aaron Eckhart as Nick Naylor." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 19, 2009 |
Rotten 48/100
| Fresh 90%
| Little Miss Sunshine (2006) | "
Harmless enough as passable road movies go, but I can't help but wish directors of films like these would grow some damn balls." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 19, 2009 |
Fresh 59/100
| Fresh 92%
| The Departed (2006) | "
The film is superbly shot, and the rapid-fire editing and shaky camera fit the constant flux that the main characters find themselves in time and again." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 19, 2009 |
Rotten 28/100
| Rotten 48%
| We Are Wizards (2008) | "
Only for the most drooling of fanboys." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Rotten 19/100
| Fresh 85%
| 2 Days In Paris (2007) | "
2 Days in Paris is a mix of awful Woody Allen and mental masturbation." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Rotten 37/100
| Fresh 79%
| Sharkwater (2007) | "
It's hard not to admire a man with such admiration for the obscure, but Grizzly Man did it much better." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Fresh 79/100
| Fresh 84%
| Old Joy (2006) | "
With exquisite tenderness and delicacy, Old Joy fluidly captures the all-too-frequent occurrence of friends drifting apart as their lives branch off in different directions." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Fresh 69/100
| Fresh 83%
| Sisters (1973) | "
A spooky and thematically rich thriller, one that explores the psyche (with an evils-of-racism subtext) without drifting into heavy-handedness." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 8, 2009 |
Fresh 61/00
| Fresh 100%
| Fat City (1972) | "
Fat City is most notable for terrific performances all around, especially those of Stacy Keach, Susan Tyrell, and a baby-faced Jeff Bridges." — Film and Felt Posted Aug 30, 2009 |
Rotten 23/100
| Rotten 50%
| Antichrist (2009) | "
The brutality is sickening, and unlike, say, the broken glass sequence in Bergman's Cries and Whispers--where the entire film built up to one brief, painful moment--it serves no overarching purpose, quickly becoming an exercise in haughty" — Film and Felt Posted Aug 30, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 100%
| Afghan Stories (2002) | "
Afghan Stories is a rewarding and almost essential look at the other side of terrorism: it's not just the United States that feels the pain." — Film and Felt Posted Aug 22, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| N/A | Miracle in Milan (1951) | "
The contrast of sneering wealth versus timid poverty is quietly sarcastic." — Film and Felt Posted Aug 22, 2009 |
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