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84%
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Casino Jack And The United States Of Money (2010) |
"
Casino Jack and the United States of Money is indispensable viewing."
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Village Voice
Posted May 4, 2010
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Punctured Hope: A Story About Trokosi and the Young Girls' Slavery in Today's West Africa (2009) |
"
Despite near-fatal drawbacks, Punctured Hope fulfills the stated ambitions of Pischiutta and producer Daria Trifu to teach and inspire discussion."
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L.A. Weekly
Posted Dec 17, 2009
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Under the Eightball (2009) |
"
Angry passion and visual energy define this extraordinary muckraking documentary."
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Village Voice
Posted Dec 16, 2009
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From Mexico with Love (2009) |
"
Whatever its surface predictabilities, From Mexico With Love has the virtue of coaxing you to care about its people."
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L.A. Weekly
Posted Oct 22, 2009
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34%
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Adam Resurrected (2008) |
"
One cannot recommend this film strongly enough."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Dec 18, 2008
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72%
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Eden (2008) |
"
This portrait of an imploding marriage is remarkable for every reason that counts in a good film."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Nov 20, 2008
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76%
|
Captain Abu Raed (2007) |
"
Such a subtle yet global view of human struggle -- the whole world viewed through the prism of a single poor neighborhood -- is a mark of extraordinary promise from this remarkable new filmmaker."
—
Village Voice
Posted Nov 6, 2008
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69%
|
Last Stop for Paul (2006) |
"
Mandt directs and acts with great zest and contagious, unpretentious good cheer."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Mar 6, 2008
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39%
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Full Grown Men (2008) |
"
Lyrical and funny, Full Grown Men is a tough-minded film about the need to grow up."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Nov 7, 2007
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36%
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Park (2006) |
"
[Makes] the most of thrifty means to highly entertaining effect."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Nov 1, 2007
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33%
|
Berkeley (2007) |
"
Roth's gift for unlocking the best in each of his actors does bring those long-ago times to life."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Oct 11, 2007
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50%
|
G.I. Jesús (2007) |
"
... Colpaert has so vividly seized the contemporary moment, and explored it with his own eyes and conscience."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Jan 25, 2007
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95%
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Commune (2006) |
"
It's good to hear people talking about openheartedness without irony."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Nov 9, 2006
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73%
|
The Great New Wonderful (2006) |
"
Writer Sam Catlin and director Danny Leiner have fashioned an alert, shrewdly observed portrait of a moment in time."
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L.A. Weekly
Posted Jul 20, 2006
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Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs & Blockbusters (2006) |
"
A feel-good movie about failure."
—
Variety
Posted May 19, 2006
|
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51%
|
Down in the Valley (2005) |
"
Jacobson has an excitingly clear-eyed, unsentimental feel for the intensity of adolescent passion."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted May 11, 2006
|
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87%
|
The Proposition (2005) |
"
The Proposition is a very hard and harsh movie, but it also has a hypnotic, lyrical velocity."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted May 4, 2006
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31%
|
The Promise (Master of Crimson Armor) (Wu ji) (2005) |
"
The story it tells, measured strictly in terms of emotional power and overall fun, is as moving and pleasurable as any matinee item by Ford, Hawks or Raoul Walsh."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Jan 3, 2006
|
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90%
|
New York Doll (2005) |
"
Whitely, to his great credit, unfolds this tale simply, just as it was lived."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Oct 27, 2005
|
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71%
|
Voces inocentes, (Innocent Voices) (2005) |
"
A howl of grief and outrage that all middle paths were torched in this tragic war."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Oct 13, 2005
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88%
|
Touch The Sound (2004) |
"
We're led to experience her life as she does -- as an adventure in which setbacks are not challenges, but illuminations of untracked paths."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Sep 8, 2005
|
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72%
|
Crónicas (2005) |
"
Leguizamo's strengths and limitations fit snug with the reporter's own -- the comedic sizzle the actor brings to his best work translates smoothly into hardhearted aggression."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Jul 7, 2005
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The Unwanted Woman (2005) |
"
The film does disintegrate into big speeches as it rounds to its climax - but through these characters, Milani hauntingly maps the souls of men and women at odds in a theocracy."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Jun 24, 2005
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21%
|
The Deal (2005) |
"
A riveting thriller full of good scares and learned, muckraking insight into the global labyrinth of oil and politics."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Jun 16, 2005
|
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64%
|
We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004) |
"
Originally written in the 1970s. That figures, in the best sense: It is worthy of comparison to the lifelike, character-rich films we cherish from that era, and is certainly one of the finest films to come out this year."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Aug 12, 2004
|
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60%
|
The Dreamers (2004) |
"
A wise, high-energy conjuring of 1968."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Feb 5, 2004
|
|
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91%
|
Dinner Rush (2001) |
"
Fiery energy, swift, character-driven chitchat and a tough, upbeat sense of how the world works."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Jan 20, 2003
|
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82%
|
Innocence (2001) |
"
Cox's own directorial style is innocent, in the sense of being original without ever straining for effect."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Dec 9, 2002
|
|
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85%
|
Faithless (2001) |
"
Bergman has reached for a woman's insight his whole career. Ullmann completes this for him."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Oct 21, 2002
|
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96%
|
Amadeus (1984) |
"
This dark, exuberant epic is nearly 18 years old, yet remains the most popularly successful film ever to render the inner life of an artist."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Oct 3, 2002
|
|
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87%
|
Aberdeen (2001) |
"
Moland ... has a fine eye for landscapes, but an even surer touch with actors."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Oct 1, 2002
|
|
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89%
|
101 Reykjavík (2001) |
"
Kormakur ... balances tones with a smooth, mature confidence."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Sep 30, 2002
|
|
|
50%
|
Scarlet Diva (2000) |
"
This is such a dazzlingly self-assured directorial debut that it's hard to know what to praise first."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Sep 19, 2002
|
|
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95%
|
Lagaan - Once Upon a Time in India (2001) |
"
It works its magic with such exuberance and passion that the film's length becomes a part of its fun."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Jul 19, 2002
|
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44%
|
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) |
"
Khouri manages, with terrific flair, to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Jun 10, 2002
|
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31%
|
Murder by Numbers (2002) |
"
We're less in suspense over how (or if) the killers will be caught than we are over the question of just who this tough, hedonistic detective is."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Jun 1, 2002
|
|
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45%
|
Peter Pan in Return to Never Land (2002) |
"
Less a formulaic continuation than a witty set of themes and variations that fit the earlier picture like a glowing outer ring."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Feb 16, 2002
|
|
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97%
|
Unforgiven (1992) |
"
...for once, a much-praised movie is actually as great as everybody says it is."
—
Movieline
Posted Jan 24, 2002
|
|
|
97%
|
Unforgiven (1992) |
"
Eastwood has cast his lot with one of the finest screenplays to have come along in many years, and the result stands him, unembarrassed, in the company of greatness."
—
Movieline
Posted Nov 12, 2001
|
|
|
87%
|
Vincent and Theo (1990) |
"
Robert Altman's finest film since McCabe & Mrs. Miller."
—
Movieline
Posted Nov 12, 2001
|
|
|
97%
|
The Killing (1956) |
"
The Killing is a dazzling show of innovative storytelling."
—
Movieline
Posted Nov 12, 2001
|
|
|
100%
|
Henry V (1989) |
"
This is the beauty of Branagh's vision of Henry V --the very thing that saves it from becoming an elaborate ego trip."
—
Movieline
Posted Nov 12, 2001
|
|
|
79%
|
Batman Returns (1992) |
"
Yields more madness and poetry than the original could ever touch."
—
Movieline
Posted Nov 12, 2001
|
|
|
96%
|
Spartacus (1960) |
"
Though this is hardly a Kubrick film, since Kubrick wasn't involved in the preproduction, Douglas's wisdom in calling on Kubrick to bail him out on this ambitious production is evident throughout."
—
Movieline
Posted Nov 12, 2001
|
|
|
97%
|
GoodFellas (1990) |
"
The opening sequence of Goodfellas is a feat of bravura moviemaking."
—
Movieline
Posted Nov 12, 2001
|
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70%
|
The Annihilation of Fish (2000) |
"
[Burnett] creates a dreamily solid world where in Jones' heroic sweetness can flourish, and Redgrave and Kidder can disappear into their roles with a dazzling, playful intensity."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Nov 2, 2001
|
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9%
|
The Skulls (2000) |
"
Director Rob Cohen has crafted a bouncing escape yarn stocked with sharp twists and twisted characters."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
19%
|
The Next Best Thing (2000) |
"
The two leads have a wonderful chemistry together."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
31%
|
28 Days (2000) |
"
With Sandra Bullock in the lead, writer Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich) spinning the tale, and director Betty Thomas calling the shots, it's a reliably solid treat."
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
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57%
|
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) |
"
A vigorous, romping, hugely entertaining movie!"
—
Mr. Showbiz
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
66%
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96%
