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10/10
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84%
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The Raid: Redemption (2012) |
"
The Raid: Redemption is crack cocaine for action junkies like myself. It delivers an intense euphoric high that just makes you want to immediately go out and experience it again."
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KPBS.org
Posted Mar 31, 2012
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10/10
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98%
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Marwencol (2010) |
"
Marwencol is a mesmerizing documentary, and like Mark Hogancamp it continually surprises you. It may also be one of the best films you'll see all year."
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KPBS.org
Posted Feb 10, 2011
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10/10
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94%
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Lat sau san taam (Hard-Boiled) (1992) |
"
The action scenes are breathtaking and the relationship among the characters has surprising depth and emotion. The film is a delirious summation of the Hong Kong New Wave. "
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KPBS.org
Posted Dec 19, 2010
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10/10
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92%
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Ponyo (2009) |
"
Hayao Miyazaki proves that he is not only a master animator but also a master storyteller. Ponyo is easily one of the best films -- animated or live action -- of the year."
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KPBS.org
Posted Aug 14, 2009
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5/5
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88%
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Brief Encounter (1945) |
"
Lovely, small-scale romance by David Lean."
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KPBS.org
Posted Mar 17, 2009
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5/5
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81%
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Kaidan (Kwaidan) (Ghost Stories) (1964) |
"
A classic."
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KPBS.org
Posted Mar 17, 2009
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10/10
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96%
|
Waltz with Bashir (2008) |
"
Folman functions much like the therapist who carefully leads a patient through a minefield of difficult memories and emotions, bringing together pieces bit by bit until we're ready to confront and accept the truth."
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KPBS.org
Posted Jan 9, 2009
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10/10
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Spaced: The Complete Series (2008) |
"
If you only buy one DVD this year make it Spaced. Seriously, it's funny. Very funny. This show will not only make you laugh, it will get better with each viewing as you pick up on more and more of the pop culture references."
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KPBS.org
Posted Jul 22, 2008
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10/10
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97%
|
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cattivo.) (1966) |
"
Leone also endows the film with a clever visual style. His sense of scale is especially inspired."
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KPBS.org
Posted Jun 8, 2008
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10/10
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88%
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Reprise (2006) |
"
Joachim Trier's brash cinematic sampling draws on diverse sources yet it spins something defiantly fresh and original."
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KPBS.org
Posted Jun 8, 2008
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10/10
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94%
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Pulp Fiction (1994) |
"
But what makes the film such wicked fun is the way Tarantino delivers the familiar with a twist. He continually prepares us for one thing and then delivers another."
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KPBS.org
Posted May 19, 2008
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10/10
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98%
|
Brazil (1985) |
"
Brazil serves up one of the most breathtakingly imaginative worlds ever to be put on screen."
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KPBS.org
Posted Apr 18, 2008
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5/5
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92%
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Duck Soup (1933) |
"
Comic anarchy at its very best. This one just keeps getting better."
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KPBS.org
Posted Apr 18, 2008
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5/5
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100%
|
Simón del desierto (Simon of the Desert) (1965) |
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KPBS.org
Posted Apr 18, 2008
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5/5
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64%
|
On connaît la chanson, (Same Old Song ) (1999) |
"
Sublime work from an old but still innovative French New Waver."
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KPBS.org
Posted Apr 18, 2008
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10/10
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96%
|
Persepolis (2007) |
"
The characters are so rich and so human that they transcend the simple animation.The vocal performances also help give the film universal appeal."
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KPBS.org
Posted Jan 29, 2008
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5/5
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100%
|
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari. (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) (1920) |
"
A classic. Visually stunning and more experimental than anything coming out today."
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KPBS.org
Posted Jan 17, 2008
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|
5/5
|
89%
|
Planet of the Apes (1968) |
"
A sci-fi classic that still holds up today and far surpasses Tim Burton's remake."
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KPBS.org
Posted Jan 17, 2008
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10/10
|
92%
|
Blade Runner (1982) |
"
Blade Runner has only gotten better with time. Do yourself a favor and pass over anything new in theaters and go for this old classic, it still has the power to dazzle and amaze."
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KPBS.org
Posted Dec 4, 2007
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10/10
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94%
|
No Country for Old Men (2007) |
"
Let me just say up front what a pleasure it is to watch a well-crafted film in which not a word or a gesture is wasted."
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KPBS.org
Posted Nov 17, 2007
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10/10
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95%
|
Richard III (1995) |
"
As played by McKellen, Richard is a consummate actor who knows what role to assume, what props to use, and what words and actions to employ to turn a "scene" to his best advantage."
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KPBS.org
Posted Oct 6, 2007
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10/10
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97%
|
Kumonosu Jô (Throne of Blood) (Macbeth) (1957) |
"
In fact, in the scene where Lady Asaji leaves a room and disappears into the darkness to get sake to make the guards drunk, the ominous rustling of her silk gown is as chilling as Lady Macbeth's lines."
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KPBS.org
Posted Oct 6, 2007
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10/10
|
97%
|
Killer of Sheep: The Charles Burnett Collection (2007) |
"
It's truly rare to find something this original, honest and insightful."
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KPBS.org
Posted Jul 2, 2007
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10/10
|
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Cromartie High School - Vol. 1: Cromartian Rhapsody (2005) |
"
A gorilla, a guy that looks like Freddie Mercury and a classmate in need of an oil change. A surreal high school comedy fueled by inspired anarchy and sublime stupidity."
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KPBS.org
Posted Oct 28, 2006
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10/10
|
——
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Samurai Champloo - Vol. 1 (2005) |
"
The opening episode is one of the best pieces of anime you'll ever see."
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KPBS.org
Posted Oct 28, 2006
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10/10
|
86%
|
Zui hao de shi guang (Three Times) (2005) |
"
Hou Hsiao Hsien is quite simply one of the world's premier filmmakers yet his films are lucky to play a few festival dates here in the U.S."
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KPBS.org
Posted Oct 28, 2006
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10/10
|
100%
|
A Bittersweet Life (Dalkomhan insaeng) () |
"
The story revolves around Sun-woo (Lee Byung-hun), a sleek and elegant mobster whose cat-like grace recalls Alain Delon in Le Samourai."
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KPBS.org
Posted Oct 28, 2006
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|
5/5
|
87%
|
Suzhou River (2000) |
"
Its visual style is gritty... and yet there is also a sense of the fantastical and of an achingly lush romanticism."
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KPBS.org
Posted Mar 30, 2003
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|
5/5
|
95%
|
Popiól i diament (Ashes and Diamonds) (1958) |
"
Cybulski, called the Polish James Dean, gives a broodingly intense performance."
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KPBS.org
Posted Mar 30, 2003
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|
5/5
|
100%
|
Atlantic City (1980) |
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KPBS.org
Posted Mar 30, 2003
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
On the Waterfront (1954) |
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KPBS.org
Posted Mar 30, 2003
|
|
5/5
|
78%
|
Twin Falls Idaho (1999) |
"
Beautiful, hypnotic film about Siamese twin brothers."
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KPBS.org
Posted Mar 30, 2003
|
|
10/10
|
88%
|
Full Contact (1992) |
"
With Full Contact, Lam takes the action genre and proceeds to not merely transcend it but explode it."
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KPBS.org
Posted Mar 30, 2003
|
|
10/10
|
97%
|
La Grande illusion (Grand Illusion) (2012) |
"
La Grande Illusion, even after more than a half a century, is still a phenomenal work of art-- elegant, eloquent and powerfully moving.'"
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KPBS.org
Posted Mar 30, 2003
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|
5/5
|
100%
|
X-Files - The Complete First Season () |
"
The first and by far the best season of the groundbreaking X-Files TV series."
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KPBS.org
Posted Mar 30, 2003
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|
10/10
|
85%
|
Spider (2002) |
"
Cronenberg reveals an intellect constantly at work. You feel that you are in the hands of a master at the peak of his craft."
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KPBS.org
Posted Mar 30, 2003
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|
5/5
|
100%
|
The Lady Eve (1941) |
"
Screwball comedy at its finest and one of Preston Sturges' best. This deliciously funny battle of the sexes has Barbara Stanwyck as a smart, sexy con artist who wraps a bewildered Henry Fonda around her little finger. There's also a great supporting cast."
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KPBS.org
Posted Mar 14, 2003
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|
5/5
|
95%
|
Time Bandits (1981) |
"
From the moment a white horse leaps out of a boy's closet and into his bedroom, this Terry Gilliam fantasy has you hooked. Breathtakingly original and with a surprisingly touching cameo by Sean Connery."
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KPBS.org
Posted Mar 13, 2003
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|
5/5
|
89%
|
Boys Town (1938) |
"
A classic with Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney squaring off magnificently."
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KPBS.org
Posted Mar 13, 2003
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|
5/5
|
73%
|
A Place in the Sun (1951) |
—
KPBS.org
Posted Mar 13, 2003
|
|
5/5
|
98%
|
Vertigo (1958) |
—
KPBS.org
Posted Mar 13, 2003
|
|
9/10
|
65%
|
Antiviral (2013) |
"
Originality is a rare commodity in art, so when something fresh and unexpected comes my way, it's cause for celebration. Brandon Cronenberg's Antiviral is cause for celebration. "
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KPBS.org
Posted Apr 20, 2013
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|
9/10
|
92%
|
Skyfall (2012) |
"
So Skyfall may not be the film you are expecting from the franchise but it's a film that will prove more satisfying with each viewing."
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KPBS.org
Posted Nov 9, 2012
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|
9/10
|
90%
|
Attack the Block (2011) |
"
So if you only go see one movie this weekend, please make it Attack the Block. See it twice in fact. Let's encourage good filmmaking."
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KPBS.org
Posted Sep 3, 2011
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9/10
|
76%
|
Kick-Ass (2010) |
"
A kick-ass action flick that feels more like 3D than most of the recent films actually employing the technology yet it also manages to comment on the violent action it creates and celebrates."
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KPBS.org
Posted Apr 17, 2010
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|
9/10
|
41%
|
44 Inch Chest (2010) |
"
Every now and then there are perfect moments in cinema. The opening of 44 Inch Chest is one of them."
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KPBS.org
Posted Feb 9, 2010
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|
9/10
|
44%
|
Very Bad Things (1998) |
"
Very Bad Things is a deliciously nasty morality tale that simply warns viewers that what goes around comes around."
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KPBS.org
Posted Jun 29, 2008
|
|
9/10
|
89%
|
The Visitor (2008) |
"
The Visitor presents a rich, complex world where people connect in unexpected ways. It is a fitting follow up to the themes McCarthy covered in The Station Agent."
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KPBS.org
Posted Jun 8, 2008
|
|
9/10
|
93%
|
Iron Man (2008) |
"
This may not be what the Academy has in mind when it's considering the Oscar worthy performances but Downey finds the reality of being a superhero and makes us buy into that. Final verdict: Iron Man is cool and Downey is hot."
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KPBS.org
Posted Jun 8, 2008
|
|
9/10
|
62%
|
Diary of the Dead (2007) |
"
In just the opening minutes, Romero reveals more filmmaking smarts than most horror films display in two hours."
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KPBS.org
Posted Feb 17, 2008
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