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Bosley Crowther

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Publications:: New York Times

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
2/5	40%	A Royal Scandal (1945)	" A Royal Scandal, for all Miss Bankhead's presence, is an oddly dull and generally witless show." — New York Times Posted May 8, 2013
1.5/5	——	40 Pounds of Trouble (1963)	" The trouble with 40 Pounds of Trouble is that it is just too hackneyed and dull." — New York Times Posted May 6, 2013
4.5/5	80%	Breaking the Sound Barrier (The Sound Barrier) (1952)	" This must be said about this picture: it soars far above its clumsy tag and it comes pretty close to being the most exalting of contemporary films." — New York Times Posted May 1, 2013
2/5	86%	The Blue Gardenia (1953)	" The weakness in this case clearly lies in a script by Charles Hoffman, which is hackneyed and tedious from beginning to end." — New York Times Posted Feb 25, 2013
2/5	63%	American Guerrilla in the Philippines (I Shall Return) (1950)	" There certainly is no accounting for the mechanistic nature of the script, for the lapses in continuity or for the lameness of the professionals in the cast." — New York Times Posted Feb 25, 2013
—	——	John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums (1966)	— New York Times Posted Jan 22, 2013
—	——	Woman's World (1954)	— New York Times Posted Jan 22, 2013
	——	Lonelyhearts (Miss Lonelyheart) (1958)	" Consistently fine performances by an exceptionally well-balanced cast give further cause for regarding this endeavor with appreciation and respect." — New York Times Posted May 8, 2012
4/5	100%	Portrait of Jason (1967)	" Portrait of Jason is a curious and fascinating example of cinema verité, all the ramifications of which cannot be immediately known." — New York Times Posted Mar 27, 2012
3/5	100%	The Cool World (1964)	" As we've come to expect of Miss Clarke's pictures, it is boldly and studiously styled as a literal documentation of a particular social scene, and its attack is more that of the reporter than of the interested teller of a tale." — New York Times Posted Mar 27, 2012
2/5	92%	The Connection (2007)	" There is little about it to warrant the clamorous interest of the average moviegoer or to distinguish it as a significant piece of cinematic art." — New York Times Posted Mar 27, 2012
2.5/5	83%	All This, and Heaven Too (1940)	" Unfortunately, there are too many words and not enough music." — New York Times Posted Feb 3, 2012
4.5/5	67%	America, America (The Anatolian Smile) (1963)	" Elia Kazan's Greek uncle, who was the first of his family to emigrate to the United States, is paid a splendid tribute by his nephew in the new film, America, America." — New York Times Posted Feb 3, 2012
4/5	100%	Hold Back the Dawn (1941)	" You will enjoy it as a straight-away romance, crowded with most engaging characters and smoking with Mr. Boyer's charm." — New York Times Posted Feb 3, 2012
4.5/5	100%	One Foot in Heaven (1941)	" Out of Hartzell Spence's deeply affectionate biography of his ministerial father, William Spence, the Warners have derived a cheerful and warmly compassionate film, an excellent character study and an adult entertainment on the screen." — New York Times Posted Feb 3, 2012
2.5/5	71%	Kitty Foyle (1940)	" he sharpness and contemporary significance of Mr. Morley's commentary are missing. His Kitty was of real flesh and blood; this one is persuasive but fictitious." — New York Times Posted Jan 31, 2012
2.5/5	71%	Sons and Lovers (1960)	" Somehow, this plainly euphemistic attitude toward Lawrence's fierce and fine account runs through the whole handsome picture and hobbles its real potential punch." — New York Times Posted Jan 31, 2012
4.5/5	78%	Il Momento della Verita (The Moment of Truth) (1965)	" Never have I got such a message of the cruelty of the sport as is conveyed in this film, which owes much of its excitement to superb color photography." — New York Times Posted Jan 23, 2012
—	——	Ninety Degrees in the Shade (90 in the Shade) (31 Degrees in the Shade) (1965)	— New York Times Posted Nov 18, 2011
—	——	Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1953)	— New York Times Posted Nov 16, 2011
—	——	The Magic Box (1952)	— New York Times Posted Nov 16, 2011
—	——	Shinel (The Overcoat) ()	— New York Times Posted Apr 4, 2011
—	——	To Koritsi me ta mavra (A Girl in Black) (1957)	— New York Times Posted Apr 4, 2011
—	——	Faust and the Devil (La Leggenda di Faust) (1950)	— New York Times Posted Apr 4, 2011
3/5	54%	Secret Beyond the Door... (1949)	" Mr. Lang is still a director who knows how to turn the obvious, such as locked doors and silent chambers and roving spotlights, into strangely tingling stuff." — New York Times Posted Apr 4, 2011
—	——	Ruka (The Hand) ()	— New York Times Posted Apr 4, 2011
—	100%	The Magician (Ansiktet) (The Face) (1958)	— New York Times Posted Apr 4, 2011
—	——	Il Barbiere Di Siviglia (2003)	— New York Times Posted Apr 4, 2011
—	——	Black Tights (1-2-3-4 ou Les Collants noirs) (1962)	— New York Times Posted Apr 4, 2011
—	——	Chushingura (1963)	— New York Times Posted Apr 4, 2011
—	——	Secret of the Black Trunk ()	— New York Times Posted Apr 4, 2011
—	——	Shchedroye Leto (Bountiful Summer) (1950)	— New York Times Posted Apr 4, 2011
—	——	La Voglia matta (Crazy Desire) (The Crazy Urge) ()	— New York Times Posted Apr 4, 2011
2.5/5	88%	Quo Vadis (1951)	" It was made, we suspect, for those who like grandeur and noise -- and no punctuation. It will probably be a vast success." — New York Times Posted Mar 23, 2011
—	——	Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor) (1950)	— New York Times Posted Feb 7, 2011
—	——	Arise, My Love (1940)	— New York Times Posted Jan 31, 2011
2/5	——	Behind the Great Wall ()	" Check off the novel experience as precisely what we've labeled it -- a stunt. The artistic benefit of it is here demonstrated to be nil." — New York Times Posted Oct 26, 2010
2/5	——	Scent of Mystery ()	" As theatrical exhibitionism, it is gaudy, sprawling and full of sound. But as an attempt at a considerable motion picture it has to be classified as bunk." — New York Times Posted Oct 26, 2010
—	——	Françoise ou La Vie Conjugale (Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise) (1964)	— New York Times Posted Aug 23, 2010
—	——	Warning Shot (1967)	— New York Times Posted Aug 23, 2010
3/5	100%	Come Back, Africa ()	" What it lacks in dramatic structure, it makes up in pictorial urgency." — New York Times Posted Jun 9, 2009
—	——	Desert Sands (1955)	— New York Times Posted Oct 18, 2008
—	——	The Spiral Road (1962)	— New York Times Posted Oct 18, 2008
—	——	Kill a Dragon (1967)	— New York Times Posted Oct 18, 2008
—	——	Take the High Ground! ()	— New York Times Posted Oct 18, 2008
—	——	The Last Sunset (1961)	— New York Times Posted Oct 18, 2008
—	——	Walk Like a Dragon (1960)	— New York Times Posted Jul 16, 2008
—	——	Mask of the Avenger ()	— New York Times Posted Jul 16, 2008
—	——	C'era una volta... (Cinderella: Italian Style) (More Than a Miracle) (1967)	— New York Times Posted Jul 16, 2008

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