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A
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94%
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No Country for Old Men (2007) |
"
Like The Crying Game, Pulp Fiction and other films that shift paradigms in mid-stream, there's more happening than meets the eye....Stark and spare, it's often a gasp-inducing, armrest-clutching experience."
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Modern Fabulousity
Posted Oct 25, 2007
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A
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78%
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Dreamgirls (2006) |
"
A triumph of execution, of a marvelous narrative and iconic characters, of a dazzling score and a winning production design."
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Modern Fabulousity
Posted Dec 7, 2006
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A
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91%
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United 93 (2006) |
"
It has more to say about our collective failure, our rage, our sadness, our faith, our courage, our mistakes, and our regret than a million reviews (including this one)."
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Modern Fabulousity
Posted May 1, 2006
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A+
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87%
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Brokeback Mountain (2005) |
"
The Marlboro Man has reawakened as an archetype fully realized, brimming with ambivalence and complexity."
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Mixed Reviews
Posted Nov 28, 2005
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A
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46%
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Rent (2005) |
"
Heart is the core and foundation of Rent, and it is what powers the film past its flaws into a truly transformative experience."
—
Modern Fabulousity
Posted Nov 13, 2005
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A+
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50%
|
The Dying Gaul (2005) |
"
Rarely has a film exposed the tender, brutal line between love and cruelty so magnificently."
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Mixed Reviews
Posted Oct 30, 2005
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A
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84%
|
Mysterious Skin (2005) |
"
A raw and unadorned look at child abuse and its idiosyncratic repercussions."
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Mixed Reviews
Posted Oct 30, 2005
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A
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55%
|
Lords of Dogtown (2005) |
"
Reaches beyond the cinematic frame as far as it can to catch big air, giving its audience a you-are-there viscerality."
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Mixed Reviews
Posted Jun 4, 2005
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A
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44%
|
Nabbeun namja (Bad Guy) (2001) |
"
Desire, violence, revenge, and obsession play out against a map of sex and love."
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Mixed Reviews
Posted Feb 14, 2005
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A
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59%
|
Enduring Love (2004) |
"
Love is a delicate thing, and identity even more so. Enduring Love breathtakingly tears both asunder to find them anew...it is, in a word, exquisite."
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Mixed Reviews
Posted Dec 5, 2004
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A
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88%
|
Bad Education (La Mala educación) (2004) |
"
Even when he's paying homage to other great filmmakers, it still remains an indisputably Almodovar experience."
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Mixed Reviews
Posted Oct 27, 2004
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A+
|
88%
|
House of Flying Daggers (2004) |
"
Yimou's explosive imagination threatens to burst the seams of the movie screen...sublime, luscious filmmaking."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Oct 11, 2004
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A
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48%
|
A Home at the End of the World (2004) |
"
The finest cinematic study of relationships to come along in quite some time."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Jul 13, 2004
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|
A+
|
76%
|
Brother to Brother (2004) |
"
May just be the most sophisticated and compelling movie about the lives of black gay men ever made."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Apr 27, 2004
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A+
|
95%
|
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003) |
"
Arrives with the gale force winds that signal a major new international talent in Kim Ki-Duk."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Apr 10, 2004
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A+
|
93%
|
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004) |
"
Both embraces and transcends the quirkiness of Kaufman's previous efforts, forming a moving, inspired mediation on the funny-sad nature of love. "
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Mar 11, 2004
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A
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94%
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) |
"
A dreamy marriage of myth and special effects, of great literature and popcorn entertainment."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Dec 17, 2003
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A
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76%
|
Moulin Rouge! (2001) |
"
If one is able to give oneself over to the heady mix of improbable fantasy that Luhrman paints with his broad brush, MOULIN ROUGE can be something akin to ecstasy."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Oct 30, 2003
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A
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64%
|
Die Mommie Die! (2003) |
"
Part tribute, yes, and part genderf**k too, but DIE MOMMIE DIE! is first a surprisingly smart, encyclopedic reimagining of the conventions, themes (and yes, clichés) of cinema's most golden age."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Oct 28, 2003
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A
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81%
|
The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) (2003) |
"
One feels awestruck by Arcand's accomplishment: starkly aware of life's beauty, its fragility, and the undeniable truth that friends, lovers, and family are what makes us who we are."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Oct 19, 2003
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5/5
|
92%
|
Auntie Mame (1958) |
"
Possibly the greatest comedy of all time, with a performance by Rosalind Russell that can only be described as 'bravura'."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Oct 3, 2003
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|
A
|
92%
|
School of Rock (2003) |
"
A family film that quietly despises family, a wholesome values picture that comically worships at the altar of rock'n'roll anti-establishment."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Oct 3, 2003
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A
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95%
|
Lost In Translation (2003) |
"
Never rushed, never pushed, Coppola's steady hand is felt in almost every frame, gently coaxing her subjects and story to a deeper, invigorating resolution."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Sep 21, 2003
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A
|
87%
|
X2: X-Men United (2003) |
"
Bryan Singer is a director who realizes that comic books are more than just pulp."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Jul 11, 2003
|
|
A+
|
91%
|
Y Tu Mamá También (2001) |
"
Would that we all could 'breathe life' the way this film does."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Dec 31, 2002
|
|
A+
|
87%
|
Chicago (2002) |
"
Dazzling and sugar-sweet, a blast of shallow magnificence that only sex, scandal, and a chorus line of dangerous damsels can deliver."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Dec 31, 2002
|
|
A
|
92%
|
Talk to Her (2002) |
"
As intense as it is meditative, as disturbing as it is passionate."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Dec 23, 2002
|
|
A+
|
96%
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) |
"
The most exciting vision captured on cinema, two years running."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Dec 23, 2002
|
|
5/5
|
90%
|
Now, Voyager (1942) |
"
The melodrama to end all melodramas."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Nov 28, 2002
|
|
A+
|
89%
|
Far From Heaven (2003) |
"
A minor miracle - exquisitely executed in almost every artistic and technical detail."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Nov 28, 2002
|
|
A+
|
96%
|
Bowling for Columbine (2002) |
"
The film's strength isn't in its details, but in the larger picture it paints - of a culture in conflict with itself, with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest, media-soaked fears."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Nov 28, 2002
|
|
A
|
66%
|
Solaris (2002) |
"
For those who remember those breathtaking visions of Sci-Fi movies -- that first sunlit crest of 2001,'s monolith, the musical 'hellos' of Close Encounters, or the first time E.T.'s finger glowed -- there's a magic waiting to be discovered."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Nov 28, 2002
|
|
A
|
75%
|
Quills (2000) |
"
It is much, much more than a political tract -- indeed, it is a mesmerizingly told tale."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Jan 26, 2002
|
|
A
|
97%
|
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2001) |
"
Our new century isn't very old yet, but the remaining 98 years will be hard pressed to find a more rapturous movie than Ang Lee's sumptuous new triumph."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Jan 26, 2002
|
|
A
|
73%
|
Before Night Falls (2001) |
"
Un cri de coeur...Julian Schnabel's latest work can only be described as one of those soul-stirring cries."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Jan 26, 2002
|
|
A
|
76%
|
Black Hawk Down (2001) |
"
Dramatically taught, crisply shot and vibrantly visualized, this film deserves a place in the war film pantheon."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Jan 26, 2002
|
|
A
|
98%
|
All About My Mother (1999) |
"
Both an expansion of Almodovar's famous candy-colored vision and a maturation of his ingenious directorial style."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
10/10
|
88%
|
Boys Don't Cry (1999) |
"
Hilary Swank is the find of the year!"
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
A
|
71%
|
Bringing Out the Dead (1999) |
"
A scalding-hot reminder of Scorsese's talent, and his adoration of Manhattan's otherworldly cosmicity."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
A-
|
94%
|
Ne le Dis à Personne (Tell No One) (2006) |
"
Easily one of the best films of the year."
—
Modern Fabulousity
Posted Nov 17, 2008
|
|
A-
|
89%
|
The Savages (2007) |
"
Eloquently makes the case that Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney are the most dextrous actors of their generation."
—
Modern Fabulousity
Posted Dec 2, 2007
|
|
A-
|
97%
|
Once (2007) |
"
Astonishing...it cleaves through the conventions of the musical form, leaving the raw emotion but junking the showy glitz."
—
Modern Fabulousity
Posted Jun 21, 2007
|
|
A-
|
71%
|
Boy Culture (2007) |
"
Brocka leaps into the small circle of leading queer filmmakers of our time, sculpting an unpredictable romance that is complex, sophisticated and thoughtful."
—
Modern Fabulousity
Posted Apr 12, 2007
|
|
A-
|
87%
|
The Lookout (2007) |
"
This unlikely heist movie is really another showcase for rising star Joseph Gordon-Levitt."
—
Modern Fabulousity
Posted Apr 8, 2007
|
|
A-
|
87%
|
The Last King of Scotland (2006) |
"
Whitaker and McAvoy inhabit their roles so fully that the film around them transforms into a major document of 1970's cultural myopia."
—
Modern Fabulousity
Posted Oct 23, 2006
|
|
A-
|
80%
|
Last Dance (2002) |
"
Stripped of pretentions, Last Dance offers up a wholly human, tantalizingly imperfect struggle to create beauty and resonance."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Nov 9, 2004
|
|
A-
|
84%
|
The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de Motocicleta) (2004) |
"
Eloquently and remarkably captures the budding ethical, emotional, and political sensibilities of a legendary man of history."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Sep 5, 2004
|
|
A-
|
95%
|
Mou gaan dou (Infernal Affairs) (2002) |
"
Recalls classics like Serpico and The French Connection, but features a contemporary sophistication and of-the-moment vivacity that sets it apart."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Sep 3, 2004
|
|
A-
|
72%
|
Open Water (2004) |
"
The filmmakers' remarkable storytelling is not lost amidst the terrors of the deep; what emerges is a glimpse into the psychological struggle when faced with unwinnable odds."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Aug 4, 2004
|
|
A-
|
95%
|
Before Sunset (2004) |
"
Before Sunset has an immediacy that makes other movies feel comatose."
—
Mixed Reviews
Posted Jul 3, 2004
|
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