|
1.5/5
|
——
|
6 Month Rule (2012) |
"
An ostensible romantic comedy that's really just a grating portrait of an irredeemable jerk."
—
New York Times
Posted May 31, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
90%
|
Chely Wright: Wish Me Away (2012) |
"
By the end you may not be a fan of her music, but it's hard not to root for her rebirth."
—
New York Times
Posted May 31, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
89%
|
Pink Ribbons, Inc. (2012) |
"
For all the stellar intentions; revelatory evidence; and thoughtful, wall-to-wall interviewees, this frustratingly overstuffed documentary indulges more in spraying buckshot than stalking a target."
—
New York Times
Posted May 31, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
——
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Redlegs (2012) |
"
A riveting portrait of young men in shock and in mourning as the tragedy stirs feelings that have long lain dormant."
—
New York Times
Posted May 24, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
58%
|
Beyond The Black Rainbow (2012) |
"
Close-ups of a needle penetrating gnarled toes and a mutant slathered in what I choose to believe is bittersweet chocolate make as much sense as the scary drawings of angry vulvas hiding in a drawer."
—
New York Times
Posted May 18, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
44%
|
Lovely Molly (2012) |
"
Generating suspense without blowing the special-effects budget, Mr. Sanchez paints an intimate portrait of a tormented personality."
—
New York Times
Posted May 18, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
22%
|
The Samaritan (2012) |
"
[Jackson's] doleful revenant is in almost every scene, and this hardworking actor seems to know that the film around him should be a light-footed caper instead of a grim noir with a side order of deviance."
—
New York Times
Posted May 18, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
——
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Tales From Dell City, Texas () |
"
Though not much to look at, these brief glimpses of soul-and-soil connection - a sheepherder watching his lambs gambol, a young resident explaining how a favorite mountain nurtures prayer - unfold with heartfelt simplicity."
—
New York Times
Posted May 18, 2012
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|
|
56%
|
Hysteria (2012) |
"
Hysteria, a disappointingly limp ode to the invention of the vibrator, plays like a Merchant Ivory Production of Portnoy's Complaint."
—
NPR
Posted May 17, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
94%
|
Sleepless Night (2012) |
"
Charging from one beating to another, wrenching diminishing returns from drunken camera angles and cat-and-mouse games, Mr. Jardin makes Vincent's predicament as hollow as a sustained scream."
—
New York Times
Posted May 10, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
78%
|
You Are Here (2012) |
"
Moments of insight flare like fireflies and disappear, whether from underfinancing or overambition is unclear."
—
New York Times
Posted May 10, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
71%
|
The Road (2012) |
"
A powerfully atmospheric blend of ghostly encounters, horrific situations and missing-persons mysteries from the Philippine director Yam Laranas."
—
New York Times
Posted May 10, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
55%
|
Small, Beautifully Moving Parts (2012) |
"
Even at a lean 73 minutes, this flimsy road movie feels at least 43 minutes too long."
—
New York Times
Posted May 10, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
67%
|
Chronicling a Crisis (2012) |
"
We are left with a naked portrait of successful self-analysis, of a man reaching backward for the strength to move forward."
—
New York Times
Posted May 3, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
47%
|
Mother's Day (2012) |
"
Stuffed with secrets and characters who can't wait to betray one another, the film offers no one to root for except Mother, whose perverted family values at least remain consistent."
—
New York Times
Posted May 3, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
——
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You Hurt My Feelings (2012) |
"
Unfolding in New England over four vibrantly represented seasons, "Feelings" is a small-scale wonder."
—
New York Times
Posted May 3, 2012
|
|
|
90%
|
Bernie (2012) |
"
The wonder of Black's performance here is its empathy and balance: inasmuch as he can disappear into any role, he dissolves into this one with no hint of mocking remove. It's a beautiful thing to see."
—
NPR
Posted Apr 28, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
54%
|
Citizen Gangster (2012) |
"
A good-looking but passionless affair that remains stubbornly aloof from its audience."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 26, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
100%
|
Dolphin Boy (2012) |
"
More grounded in simple observation than in fanciful theories, this effortlessly engaging story of sudden tragedy and halting recovery wisely focuses on the facts and leaves the wonder to the audience."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 26, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
70%
|
The Giant Mechanical Man (2012) |
"
Replete with eye-roll-inducing contrivances and heavy-handed symbolism - both lovers share dreams of their teeth falling out - this arrested-development comedy panders to the work-averse by taking easy aim at ambitious careerists."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 26, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
74%
|
Chimpanzee (2012) |
"
To experience "Chimpanzee," the latest piece of gorgeously shot pablum from Disneynature, is to endure an orgy of cuteness pasted over some of the most asinine narration ever to ruin a wildlife movie."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 19, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
67%
|
Downtown Express (2012) |
"
Mr. Grubin may fumble two romances and several pivotal scenes, but the energy of the streets remains safe in his hands."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 19, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
15%
|
The Moth Diaries (2012) |
"
Roiling with jealousy, suicide and latent lesbian urges, "The Moth Diaries" dances on the border between hallucination and reality without fully committing to either."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 19, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
60%
|
Unraveled (2012) |
"
Like the Upper East Side penthouse in which it unfolds, the documentary "Unraveled" is cool and elegant, echoing with spaces for our imaginations to fill."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 12, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
0%
|
Deadline (2012) |
"
Too lifeless for Lifetime and too inept to do justice to its source material..."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 12, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
40%
|
Last Will and Embezzlement (2012) |
"
The film has a bare-bones look that only intensifies its nearly painful sincerity."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 12, 2012
|
|
|
75%
|
Damsels in Distress (2012) |
"
Even were it not so delightful, Damsels in Distress, set at a fictional upper-crust college, would deserve a watch for its dialogue alone."
—
NPR
Posted Apr 6, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
57%
|
The Assault (2012) |
"
In place of emotional stakes, we get gleaming, stylized, occasionally slow-motion violence, filmed in such extreme close-ups and cramped spaces that it's impossible to differentiate gunman and victim."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 5, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
83%
|
Player Hating: A Love Story (2012) |
"
A sad chronicle of absent fathers and messed-up mothers, drugs as currency and violence as the period at the end of every argument."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 5, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Tatsumi () |
"
It's potent stuff, delving into pornography, incest, murder and mutilation in the company of alienated men and unhappy, sometimes cruel women."
—
New York Times
Posted Apr 4, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
17%
|
God Save My Shoes (2012) |
"
Watching "God Save My Shoes," Julie Benasra's blithely blinkered documentary, is like gorging on empty calories: flavorful, diverting and with a slightly nauseating aftertaste."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 30, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
Turn Me On, Dammit! (2012) |
"
[It] has a gentle oddness as unforced as its performances and as inoffensive as its dialogue."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 30, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
35%
|
Womb (2012) |
"
If the 20-odd seconds of blank screen squatting pointlessly amid the opening credits aren't enough warning that you're in for some seriously sluggish storytelling, then the adoption of a snail as one of the central motifs should drive the point home."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 30, 2012
|
|
|
79%
|
The Deep Blue Sea (2012) |
"
A shimmering exploration of romantic obsession and the tension between fitting in and flying free."
—
NPR
Posted Mar 23, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
29%
|
Musical Chairs (2012) |
"
By the time the mirror ball finally spins, we have long since lost interest."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 22, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
——
|
Come on Eileen (2012) |
"
There is something appealingly messy about "Come On Eileen," the first feature from Finola Geraghty and one of the few to face alcoholism from a female point of view..."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 22, 2012
|
|
1.5/5
|
22%
|
October Baby (2012) |
"
Like the bloodied placards brandished by demonstrators outside women's health clinics, the film communicates in the language of guilt and fear."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 22, 2012
|
|
|
96%
|
The Kid with a Bike (2012) |
"
Within its tight 87 minutes, not a lot happens, unless you count the saving of a life."
—
NPR
Posted Mar 16, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
——
|
Pray For Japan (2012) |
"
If making a decent movie required only good intentions, then "Pray for Japan" would be off and running."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 16, 2012
|
|
1.5/5
|
24%
|
Seeking Justice (2012) |
"
Donaldson ... seems to have lost all talent for pacing."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 16, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
——
|
Dissolution (2012) |
"
Here, dreams and reality rub shoulders, and redemption seems as distant as peace itself."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 8, 2012
|
|
1.5/5
|
11%
|
Apart (2012) |
"
Almost all of the film's remarkably static scenes reveal too little and confuse too much."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 8, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
64%
|
Friends With Kids (2012) |
"
In the crumbling passion of a once hot-to-trot couple (a perfect Kristen Wiig and Jon Hamm), [it] locates a jagged heart that no amount of zingers can surpass."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 8, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
64%
|
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2012) |
"
Frayed-looking performance film alternates with cuddly home movies and the director's theatrical interventions, but the couple's willingness to bare flesh only heightens the overall feeling of artifice."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 8, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
71%
|
Better Than Something: Jay Reatard (2012) |
"
[The directors] cede narrative structure to their interview subjects, which may fulfill some goal of objectivity but cheats the viewer of depth or a clear point of view."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 1, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
81%
|
Let the Bullets Fly (2012) |
"
At least 30 minutes and several scams too long, the plot passes from amusing to confounding long before the final double-cross."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 1, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
83%
|
Last Days Here (2012) |
"
Unexpectedly flouting its doomy title, "Last Days Here" invests the standard, washed-up rock-star tale with surprising sweetness."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 1, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
85%
|
The Snowtown Murders (2012) |
"
This distressing infiltration of a family of young boys by a charismatic psychopath rewards with a stylistic talent that feels entirely new."
—
New York Times
Posted Mar 1, 2012
|
|
1.5/5
|
11%
|
Gone (2012) |
"
Ms. Seyfried belongs to a stable of blank-faced, saucer-eyed beauties whose limited appeal may conquer the small screen but so far has failed to tame the large."
—
New York Times
Posted Feb 24, 2012
|
|
|
86%
|
The Forgiveness of Blood (2012) |
"
An immersive look at the power of archaic traditions to sabotage a transitioning culture."
—
NPR
Posted Feb 24, 2012
|
79%
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