|
A
|
96%
|
Sleepless Night (2012) |
"
A midnight screening of Sleepless Night woke me up more effectively than any cup of coffee I've ever had in my life."
—
IFC.com
Posted Oct 3, 2011
|
|
A
|
93%
|
Take Shelter (2011) |
"
This movie played me like a fiddle. A quivering, covering-my-eyes-because-the-movie's-too-scary baby-shaped fiddle."
—
IFC.com
Posted Oct 3, 2011
|
|
A
|
100%
|
The Interrupters (2011) |
"
A massive and compelling tapestry of life on the streets of Chicago."
—
IFC.com
Posted Sep 5, 2011
|
|
A
|
79%
|
I Saw the Devil (2011) |
"
Jee-woon starts from a place we have seen before -- somewhere between Saw and Death Wish -- but the journey from there is uniquely his."
—
IFC.com
Posted Mar 3, 2011
|
|
9/10
|
90%
|
Holy Motors (2012) |
"
The best dream you'll ever have without actually falling asleep."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 23, 2012
|
|
9/10
|
86%
|
The Master (2012) |
"
Even in its most perplexing moments, it's always a delight to watch thanks to the astonishing performances and the gorgeous 70mm imagery."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 12, 2012
|
|
9/10
|
93%
|
Looper (2012) |
"
It feels like something new and different. Futuristic, even."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 6, 2012
|
|
9/10
|
92%
|
The Cabin in the Woods (2012) |
"
Keep your brain working while you watch this movie."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Apr 16, 2012
|
|
A-
|
99%
|
A Separation (2011) |
"
Riveting"
—
IFC.com
Posted Dec 29, 2011
|
|
A-
|
71%
|
Margaret (2011) |
"
It took six years to make this movie. Do yourself a favor: don't wait six years to see it."
—
IFC.com
Posted Oct 6, 2011
|
|
A-
|
92%
|
Senna (2011) |
"
As immersive as documentaries get."
—
IFC.com
Posted Aug 12, 2011
|
|
A-
|
90%
|
Attack the Block (2011) |
"
Cornish deconstructs our preconceived notions about the people we live with and around, and then he blows them all up, figuratively and literally."
—
IFC.com
Posted Mar 24, 2011
|
|
A-
|
94%
|
Win Win (2011) |
"
Win Win isn't the most visually stimulating 90 minutes you could spend at arthouses this spring, but it might just be the most emotionally stimulating."
—
IFC.com
Posted Mar 17, 2011
|
|
A-
|
100%
|
Poetry (2011) |
"
Lee's film lives up to its title."
—
IFC.com
Posted Feb 10, 2011
|
|
A-
|
87%
|
Black Swan (2010) |
"
Aronofsky lets us thrill in the in the act of creation without ever letting us forget the terrible sacrifices many artists make to entertain us."
—
IFC.com
Posted Dec 21, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
What Richard Did (2013) |
"
A satisfyingly knotted moral fable with some very memorable performances, including a fine piece of charismatic brooding from Reynor."
—
Time Out New York
Posted May 7, 2013
|
|
8/10
|
88%
|
You're Next (2013) |
"
An incredibly fun scary movie."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Mar 15, 2013
|
|
8/10
|
——
|
Zero Charisma () |
"
Does for pop culture dorks what Big Fan did for sports obsessives: examines their passion with equal amounts of empathy and satire."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Mar 15, 2013
|
|
8/10
|
62%
|
Evil Dead (2013) |
"
Manages to carve out its own distinct and memorable place in the history of this franchise. With a chainsaw."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Mar 9, 2013
|
|
8/10
|
92%
|
No (2013) |
"
Simultaneously uplifting and unsettling."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Feb 13, 2013
|
|
8/10
|
85%
|
Side Effects (2013) |
"
A brilliant thriller, made by a filmmaker at the top of his game."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Feb 4, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
75%
|
King Kelly (2012) |
"
Neel has hit upon a compelling reason for the found-footage gimmick: to indict a narcissistic generation who think their phones make them royalty."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Nov 27, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
88%
|
Life of Pi (2012) |
"
Didn't convince me to believe in God, but it did make me believe in the power of cinema."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Nov 26, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
92%
|
Skyfall (2012) |
"
Thrilling, sexy, and beautifully photographed."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Nov 1, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
79%
|
The Other Son (2012) |
"
The cast's performances are so gut-wrenching (particularly from Emmanuelle Devos and Areen Omari as the boys' equally empathic mothers) that the film's hopeful message and abundance of heart prove impossible to resist."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Oct 23, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
82%
|
Seven Psychopaths (2012) |
"
Simultaneously a sincere and sarcastic love letter to the magic of storytelling."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Oct 10, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
Photographic Memory (2012) |
"
It's a personal journey, but one that speaks to universal ideas about aging, fatherhood and the way, as Maurice once put it, that "time wears on a photograph, erodes it, until all of its context is gone.""
—
Time Out New York
Posted Oct 9, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
69%
|
Not Fade Away (2012) |
"
Chase is the total package: a visual storyteller with a great ear for dialogue."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Oct 8, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
67%
|
Cloud Atlas (2012) |
"
Complaining that the denouement doesn't live up to the enormity of Cloud Atlas scope is sort of like dismissing a gymnast's entire balance beam routine because she didn't stick a particularly tricky dismount."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Oct 3, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
94%
|
Room 237 (2013) |
"
An unusual documentary."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 25, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
79%
|
Miami Connection (2012) |
"
Clearly the greatest film ever made -- at least on whatever planet it came from. "
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 23, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
74%
|
Hope Springs (2012) |
"
I don't know where Hope Springs came from, but I wish someone would tell me so I could go there and find some more movies like it."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Aug 8, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
87%
|
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) |
"
For having the guts to swing for the fences, and having the skills to hit it out of the park at least a couple times, I give Nolan major props."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Jul 18, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
50%
|
Small, Beautifully Moving Parts (2012) |
"
The film is true to its title: small, beautiful and moving."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Jun 1, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
46%
|
Beyond The Black Rainbow (2012) |
"
A welcome attempt to bring back the days of El Topo and Eraserhead, when night owls embraced directors who wanted to screw with viewers' heads, not just the ones who screwed up their chances for auteristic posterity."
—
Time Out New York
Posted May 15, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
75%
|
Sound of My Voice (2012) |
"
A testament to the ingenuity of independent film."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Apr 27, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
Fake It So Real (2012) |
"
Outsider artists don't expect to be discovered; they just want to share their passion with the world. Greene's film communicates their devotion -- and their desire to hit people on the back with steel chairs."
—
Time Out Chicago
Posted Apr 23, 2012
|
|
B+
|
75%
|
The Adventures of Tintin (2011) |
"
Spielberg, the analog stalwart, has brought out the best in this new filmmaking technology."
—
IFC.com
Posted Dec 26, 2011
|
|
B+
|
94%
|
Hugo (2011) |
"
Hugo is an intensely personal statement from Scorsese, one not just about magic, but also the magic of cinema."
—
IFC.com
Posted Dec 9, 2011
|
|
B+
|
80%
|
Shame (2011) |
"
A serious character study and exploration of addiction."
—
IFC.com
Posted Dec 9, 2011
|
|
B+
|
93%
|
Drive (2011) |
"
A unique blend of classical tropes and modern filmmaking. "
—
IFC.com
Posted Sep 18, 2011
|
|
B+
|
92%
|
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu (2011) |
"
A powerful indictment of politically manipulated media."
—
IFC.com
Posted Sep 9, 2011
|
|
B+
|
75%
|
Everything Must Go (2011) |
"
Everything Must Go's minor flaws serve to accentuate just how precise and moving the rest of it is. "
—
IFC.com
Posted May 17, 2011
|
|
B+
|
100%
|
Louder Than A Bomb (2011) |
"
These kids are brilliant, charming wordsmiths."
—
IFC.com
Posted May 17, 2011
|
|
B+
|
73%
|
Bellflower (2011) |
"
Evan Glodell [is] a mad scientist of a filmmaker."
—
IFC.com
Posted Mar 24, 2011
|
|
B+
|
73%
|
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011) |
"
Spurlock is speaking to one of the fundamental and eternal questions of cinema: the war between art and commerce."
—
IFC.com
Posted Mar 14, 2011
|
|
B+
|
91%
|
Source Code (2011) |
"
While Source Code is chugging along it's a terrifically entertaining puzzle movie. Let's not squander that by thinking too much."
—
IFC.com
Posted Mar 14, 2011
|
|
B+
|
90%
|
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2011) |
"
Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Palme d'Or winner is freaky and fascinating."
—
IFC.com
Posted Mar 2, 2011
|
|
B+
|
83%
|
Tyrannosaur (2011) |
"
A powerful film you can't shake and won't want to revisit anytime soon."
—
IFC.com
Posted Jan 24, 2011
|
|
B+
|
78%
|
The Other Guys (2010) |
"
Juxtaposes the excesses of our unregulated financial sector with the excesses of the buddy cop movie."
—
IFC.com
Posted Dec 21, 2010
|
87%
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