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4/4
|
93%
|
Zero Dark Thirty (2013) |
"
The knockout punch of the movie season is being delivered by Zero Dark Thirty. Chastain is a marvel, and Bigelow and Boal top their Oscar-winning work in The Hurt Locker."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Dec 18, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
97%
|
Ringu (Ring) (2003) |
"
As good as The Ring is, it can't top the original for sheer, shivering terror."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Oct 10, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
86%
|
The Master (2012) |
"
I believe in the church of Paul Thomas Anderson. Fierce and ferociously funny, The Master is a great movie, the best of the year so far, and a new American classic. "
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Sep 10, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
86%
|
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) |
"
Beasts of the Southern Wild is a game-changer that gets you excited about movies again. Star Quvenzhané Wallis is a flat-out amazement."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Jun 28, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
89%
|
The Descendants (2011) |
"
The Descendants is damn near perfect. Director Alexander Payne is a master of the human comedy and George Clooney has never exposed himself to the camera this openly."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Nov 15, 2011
|
|
4/4
|
93%
|
Drive (2011) |
"
Buckle up for the existential bloodbath of Drive, a brilliant piece of business that races on a B-movie track until it switches to the dizzying fuel of undiluted creativity. "
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Sep 8, 2011
|
|
4/4
|
50%
|
Mildred Pierce (2012) |
"
What can you say about an HBO miniseries adapted from a 1941 novel that follows the rise and fall of an independent woman during the Great Depression? Let's try "perfection," which is what director Todd Haynes achieves in his loyal, lyrical adaptation."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Mar 25, 2011
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
The Social Network (2010) |
"
The Social Network is the movie of the year. But Fincher and Sorkin triumph by taking it further. Lacing their scathing wit with an aching sadness, they define the dark irony of the past decade."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Sep 27, 2010
|
|
4/4
|
97%
|
A Prophet (Un prophete) (2010) |
"
Director Jacques Audiard scores a triumph of the highest order with the defiant poetry of his vision."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Feb 26, 2010
|
|
4/4
|
73%
|
Where the Wild Things Are (2009) |
"
For all the money spent, the film's success is best measured by its simplicity and the purity of its innovation. Jonze has filmed a fantasy as if it were absolutely real, allowing us to see the world as Max sees it, full of beauty and terror."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Oct 15, 2009
|
|
4/4
|
98%
|
Up (2009) |
"
Up is a breathtaking ride into the realm of pure imagination. Up shames the pap that now passes for family entertainment (yes, Night at the Museum 2, I'm talking to you)."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted May 28, 2009
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
WALL-E (2008) |
"
No movie can be a downer that fills you with pure exhilaration. You leave WALL-E with a feeling of the rarest kind: that you've just enjoyed a close encounter with an enduring classic."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Jul 1, 2008
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) |
"
What you see will floor you."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Jan 23, 2008
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
There Will Be Blood (2007) |
"
There Will Be Blood hits with hurricane force. Lovers of formula and sugarcoating will hate it. Screw them. In terms of excitement, imagination and rule-busting experimentation, it's a gusher."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Jan 8, 2008
|
|
4/4
|
83%
|
Atonement (2007) |
"
It's some kind of miracle. Written, directed and acted to perfection, Atonement sweeps you up on waves of humor, heartbreak and ravishing romance."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Nov 28, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
94%
|
No Country for Old Men (2007) |
"
The Coens squeeze us without mercy in a vise of tension and suspense, but only to force us to look into an abyss of our own making."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Nov 1, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
——
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The Work of Director Spike Jonze (2003) |
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Aug 14, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
50%
|
Mother, Jugs & Speed (2004) |
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Aug 14, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
90%
|
DiG! (2004) |
"
[An] unflinching look at the rock world."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Aug 14, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
Reservoir Dogs (1992) |
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Aug 14, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
70%
|
Dodgeball - A True Underdog Story (2004) |
"
This masterpiece of modern cinema depends upon a single truism: A guy getting hit in the nuts a hundred times in a row is funny a hundred times."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Aug 14, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
97%
|
Spirited Away (2001) |
"
Think you're too hip for Japanese anime about a lost ten-year-old girl whose parents turn into snorting pigs? Get over it."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Aug 14, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
100%
|
The Work of Director Michel Gondry (2003) |
"
Books could be written about Gondry's pieces, but this former drummer remains a rock & roller at heart. Invariably, his videos are visual invitations to bang your head."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Aug 14, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
100%
|
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2005) |
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Aug 14, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
Miller's Crossing (1990) |
"
The Coens' take on Depression-era gangster flicks, looks gorgeous and showcases John Turturro's best acting ever."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Aug 14, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
95%
|
End of the Century - The Story of the Ramones (2004) |
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Aug 14, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
68%
|
The Manson Family (2004) |
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Aug 14, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
83%
|
Grindhouse (2007) |
"
By stooping low without selling out, this babes-and-bullets tour de force gets you high on movies again."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Apr 3, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
97%
|
L'Armée des ombres (Army in the Shadows) (1969) |
"
From the first sight of German soldiers goose-stepping past the Arc de Triomphe to a postscript that spells out the fate of characters whose moral confusion is all too real, Army of Shadows is a movie of its time -- and ours."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Jan 18, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) |
"
Pan's Labyrinth, horrific and heartfelt in the way it sees the trauma of war through the eyes of a little girl, is some kind of great movie."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Dec 29, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) |
"
Letters is quality from first frame to last, a war film that is almost a tone poem."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Dec 15, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
92%
|
Volver (2006) |
"
You do not want to miss this one."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Nov 3, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
69%
|
Babel (2006) |
"
The year's richest, most complex and ultimately most heartbreaking film."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Oct 20, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
93%
|
The Departed (2006) |
"
A new American crime classic from the legendary Martin Scorsese, whose talent shines here on its highest beams."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Sep 28, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
United 93 (2006) |
"
... a monumental achievement that stands above any film this year."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Apr 27, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
84%
|
King Kong (2005) |
"
Here is the jaw-dropping, eye-popping, heart-stopping movie epic we've been waiting for all year."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Dec 8, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
87%
|
Brokeback Mountain (2005) |
"
Ang Lee's unmissable and unforgettable Brokeback Mountain hits you like a shot in the heart. It's a landmark film and a triumph for Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Nov 30, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
72%
|
Syriana (2005) |
"
No dry civics lesson, this fighting-mad film isn't just hot, it's incendiary. And no one gets off the hook. You see it with the exhilarating feeling that a movie can make a difference."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Nov 14, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
87%
|
A History of Violence (2005) |
"
Other films this year will have to sweat bullets to match the explosive power and subversive wit of David Cronenberg's A History of Violence."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Sep 23, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
88%
|
Bad Education (La Mala educación) (2004) |
"
A rapturous masterwork."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Nov 18, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
Sideways (2004) |
"
Doubters may hedge about calling it a classic and might insist on checking back in a few years to see how it has aged. Fair enough. But it's not too early to call it pure movie bliss."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Oct 28, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
84%
|
Kill Bill, Volume 2 (2004) |
"
You'll thrill to the action, savor the tasty dialogue and laugh like bloody hell."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Apr 8, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
87%
|
Mystic River (2003) |
"
A movie of startling power and intimacy."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Sep 25, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
75%
|
Gangs of New York (2002) |
"
A triumph of pure craft and passionate heart."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Jan 9, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
90%
|
Cidade de Deus (City of God) (2003) |
"
Sometimes a movie comes along that just floors you, its images burn so deeply."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Jan 9, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
66%
|
Solaris (2002) |
"
A mind-bender in the best sense of the word: The spell it casts follows you all the way home."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Nov 20, 2002
|
|
4/4
|
85%
|
About Schmidt (2002) |
"
Nicholson's acting sets a new gold standard, making Schmidt a movie you won't forget."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Nov 20, 2002
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
Adaptation (2002) |
"
Few scripts toss more challenging balls in the air, and Jonze juggles them all with artful, light-stepping ease. It's magic."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Nov 20, 2002
|
|
4/4
|
76%
|
8 Mile (2002) |
"
Qualifies as a cinematic event by tapping into the roots of Eminem and the fury and feeling that inform his rap."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Nov 6, 2002
|
|
4/4
|
92%
|
Talk to Her (2002) |
"
It's unmissable and unforgettable."
—
Rolling Stone
Posted Nov 6, 2002
|
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