|
3/4
|
50%
|
All Is Bright (2013) |
"
The story is low-key and quiet, performed by big-time actors acting for the sake of their craft, not a major paycheck or a higher profile."
—
amNewYork
Posted Oct 4, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
53%
|
A.C.O.D. (2013) |
"
The screenplay simply doesn't provide enough reasons to feel bad for Adam Scott's Carter amid his personal crisis."
—
amNewYork
Posted Oct 4, 2013
|
|
4/4
|
98%
|
Gravity (2013) |
"
Here is a movie that is everything a movie should be: relentlessly suspenseful and packed with cutting-edge effects while it's simultaneously filled with emotional gravity."
—
amNewYork
Posted Oct 4, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
94%
|
Muscle Shoals (2013) |
"
It's about music at its most primal and mystical essence, exploring the way the soul of a place seeps into and informs the sounds that come out of it."
—
amNewYork
Posted Sep 26, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
85%
|
We Are What We Are (2013) |
"
If, in the end, it doesn't really work, there's still plenty to admire in the gothic exploration of the timeless conflict between family tradition and modernity."
—
amNewYork
Posted Sep 26, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
83%
|
Don Jon (2013) |
"
It's never boring, but the film plays like a thesis on the modern condition more than a genuine depiction of a romantic relationship. "
—
amNewYork
Posted Sep 26, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
51%
|
A Single Shot (2013) |
"
The movie's general weariness - nothing happy happens here - transitions from tasteful to overbearing."
—
amNewYork
Posted Sep 26, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
67%
|
Haute Cuisine (2013) |
"
A feature-length cooking show with some biographical details thrown in for good measure."
—
amNewYork
Posted Sep 26, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
89%
|
After Tiller (2013) |
"
It's an in-the-trenches exploration of bravery."
—
amNewYork
Posted Sep 26, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
67%
|
Newlyweeds (2013) |
"
Newlyweeds is a rare movie about stoners that treats pot addiction seriously, carving out a space of its own in a naturalistic middle ground between the familiar standards of surreal comedy and moralistic drama."
—
amNewYork
Posted Sep 23, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
96%
|
Mother Of George (2013) |
"
The film forgoes the usual neo-realistic approach toward this sort of material for a painterly, meticulously composed technique. The result is transfixing. "
—
amNewYork
Posted Sep 12, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
33%
|
The Family (2013) |
"
The movie repeats the same basic humorous conceit ad nauseam: The "Blakes" violently overreact to things, setting fire to grocery stores and more. "
—
amNewYork
Posted Sep 12, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
86%
|
Blue Caprice (2013) |
"
If we look to cinema as a conduit for the entire range of the human experience, from its highest highs to its lowest lows, there's no denying that this movie is essential."
—
amNewYork
Posted Sep 12, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
34%
|
Hell Baby (2013) |
"
This is just about the one-billionth movie to lampoon the horror genre, but so what? It's hilarious."
—
amNewYork
Posted Sep 12, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
23%
|
A Teacher (2013) |
"
Rather cold, the movie could have used some more humanity or, at the very least, dramatic excitement."
—
amNewYork
Posted Sep 12, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
46%
|
Closed Circuit (2013) |
"
Pretty solid in an old-fashioned sense, a movie committed to refined, quality storytelling without a whole lot of extra heft."
—
amNewYork
Posted Sep 3, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
34%
|
Passion (2013) |
"
Passion is a Brian De Palma greatest hits package, the filmmaker showing off, more than anything else."
—
amNewYork
Posted Sep 3, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
91%
|
Our Nixon (2013) |
"
A riveting portrait of a man in full. "
—
amNewYork
Posted Sep 3, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
59%
|
Afternoon Delight (2013) |
"
The ensuing seriocomic havoc is predictable, but carried by Hahn's fascinating performance, which unpacks complex depths of feeling beneath Rachel's hyper exterior."
—
amNewYork
Posted Aug 30, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
80%
|
Drinking Buddies (2013) |
"
The movie grabs you once you've become attuned to the way Joe Swanberg works and grown familiar with these characters. "
—
amNewYork
Posted Aug 23, 2013
|
|
4/4
|
99%
|
Short Term 12 (2013) |
"
We go to the movies for discoveries like this, an authentic masterpiece that stands out because of old-fashioned tenets such as terrific directing and acting. "
—
amNewYork
Posted Aug 23, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
89%
|
The World's End (2013) |
"
The movie stands out for two reasons: Simon Pegg is hilarious and Edgar Wright directs with flair."
—
amNewYork
Posted Aug 23, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
74%
|
The Grandmaster (2013) |
"
Blending the markings of a kung fu epic with scenes of stark emotional longing, Wong Kar-wai's latest movie offers a hybrid that's hard to decipher."
—
amNewYork
Posted Aug 23, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
31%
|
Austenland (2013) |
"
This is a pretty promising high-concept idea and the movie derived from it is filled with charm."
—
amNewYork
Posted Aug 23, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
81%
|
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013) |
"
Rooney Mara's excellent work, which transitions from wide-eyed naïveté to forceful intelligence, is the heart of this movie. "
—
amNewYork
Posted Aug 23, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
96%
|
Cutie And The Boxer (2013) |
"
The portrait of a marriage in full, rife with compromises, misunderstandings, angry moments and tender scenes filled with the affection amassed over four decades."
—
amNewYork
Posted Aug 15, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
73%
|
Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013) |
"
Whatever the film lacks in refinements it more than makes up for with its genuine emotional currents and fine lead performances."
—
amNewYork
Posted Aug 15, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
26%
|
Jobs (2013) |
"
Obsessed with boardroom politics when it should be centered on the thrill of innovation. "
—
amNewYork
Posted Aug 15, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
55%
|
I Give It a Year (2013) |
"
Turns the romantic comedy on its head by utilizing a simple and effective formula that blends parody and affecting relationship dramatics."
—
amNewYork
Posted Aug 8, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
84%
|
Prince Avalanche (2013) |
"
A quiet, affecting meditation on the human inclination to flee difficulties, to escape into the woods and live free of pain and heartbreak."
—
amNewYork
Posted Aug 8, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
54%
|
Lovelace (2013) |
"
The movie sharply evokes the era and exudes a lurid fascination by unpacking this sensational story. But it really works because the performances drive things."
—
amNewYork
Posted Aug 8, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
22%
|
The Canyons (2013) |
"
There's no feeling, no energy, no sense of the internal lives behind these zombies. It's nihilism, personified."
—
amNewYork
Posted Aug 1, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
91%
|
The Spectacular Now (2013) |
"
The sojourn into John Hughes territory distracts from the film's real story, which centers on a young alcoholic hurtling toward the abyss."
—
amNewYork
Posted Aug 1, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
78%
|
Europa Report (2013) |
"
Realism doesn't necessarily equal entertainment, and Sebastián Cordero's movie collapses in an avalanche of jargon."
—
amNewYork
Posted Aug 1, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
15%
|
The Time Being (2013) |
"
A more apt title might have been Wes Bentley Stares at Stuff."
—
amNewYork
Posted Jul 29, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
91%
|
Blue Jasmine (2013) |
"
The genius of Cate Blanchett's performance lies in the way she sells us on the urgency of Jasmine's concerns and the depth of her plight, mastering sincere obliviousness."
—
amNewYork
Posted Jul 29, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
98%
|
Blackfish (2013) |
"
Ostensibly the story of Tilikum, it's really a movie about us, an exploration of the inherent human need to reduce nature's mysteries to modes we can easily process."
—
amNewYork
Posted Jul 19, 2013
|
|
4/4
|
97%
|
The Act Of Killing (2013) |
"
The magnitude of this achievement, this depiction of a diseased and corrupt society that is in so many ways similar to our own, cannot be understated."
—
amNewYork
Posted Jul 19, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
20%
|
Girl Most Likely (2013) |
"
The screenplay is the biggest problem here, riddled with unconvincing details and widely vacillating between disparate tones."
—
amNewYork
Posted Jul 19, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
42%
|
Red 2 (2013) |
"
In the hands of these award-winning actors, a lightweight action-comedy sequel with a nonsensical narrative becomes substantial summer entertainment."
—
amNewYork
Posted Jul 19, 2013
|
|
4/4
|
94%
|
Fruitvale Station (2013) |
"
There's great soul to the work, which gives a complete picture of a young man's life in microcosmic form."
—
amNewYork
Posted Jul 15, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
81%
|
Crystal Fairy (2013) |
"
Terrific acting, especially from Gaby Hoffman, but this is a slim movie that drifts toward its conclusion without much urgency."
—
amNewYork
Posted Jul 15, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
72%
|
Pacific Rim (2013) |
"
A whole lot happens in Pacific Rim, Guillermo Del Toro's hybrid of just about every major cinematic genre. And none of it means much."
—
amNewYork
Posted Jul 15, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
56%
|
The Look of Love (2013) |
"
A character study that offers some of Steve Coogan's most interesting work and another testament to Michael Winterbottom's knack for period naturalism."
—
Film School Rejects
Posted Jul 8, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
58%
|
Stuck in Love (2013) |
"
Set in a world of resplendent beach homes and scrubbed-clean towns, populated by genetically blessed people who wouldn't know a real concern if it smacked them in the face."
—
amNewYork
Posted Jul 2, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
31%
|
The Lone Ranger (2013) |
"
Not a disaster, but it has the feel of a production victimized by overthinking, tinkered with in an attempt to maximize its appeal to every possible audience."
—
amNewYork
Posted Jul 2, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
92%
|
Museum Hours (2013) |
"
The genius of Museum Hours lies in the way Jem Cohen ties the minimalist story at the movie's center with the extraordinary art that fills his frame."
—
amNewYork
Posted Jun 30, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
61%
|
Byzantium (2013) |
"
This is a stale vampire soap opera that goes over-the-top early and stays there, with waterfalls literally running red with blood."
—
amNewYork
Posted Jun 30, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
65%
|
The Heat (2013) |
"
You've seen a lot of this before. These actors deserve better."
—
amNewYork
Posted Jun 30, 2013
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