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4/4
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80%
|
Possession (The Night the Screaming Stops) (1981) |
"
Horror being a profitable genre in the early 1980s, Possession was made to pronounce an aesthetic more visceral than cerebral, in turn more superficial than it was initially conceived to impart."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted May 24, 2006
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5/5
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94%
|
The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde inseglet) (1957) |
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Jan 6, 2004
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5/5
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79%
|
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) |
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Jan 5, 2004
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|
4/4
|
100%
|
Sátántangó (Satan's Tango) (1994) |
"
Sátántangó is structured in a repetitive chronology that apes the rhythmic tally of the tango."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Oct 10, 2003
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|
5/5
|
90%
|
M*A*S*H (MASH) (1970) |
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Jun 4, 2003
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5/5
|
91%
|
The Elephant Man (1980) |
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted May 18, 2003
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|
5/5
|
50%
|
Mondo Cane (1963) |
"
The quintessential mondo film."
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted May 8, 2003
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|
5/5
|
100%
|
Alice (Neco z Alenky) (1988) |
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted May 7, 2003
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970) |
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Apr 10, 2003
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|
5/5
|
89%
|
Grey Gardens (1975) |
"
An endearing and impromptu sociological study"
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Oct 31, 2002
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5/5
|
100%
|
Cool Hand Luke (1967) |
"
Cool Hand Luke is the most engaging allegory of Christ."
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Oct 23, 2002
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4/5
|
88%
|
Mystery Train (1989) |
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Jan 6, 2004
|
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4/5
|
47%
|
The Money Pit (1986) |
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Jan 5, 2004
|
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4/5
|
53%
|
Two Girls and a Guy (1998) |
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Jan 5, 2004
|
|
4/5
|
96%
|
The Princess Bride (1987) |
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Jul 29, 2003
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
James and the Giant Peach (1996) |
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Jun 26, 2003
|
|
4/5
|
96%
|
The Birds (1963) |
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted May 18, 2003
|
|
4/5
|
77%
|
Phenomena (Creepers) (1985) |
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted May 18, 2003
|
|
4/5
|
44%
|
Frankenstein Unbound (1990) |
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted May 8, 2003
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
The Karate Kid (1984) |
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted May 8, 2003
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
The Fly (1958) |
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted May 7, 2003
|
|
4/5
|
55%
|
Top Gun (1986) |
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted May 7, 2003
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) |
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted May 7, 2003
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
Blade Runner (1982) |
"
Perhaps Scott's only film that warrants his emphasized visuals."
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Oct 24, 2002
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|
|
95%
|
Best Worst Movie (2010) |
"
This one has a certain dynamism to it and is at the very least a worthy introduction to the spectacle that is Troll 2."
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Jul 7, 2010
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|
|
43%
|
The Extra Man (2010) |
"
Much of The Extra Man concerns Henry, portrayed with relentless propulsion by Kevin Kline."
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Jul 6, 2010
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|
|
73%
|
Where the Wild Things Are (2009) |
"
The emotions at the core of each scene are sincere, and invariably true to the source."
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Oct 5, 2009
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|
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——
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The Beaver Trilogy (2001) |
"
A work of considerable ingenuity"
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Aug 14, 2009
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|
|
58%
|
Make Out With Violence (2011) |
"
The entire film possesses a certain longing, the sort that manifests itself and begins to grow at the moment of High School graduation, when some of the most formative circumstances of youth are remembered only as ephemeral moments."
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Aug 9, 2009
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|
|
55%
|
Con Air (1997) |
"
Resolutely not boring."
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Jul 24, 2009
|
|
|
84%
|
Medicine for Melancholy (2008) |
"
The film is more ambient than my description will convey, and it doesn't feel scripted or directed in as much as it feels naturally funny and relaxed."
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
|
63%
|
Beautiful Losers (2008) |
"
That said, all art deserves biography, and great art deserves recognition."
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
|
——
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Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare (1987) |
"
a cheap, incompetently rendered film, but it is not a deceptive one"
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Oct 16, 2008
|
|
|
46%
|
Mister Lonely (2007) |
"
To purists and lovers of abstraction, challenge, and all things fringe, it may feel like a loss of authenticity. But to the larger mainstream audience, it simply makes art more accessible."
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted May 6, 2008
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|
|
84%
|
Nights and Weekends (2008) |
"
It's at times bold, intimate, unfunny, and discomforting, but it is never anything less than sincere."
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Apr 15, 2008
|
|
|
54%
|
Explicit Ills (2009) |
"
Explicit Ills is a filmic tapestry, and it is a cohesive, fluid one."
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Apr 8, 2008
|
|
|
78%
|
Baghead (2008) |
"
Its horror isn't anticipated because there's nothing about these people that justifies harm; they're just people, not pawns. But this, as with perception of what sort of film this is, isn't ultimately certain."
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Mar 18, 2008
|
|
|
100%
|
The Order of Myths (2008) |
"
Revolutionary advances have been made in racial equality, but in Mobile segregation - the most interpretable symptom of racism - has its last stronghold in Mardi Gras."
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Mar 18, 2008
|
|
|
100%
|
Trafic (Traffic) (1972) |
"
It's familiar, and nonetheless spirited and inventive."
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Nov 14, 2007
|
|
|
90%
|
Near Dark (1987) |
"
As much as it is a horror film and western, it is equally and perhaps more pronouncedly a romance."
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Oct 30, 2007
|
|
|
19%
|
Boxing Helena (1993) |
"
It is curious that Lynch, having taken so many visual cues from her father, has an inadequate grasp of this compassion. The paralyzing obsession that permeates many of her father's works, on the other hand, she comprehends well."
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Oct 30, 2007
|
|
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69%
|
A Londoni Férfi (The Man From London) (2007) |
"
The Man from London, however comprehensible and demystified, is housed in a world of nonetheless pure, enveloping ambiance -- and it is by this measure that its merits are clearest."
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Oct 23, 2007
|
|
|
82%
|
Into the Wild (2007) |
"
A wholly and unexpectedly decent enterprise."
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Oct 16, 2007
|
|
|
37%
|
The Ten (2007) |
"
The Ten has a meticulous rhythm and consistency, with aspects of early commandments informing the latter."
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Aug 17, 2007
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|
|
89%
|
Helvetica (2007) |
"
Appropriately, once the final credits roll, you're likely to sit through them with an enhanced understanding of the typeface they're in."
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Jun 16, 2007
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|
|
91%
|
Knocked Up (2007) |
"
Because its central character is a meticulously architected dude, Knocked Up is a contrived male fantasy."
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted May 28, 2007
|
|
|
58%
|
Zoo (2007) |
"
It is a relaxing film to watch, austere and comforting in such a way that Zoo's aural components will become unexpectedly, uncommonly troubling."
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Apr 3, 2007
|
|
|
59%
|
Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007) |
"
Hannah Takes the Stairs decidedly lacks narrative and closure, but it works very well at moderating an environment of casual, if mundane, affairs."
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Mar 27, 2007
|
|
|
96%
|
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007) |
"
[The subjects] may be a curious sort of renown, but by the end you are enraptured in their struggle to declare and maintain it."
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Mar 20, 2007
|
|
|
73%
|
Idiocracy (2006) |
"
Idiocracy's utter lack of promotion is now something of a minor legend, and it remains perplexing given the film's obvious charms."
—
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Jan 16, 2007
|
78%
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