The New Republic

Rating Title | Year Quote Author
33%

15 Minutes (2001)

Stanley Kauffmann

70%

Series 7: The Contenders (2001)

"'Reality' notwithstanding, the performances in this film are uniformly good, and Brooke Smith as Dawn is better than that."

Stanley Kauffmann

75%

Me You Them (2001)

"With Waddington's help, all of the people involved give us a gently insinuating folk tale."

Stanley Kauffmann

100%

The Taste of Others (2000)

"Jaoui's directing and sympathy are what hold us from the start."

Stanley Kauffmann

88%

The Widow of Saint-Pierre (The Widow of St. Pierre) (La veuve de Saint-Pierre) (2000)

"The promise of its beautiful opening is beautifully kept."

Stanley Kauffmann

78%

The Pledge (2001)

Stanley Kauffmann

73%

Snatch (2001)

"The cinematic dazzle, the high pitch to which he leads his actors, the relish of sheer velocity are reward enough."

Stanley Kauffmann

81%

Kippur (2000)

Stanley Kauffmann

81%

Pollock (2000)

"Just -- yes, just -- one more film about that perennially obdurate subject, an artist."

Stanley Kauffmann

96%

One Day in September (1999)

Stanley Kauffmann

75%

Quills (2000)

Stanley Kauffmann

67%

Rosie (Rosie: The Devil in My Head) (1998)

Stanley Kauffmann

95%

La Promesse (The Promise) (1996)

"The Dardenne brothers, as shown by their empathic casting, their very choice of theme, have confessed to a burden. They believe in hope."

Stanley Kauffmann

78%

Guantanamera (1997)

Stanley Kauffmann

86%

Breaking the Waves (1996)

Stanley Kauffmann

68%

Marius and Jeannette (2006)

"Guediguian is a smooth enough director, but it's his casting and some episodes in the screenplay that transfix us."

Stanley Kauffmann

88%

Sonatine (1993)

"Gross and trite as the material is, Kitano shows again that he is an ingenious, purposeful filmmaker."

Stanley Kauffmann

71%

Romeo + Juliet (1996)

"The result is horrifying, but it's also unsettling in its ruthlessness."

Stanley Kauffmann

88%

Waco - The Rules of Engagement (1997)

Stanley Kauffmann

80%

Arguing the World (1998)

Stanley Kauffmann

29%

The Other Sister (1999)

Stanley Kauffmann

——

Kaspar Hauser (1996)

Stanley Kauffmann

62%

Chinese Box (1998)

Stanley Kauffmann

64%

EdTV (1999)

Stanley Kauffmann

75%

Nixon (1995)

"The picture is a case study."

Stanley Kauffmann

32%

At First Sight (1999)

Stanley Kauffmann

17%

Gloria (1999)

Stanley Kauffmann

——

Lamb (1986)

Stanley Kauffmann

78%

Beloved (1998)

Stanley Kauffmann

93%

La Cérémonie (A Judgement in Stone) (1995)

"Besides the unconvincing shift of psychic gears, the picture has no theme, no resonance, no point."

Stanley Kauffmann

71%

My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)

"A farce-comedy, it must thrive, if it's to do so, on sparkle. But the bubbles are sparse, partly because of Roberts's low fizz level."

Stanley Kauffmann

100%

Riding the Rails (2003)

Stanley Kauffmann

64%

Metroland (1999)

Stanley Kauffmann

53%

Gray's Anatomy (1997)

Stanley Kauffmann

80%

Dry Cleaning (Nettoyage à sec) (1997)

Stanley Kauffmann

98%

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

"Lawrence luxuriates in the tremendous."

Stanley Kauffmann

70%

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (Beaumarchais, l'insolent) (1996)

Stanley Kauffmann

86%

Jackie Brown (1997)

"The flat, self-exposing dud that fate often keeps in store for the initially overpraised."

Stanley Kauffmann

94%

Autumn Tale (Conte d'Automne) (1999)

Stanley Kauffmann

85%

A Man of No Importance (1994)

Stanley Kauffmann

——

Hei jun ma (A Mongolian Tale) (1998)

Stanley Kauffmann

48%

Pushing Tin (1999)

Stanley Kauffmann

76%

Amistad (1997)

Stanley Kauffmann

41%

Cousin Bette (1998)

Stanley Kauffmann

62%

Manny & Lo (1996)

Stanley Kauffmann

67%

Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997)

Stanley Kauffmann

65%

Priest (1995)

Stanley Kauffmann

80%

Chronicle of a Disappearance (1997)

Stanley Kauffmann

57%

The Underneath (1995)

Stanley Kauffmann

98%

All About My Mother (1999)

"A sinuous trip through a series of bumps and surprises that is never tedious."

Stanley Kauffmann

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