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63%
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Shampoo (1975)
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"A sex comedy crossed with social satire, Shampoo is a vital 1970s Hollywood work."
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94%
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A Woman Under the Influence (1975)
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"It remains Cassavetes' most successful film, both commercially and artistically."
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50%
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The Living Wake (2010)
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"The Living Wake is the kind of whimsical material from which cult classics are built, and it has a happy excess of bigness."
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Derek Armstrong
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12%
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In My Sleep (2010)
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"The ludicrousness of the erotic scenes, such as the masseuse client sequence, points to the film's complete disconnectedness from any sort of recognizable reality."
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Nathan Southern
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68%
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Defendor (2009)
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"Maybe what's most fresh about Defendor is the plausibility of it all."
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Jeremy Wheeler
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Francis the Talking Mule (1950)
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Hal Erickson
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29%
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Bubble Boy (2001)
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"The film is only sporadically funny, and it's frequently in poor taste, but it's got energy to spare, and Gyllenhaal's performance gives it a soul."
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Josh Ralske
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——
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Spin (1995)
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"[The] film's real service is in explicating how the media's inability to inform audiences and reflect the political spectrum of our culture is a systemic problem."
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Josh Ralske
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79%
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Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator (2002)
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"A near-perfect time capsule of a specific moment in our culture, and a telling analysis of instant celebrity and the fickleness of youth culture."
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Josh Ralske
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——
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The Education of Sonny Carson (1974)
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"There's such a wealth of genuine anger and sadness underlying the film that it transcends [its] flaws."
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Josh Ralske
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90%
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Pups (1999)
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"If Stevie didn't seem like such a real and basically ordinary teen, the film wouldn't be so compelling."
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Josh Ralske
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79%
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Daughter from Danang (2004)
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"A moving and troubling documentary."
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Josh Ralske
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89%
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The Loveless (Breakdown) (1983)
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"A strange, but compelling amalgam of art film and homage to the American International Pictures biker flicks of the 1960s."
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Josh Ralske
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87%
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Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2004)
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"A film that critiques our obsession with celebrity while simultaneously exploiting it."
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Josh Ralske
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80%
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My Best Fiend (Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski) (1999)
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"A thoughtful and clever examination by the director of his longstanding friendship and creative partnership with the late Klaus Kinski."
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Josh Ralske
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——
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Sunshine Hotel ()
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"Dominic has made a film of heart and intelligence about those subsisting on the margins of society."
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Josh Ralske
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86%
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Cinemania (2002)
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"Cinemania might have been a more edifying experience if it really delved into the roots of this obsession."
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Josh Ralske
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——
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The Kill-Off (1989)
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"An ugly, low budget noir that...somehow manages to capture the spirit of Jim Thompson's writing."
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Josh Ralske
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100%
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Laws of Gravity (1992)
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"...A sustained level of tension that few street dramas can match."
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Josh Ralske
|
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95%
|
The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002)
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"A fast-paced documentary that entertains as it informs."
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Josh Ralske
|
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100%
|
Burden of Dreams (1982)
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"A fascinating portrait of a filmmaker pushed to the outer edge of sanity..."
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Josh Ralske
|
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——
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American Boy: A Profile of: Steven Prince ()
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88%
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Slap Shot (1999)
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76%
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The Prestige (2006)
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"The Prestige is the cinematic equivalent of watching a Penn & Teller show."
|
Perry Seibert
|
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91%
|
Kingdom - Series One (1996)
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"Easily ranks with von Trier's best work."
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Josh Ralske
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92%
|
Masculin Feminin (1966)
|
|
Josh Ralske
|
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79%
|
The Funeral (1996)
|
|
Josh Ralske
|
|
——
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Masters of Horror - Stuart Gordon: Dreams in the Witch House (2006)
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"...Gordon again demonstrates his unique talent for mixing quirky, uneasy laughs with genuine horror."
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Josh Ralske
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67%
|
Isolation (2006)
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"Fans of good old-fashioned creature features should be very pleased..."
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Josh Ralske
|
|
——
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Kinetta ()
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"...doesn't add up to much, aside from an enervating moviegoing experience."
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Josh Ralske
|
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73%
|
Cavite (2006)
|
"...there's...a certain unseemliness to the endeavor that is difficult to dismiss."
|
Josh Ralske
|
|
100%
|
Geuk jang jeon (Tale of Cinema) (2005)
|
"...richly inventive and consistently fascinating filmmaking..."
|
Josh Ralske
|
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79%
|
Le Petit Lieutenant (2006)
|
"...an exemplary genre piece, melding a down-and-dirty 1970s vibe with a very modern perspective on the globalized nature of contemporary Paris."
|
Josh Ralske
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55%
|
I'm Reed Fish (2007)
|
"...demonstrates a lot of talent, but it's another case of a neophyte filmmaker not recognizing where his true strengths lie"
|
Josh Ralske
|
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67%
|
Brothers of the Head (2006)
|
"...despite outlandish subject matter that might lend itself to something more lurid or camp, it treats its characters and their story with refreshing restraint and seriousness."
|
Josh Ralske
|
|
85%
|
Old Joy (2006)
|
"...the landscape it maps is as much spiritual as it is physical, and the personal story it tells is inescapably political..."
|
Josh Ralske
|
|
50%
|
Color Me Kubrick (2007)
|
"put forth with...an unapologetic sense of depraved fun..."
|
Josh Ralske
|
|
43%
|
Duelist (Hyeongsa) (2005)
|
"...its most salient feature is its spectacular visuals."
|
Josh Ralske
|
|
——
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Ek Hasina Thi ()
|
"Ek Hasina Thi is not quite the revelation that its champions would like to think it is, but for the most part, it hits its marks."
|
Josh Ralske
|
|
86%
|
Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)
|
"...offers some valuable insight into Korean culture."
|
Josh Ralske
|
|
94%
|
The Squid and the Whale (2005)
|
"...Baumbach's most emotionally potent and visually coherent film to date."
|
Josh Ralske
|
|
89%
|
Paradise Now (2005)
|
"A tragedy regardless of its conclusion, Paradise Now is an important and powerful effort to explicate the inexplicable."
|
Josh Ralske
|
|
——
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Spider Forest (2005)
|
"...a twisted journey that lingers in the memory."
|
Josh Ralske
|
|
67%
|
Sei mong se jun (Ab-normal Beauty) (2004)
|
"...the film...devolves...into...standard slasher movie fare."
|
Josh Ralske
|
|
87%
|
The Motel (2005)
|
"...specific and detailed enough to separate itself from the pack."
|
Josh Ralske
|
|
80%
|
The Aristocrats (2005)
|
"...the brilliant Sarah Silverman transcends the mean-spirited nature of the joke..."
|
Josh Ralske
|
|
——
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Princess Raccoon (Operetta tanuki goten) (2005)
|
"For those prepared to engage the movie's playfulness, it's a unique treat."
|
Josh Ralske
|
|
——
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Demi-Tarif ()
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"...a uniquely unmediated look into the world of childhood."
|
Josh Ralske
|
|
78%
|
Body Double (1984)
|
|
Josh Ralske
|
|
——
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Gonggongui Jeog (Public Enemy) (Public's Enemy) (2002)
|
"Despite its amusing outrageousness and well-choreographed mayhem, the film never transcends the genre the way Dirty Harry did."
|
Josh Ralske
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