Cinemania
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Tomatometer-approved critic(s):
Dan Jardine
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
70/100
A Boy Called Sailboat (2018)
A wee fable whose ability to charm will be in direct correlation to one's default cynicism setting.
Posted Jan 14, 2019
2
90/100
The Florida Project (2017)
The pathos of the film proves to be gut-wrenching
Posted Mar 14, 2018
3
76/100
Diner (1982)
The male quintet of friends is amusingly lampooned in Levinson's clever and cutting script, a refreshingly honest depiction of an era often bathed in sepia-toned nostalgia.
Posted Jan 10, 2016
4
93/100
City Lights (1931)
City Lights is a paean to our best impulses, a plea for humanitarianism and justice.
Posted Jan 10, 2016
5
87/100
Captains Courageous (1937)
An unlikely love story of two opposites splendidly directed by Fleming.
Posted Jan 10, 2016
6
82/100
Amarcord (1974)
Fellini shoots much of the film in muted colors that seem slightly out-of-focus, as if he were attempting to transport us into a dreamlike state.
Posted Jan 10, 2016
7
91/100
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Sherlock Jr. is Keaton's signature statement, and mind-warping flight of fancy on the dreamlike nature of films and the fluid nature of our ontological existence.
Posted May 29, 2015
8
54/100
Frank (2014)
The film tries very hard for quirky, but (barely) manages annoying.
Posted Feb 20, 2015
9
The Theory of Everything (2014)
The treatment of the subject matter goes over to what is essentially religious adoration.
Posted Feb 20, 2015
10
68/100
Get On Up (2014)
The film's relative lack of any actual drama in the narrative is ultimately the result of a biographical approach too dedicated to flattery.
Posted Feb 20, 2015
11
89/100
The Firemen's Ball (1968)
I cannot remember the last time I laughed so hard that I cried, but I did for The Firemen's Ball, and more than once.
Posted Feb 11, 2015
12
71/100
Wild (2014)
A solid entertainment that treats the central story of redemption with honesty
Posted Feb 11, 2015
13
62/100
Alan Partridge (2014)
The creaky premise of the plot is behind the times by decades, not years.
Posted Jan 25, 2015
14
90/100
Ida (2014)
The film's moral complexity is laudable
Posted Jan 25, 2015
15
82/100
Nightcrawler (2014)
Nightcrawler gives us what we want--a "happy ending"-- as well as what we deserve-- a deliciously ironic comment on what passes for success in contemporary society.
Posted Jan 23, 2015
16
87/100
Force of Evil (1948)
The film cleverly uses illicit numbers running as a metaphor for unethical business practices in post-war America
Posted Jan 9, 2015
17
82/100
The Killing Fields (1984)
Ngor's naturalistic and empathic portrayal of his character's desperate fight for survival is the key to this film's visceral power.
Posted Jan 9, 2015
18
88/100
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
19
89/100
Scarface (1932)
The pre-noir gangster genre was in many ways defined by the innovative approaches taken by Hawks in this film.
Posted Dec 30, 2014
20
69/100
Time Bandits (1981)
Gilliam opts for an acerbic and often nasty tone that risks offending the very audience at which it purported to be aimed.
Posted Dec 30, 2014
21
70/100
Kagemusha (1980)
The film swings like a pendulum between stillness and action, an occasionally jarring mix of David Lean-like panoramas with intimate character study.
Posted Dec 27, 2014
22
76/100
Stardust Memories (1980)
Woody Allen's altar is the art of filmmaking, and Stardust Memories is his crisis of faith.
Posted Dec 27, 2014
23
77/100
Jean De Florette (1986)
24
78/100
Harvey (1950)
25
86/100
Jezebel (1938)
The film's success is wrapped around Davis' steely performance and the elegant production values
Posted Dec 26, 2014
26
80/100
Julius Caesar (1953)
Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz manages to showcase the Bard's dialogue in a film that also has the visual appeal of Oscar-winning art direction.
Posted Dec 26, 2014
27
90/100
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Director William Dieterle manages a difficult task well, creating a film of both great sweep and remarkable intimacy.
Posted Dec 26, 2014
28
76/100
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Herzog's film confirms that dreamers and their obsessions can give us otherwise unimaginable moments of pure beauty.
Posted Jul 30, 2014
29
65/100
Taps (1981)
Mildly engaging, but burdened by a predictable climax.
Posted Jul 29, 2014
30
79/100
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Playing the part as if born to it, Cooper is at the top of his game, imbuing Deeds with just the right blend of empathy and intelligence.
Posted Jul 27, 2014
31
72/100
32
81/100
Hud (1963)
Patricia Neal delivers a subtle and sensual Oscar-winning performance.
Posted Jul 17, 2014
33
77/100
Sounder (1972)
The family's solidarity in the face of intimidating odds -- poverty, racism, injustice -- gives the movie a humanistic, optimistic center.
Posted Jul 17, 2014
34
84/100
Like Father, Like Son (2014)
Completely realistic because it is in keeping with the reserved temperament of the culture.
Posted Jul 16, 2014
35
74/100
Laurence Anyways (2013)
Too much music. Too much colour. Too much movie. But a good movie.
Posted Jul 16, 2014
36
79/100
Blue Is The Warmest Color (2013)
I have to admit the film got under my own skin and not simply as voyeurism
Posted Jul 16, 2014
37
76/100
Margin Call (2011)
Margin Call is Wall Street for now. That a sexy Gordon Gekko-type villain is no longer anywhere to be found shows just how much worse things really are today.
Posted Mar 17, 2014
38
50/100
Ishtar (1987)
The performances are endearing enough, the pacing is actually quite crisp and there is no shortage of zany silliness in the story. It just never gels.
Posted Mar 17, 2014
39
63/100
Post Tenebras Lux (2013)
As irritating as this film is, I am grateful for it. Reygadas is an artist, and an uncompromising one at that.
Posted Mar 9, 2014
40
79/100
Fruitvale Station (2013)
An impressive debut by Ryan Coogler.
Posted Mar 9, 2014
41
79/100
All Is Lost (2013)
42
68/100
Gravity (2013)
An escape from the past that is simultaneously a flight to no future.
Posted Mar 4, 2014
43
83/100
Stories We Tell (2013)
Post-post-modern. Yeah, that's right, the negation of the negation.
Posted Feb 1, 2014
44
82/100
Loach in fine form, at the peak of his craft. Proletarian realism does not get better than this.
Posted Jan 26, 2014
45
80/100
A better celebration of one of the most creatively exciting periods in American history I cannot imagine.
Posted Jan 12, 2014
46
70/100
47
70/100
The Queen of Versailles (2012)
A pretty effective warning shot across the bow of the one percenters.
Posted Jan 12, 2014
48
44/100
It's a Disaster (2013)
As visually interesting as nuclear fallout.
Posted Jan 12, 2014
49
86/100
American Hustle (2013)
Russell's world view is essentially optimistic and romantic
Posted Jan 12, 2014
50
56/100
Nebraska (2013)