The Brooklyn Rail
The Brooklyn Rail is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this
publication only count toward the Tomatometer when written by the following
Tomatometer-approved critic(s):
Leo Goldsmith, Lisa Rosman, Nona Willis-Aronowitz, Sophie Gilbert
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
Ouroboros (2018)
It's the film's own ephemerality that bolsters its lingering force, leaving us with a feeling rather than a message.
Posted Jun 18, 2018
2
The Missing Picture (2014)
However ambivalently the film treats the Khmer Rouge footage, it prompts Panh's memories, and allows his clay figures to come to a kind of solemn, unmoving life.
Posted Sep 26, 2017
3
Bovines (2011)
This small French documentary blends beautifully with the open air and erases the boundaries between cinema and the natural world.
Posted Sep 26, 2017
4
Kékszakállú (2017)
[The end of Kékszakállú is] a cinematic abyss beyond Balázs's dreams.
Posted Sep 26, 2017
5
The Corporation (2004)
6
I Am Cuba (Soy Cuba) (1995)
From the swaying palm trees in the beginning credits to the final victory march, the temperament of the revolution in I Am Cuba is uniformly passionate and determined.
Posted Sep 26, 2017
7
Cassandra's Dream (2007)
It's hard to say what's most galling about this film, and even harder to find redeeming aspects.
Posted Sep 26, 2017
8
The Eye (2008)
The Eye isn't as bad as has been made out (if you like being frightened a lot) but it could be much better, and much smarter.
Posted Sep 26, 2017
9
65 Revisited (2007)
The majority of the film is Dylan singing, and while it's magical in moments, it can also be lacklustre and boring.
Posted Sep 26, 2017
10
I'm Not There (2007)
Haynes is no ordinary filmmaker, and I'm Not There is no ordinary biopic. Tricky, powerful, sometimes ridiculous, it eludes definition.
Posted Sep 26, 2017
11
Casa de los Babys (2003)
This movie looks and feels like the dutiful labors of a good man who should have vacationed at this gorgeous mythical land rather than filmed a movie at the site.
Posted Jul 25, 2017
12
Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)
All laurels eventually become resting grounds, and with Coffee and Cigarettes, Jim Jarmusch rides his own coattails, with none of the panache that defined his earlier work.
Posted Jul 25, 2017
13
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2004)
What's most intriguing about director Lone Scherfig's first post-Dogme 95 feature, the admittedly appealing Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself, is where and how it falls short.
Posted Jul 25, 2017
14
American Splendor (2003)
15
The Shape Of Things (2002)
All four actors, reprising their roles from the stage production, wear the slightly glazed expressions of those phoning in their performances.
Posted Mar 17, 2004
16
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Gibson is just like all the other hateful men who've been successful -- he's the right guy at the right weak moment.
Posted Mar 16, 2004
17
Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
18
21 Grams (2003)
19
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Matrix Reloaded [looks] as good as [its] politics, matching aesthetic and ideological innovations blow for blow.
Posted Nov 20, 2003
20
Lost In Translation (2003)
21
X2: X-Men United (2003)
This is a major Hollywood movie, I thought, and it's successfully sending up the oppressor, not the oppressed.
Posted Nov 20, 2003
22
Adaptation (2002)