Fresh
| Rotten 31%
| Nine (2009) | "
Rob Marshall's best film yet--a delirious celebration of the musical in all of its glamour and seduction, a total dazzler." Posted Dec 17, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 83%
| Broken Embraces (2009) | "
Of all the films of movie-mad Pedro Almodóvar, Broken Embraces is his most gloriously movie-mad." Posted Nov 11, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| Gotta Dance (2009) | "
Engaging look at a troupe of senior-citizen hip-hop dancers." Posted Aug 3, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 86%
| Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love (2009) | "
Documentary about a great world-music performer is colorful but also suffers from a certain blandness and repetitiveness. A pure concert movie with biographical interruptions would have been preferable." Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 81%
| Sex Positive (2009) | "
Scruffy but arresting documentary about an ever-embattled, pioneering fighter in the gay AIDS wars." Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Le combat dans lile (1962) | "
Alain Cavalier's New Wave thriller is a tasty French mix of politics and romance, while glorifying that iconic goddess, Romy Schneider." Posted Jun 12, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 33%
| Kiss the Bride (2008) | "
The premise is stomach-turning cutesy as well as maudlin, the characters are cartoons, and the climax is unbelievable and strained to a fare-thee-well." Posted Jun 9, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 73%
| Rudo and Cursi (2009) | "
A smashingly entertaining, sexy and funny rags-to-riches tale of sibling rivalry and love set in Mexico's soccer world." Posted May 6, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 53%
| Empty Nest (2009) | "
Tasteful and intelligent to a fault, but critically lacking in truly absorbing excitement." Posted Apr 24, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 86%
| Treeless Mountain (2009) | "
A glowing reminiscence of a difficult childhood, further illuminated by lovely performances, directorial nuance and gorgeous visuals." Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 11%
| The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2009) | "
That one special summer after college wherein boys become men and learn about the dark doings of the world is herein re-enacted to particularly wan, if determinedly literary, effect." Posted Apr 9, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 65%
| The Escapist (2009) | "
How much you enjoy this prison drama will depend on your reaction to its fractured, flashback-laced structure. Oh, for the simple, straightforward days of The Big House!" Posted Apr 6, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 54%
| The New Twenty (2009) | "
There's nothing particularly new or moving in this study of friends growing up and apart from one another, which only makes you want to yell, "Move on! College was ten years ago!"" Posted Mar 20, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 40%
| We Pedal Uphill (2009) | "
You keep hoping the late Robert Altman would reappear and take over this haphazard, dying-to-be-meaningful omnibus account of America today." Posted Mar 20, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 16%
| Spinning into Butter (2009) | "
This excruciatingly p.c. worrywart of a film takes the "Little Black Sambo" story and tries to make something trenchant and socially important of it, but merely succeeds in being false, forced and ultimately insulting." Posted Mar 18, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 77%
| Valentino: the Last Emperor (2009) | "
This splendidly eye-filling documentary about the last of the grand couturiers is as seductive and glamorous as high fashion itself." Posted Mar 18, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 29%
| Severed Ways (2009) | "
Gorgeous cinematography of fabulous wilderness landscape cannot compensate for the self-indulgence and viewer-alienating technique of a clueless rookie director/writer/actor." Posted Mar 17, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 88%
| Carmen and Geoffrey (2009) | "
A scruffily informal yet wholly charming documentary portrait of an endlessly entrancing New York artistic couple." Posted Mar 13, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| Life of Reilly (2007) | "
Helmers Frank Anderson and Barry Poltermann had the bright idea to preserve Reilly’s show on film, and... it is indeed an invaluable record." Posted Mar 10, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 75%
| Tokyo! (2009) | "
Two out of three ain't bad for an evening's (very) light entertainment, set in the world's most modern, jangling metropolis, but beware Leos Carax's "Merde."" Posted Mar 10, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 59%
| Phoebe In Wonderland (2009) | "
Elle Fanning gives one of the great child performances in this otherwise mixed study of a child with Tourette's Syndrome." Posted Mar 3, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 18%
| The Trouble with Romance (2009) | "
Omnibus Hell, decidedly not romantic, and reaching an absolute nadir with a scatological sequence to (hopefully) end them all." Posted Feb 27, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 83%
| Two Lovers (2009) | "
Joaquin Phoenix gives a heartbreakingly affecting performance in James Gray's richly observed, truly character-driven romantic triangle." Posted Feb 12, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 88%
| Medicine for Melancholy (2009) | "
This meandering two-hander about a black couple hanging out after a one-night stand has its points, but indie self-indulgence and sluggishness weigh it down." Posted Jan 29, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 92%
| Of Time and the City (2009) | "
Richly rewarding, elegaic evocation of a filmmaker's very specific past." Posted Jan 20, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 47%
| Chandni Chowk to China (2009) | "
Brimming with talent, technically masterful on many levels, this overwrought Bollywood/martial-arts caper should please fans of both genres ready to be happily assaulted for two-and-a-half hours." Posted Jan 16, 2009 |
N/A | Fresh 82%
| Cherry Blossoms (2009) | "
Doris Dörrie's Cherry Blossoms, from Strand Releasing, is one of the most sensitively intelligent, humane films ever made about two subjects whose serious treatment is all too rare in cinema%u2014aging and death." Posted Jan 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| Cherry Blossoms (2009) | "
This portrait of an aging couple is a deeply rewarding, heartbreaking, utterly worthy successor to two films which inspired it: Ozu's Tokyo Story and Leo McCarey's great, forgotten 1937 Make Way for Tomorrow." Posted Jan 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 74%
| Just Another Love Story (2009) | "
Oh those wacky Scandinavians: This is not your grandfather's noir!" Posted Jan 9, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 86%
| Scott Walker: 30 Century Man (2008) | "
One of the best music documentaries ever made, Scott Walker: 30 Century Man will have you yearning to learn more and fully immerse yourself in its subject." Posted Dec 19, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 66%
| What Doesn't Kill You (2008) | "
Been there, seen that-many times-is the best one can say for this wholly predictable autobiographical account of a life in crime." Posted Dec 17, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 15%
| Dark Streets (2008) | "
Time for a moratorium on film noir attempts." Posted Dec 12, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 51%
| Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) | "
Despite a cliché-ridden story, this holiday family reunion manages to be the heartwarming, affecting piece it sets out to be." Posted Dec 11, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 21%
| Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun (2008) | "
McKenzie has the perfect boy-next-door looks as well as the physical intensity and ardent naturalism to hold your interest. It’s a tour-de-force performance, and Joseph’s camerawork is fluid and sensitive." Posted Dec 5, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 25%
| Nobel Son (2008) | "
Eligible for major cult status, this kidnapping caper film is over-the-top but in a good way. It's smart, funny and wonderfully acted." Posted Dec 5, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 68%
| Cadillac Records (2008) | "
This music biopic has some charismatic performances and numbers, but suffers from a glut of stories, too little time to tell them and resultant cursory treatment." Posted Dec 5, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 97%
| The Class (2008) | "
Probably the year's best film, Laurent Cantet's film is a work of jaw-dropping intelligence, humanity and the most subtle cinematic bravura." Posted Dec 1, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 98%
| The Wrestler (2008) | "
Mickey Rourke gives a spectacular performance, heart-rending and true, which should induce showers of awards on this comeback kid." Posted Dec 1, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 84%
| Wendy and Lucy (2008) | "
Michelle Williams memorably radiates an authentic, embattled humanity in Kelly Reichardt's tale of a girl and her dog." Posted Dec 1, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 54%
| Australia (2008) | "
If you check your brain at the door, you'll enjoy much of this roistering, resolutely old-school jumble of clichés, lavishly packaged by an unusually restrained Baz Luhrmann." Posted Nov 25, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 13%
| I Can't Think Straight (2008) | "
Lipstick lesbianism among Muslims is the theme of this unfortunately blown chance to say something real and new. Shamim Sarif's film as fluffily lightweight as Deepa Mehta's Fire was dark and dire." Posted Nov 21, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 55%
| Special (2008) | "
The sight of him, bloodied but eternally unbowed, in his ridiculous, homemade superhero costume may indeed be totally iconic for true pulp believers." Posted Nov 21, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 28%
| House of the Sleeping Beauties (2007) | "
It's easy to feel as drowsy as any of the titular ladies while watching this misogynistic, soporific contemplation of old age, mortality and T&A." Posted Nov 14, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 45%
| Antarctica (2008) | "
Gay life in today's Tel Aviv is better presented cinematically by the work of Eytan Fox than in this overpopulated, callow effort." Posted Nov 14, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 35%
| Otto; Or, Up with Dead People (2008) | "
Some have described this as more cohesive than most Bruce La Bruce movies, but it's still sophomoric junk." Posted Nov 10, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 33%
| The Guitar (2008) | "
An interesting premise is weakened by directorial callowness, tonal uncertainty and an unengaging central performance." Posted Nov 10, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 61%
| Universe of Keith Haring (2008) | "
Christina Clausen's documentary is a briskly paced, affectionate tribute which makes full use of interviews with Haring intimates (although I could have done without that introductory artsy zeroing in on the interviewees' eyeballs)." Posted Oct 27, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 69%
| Who Does She Think She Is? (2008) | "
Terrific, engaging and moving documentary about the ongoing conundrum of women in the arts today." Posted Oct 21, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 22%
| The Pleasure of Being Robbed (2008) | "
"Mumblecore" is the trendy term being thrown about to describe this film and its ilk, as if all this slacker randomness is some kind of acceptable cinematic companion to alternative music (which can often suck badly, too). Let's just call it pure, undilut" Posted Oct 13, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 44%
| The Amazing Truth about Queen Raquela (2008) | "
That hyperbolic title refers to Raquela's transsexual status, but otherwise, there's nothing all that amazing about this very specialized-interest, sometimes engaging but often frustrating faux-documentary." Posted Oct 13, 2008 |
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