Fresh A+
| Fresh 77%
| I'm Not There (2007) | "
Sit back, and enjoy one of the finest biographical films ever made... This is a fiction about a lie more true than the truth, the story of the story, with metaphors writ large on the screen, metaphors about the smiling simile that is Bob Dylan." — Filmfest Posted Sep 11, 2007 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 89%
| Eastern Promises (2007) | "
It starts very well, and we're immediately drawn into this world of dead pregnant teens, the Russian mob, the hermeneutics of tattoos and the archetypal disappointment of a father with his son." — Film Scouts Posted Sep 8, 2007 |
Rotten D-
| Rotten 46%
| Ex Drummer (2007) | "
Ex Drummer is a mess of a film, a tawdry, bizarre tale that has enough visual style to set it apart, barely, from being a complete waste of several hours of your life." — Film Scouts Posted Sep 8, 2007 |
Fresh A+
| Fresh 95%
| My Winnipeg (2008) | "
Part documentary, part autobiography, part psychotherapy, Maddin's smooth narration and pithy asides take us in his inimitable style on a journey through what he dubs "the coldest city in North America"." — Film Scouts Posted Sep 8, 2007 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 74%
| The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) | "
With an almost aching restraint in the performances and storytelling, Assassination makes for a quite enjoyable film if you give yourself over to its pacing and style." — Film Scouts Posted Sep 8, 2007 |
Fresh A+
| Fresh 94%
| No Country for Old Men (2007) | "
This is a film that pulls no punches - it's brutal, violent and at times perverse. It is almost sadistic in how it removes all sense of catharsis from the audience, yet does so with such grace and efficiency that you're constantly shaking your head in ama" — Film Scouts Posted Sep 8, 2007 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 93%
| Juno (2007) | "
It's a thinking person's teen flick, a feel-good film that earns its earnestness. It's got the-little-film-that-could spirit that could see it succeed like Little Miss Sunshine, but for my money it's the better of the two..." — Film Scouts Posted Sep 7, 2007 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 90%
| Michael Clayton (2007) | "
A story rich in ideas that doesn't blow valuable time proselytizing its message." — Film Scouts Posted Sep 7, 2007 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 71%
| Lust, Caution (2007) | "
It's a film to admire, but not an easy one to fall in love with." — Film Scouts Posted Sep 7, 2007 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 43%
| The Brave One (2007) | "
In the end it's a film that doesn't know what it wants to be - on the one hand it's visceral entertainment (B-thriller?), and on the other hand it tries for some arch conservative, Reaganesque view of conflict resolution." — Film Scouts Posted Sep 7, 2007 |
Fresh A-
| N/A | Chicken Rice War (2000) | "
The Montagues and Capulets are replaced by the Wong's and Chan's, as an age-old rivalry between two Chicken Rice sellers has dragged on for generations." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 25, 2007 |
Fresh A-
| Rotten 53%
| Sheitan (2006) | "
Kids-in-the-country vibe mixes teen horror with Deliverance" — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 68%
| Lights In The Dusk (2007) | "
Another weird, frigid tale by Kaurismaki." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Rotten C+
| Fresh 71%
| Amazing Grace (2007) | "
While the subject matter is ripe for investigation, the film isn't quite up to the challenge." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Rotten D+
| N/A | Invisible Waves (2006) | "
The story of betrayal, poisoning, karaoke and manky cruise ships is often convoluted despite the deliberate pace." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh A-
| Rotten 57%
| Princess (2007) | "
Animation is used here clearly to allow the story to be told with a certain amount of distance, yet the constant shift in tone and introduction of video elements keeps the film intensely unsettling." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh B-
| N/A | Tales of the Rat Fink (2006) | "
Bubble cars and air-brushed flames abound...Interesting and accessible." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh B-
| N/A | No Place Like Home () | "
The classic reggae of the soundtrack (interspersed with MOR 70s schmaltz) keeps the film chugging along." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh A+
| Fresh 65%
| Severance (2007) | "
A slasher film with a brain, cleverly constructed with strong performances and storyline....The Office meets Deliverance...." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 90%
| The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2009) | "
It's pretentious, arch, and often times ridiculous (as well as being philosophically incoherent, trying to sound smarter than it actually is), but it's in the end a lot of fun." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 79%
| Sharkwater (2007) | "
Pretty, if polemical look at Sharks, the illegal harvesting of fins, and one man's journey into radical activism." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 40%
| The Banquet (2006) | "
A beautiful, if incomprehensible and interminable film with fest-fav Zhang Zi-Yi." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Rotten D-
| Rotten 39%
| Bonneville (2006) | "
This is Pablum masking as a tragi-comic chick flick, and should be avoided by all thinking people." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 75%
| Black Book (2007) | "
Carice van Houten is an astonishing find, and if someone were on the ball she'd be world famous sooner rather than later." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh B+
| Rotten 34%
| Breaking and Entering (2007) | "
A convoluted plot of break-ins, architectural redevelopment and mid-30s life crises mask a fairly standard tale of a love triangle." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Rotten C-
| N/A | Remembering Arthur (2006) | "
Overly long, with stories that end up going nowhere, the filmmaker is clearly to close to the subject (his friend Arthur), and this eulogy does little but hold up his closest friends to scrutiny that is not sustainable." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 95%
| Pan's Labyrinth (2006) | "
A film with vision..." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 40%
| Trapped Ashes (2006) | "
A horrible mess of horror movie cliches..." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 89%
| Rescue Dawn (2007) | "
A very accomplished film, and Bale continues to impress with his craft." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 91%
| So Goes the Nation (2006) | "
The star of the show is Paul Bagala, who in no uncertain terms points out the foibles of his own side's defeat." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Rotten F
| Rotten 26%
| Copying Beethoven (2006) | "
A horrid mess of a film, only the music elevates it from being a total dud." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 65%
| Shortbus (2006) | "
Incredibly sexy without being titilating, this is a very well crafted flick that deserves a bigger audience than it will inevitably receive." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh A-
| Rotten 37%
| Death of a President (2006) | "
The talking head interviews and other elements make for an intelligent analysis of our reactions and prejudices about such a situation. A must see." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh B-
| Rotten 35%
| The Abandoned (2007) | "
A weird and wicked tale further emphasizing that you can never go home again, especially if you never lived at home in the first place" — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 44%
| Renaissance (2006) | "
The inky blacks and bright whites make for a really interesting, printed look that's unique..." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh B+
| Rotten 40%
| The Half Life of Timofey Berezin (2006) | "
It's a quirky mix of incompetent bureaucrats and small time gangsters trying to carve a life in the new Russia." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh B-
| Rotten 51%
| The Fountain (2006) | "
It will no doubt find itself aging quite well, appreciated long after its (inevitably short) theatrical run." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 71%
| Black Sheep (2007) | "
The film is fabulous, perfectly capturing the sense of silly horror while bloodying the meadows of NZ with gore." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 50%
| For Your Consideration (2006) | "
While they do pull a few punches (to the detriment of the story), there are enough laughs and great performances to rescue the film from the dustbin." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 20%
| Bunny Chow (2006) | "
The story puts the pot in "melting pot", as we watch these stoner dudes take a road trip to a festival in search of fame, fortune and laughs. It's got the trappings of a better film, but unfortunately the jokes land flat." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh A+
| Fresh 94%
| Lake of Fire (2007) | "
This is the most impressive, most honest and most brutal account of the abortion issue I have ever seen. With breathtaking scope and access (shot over a 14 year period) Kaye has crafted a film that could easily be the subject of an ethics graduate course." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh B-
| Rotten 50%
| Penelope (2008) | "
A sweet lollipop of a film, a fable told with charm and whimsy. It does get overly saccharine as it goes on, losing its shape and novelty as it clambers towards its (supremely unsurprising, and in many ways disappointing) conclusion." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 50%
| All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2009) | "
A silly, generic teen slasher/stalker move with a twist!" — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 11%
| All The King's Men (2006) | "
A "shouty" film... a bit too long, a bit heavy handed with the rhetoric." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Rotten C+
| Fresh 76%
| Catch a Fire (2006) | "
...as the credits rolled, I did hope for more." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Rotten C+
| Fresh 81%
| Time (2007) | "
With the raised expectations brought from his last films it's certainly a disappointment that Time doesn't rise to the level I hoped for." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 92%
| The Host (2007) | "
I was disappointed what started out as a very promising genre pic became weighted down by its own pretensions." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 76%
| The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006) | "
The breadth of interviews was quite good, and the film goes to great pains to situate Lennon within the wider political framework of the day. Everyone from G. Gordon Liddy to Geraldo are trotted out to either decry or justify the treatment that the Nixon" — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 91%
| Brand Upon The Brain! (2006) | "
The film is a bizarre mess of monster movie, teen detective novel and coming of age, cross-gendered romance film....one I am extremely pleased to have attended." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 72%
| Stranger Than Fiction (2006) | "
A literate, literary film with a Hollywood high-concept hitch." — Film Scouts Posted Jun 21, 2007 |
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