Fresh
| Fresh 65%
| Beyond the Clouds (1995) | "
Antonioni seems to be using his absence from the scene as an opportunity to restate his vision, perhaps having a new generation of filmgoers in mind." Posted Mar 1, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 96%
| Butterfly (1999) | "
The real tragedy is the death of a liberal education." Posted Jan 4, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 75%
| Butterfly (2001) | "
Keeping suspense through a story that we know the ending of is no small feat." Posted Apr 8, 2003 |
Fresh
| Fresh 75%
| The New Eve (1998) | "
Corsini manages that rare feat in French cinema--a breezy comedy" Posted Sep 9, 2002 |
Rotten
| Fresh 76%
| Burnt Money (2001) | "
Piñeyro's solution for every predictable plot advancement and character relationship is a lot of frantic arm-waving, as though to insist, 'But these gangsters are gay!'" Posted Mar 2, 2002 |
Fresh
| Fresh 81%
| Mulholland Dr. (2001) | "
[Lynch] is keying into the layers of film reality that make the art so palpable." Posted Dec 10, 2001 |
Rotten
| Fresh 76%
| Tape (2001) | "
With hardly any artistry in sight, the film's appeal cannot hold up, not even with a solid performance from Uma Thurman and a fine one from Ethan Hawke." Posted Dec 9, 2001 |
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Fresh
| Fresh 95%
| Eternity and a Day (1998) | "
For at least half of its length, it is quietly revelatory, luminous and invigorating, and for those reasons it makes essential viewing." Posted Oct 30, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 70%
| Liam (2001) | "
Maybe Frears' most unflinching drama." Posted Aug 27, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| The Business of Strangers (2001) | "
Stettner seems to understand perfectly that all you really need for making a fine movie is a sleek script, alert performers and a damn good eye." Posted Aug 27, 2001 |
Fresh
| Rotten 44%
| Lisa Picard is Famous (2001) | "
Proves yet again, to believers in documentrary grit and spontaneity, that nothing improves realism like elegance." Posted Aug 20, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 77%
| Our Lady of the Assassins (2001) | "
Schroeder assays his subject rather than assails the viewer, delivering the city in creamy, beautifully fading browns." Posted Jul 30, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 83%
| IMAX - Adventures in Wild California (2000) | "
Wild California seldom flags in energy, and there are moments of visual awe, heart-pounding exhiliration, and joy over the wonder and beauty of nature." Posted Jul 3, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 69%
| Thomas in Love (2001) | "
Creates an entire futuristic world without, seemingly, ever changing the camera set-up." Posted Jul 3, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| Together (2001) | "
Moodysson sensitively focuses on each person's concerns and dilemmas, but also captures plenty of scenes of life together in the crowded, spirited commune." Posted Jun 27, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 68%
| The Crimson Rivers (2001) | "
Hatches plenty of wild turns in its final half-hour without truly tripping up." Posted Jun 25, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 62%
| Wonderland (2000) | "
Arrestingly beautiful; you can practically get drunk on its fusion of movement, color, light and sound." Posted Jun 5, 2001 |
Fresh
| Rotten 35%
| The Man Who Cried (2001) | "
The whole film rings true to artful tones and positions, because Vierny sees the triumph of freedom over oppression as a kind of graceful, superlative production." Posted Jun 1, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| IMAX - Journey into Amazing Caves (2001) | "
Like the huge face of Garbo in her silent work, the gorgeous landscapes of films such as Journey Into Amazing Caves loom over the viewer and hold an irresistible sway." Posted May 30, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| Our Song (2001) | "
One of very few American films to investigate the contemporary scene with the thoughtful, old-fashioned run-on take." Posted May 3, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| Eureka (2001) | "
It demands attention, and indeed strikes a blow for the classical Japanese film." Posted Apr 30, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 17%
| South of Heaven, West of Hell (2001) | "
The conflicts, vistas, rhythm and mood are of a piece, but not every personality or circumstance is fully thought through." Posted Apr 10, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Man of the Century (1999) | "
Woody Allen-ish metaphysical intrigues are at the center of the clever Man of the Century" Posted Apr 3, 2001 |
Fresh
| Rotten 58%
| Enemy at the Gates (2001) | "
Probably worth seeing for the sets, battle scenes, and the questions of patriotism and allegiance it raises early on." Posted Apr 2, 2001 |
Fresh
| Rotten 15%
| Company Man (2001) | "
A smart, neat little movie." Posted Mar 5, 2001 |
Fresh
| Rotten 49%
| The Price of Milk (2001) | "
Sinclair imposes a sure hand over the look, pacing, and interplay between music and image." Posted Mar 5, 2001 |
Fresh
| Rotten 55%
| Maléna (2000) | "
The plot is thin, but its bustling construction dazzles." Posted Feb 7, 2001 |
Rotten
| Fresh 62%
| The Claim (2001) | "
A little like enjoying the work of the best student of a great painter. All in all, you would probably like to go back to seeing the previous work." Posted Feb 7, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 73%
| A Room for Romeo Brass (2000) | "
A plain Jane piece of cinema, Romeo nonetheless delivers some tangible grit, and fair play for the audience." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Rotten 36%
| Agnes Browne (1999) | "
Huston's skill at evoking public conduct naturally and easily--she lived part of her childhood in Dublin--makes Agnes Browne succeed." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Rotten 58%
| Among Giants (1998) | "
The director transcends the pitfalls of sentimentality that beleaguer so many earnest blue-collar movies these days." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten
| Fresh 85%
| An Affair of Love (2000) | "
In a movie that bets the farm on delicate balancing, An Affair of Love comes close but doesn't quite strike the needed equilibriums." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 60%
| Arlington Road (1999) | "
The film has a glossy, enjoyable surface." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 77%
| Beautiful People (1999) | "
In conception, it's closer to Bruce Beresford's Six Degrees of Separation: Both films call attention to the close relatedness, regardless of geography and class, of humans." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 73%
| Besieged (1998) | "
The frenetic editing and shaky framing, a combination so familiar from MTV, become in Bertolucci's hands something greater than sham documentary." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| Black Cat White Cat (1998) | "
The feel of Cat is not only humorous and biting, but close to exquisite." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 60%
| Chinese Box (1997) | "
Wang is moving toward a clearer objectivity." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 97%
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (1999) | "
A finely wrought flight of fancy." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten
| Rotten 41%
| Desert Blue (1998) | "
Freeman seems to have spent much time lining up the plotlines, but somewhere along the way forgot to impart grit and substance to his characters." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Rotten 57%
| Dr. T and the Women (2000) | "
Maybe shy of an Altman masterpiece, Dr. T easily makes up for his last several outings." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten
| Fresh 73%
| eXistenZ (1999) | "
The biggest flaw is the film's patent lack of a life pulse" Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 78%
| Eyes Wide Shut (1999) | "
The elegance and spontaneity dazzle and enliven, and the flattening out of space and emotion guarantee the film as a provocation to the Hollywood game and a statement of its maker's independence." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 95%
| Fallen Angels (Hong Kong) (1996) | "
Wong has used practically every cinematic element available to him to create a mood of love gone off the track, drawn-out wishes, time passing emptily, and disconnection." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten
| Rotten 56%
| Go Now (1996) | "
Although Winterbottom intended this tale of serious illness to escape the grip of melodrama, that's exactly where it ends up." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 84%
| Happiness (1998) | "
Solondz's view of [his characters] is prickly, perhaps, but he doesn't skewer them or indict humanity." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 79%
| Happy Together (1997) | "
Working past a romance that burns out, the film affirms other, simple bonds that give strong sustenance." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 85%
| Henry Fool (1998) | "
In better sync with its content, but its story, too, of an individual living in a dumpster world trying to share what he knows and make it sing, is undeniably moving." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 61%
| Hurlyburly (1998) | "
Instead of unproductively pilloring the movie industry, Drazan and Rabe locate Hollywood as the site through which society can treat its conflicts and ideals" Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 75%
| IMAX - Mysteries of Egypt (1999) | "
Though a little creaky in parts, the film wins us over with its impressive production values, fair-minded presentation and formal ambition." Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
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