Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| Coraline (2009) | "
A whimsical fantasy created in stop animation and set in alternate universes, Coraline is a visual treat certain to whisk every age into a magical wonderland." — Urban Cinefile Posted Jul 29, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 88%
| Son of a Lion (2008) | "
A commendable addition to the growing number of films centered on children in post-9/11 Islamic societies." — Variety Posted Nov 19, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 88%
| Unfinished Sky (2008) | "
An affecting character study for mature viewers." — Variety Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
Fresh
| N/A | The Legend of Naresuan: Declaration in Independence (2007) | "
The second stanza in this gargantuan Thai trilogy is a much more entertaining, if still confusing, proposition for foreign observers than the first, King Naresuan." — Variety Posted Jul 9, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 60%
| Build a Ship, Sail to Sadness (2007) | "
This film-school grad project does rep an arresting debut for British-based German helmer Laurin Federlein." — Variety Posted Jan 29, 2008 |
Fresh
| N/A | Modern Love (2006) | "
Though occasionally too caught up with bold visuals and a complex audioscape, this mood piece has a suspenseful storyline and enough fleshed-out characters to maintain interest." — Variety Posted Dec 5, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| Rogue (2008) | "
A competent horror filmed in eye-catching Aussie outback locations." — Variety Posted Nov 12, 2007 |
Fresh
| N/A | Ferryman (2007) | "
Plot and character rarely rise above functional, but the screenplay does have some intriguing psychosexual undercurrents, and [director Chris] Graham produces enough vigorous action to leave genre buffs satisfied, if not ecstatic." — Variety Posted Oct 16, 2007 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| N/A | The Home Song Stories (2007) | "
A finely chiseled drama about an unstable Chinese mother struggling to reconcile her desires with her children's needs in early '70s Australia, The Home Song Stories speaks bittersweet truths about life in the Chinese diaspora." — Variety Posted Aug 25, 2007 |
Fresh
| N/A | The Jammed (2007) | "
Centered on an ordinary young woman-turned-rescuer of victims, pic's integrity and committed performances should spark strong fest interest and generate discussion of a supremely ugly subject." — Variety Posted Aug 11, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 38%
| Murderous Intent (2006) | "
Armed with more imagination than most thrillers with teen protags, Oz-U.K. co-prod Like Minds is an intriguing whodunit centered on two privileged British schoolboys with an unhealthy interest in the Knights Templar." — Variety Posted Jun 4, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 63%
| Casting About (2007) | "
The acting process is joyously celebrated in Casting About, a captivating documentary shot entirely in audition rooms during the search for three thesps for a feature film." — Variety Posted May 8, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 98%
| Ten Canoes (2007) | "
The first feature in an Australian Aboriginal language feels authentic to the core as it tells a cautionary tale set 1,000 years ago." — Variety Posted Apr 23, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 50%
| Hula Girls (2007) | "
Loaded with underdog heroics and bursting with youthful enthusiasm, Hula Girls may be utterly predictable but it sure is a lot of fun." — Variety Posted Oct 17, 2006 |
Fresh
| N/A | Three Dollars (2006) | "
This adaptation of Elliot Perlman's 1998 novel shifts uneasily at times around weighty themes, but its essential humanism still strikes chords." — Variety Posted Sep 8, 2006 |
Fresh
| Rotten 55%
| Vajra Sky Over Tibet (2006) | "
[A]n illuminating meditation on that deepest of Buddhist philosophical concerns -- impermanence." — Variety Posted Sep 6, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| Punk's Not Dead (2007) | "
Pacy, broad-based overview of the punk rock scene from 1977 to present packages a who's who of luminaries and rare performance clips into a vibrant proof-of-life statement underpinned by keen analysis of sociopolitical issues." — Variety Posted Jun 24, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 77%
| Look Both Ways (2006) | "
An imaginative, humorous and truthful contemplation of human reaction to the inexplicable." — Variety Posted May 5, 2006 |
Fresh
| N/A | Jewboy (2005) | "
A consistently involving character study." — Variety Posted Jan 18, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 87%
| The Proposition (2006) | "
Hillcoat and Cave have here found their most fertile ground yet for allegory-rich examinations of life and death in remote, pressure-cooker environments." — Variety Posted Sep 19, 2005 |
Fresh
| Rotten 59%
| Oyster Farmer (2005) | "
A well-observed study of outsiders distinguished by precise performances from a well-cast ensemble." — Variety Posted Jul 28, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 76%
| Mansfield Park (1999) | "
Writer-director Patricia Rozema has made significant alterations to the original text and her instincts have worked superbly." — Urban Cinefile Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
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