Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 53%
| Glorious 39 (2009) | "
A political yarn – sometimes creepy, sometimes daft – in the Hitchcockian vein." — Time Out Posted Nov 20, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 80%
| Examined Life (2009) | "
You can’t help but feel that director Astra Taylor fails at her own challenge of making an academic subject come truly alive as cinema." — Time Out Posted Nov 20, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 89%
| The White Ribbon (2009) | "
It’s [Haneke's] least aggressive and most mature film – a masterpiece from a director who is increasingly making a habit of them." — Time Out Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 85%
| We Live in Public (2009) | "
The big question is whether we’re now living in a more pragmatic time." — Time Out Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 77%
| Harry Brown (2009) | "
As narrative – and moral – maths go, this is a cooking of the books that sidesteps any smart commentary on real life." — Time Out Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 83%
| Bright Star (2009) | "
A combination of unstuffy dialogue, wise casting, unselfconscious performances and sensuous but never pretty photography makes Campion’s version of the nineteenth century feel current but not anachronistic." — Time Out Posted Nov 6, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 73%
| Starsuckers (2009) | "
Atkins is keener to bring comedy to the subject with a series of stunts that make for amusing if hardly revelatory watching" — Time Out Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 94%
| An Education (2009) | "
Danish director Scherfig and star Mulligan give the film considerable weight by surrounding this lightly played, strange romance with both an acute understanding of Barber’s endearing screen alter ego." — Time Out Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 92%
| Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) | "
The push and pull between the tame life and the wild one is the unifying theme. It’s all very transatlantic – the setting and baddies are English; the animals are hip Americans. This is one crafty fox – in every sense." — Time Out Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 94%
| Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee (2009) | "
An endearing effort with enough heart to fill the gaps where the gags dry up or fall flat." — Time Out Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 100%
| The Army of Crime (2009) | "
His film is always fascinating and is a crucial, stirring addition to the cinema about wartime France." — Time Out Posted Oct 4, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 96%
| The Beaches of Agnes (2009) | "
A puckish, moving and wonderfully eccentric tour through her life." — Time Out Posted Oct 4, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 0%
| The Spell (2009) | "
Imagine ‘Hollyoaks’ with the gloss taken out, a dash of ‘The Exorcist’ put in," — Time Out Posted Oct 4, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 55%
| The Soloist (2009) | "
A deliriously imperfect film – and all the better for it." — Time Out Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 100%
| Three Miles North Of Molkom (2009) | "
It’s a funny film that imbues you with an odd feeling of Zen." — Time Out Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 77%
| Chevolution (2008) | "
Zippy enough, if a little meandering, and spends equal time on the man and the myth." — Time Out Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 47%
| Dorian Gray (2010) | "
These are interesting ideas, but they would work better if there was more decadence on show earlier on to nail Gray’s corruption." — Time Out Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 100%
| Tricks (2007) | "
Bathed in summer light, ‘Tricks’ offers a warm portrait of childhood and attributes unusual intelligence and emotional instincts to its subjects." — Time Out Posted Sep 4, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 98%
| The Hurt Locker (2009) | "
Bigelow’s film combines an expert management of tension with a sensitive and journalistic attention to detail: she has one eye on the truth and the other on the multiplex." — Time Out Posted Aug 29, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 82%
| Broken Embraces (2009) | "
While some of Almodóvar’s films are out-and-out heartbreakers – perfect storms of melodrama, storytelling and extreme living – this is a more cerebral, self-reflective and noir-ish affair." — Time Out Posted Aug 29, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 95%
| Mid-August Lunch (2009) | "
Underlying this amiable, thoughtful film is an assumption that age should bring with it respect – and however exasperated he gets, Gianni abides by this code completely." — Time Out Posted Aug 14, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 80%
| Yes Men Fix the World (2009) | "
You have to admire their ability both to pull off these stunts and to extract such honest expressions of greed from such corporate victims." — Time Out Posted Aug 7, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 89%
| Moon (2009) | "
The film is not entirely logical, but it raises pleasing questions and looks beautiful." — Time Out Posted Jul 17, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 67%
| Bruno (2009) | "
What’s lacking in the presentation, Baron Cohen makes up for with sheer ballsy, outrageous bravado. He bulldozes you with shock tactics. Brüno is a mesmerising invention, by turns repulsive and compelling." — Time Out Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
— | Fresh 88%
| Lion's Den (2009) |
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Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 100%
| North by Northwest (1959) | "
Hitchcock breezes through a tongue-in-cheek, nightmarish plot with a lightness of touch that’s equalled by a charming performance from Grant." — Time Out Posted Jun 19, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 91%
| Katyn (2007) | "
The principal success of Wajda’s stately, widescreen and exquisitely shot film lies in its sober attempt to mirror the fragmented truth of a genocide." — Time Out Posted Jun 19, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 25%
| Shadows in the Sun () | "
A serene amble through an inoffensive landscape." — Time Out Posted Jun 5, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 75%
| Anything for Her (2008) | "
Cavayé’s film may not be the cleverest or most credible but it packs an effective punch." — Time Out Posted Jun 5, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 84%
| The Mark of an Angel (2008) | "
Nebbou quietly marshals claustrophobia and tension without encroaching on more bombastic thriller territory." — Time Out Posted May 22, 2009 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 38%
| Awaydays (2009) | "
The film falls down in its effort to make credible the background stories of its well-performed lead characters." — Time Out Posted May 22, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 88%
| Inglourious Basterds (2009) | "
‘Subtle’ is not a word in Tarantino's lexicon. At the film’s heart is a fatal attempt to conflate fact with fiction and a celebration of vengeance that’s misplaced and embarrassing." — Time Out Posted May 20, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 49%
| Antichrist (2009) | "
A troubling but refreshing sense of an artist uncloaked. A violent conflict of ideas and images. Any satisfaction from loose ends tied and questions answered? Forget it. It’s just not that sort of film." — Time Out Posted May 18, 2009 |
Fresh 5/6
| Fresh 100%
| A Prophet (2009) | "
'A Prophet’ is never less than believable, thoughtful and, although very uncomfortable at points, incredibly entertaining." — Time Out Posted May 18, 2009 |
Fresh 5/6
| Fresh 88%
| Looking for Eric (2009) | "
The film’s triumph lies in the two relationships at its heart: the unlikely rapport between the two Erics, little and big, which is unusual, amusing and affecting." — Time Out Posted May 18, 2009 |
Fresh 5/6
| Fresh 67%
| Synecdoche, New York (2008) | "
Somehow, because it resists unlocking, it feels more serious, troubling, significant. It’s as funny as it’s depressing. It’s as brilliant as it is baffling." — Time Out Posted May 15, 2009 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 56%
| French Film (2008) | "
Not a good film by a long stretch, but there’s something so harmless about this debut directorial effort (from a script by Aschlin ‘Scenes of a Sexual Nature’ Ditta) that to pull it apart would be like savaging a child’s first attempt at storywriting." — Time Out Posted May 15, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 83%
| Bright Star (2009) | "
Finely crafted, well performed and subtly told, 'Bright Star' is a film that may be more admirable than it is arresting." — Time Out Posted May 15, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 94%
| Fish Tank (2009) | "
A film that brilliantly and sensitively buzzes with life and offers its very own take on our world and our city. It delivers in spades attitude, humour, sadness, love, anger and hope." — Time Out Posted May 14, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 98%
| Up (2009) | "
Pixar triumphs again with a delirious fantasy that has one leg in the real world of hopes dashed and realised and the other in the cartoon tradition of journeying and adventure." — Time Out Posted May 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 87%
| Sounds Like Teen Spirit () | "
Johnson serves the story well and strikes a welcome tone by taking his subjects just seriously enough. Very enjoyable – but no more than an extended ‘Pop Idol’ for cinema." — Time Out Posted May 8, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 89%
| O'Horten (2009) | "
Thoughtful, funny, slightly sad and superbly crafted." — Time Out Posted May 8, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 66%
| Is Anybody There? (2009) | "
The tender rapport between this film’s two leads, 76-year-old Michael Caine and 14-year-old Bill Milner, is reason enough to see this sweet-natured British indie that explores the not-very-sexy topics of death and ageing." — Time Out Posted May 1, 2009 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 75%
| Helen (2008) | "
You couldn’t call this audacious British debut a success; it’s too arch, awkward and over-extended for that. But, oddly, it’s those very same qualities which make it arresting to watch and which mark out its two directors as talents to keep an eye on." — Time Out Posted May 1, 2009 |
Rotten 2/6
| Fresh 65%
| The End (2009) | "
Inevitably, this is a sympathetic, one-sided film and its familiar perspective is a nostalgic, sometimes tiresome one that imagines a ‘golden age’ when grannies could leave their doors open at night." — Time Out Posted May 1, 2009 |
Fresh 5/6
| Fresh 95%
| In the Loop (2009) | "
It’s a film that is both insanely funny and a desperate cry for sanity." — Time Out Posted Apr 17, 2009 |
Fresh 3/6
| Rotten 32%
| Good (2008) | "
By all accounts, Taylor’s play was a more experimental piece than this film, in which the production values, like the acting, veer between the acceptable and the stodgy." — Time Out Posted Apr 17, 2009 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 86%
| Tyson (2009) | "
Toback steers Tyson through every triumph and disaster you want to hear about, never pretending that the platform belongs to anyone but the man they used to call Iron Mike." — Time Out Posted Mar 27, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 77%
| Genova (2008) | "
It can be to mix a strange city with devastating loss. It’s at once a deeply sad film and a deeply truthful and optimistic one." — Time Out Posted Mar 27, 2009 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 93%
| The Damned United (2009) | "
The biggest failure is the film’s portrayal of the Leeds team: the oddly-coiffured lads are never more than a unit and the calamity of Clough’s time in charge too much of a given." — Time Out Posted Mar 27, 2009 |
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