— | Fresh 91%
| Mostly Martha (2002) |
Click here to read article — City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul Posted Aug 19, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 95%
| The Cove (2009) | "
An exhilarating experience." — Nerve.com Posted Jul 29, 2009 |
— | Fresh 89%
| The District (2007) |
Click here to read article — New York Magazine Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
Rotten D+
| Rotten 41%
| Baseketball (1998) | "
Their incessant, obscene banter is meant to be endearing; their total lack of presence makes it simply annoying." — Entertainment Weekly Posted Mar 25, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 79%
| La Zona (2007) | "
Some may sniff at director Rodrigo Plá’s deliberately exaggerated style, but it makes no pretensions to authenticity. Indeed, it’s just audacious enough to work -- like Crash reimagined by Rod Serling." — New York Magazine Posted Mar 24, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 79%
| XXY (2008) | "
The Argentine writer-director downplays the clinical angle and avoids easy melodramatic pitfalls." — New York Magazine Posted Mar 24, 2008 |
Fresh 6.7/8
| Fresh 87%
| Liberty Kid (2007) | "
What begins as a run-of-the-mill urban drama about two guys from Brooklyn turns into something more epic and resonant." — Nerve.com Posted Jan 10, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 79%
| The Great Debaters (2007) | "
In the stacked-deck world of Robert Eisele’s script, this team has an uncanny ability to grab the hindsight-friendly side of every issue." — New York Magazine Posted Dec 17, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 39%
| Full Grown Men (2008) | "
Full Grown Men is a lovely, bewitching film with a lot on its mind." — New York Magazine Posted Nov 7, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 86%
| Times and Winds (2008) | "
An immersive meditation on the unsettling power of nature, creating a world in which its human characters are but one link in a tangled natural order." — New York Magazine Posted May 4, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 68%
| The Treatment (2007) | "
The Treatment is not without its flaws but its sterling cast makes it a real joy to watch." — New York Magazine Posted Apr 30, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| Encounter Point (2006) | "
It may not break any new aesthetic ground, but Encounter Point might just be the most optimistic film about this conflict you’ll ever see." — New York Magazine Posted Nov 13, 2006 |
Fresh
| Rotten 52%
| Wah-Wah (2006) | "
As a story, Wah-Wah is far from perfect, but its wonderful cast brings it a complexity all too rare today." — New York Magazine Posted May 12, 2006 |
— | Fresh 71%
| Deathdream (1972) |
Click here to read article — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Oct 19, 2004 |
— | Fresh 98%
| Nosferatu (1922) |
Click here to read article — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Jan 6, 2003 |
— | Fresh 100%
| The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919) |
Click here to read article — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Jan 6, 2003 |
— | Fresh 100%
| The Golem (1920) |
Click here to read article — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Jan 6, 2003 |
Fresh 8/10
| Rotten 40%
| Dead or Alive: Final (2002) | "
Although some viewers will not be able to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness, those who do will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime." — Citysearch Posted Nov 29, 2002 |
Rotten
| Fresh 71%
| The Farewell (2002) | "
The author's devotees will probably find it fascinating; others may find it baffling." — Citysearch Posted Jan 18, 2002 |
Fresh
| Fresh 84%
| What Time Is It There? (2002) | "
Both exuberantly romantic and serenely melancholy, What Time Is It There? may prove to be [Tsai's] masterpiece." — Citysearch Posted Jan 11, 2002 |
Fresh
| Fresh 86%
| The Way We Laughed (2001) | "
It's hard to argue with the stunning lead performances by Enrico Lo Verso and Francesco Giuffrida." — Citysearch Posted Nov 26, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 86%
| Lola (1961) | "
Demy is best known stateside for his wondrous musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, but some consider this, his debut feature, to be his best work." — Citysearch Posted Nov 16, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 64%
| Happenstance (2001) | "
Much of Happenstance comes across as a cinematic parlor game. But what a fun game it is." — Citysearch Posted Nov 2, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 65%
| Intimacy (2001) | "
Chereau's unhinged, probing camerawork, combined with the intensity of Kerry Fox and Mark Rylance's performances, makes for a near-hypnotic experience." — Citysearch Posted Oct 19, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 33%
| Dog Run (2001) | "
Consisting of little more than episodes, impressions and stock misfit characters." — Citysearch Posted Oct 19, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 22%
| Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2001) | "
The result is a very believable strip club, inhabited by cardboard-thin protagonists who come across as caricatures more than actual people." — Citysearch Posted Oct 19, 2001 |
Rotten
| Fresh 86%
| La Ciénaga (2001) | "
Seems designed only to shock and depress, a film devoid of much insight or humanity." — Citysearch Posted Oct 4, 2001 |
Rotten
| Fresh 80%
| The Season of Men (2001) | "
Alternately tedious and compelling." — Citysearch Posted Sep 28, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| Djomeh (2001) | "
Has a keen sense of the pace of everyday life." — Citysearch Posted Sep 6, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 63%
| O (2001) | "
Director Tim Blake Nelson brings an invigorating sense of style to this story." — Citysearch Posted Aug 30, 2001 |
Fresh
| Rotten 46%
| Maybe Baby (2001) | "
A perceptive comedy, punctuated with hilarious appearances from such notable faces as Emma Thompson and Rowan Atkinson." — Citysearch Posted Aug 23, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| Together (2001) | "
An astutely written and acted study of human interaction." — Citysearch Posted Aug 23, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 53%
| Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) | "
This comedy overdoes the lightheartedness and in-jokes so much that the audience might not care about it all that much, either." — Citysearch Posted Aug 23, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 95%
| Band of Outsiders (1964) | "
Challenging, to be sure, but also relentlessly entertaining." — Citysearch Posted Aug 17, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 43%
| All Over the Guy (2001) | "
Badly acted and humorless." — Citysearch Posted Aug 17, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 76%
| Audition (2001) | "
Best enjoyed by not having any expectations going in, other than knowing that [Miike will] knock your socks off." — Citysearch Posted Aug 8, 2001 |
Rotten
| Fresh 74%
| Under the Sun (2001) | "
Full of predictable plot machinations." — Citysearch Posted Aug 3, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 12%
| Original Sin (2001) | "
What starts off as a sleazy melodrama with intriguing co-star chemistry quickly gets bogged down in piled-up plot twists." — Citysearch Posted Aug 2, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 93%
| Cure (2001) | "
Kurosawa takes a reasonably engaging thriller plot and turns it into a mesmerizing masterwork." — Citysearch Posted Aug 1, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| 101 Reykjavik (2001) | "
A fascinating and sexy performance from Spanish actress Victoria Abril as Lola." — Citysearch Posted Jul 27, 2001 |
Rotten
| Fresh 71%
| Downtown 81 (1981) | "
Presents a smug, self-satisfied vision of its own world." — Citysearch Posted Jul 13, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 81%
| The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2001) | "
Tackles the problem of happiness in today's world with a poetic succinctness all too rare in movies today." — Citysearch Posted Jul 6, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 53%
| Let it Snow (2001) | "
Brings little new to the table." — Citysearch Posted Jun 22, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| Our Song (2001) | "
The film is an unpretentious slice of life that allows its characters to maintain their dignity." — Citysearch Posted May 25, 2001 |
Rotten
| Fresh 88%
| The Road Home (2001) | "
Even the director's most ardent admirers won't be ready for the soapy goo he delivers here." — Citysearch Posted May 24, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| Under the Sand (2001) | "
A full-bodied, gripping film about the nature of trauma, memory and moving on." — Citysearch Posted May 4, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| Eureka (2001) | "
While director Shinji Aoyama's style is understated, meditative and deliberate, he manages to grab the viewer from the very beginning, and rarely lets go." — Citysearch Posted May 4, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| Once Upon a Time in China (1991) | "
Aided immeasurably by the acrobatic skills of its brilliant star, Once Upon A Time in China delivers the kinetic goods." — Citysearch Posted Apr 26, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 53%
| The Golden Bowl (2001) | "
A distracted, emotionless affair." — Citysearch Posted Apr 26, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 95%
| With a Friend Like Harry (2001) | "
Strange, exhilarating." — Citysearch Posted Apr 19, 2001 |
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