— | N/A | 4 (2007) |
Click here to read article Posted Aug 18, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 68%
| Hollywoodland (2006) | "
Hollywoodland works best -- as a cold look at the entertainment industry's obsession with youth and the fatality brought on by an errant wrinkle or gray hair, impressively encapsulated by Diane Lane’s strong showing as the past-her-prime." Posted Sep 8, 2006 |
Rotten 1/5
| Fresh 62%
| Clerks II (2006) | "
Clerks II would make for an appropriate end to Smith's lackluster career." Posted Jul 21, 2006 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 85%
| Giuliani Time (2006) | "
Keating, who has shot for the Maysles brothers and Barbara Kopple, amasses an impressive amount of evidence to bolster his claims, allowing the relative dryness of his style to be overshadowed by the revelatory nature of his research." Posted May 12, 2006 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 31%
| Trudell (2006) | "
Rae borrows a bit heavily from the Oliver Stone school of filmmaking: Quick cuts of seemingly random footage do more to draw attention to a possible dearth of relevant background materials than to evoke ideas of Native American history and struggle." Posted Feb 24, 2006 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 43%
| Casanova (2005) | "
Full of weak whimsy, woefully unsuccessful tries at humor and awkwardness from first scene to last, Casanova must have been a disaster from the script stage, and Hallstrom's unsteady decisions only speed up the free fall." Posted Dec 21, 2005 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 71%
| Loggerheads (2005) | "
A message film delivered with subtlety and grace, not allowing its weighty subject matter to overshadow the quiet dignity of its characters." Posted Oct 22, 2005 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 78%
| Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family (2005) | "
The missed opportunities are impossible to ignore." Posted Oct 21, 2005 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 76%
| Games of Love and Chance (2005) | "
Games of Love and Chance plays like a French version of Jim McKay's Our Song. But, unlike McKay's superior American version, Kechiche is unable to transform the everyday lives of his characters into something meaningful." Posted Sep 1, 2005 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 83%
| The Constant Gardener (2005) | "
Well-crafted and sufficiently disturbing." Posted Aug 26, 2005 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 70%
| The Wall (2004) | "
Bitton slyly layers numerous interviews with locals atop the visuals, infusing each scene with an unexpectedly potent context." Posted Aug 26, 2005 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 80%
| Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America (2005) | "
[A] memorable portrait of one man's immeasurable passion for preservation." Posted Jul 28, 2005 |
Rotten 1/5
| Fresh 68%
| The Reception (2005) | "
The film presents its lofty goals as transparently as its publicity materials, its clunky dialogue and diminished production value adding to its inordinate lack of sophistication." Posted Jul 18, 2005 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 46%
| Dark Water (2005) | "
A tepid startle-fest, with fairly run-of-the-mill scares that leave no lasting impression." Posted Jul 10, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 91%
| League of Ordinary Gentlemen (2005) | "
Browne's film succeeds on numerous levels, in no small part because he admirably balances the slow-pitch, flyover-state silliness of bowling with a genuine appreciation of the inherent tensions and rivalries in a professional spectator sport." Posted Jun 2, 2005 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 97%
| Double Dare (2005) | "
Double Dare remains an entertaining and informative look at a little-known struggle for equality and respect in a physically unforgiving but completely vital Hollywood discipline." Posted May 21, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 69%
| Mystery of the Nile (2005) | "
The courage, curiosity and perhaps partial insanity of the explorers -- not to mention the film crew -- are admirable, as their trials and tribulations yield stunning images galore." Posted Feb 18, 2005 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 33%
| You I Love (2005) | "
A film with remarkably little to recommend it." Posted Dec 5, 2004 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 87%
| A Fond Kiss (2004) | "
[Loach] sheds little new light on the inevitable clashes between parents rooted to their native culture and their Western-influenced offspring." Posted Nov 29, 2004 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Fresh 94%
| A Silent Love (2004) | "
A poor script, occasionally baffling editing, and actors who cannot rise above the various missteps combine to make A Silent Love a messy, confusing debut that more resembles a student film than a theatrical release." Posted Oct 28, 2004 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 83%
| Hijacking Catastrophe (2004) | "
No doubt it's a strong case. Why, then, does it feel so unconstructive?" Posted Sep 10, 2004 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 40%
| Virgin (2003) | "
Kampmeier reveals her inexperience as a feature filmmaker, and her effort struggles with the weight of its own subject matter and final ambiguities." Posted Sep 5, 2004 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 72%
| Gozu (2004) | "
The overtly cerebral, surreal motifs of Gozu distract from Miike's potent -- and seriously twisted -- analyses of women and sex." Posted Aug 8, 2004 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 63%
| Free Radicals (2004) | "
Aside from a few brief glimmers of hope or happiness, director Barbara Albert piles her compilation of abject misery a bit too high." Posted Jul 23, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 93%
| Deadline (2004) | "
The film's indisputable overall message is chilling no matter what side of the debate you're on: Some innocent men almost died for crimes for which they were wrongly convicted, so maybe some other innocent men actually did die." Posted Jun 5, 2004 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 59%
| I'll Sing For You (2004) | "
The final product feels frustratingly incomplete." Posted Jun 4, 2004 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 50%
| Union Square (2003) | "
Fails to ignite much emotion." Posted May 21, 2004 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 59%
| Valentin (2004) | "
A humdrum coming-of-age piece." Posted May 7, 2004 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 89%
| The Clay Bird (2004) | "
Largely a documentary filmmaker, Masud may need a few more features under his belt before his work has a consistent flow." Posted Apr 30, 2004 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 53%
| Marathon (2004) | "
Marathon contains nothing more than its thin premise." Posted Apr 3, 2004 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 71%
| Robot Stories (2004) | "
Offers considerably more insight into the conceptions of real and artificial intelligence and emotion than the immensely overrated debacle that is AI: Artificial Intelligence." Posted Feb 13, 2004 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 91%
| The Legend of Leigh Bowery (2003) | "
An interesting doc, if only because it serves to introduce the work of a gifted, unique artist to those of us who have found little good to say about the 1980s and the excesses they produced." Posted Nov 26, 2003 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 100%
| Hukkle (2002) | "
By merely capturing the seemingly simple images of work and play, human and synthetic, Palfi constantly juxtaposes the natural and industrial realms to startling effect." Posted Nov 26, 2003 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 45%
| The Other Side of the Bed (2003) | "
Lightheartedness is one thing, but trivializing cheating while failing to do so with humor or creativity makes for an unsuccessful if not unseemly film." Posted Aug 29, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 95%
| Suddenly (2003) | "
Has a refreshingly simple look and feel; shots are not intricately choreographed, and there are no perfectly placed musical cues to garishly indicate where a laugh, cry or gasp is requested." Posted Aug 22, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 81%
| The Embalmer (2003) | "
Unsettling." Posted Jul 22, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 75%
| Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (2003) | "
Oddly nostalgic." Posted Jun 28, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 91%
| Coral Reef Adventure (IMAX) (2002) | "
As beautiful as it often is to watch, Coral Reef Adventure ultimately comes off as a bit too kid-friendly and faux-inspirational, which is kind of a drag." Posted Jun 7, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 75%
| The Good Old Naughty Days (2003) | "
As with most porn, viewing this smut for over an hour straight is not the most exciting way to spend one's time." Posted Jun 3, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 57%
| From the Other Side (2003) | "
Akerman spends so much time capturing non-events, albeit picturesquely, she misses out on the opportunity to delve deeper into the plights of the people themselves." Posted Apr 11, 2003 |
— | Fresh 80%
| The Personals (2001) |
Click here to read article Posted Jan 27, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 94%
| In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2003) | "
It's the included portions of Deren's films that are the best part of In the Mirror of Maya Deren." Posted Jan 24, 2003 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 75%
| Arthur Dong: Family Fundamentals () | "
It's always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic. Unfortunately, that's precisely what Arthur Dong's Family Fundamentals does." Posted Oct 20, 2002 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 92%
| Talk to Her (2002) | "
Thoughtful, intelligent film." Posted Oct 20, 2002 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 76%
| Comedian (2002) | "
Charles' entertaining film chronicles Seinfeld's return to stand-up comedy after the wrap of his legendary sitcom, alongside wannabe comic Adams' attempts to get his shot at the big time." Posted Oct 13, 2002 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 62%
| Ayurveda: The Art of Being (2001) | "
Reinforces the often forgotten fact of the world's remarkably varying human population and mindset, and its capacity to heal using creative, natural and ancient antidotes." Posted Aug 18, 2002 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 83%
| Satin Rouge (2002) | "
When placed in its cultural context and presented as a reawakening of spirit in youngish widow ... belly dancing becomes not a cringe-worthy, faux-authentic gimmick but much more an expression of personal freedom and passion." Posted Aug 18, 2002 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 72%
| Happy Times (2002) | "
Gui Zi's unassuming, unpretentious script rolls along nicely, but it's Bensham and Jie who, along with the supporting cast, really raise the bar here." Posted Jul 2, 2002 |
— | Fresh 67%
| Two Ninas (2001) |
Click here to read article Posted Jun 5, 2002 |
— | N/A | The Day Silence Died (1998) |
Click here to read article Posted Jun 5, 2002 |
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