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| Rembrandt's J'accuse (2009) | "
Peering beneath the painted surface and searching in the shadows, tracking that which was cut from the canvas and mapping the network of glances that remain, the filmmaker uncovers a foul, lurid, corrupt, and perversely compelling conspiracy." — Village Voice Posted Oct 20, 2009 |
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| Liverpool (2009) | "
Liverpool opens with a big blast of neo surf, and coasts on that energy for the movie's 84 minutes, ending with a shot of corresponding impact." — Village Voice Posted Sep 1, 2009 |
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| Being Jewish in France (2009) | "
More impressionistic than analytical." — Village Voice Posted May 13, 2009 |
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| Birdsong (2009) | "
Catalan filmmaker Albert Serra is an artist whose work inspires more thinking than philosophizing." — Village Voice Posted Feb 24, 2009 |
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| Verdict on Auschwitz: The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial 1963-1965 (2007) | "
Verdict on Auschwitz similarly juxtaposes archival footage and postwar material (both 1963 and 1993) to produce shocking eruptions of past atrocities in the context of an orderly everyday Europe." — Village Voice Posted Jan 9, 2007 |
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| The Case of the Grinning Cat (2006) | "
Approaching 85, cine-essayist Chris Marker remains as lively, engaged, and provocative as ever -- and no less fond of indirection." — Village Voice Posted Dec 19, 2006 |
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| Superstar in a Housedress (2004) | "
A fabulously fond and entertaining tribute." — Village Voice Posted May 4, 2004 |
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| Bus 174 (2003) | "
Tense, engrossing, and superbly structured, Bus 174 is not just unforgettable drama but a skillfully developed argument." — Village Voice Posted Oct 8, 2003 |
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| My Terrorist (2003) |
Click here to read article — Village Voice Posted Jun 24, 2003 |
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| Human Weapon (2003) |
Click here to read article — Village Voice Posted Jun 24, 2003 |
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| The Last Letter (2003) | "
Primal in its effect, The Last Letter demonstrates the power of language, performance, and narrative to hold an audience spellbound." — Village Voice Posted Jan 28, 2003 |
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| Hukkle (2002) | "
Deranging a venerable Hungarian tradition of 'village sociology,' Palfi employs a bizarrely associative montage to fashion a portrait of a traditional peasant community -- just a midsummer Sunday on Mars." — Village Voice Posted Nov 25, 2003 |
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| One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich (2001) | "
A brilliant appreciation of the last great Soviet director, Andrei Tarkovsky." — Village Voice Posted Jan 8, 2002 |
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| The Taste of Others (2001) | "
A pleasant time-passer." — Village Voice Posted Feb 9, 2001 |
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| La Commune (2000) |
Click here to read article — Village Voice Posted Oct 14, 2006 |
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| The Ogre (1996) |
Click here to read article — Village Voice Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
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| Satantango (1994) | "
One of the great, largely unseeable movies of the last dozen years." — Village Voice Posted Jan 10, 2006 |
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| The Decalogue Box Set (1988) | "
Powerfully evokes the last, dispirited days of Polish communism." — Village Voice Posted Feb 21, 2001 |
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| Candy Mountain (1987) | "
In a way, this shaggy-dog hipster road film is Frank's ultimate work -- evoking the end of the road and even the end of Endsville—but he has persevered." — Village Voice Posted Nov 5, 2008 |
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| Fat City (1972) | "
The movie is crafty work and very much a show. In one way or another, right down to the percussively abrupt open ending, it's all about being hammered." — Village Voice Posted Sep 15, 2009 |
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| Out 1, Noli Me Tangere (1971) | "
Rivette's last shot is an extraordinary throwaway that provoked spontaneous applause for being at once completely ordinary, totally unexpected, and positively diabolical in shifting the meaning of the entire previous 12 1/2 hours." — Village Voice Posted Nov 12, 2007 |
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| The Landlord (1970) | "
The Landlord remains one of the funniest social comedies of the period, as well as the most human." — Village Voice Posted Sep 25, 2007 |
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| La Chinoise (1967) | "
Not just a period film, La Chinoise...is a chunk of the period." — Village Voice Posted Oct 10, 2007 |
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| Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) | "
The supreme masterpiece by one of the greatest of 20th-century filmmakers." — Village Voice Posted Oct 14, 2003 |
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| Dog Star Man (1964) | "
A multilayered, self-consciously Joycean, naturally psychedelic epic." — Village Voice Posted Apr 29, 2008 |
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| Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1964) | "
In this overwhelmingly beautiful movie, a sad, short, brutalized life is elevated to ecstatic myth." — Village Voice Posted Oct 30, 2007 |
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| A Hard Day's Night (1964) | "
No previous rocksploitation film had ever done so splendid a job of selling its performers." — Village Voice Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
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| The Leopard (1963) | "
The greatest film of its kind made since World War II -- its only rivals are Kubrick's Barry Lyndon and Visconti's own Senso." — Village Voice Posted Aug 10, 2004 |
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| Classe Tous Risques (1960) | "
The new titles are flavorsome, and the restoration is up to Rialto's previous high standards -- shades of gray with the pale glow of an overcast autumn sky." — Village Voice Posted Nov 15, 2005 |
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| Pickpocket (1959) | "
Ultimately inexplicable, this concentrated, elliptical, economical movie is an experience that never loses its strangeness." — Village Voice Posted Oct 4, 2005 |
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| Shadows (1959) | "
Arguably the founding work of the American independent cinema." — Village Voice Posted Jun 17, 2003 |
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| North by Northwest (1959) | "
Hitchcock's ultimate wrong-man comedy." — Village Voice Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
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| On the Waterfront (1954) | "
It is thanks to Brando that this posthumous Popular Front classic is a heart-clutcher from beginning to end." — Village Voice Posted Nov 2, 2004 |
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| Seven Samurai (1954) | "
Rich in detail, vivid in characterization, leisurely in exposition, this 207-minute epic is bravura filmmaking." — Village Voice Posted Aug 27, 2002 |
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| Rear Window (1954) | "
Restored to its original Technicolor grandeur!" — Village Voice Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
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| The Earrings of Madame De... (1953) | "
On one hand, Madame De . . . is all surface and style; on the other, it conveys real loss." — Village Voice Posted Mar 13, 2007 |
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| I Vitelloni (1953) | "
Moving from cafés to poolrooms to movie theaters, it's the prototypical male ensemble film." — Village Voice Posted Nov 11, 2003 |
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| Monika (1952) | "
Bergman's tale of heedless teenage love is a sort of neorealist Rebel Without a Cause -- except that sex is acknowledged and the outlaw is a girl." — Village Voice Posted Nov 13, 2007 |
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| In a Lonely Place (1950) | "
The grayest, most morally ambiguous of film noirs -- and arguably the most self-reflexive." — Village Voice Posted Jul 15, 2009 |
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| The Third Man (1949) | "
However hoked-up and self-regarding, The Third Man ... remains an indelible experience." — Village Voice Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
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| The Fallen Idol (1948) | "
The Fallen Idol is actually a superior psychological drama [to Reed's The Third Man.." — Village Voice Posted Feb 7, 2006 |
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| Nightmare Alley (1947) | "
Neither a great movie nor even a classic noir but it has a great ambition to be daring and, once seen, is not easily forgotten." — Village Voice Posted Feb 6, 2002 |
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| Day of Wrath (1943) | "
A stark, brooding treatment of adultery, incest, and murder, an elemental tragedy not so far from a James M. Cain triangle, albeit shot so as to deliberately evoke the Dutch masters." — Village Voice Posted Aug 28, 2008 |
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| Pepe Le Moko (1937) | "
One of the great international hits of classic French cinema." — Village Voice Posted Feb 26, 2002 |
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| Edge of the World (1937) |
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| Modern Times (1936) | "
Remains Chaplin's most sustained burlesque of authority." — Village Voice Posted Dec 23, 2003 |
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| L'Atalante (1934) | "
L'Atalante is the world in springtime -- a place where shimmering reflections, smoky breezes, empty streets, and a free-floating sense of erotic energy are the essence of life and of movies." — Village Voice Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
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| Vampyr (1931) | "
Vampyr is Dreyer's most radical film -- maybe one of my dozen favorite movies by any director." — Village Voice Posted Aug 28, 2008 |
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| Un Chien Andalou (1929) | "
Luis Buńuel began his movie career with the most notorious opening sequence in movie history." — Village Voice Posted Feb 7, 2004 |
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| The Man Who Laughs (1928) |
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