Fresh 62/100
| Fresh 85%
| World's Greatest Dad (2009) | "
Tonally erratic, but chock-full of interesting concepts." — Film and Felt Posted Nov 17, 2009 |
Fresh 57/100
| Fresh 77%
| The Good Soldier (2009) | "
The humane portrayals make it worthwhile, if unspectacular, viewing." — Film and Felt Posted Nov 17, 2009 |
Fresh 74/100
| Fresh 97%
| To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | "
To Kill a Mockingbird should make admirers of the novel weep many times over." — Film and Felt Posted Oct 26, 2009 |
Fresh 63/100
| Fresh 89%
| Zombieland (2009) | "
Ultimately, Zombieland works best as pure, breezy entertainment with a pinch of depth." — Film and Felt Posted Oct 17, 2009 |
Fresh 74/100
| Fresh 93%
| Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) | "
The tangled web of relationships is very effectively done, but just as affecting is Allen's portrayal of the city he loves." — Film and Felt Posted Oct 14, 2009 |
Fresh 58/100
| Fresh 75%
| Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) | "
Still a noteworthy achievement, but it's hard to keep from being a bit disappointed that Moore hasn't used the seriousness of the times to craft an ever-so-slightly more balanced documentary." — Film and Felt Posted Oct 14, 2009 |
Fresh 82/100
| Fresh 100%
| That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) | "
Only Buñuel can make coldness burn with intoxicating sensuality." — Film and Felt Posted Oct 10, 2009 |
Rotten 44/100
| Fresh 72%
| Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) | "
Sadly, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! sounds far better on paper than it actually plays." — Film and Felt Posted Oct 8, 2009 |
Fresh 65/100
| Fresh 89%
| Bunny Lake is Missing (1965) | "
A solid-but-frustratingly-tantalizing experience." — Film and Felt Posted Oct 4, 2009 |
Rotten 41/100
| N/A | White Thunder (2002) | "
Native Newfoundlander Victoria King's directorial debut is shaky at best." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Fresh 59/100
| N/A | Nazi Medicine: In the Shadow of the Reich (1997) | "
Works just fine for informative purposes." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Rotten 34/100
| Fresh 69%
| Closer (2004) | "
With a better script, Closer could have been compelling romantic drama; instead, it's little more than clichéd nonsense." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Fresh 61/100
| Fresh 83%
| Opera (1991) | "
Italian horror master Dario Argento may have the most lopsided strengths and weaknesses of any director I've experienced." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Fresh 59/100
| Fresh 85%
| Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2005) | "
May be the supreme example of a filmic endeavor succeeding exclusively for one cinematic aspect." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Rotten 39/100
| Fresh 75%
| Crash (2005) | "
While it's hard not to admire Haggis' ambition here, his lofty aspirations sapped Crash of any real ingenuity or emotional punch." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Rotten 26/100
| Fresh 86%
| Junebug (2005) | "
Junebug annoyed me while in the theater, and annoys me even more as I write about it." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Fresh 54/100
| Fresh 85%
| Batman Begins (2005) | "
So much is rich with ingenuity and daring that its constant missteps are exceptionally glaring." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Fresh 62/100
| Fresh 87%
| Broken Flowers (2005) | "
Insightful, entertaining, and a worthy addition to the filmography of one of America's more interesting modern directors." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Fresh 58/100
| Fresh 76%
| King of New York (1990) | "
King of New York's storyline is pretty one-note, but there's an energy and aura of fear lingering in every gritty composition." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Fresh 62/100
| Fresh 78%
| Red Eye (2005) | "
Works extremely well as a fast-paced adrenaline rush, but not so well as an allegory on today's government and security issues." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Fresh 85/100
| Fresh 89%
| Bad Education (2004) | "
A dazzling autobiographical blend of Almodovar's career, childhood, and adoration & admiration for the cinema." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Fresh 80/100
| Fresh 94%
| Nosferatu: The Vampyre (1979) | "
Replaces unnerving gore with an eerie, erotic beauty." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Rotten 42/100
| Fresh 70%
| Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner (2006) | "
Beyond it's educational value for those unfamiliar with Kushner's work, politics, and sexuality (like myself), there's not much to grab onto here." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 19, 2009 |
Fresh 59/100
| Fresh 93%
| An Inconvenient Truth (2006) | "
An adequate enough way to get the point across, but I can't help but wonder what the raves for this film are really about." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 19, 2009 |
Fresh 65/100
| Fresh 91%
| Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) | "
Frequently uproarious and occasionally side-splitting%u2026but it's very hit-or-miss, prone to stretches of unnecessary crudeness and flat one-liners." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 19, 2009 |
Rotten 34/100
| Rotten 50%
| For Your Consideration (2006) | "
Aside from an occasional chuckle, For Your Consideration is banal and, worst of all, frequently annoying." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 19, 2009 |
Fresh 63/100
| Fresh 75%
| The Prestige (2006) | "
Until an inexplicably awful revelation at the end, The Prestige is a taut, exciting portrait of obsession and the dark competitive spirit of professional magicians." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 19, 2009 |
Rotten 42/100
| Fresh 76%
| Catch a Fire (2006) | "
Movies like Catch a Fire are perhaps the most banal sort to write about." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 19, 2009 |
Fresh 60/100
| Fresh 86%
| Thank You For Smoking (2006) | "
Thank You For Smoking gets much of its juice from a superb Aaron Eckhart as Nick Naylor." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 19, 2009 |
Rotten 48/100
| Fresh 90%
| Little Miss Sunshine (2006) | "
Harmless enough as passable road movies go, but I can't help but wish directors of films like these would grow some damn balls." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 19, 2009 |
Fresh 59/100
| Fresh 92%
| The Departed (2006) | "
The film is superbly shot, and the rapid-fire editing and shaky camera fit the constant flux that the main characters find themselves in time and again." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 19, 2009 |
Rotten 28/100
| Rotten 48%
| We Are Wizards (2008) | "
Only for the most drooling of fanboys." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Rotten 19/100
| Fresh 85%
| 2 Days In Paris (2007) | "
2 Days in Paris is a mix of awful Woody Allen and mental masturbation." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Rotten 37/100
| Fresh 79%
| Sharkwater (2007) | "
It's hard not to admire a man with such admiration for the obscure, but Grizzly Man did it much better." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Fresh 79/100
| Fresh 84%
| Old Joy (2006) | "
With exquisite tenderness and delicacy, Old Joy fluidly captures the all-too-frequent occurrence of friends drifting apart as their lives branch off in different directions." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Fresh 69/100
| Fresh 83%
| Sisters (1973) | "
A spooky and thematically rich thriller, one that explores the psyche (with an evils-of-racism subtext) without drifting into heavy-handedness." — Film and Felt Posted Sep 8, 2009 |
Fresh 61/00
| Fresh 100%
| Fat City (1972) | "
Fat City is most notable for terrific performances all around, especially those of Stacy Keach, Susan Tyrell, and a baby-faced Jeff Bridges." — Film and Felt Posted Aug 30, 2009 |
Rotten 23/100
| Rotten 49%
| Antichrist (2009) | "
The brutality is sickening, and unlike, say, the broken glass sequence in Bergman's Cries and Whispers--where the entire film built up to one brief, painful moment--it serves no overarching purpose, quickly becoming an exercise in haughty" — Film and Felt Posted Aug 30, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 100%
| Afghan Stories (2002) | "
Afghan Stories is a rewarding and almost essential look at the other side of terrorism: it's not just the United States that feels the pain." — Film and Felt Posted Aug 22, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| N/A | Miracle in Milan (1951) | "
The contrast of sneering wealth versus timid poverty is quietly sarcastic." — Film and Felt Posted Aug 22, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 100%
| The Earrings of Madame De... (1953) | "
The tracking shots effortlessly glide down corridors, into rooms, through gardens. They particularly shine during two dancing scenes, where the smooth movements of the partners are echoed by the graceful camera capturing every move in perfect sync." — Film and Felt Posted Aug 21, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 82%
| The Mystery of Picasso (1956) | "
This is a remarkable and unique work." — Film and Felt Posted Aug 21, 2009 |
Fresh 81/100
| Fresh 88%
| Inglourious Basterds (2009) | "
Inglourious Basterds constantly challenges its viewer's emotions, making us question whether or not we should be feeling the compassion, hatred, or empathy that we do." — Film and Felt Posted Aug 20, 2009 |
Fresh 97/100
| Fresh 100%
| Before Sunrise (1995) | "
Linklater hasn't just crafted a detached portrait of a unique couple: he's painting a masterful examination of human nature, of that relationship we all want, but too often sadly see slip away." — Film and Felt Posted Aug 16, 2009 |
Rotten 39/100
| Fresh 85%
| Araya (1959) | "
Benacerraf deserves credit for aiming high with Araya; however, it's a shame the rest of her filmic skillset doesn't match her visual eye." — Film and Felt Posted Aug 16, 2009 |
Fresh 66/100
| Fresh 100%
| The Ballad of Narayama (1983) | "
A good movie that could have been truly great" — Film and Felt Posted Aug 5, 2009 |
Fresh 53/100
| Fresh 93%
| Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (2009) | "
For the generation that grew up on female pioneer Gertrude Berg's radio and TV shows, Aviva Kempner's Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg will likely serve as a welcome trip through memory lane." — Film and Felt Posted Aug 1, 2009 |
Fresh 81/100
| Fresh 95%
| Johnny Guitar (1954) | "
Like the other great American films of the 50's, Johnny Guitar breaks through the mold." — Film and Felt Posted Jul 19, 2009 |
Fresh 73/100
| Fresh 100%
| After the Thin Man (1936) | "
After the Thin Man boasts two things that the original lacks; a much more engaging caper, and a first-rate performance by a shockingly young Jimmy Stewart." — Film and Felt Posted Jul 14, 2009 |
Fresh 61/100
| Fresh 100%
| The Thin Man (1934) | "
As charming as its headliners are, The Thin Man is brought down to the merely solid level by its flimsy narrative." — Film and Felt Posted Jul 14, 2009 |
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