Fresh
| Fresh 91%
| Far From Heaven (2002) | "
Beneath this conservative façade lies a complicated and progressive commentary on the present that Haynes leaves to the viewer to interpret." PopMatters Posted Dec 1, 2002 |
Fresh
| Fresh 84%
| What Time Is It There? (2002) | "
Although What Time offers Tsai's usual style and themes, it has a more colorful, more playful tone than his other films." PopMatters Posted Jan 18, 2002 |
Fresh
| Fresh 79%
| The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) | "
With its emphasis on characters over events -- though a lot does happens -- The Royal Tenenbaums occasionally makes the audience, much like Eli, want to be part of the family, in spite of their neuroses and flaws." PopMatters Posted Dec 14, 2001 |
Fresh
| Rotten 33%
| Dog Run (2001) | "
The refusal to make the squatting and drug-using lifestyle exciting or exaggeratedly excruciating is commendable." PopMatters Posted Oct 22, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 72%
| Fat Girl (2001) | "
The sex in Fat Girl is ... an all-consuming, character-defining process of sorting through emotions and attitudes that convincingly perplexes these girls." PopMatters Posted Oct 19, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 86%
| La Ciénaga (2001) | "
Within the first moments of her debut feature, La Ciénaga, writer/director Lucrecia Martel demonstrates a piercing sensibility and a sharp eye." PopMatters Posted Oct 12, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 88%
| In the Mood for Love (2001) | "
Shines with radiant color schemes and two devastating central performances." PopMatters Posted Feb 8, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 74%
| Before Night Falls (2000) | "
A sumptuous, dreamy film that only touches reality in its ravaging final moments." PopMatters Posted Feb 2, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 85%
| Chuck & Buck (2000) | "
As the film stands, it sheds some light on what happens between young boys, but very little about what happens between men after they have grown up ... whatever that means." PopMatters Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 68%
| Dancer in the Dark (1999) | "
Although less developed and satisfying than Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark is ultimately more devastating." PopMatters Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Rotten 57%
| Deep Blue Sea (1999) | "
Packs a brutal scare!" Citysearch Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 67%
| Small Time Crooks (2000) | "
Small Time Crooks, finally, brings Allen back to form." PopMatters Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 88%
| Tarzan (1999) | Disney has crafted one of its most satisfying family films yet! Citysearch Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 96%
| Yi Yi (2000) | "
With Yi Yi, Edward Yang accomplishes what so few films (U.S.-made, in particular) even strive to do: present an earnest depiction of familial relations." PopMatters Posted Jan 1, 2000 |