Fresh 3/6
| Rotten 50%
| Kassim the Dream (2009) | "
Fueled by the nervous energy of its irrepressible subject, Kassim the Dream is a lively and colorful treatment of what’s thus far been a remarkable life." — Time Out New York Posted Jun 3, 2009 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 79%
| An Unlikely Weapon (2009) | "
The film feels padded even at 85 minutes, but it does effectively bring home the extent to which the infamous image continued to haunt the shutterbug, even decades later." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 8, 2009 |
Rotten 1/6
| Fresh 63%
| Lifelines (2009) | "
Most of the movie is merely excruciating, until a late revelation elevates it into the realm of the sublimely ludicrous." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 1, 2009 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 68%
| The Cake Eaters (2009) | "
Loaded with potentially maudlin material, Mary Stuart Masterson’s directorial debut turns out to be an economical, affecting slice of small-town naturalism." — Time Out New York Posted Mar 11, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 88%
| Medicine for Melancholy (2009) | "
Nothing if not timely, Medicine for Melancholy argues cogently against the notion of a postracial America. It’s easy to imagine how a film like this might look different in four or eight years, but it’s even easier to imagine why it wouldn’t." — Time Out New York Posted Jan 29, 2009 |
Rotten 3/6
| Fresh 60%
| Dealing and Wheeling in Small Arms (2009) | "
The apparent intent is to inform the public about the evils associated with the small-arms trade, but Dealing lacks the big-picture political grounding of Hubert Sauper’s terrific 2004 documentary, Darwin’s Nightmare." — Time Out Posted Jan 21, 2009 |
Fresh 5/6
| Fresh 66%
| Fugitive Pieces (2008) | "
Nuanced, scrupulous and powerful..." — Time Out Sydney Posted Nov 19, 2008 |
Rotten 3/6
| Rotten 47%
| Choking Man (2007) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Nov 13, 2008 |
Rotten 2/6
| Fresh 80%
| Flow: For Love of Water (2008) | "
Far too much of the film indulges in the sort of shrill alarmism that gives environmentalism a bad name." — Time Out New York Posted Oct 9, 2008 |
Fresh 4/6
| N/A | Delwende (2008) | "
Delwende bears a passing resemblance to the great Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene’s 2004 swan song, Moolaadé, in its deliberate pacing, lightly stylized performances and strong feel for the rhythms of contemporary village life." — Time Out New York Posted Oct 8, 2008 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 95%
| Obscene: A Portrait Of Barney Rosset And Grove Press (2008) | "
Filled with reminiscence and laughter, this lively and largely adoring documentary looks back on the life and work of Barney Rosset, best known as the longtime owner of Grove Press." — Time Out New York Posted Sep 24, 2008 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 77%
| A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007) | "
Both culturally specific and achingly universal, Wayne Wang’s A Thousand Years of Good Prayers contemplates the ravages of time and distance -- physical, emotional and cultural -- on a parent-child relationship." — Time Out New York Posted Sep 17, 2008 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 91%
| August Evening (2007) | "
August Evening succeeds as both intimate human drama and a probing exploration of the nature of family." — Time Out New York Posted Sep 4, 2008 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 75%
| The Animation Show 4 (2008) | "
The fourth collection of animated shorts compiled by the indispensable Mike Judge is typically funny and violent -- usually both at once." — Time Out New York Posted Jul 24, 2008 |
Fresh 3/6
| Rotten 44%
| Take (2008) | "
Refreshingly ambitious and thoughtfully constructed." — Time Out New York Posted Jul 16, 2008 |
Rotten 1/6
| Rotten 43%
| Finding Amanda (2008) | "
Opening with a scene from a bad sitcom that turns out to be indistinguishable from the rest of the movie, Finding Amanda limps before it’s even out of the gate." — Time Out New York Posted Jun 26, 2008 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 39%
| Full Grown Men (2008) | "
Wears a bit thin even at its brief length." — Time Out New York Posted Jun 26, 2008 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 83%
| Beauty in Trouble (2008) | "
Beauty in Trouble is a fairly conventional story about the conflicting pulls of sexual dependency and financial security, but the movie is lifted out of the ordinary by Schmitzer’s turn as the grandfather from hell." — Time Out New York Posted Jun 11, 2008 |
Rotten 2/6
| Fresh 73%
| When Did You Last See Your Father? (2008) | "
The dynamics are overfamiliar and the whole movie feels vaguely punitive, an exercise in human misery that’s not improved by director Anand Tucker’s rote tear-jerking." — Time Out New York Posted Jun 5, 2008 |
Rotten 3/6
| Rotten 58%
| Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul (2008) | "
The movie never gains much narrative momentum and the religious elements remain a bit obscure to the uninitiated, but the fine Sufi music and skillfully crafted images make for pleasant-enough viewing." — Time Out New York Posted May 29, 2008 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 93%
| My Father My Lord (2008) | "
The movie, in its best moments, suggests a Haredi version of Terence Davies’s 1988 masterpiece, Distant Voices, Still Lives." — Time Out New York Posted May 14, 2008 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 66%
| Fugitive Pieces (2008) | "
Nuanced, scrupulous and powerful." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 30, 2008 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 94%
| Without the King (2008) | "
Director Michael Skolnik gained extraordinary access to both Swaziland’s royal family and its political underground, and delivers an unflinching portrait of a country where life expectancy is the shortest in the world." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 24, 2008 |
Rotten 3/6
| Rotten 24%
| Anamorph (2008) | "
Compelling as it often is, Anamorph feels positively cloddish next to David Fincher’s Seven or Zodiac, with which it shares a fondness for shadowy rooms and dimly lit obsessions." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 17, 2008 |
Rotten 1/6
| Rotten 24%
| The Life Before Her Eyes (2008) | "
Building up to what’s supposed to be a serious moral dilemma, the noisy final act borders on incoherence." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 17, 2008 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 82%
| The Dhamma Brothers (2008) | "
The film, which focuses primarily on four individuals, is unusually effective at finding the humanity inside men usually reviled as monsters -- not least by themselves." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 10, 2008 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 85%
| The Take (2008) | "
This winning combination of neighborhood indie and old-school Hollywood B movie is the kind of film that doesn’t flinch from the sight of a bullet being removed from human flesh." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 10, 2008 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 67%
| Young & Restless In China (2008) | "
At its best, Young & Restless in China plays like a prosaic complement to the films of Jia Zhangke." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 10, 2008 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 90%
| Beyond Belief (2007) | "
The two Americans reflect on their own grief and on their ambivalence about being viewed as '9/11 widows,' but most of Beyond Belief is refreshingly outward-looking." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 2, 2008 |
Rotten 3/6
| Fresh 77%
| Longing (2006) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Jan 18, 2008 |
Rotten 3/6
| Fresh 71%
| The Bothersome Man (2007) | "
This absurdist black comedy from Norway is unlike any other movie you’ll see this year, but as allegory, it’s a bit too literal-minded." — Time Out New York Posted Jan 18, 2008 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 37%
| Milarepa (2007) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Nov 22, 2007 |
Rotten 3/6
| Rotten 30%
| O Jerusalem (2007) | "
Its heart firmly in the right place, O Jerusalem proves an uneasy mix of history and fiction." — Time Out New York Posted Nov 15, 2007 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 52%
| Flannel Pajamas (2006) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Sep 22, 2007 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 11%
| Pathfinder (2007) | "
Pathfinder’s main appeal will be to connoisseurs of gore, who will find no shortage of graphically rendered stabbings, shootings, smashings, severings and slicings." — Time Out New York Posted Sep 22, 2007 |
Rotten 1/6
| Rotten 1%
| Daddy Day Camp (2007) | "
Much time is spent waiting for a methane-filled toilet to explode, an incident that only begins to approximate the visceral experience of watching this movie." — Time Out New York Posted Aug 9, 2007 |
Fresh 3/6
| Rotten 47%
| Laura Smiles (2007) | "
The movie’s muddy, overexposed look is tough on the eyes, but its unrelentingly bleak take on the land of supermarkets and car dealerships is not without its share of dark humor, and it thankfully eschews easy answers." — Time Out Posted Jul 26, 2007 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 87%
| Strike (2007) | "
Te movie picks up in the final act as Agnieszka’s political activities begin to eclipse her personal drama, culminating in the historic 1980 strike that would lead to the creation of free labor unions in Poland." — Time Out New York Posted Jun 30, 2007 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 88%
| The Real Dirt on Farmer John (2007) | "
Warmhearted." — Time Out New York Posted Jun 23, 2007 |
Rotten 3/6
| Fresh 76%
| Amu (2005) | "
The movie has its share of wobbly moments, and the resolution feels a bit like a cop-out." — Time Out New York Posted May 26, 2007 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 24%
| Even Money (2007) | "
Even Money never quite achieves [Crash's] epic badness -- but Kim Basinger’s mortifying turn as the struggling writer is hysterical in every sense of the word." — Time Out New York Posted May 19, 2007 |
Rotten 3/6
| Fresh 69%
| The Valet (2007) | "
Like its hero, this unassuming comedy is nothing special to look at, but too sweet to despise." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 21, 2007 |
Rotten 3/6
| Rotten 30%
| The Glamorous Life Of Sachiko Hanai (2007) | "
As befits the form, enjoyment of this film will depend almost entirely on one’s appreciation of the substantial anatomical charms of its lead actress." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 14, 2007 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 6%
| Deck the Halls (2006) | "
Laden with false climaxes, the overstuffed plot leaves you exhausted well before the movie ends, and the amiable actors sleepwalk through their uninspired roles." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 14, 2007 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 100%
| Dry Season (2006) | "
An intimate parable of truth and reconciliation." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 7, 2007 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 85%
| Bridge to Terabithia (2007) | "
As humane a Hollywood film as we’re likely to see all year." — Time Out New York Posted Feb 17, 2007 |
Rotten 2/6
| Fresh 63%
| Masai: The Rain Warriors (2006) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Feb 17, 2007 |
Fresh
| N/A | Justice (2004) | "
With its unobtrusive visual style, Justice plays like a near-parody of documentary objectivity, subtly suggesting the malleable nature of 'truth,' both in the courtroom and the movie theater." — Village Voice Posted Oct 17, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 78%
| Hair High (2006) | "
Too glib to qualify as satire, Hair High nails the high school experience." — Village Voice Posted Oct 17, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 43%
| Frankensteins Bloody Nightmare (2006) | "
It's tough to be sure of anything in this murky experimental feature, which sadly fails to live up to its title." — Village Voice Posted Oct 11, 2006 |
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