Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 86%
| A Serious Man (2009) | "
The film’s potency is rooted in quiet precision and detailed realisation. Roger Deakins’s typically polished photography gives an oppressively hard edge to Midwestern suburbia." — Time Out Posted Nov 20, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 54%
| The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) | "
Feels less like a transcendental breakthrough than a bit of conjuring misdirection. Fun trick, though." — Time Out Posted Nov 6, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 100%
| Citizen Kane (1941) | "
Many of the novel techniques Welles developed with cinematographer Gregg Toland were calculated to offer new angles on film space." — Time Out Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 65%
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) | Gilliam struggles to create a coherent frame for his visual ambition. — Heat Magazine Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 94%
| Goodbye Solo (2009) | "
An endearing character piece shot through with beauty and humility in which, thanks to his leads’ open, sometimes vulnerable performances, tolerance and respect take precedence." — Time Out Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 100%
| The Godfather (1972) | "
As filmmaking and storytelling, ‘The Godfather’ remains a bravura piece of work, its set pieces, dialogue and performances entrenched cinematic icons." — Time Out Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 66%
| Away We Go (2009) | "
That every supporting character is depicted as insufferable or pitiable or both would be bad enough; what’s worse is that the couple discover nothing about themselves that wasn’t obvious from the opening." — Time Out Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 84%
| The September Issue (2009) | "
Consistently funny and engaging, ‘The September Issue’ is also a window onto the top echelon of an industry in which fanciful escapism is deadly serious." — Time Out Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 95%
| Big River Man (2009) | "
If Werner Herzog had made ‘Borat’, the results might have been something like this documentary about the unusual athletic overachiever Martin Strel." — Time Out Posted Sep 4, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 23%
| Fired Up (2009) | Clichéd execution, paper-thin characters. — Heat Magazine Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
Rotten 3/6
| Fresh 79%
| Milton Glaser: To Inform & Delight (2009) | "
Surely Glaser the trailblazer warrants a more stylistically adventurous tribute than this." — Time Out New York Posted May 20, 2009 |
Rotten 3/6
| Fresh 73%
| Objectified (2009) | "
For all its intriguing observations, the documentary struggles to develop a strong argument about its subject, or to demonstrate the hidden cultural power of design in such a way as to make the subject compelling to those without a prior interest." — Time Out New York Posted May 6, 2009 |
Rotten 3/6
| Rotten 20%
| Bob Funk (2009) | "
Bob Funk is terrifically cast and performed, with some good lines. Shame the story and character development are so cliché and banal." — Time Out New York Posted Mar 25, 2009 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 8%
| New York City Serenade (2009) | "
The reason this 2007 drama has languished for so long could be that it’s a bromance whose moment has only now arrived; more likely, it’s because Frank Whaley’s lightweight slice of life is so crashingly ordinary." — Time Out New York Posted Mar 4, 2009 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 57%
| Shadows (2008) | "
Shifting between garish city and bucolic scenes, Shadows offers some arresting images but fails to make good on its intriguing early scenes, with frissons of uncanny menace sunk by a glib, awkwardly paced and increasingly cliché screenplay." — Time Out New York Posted Jan 29, 2009 |
Rotten 1/6
| Rotten 17%
| The Lodger (2009) | "
This serial-killer procedural is about a West Hollywood slasher who apes Jack the Ripper, but the real crime is the travesty writer-director David Ondaatje perpetrates on Hitchcock." — Time Out New York Posted Jan 21, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 86%
| California Dreamin' (2009) | "
A deft fable that maps global concerns onto a local story with confidence and wit." — Time Out New York Posted Jan 21, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Rotten 54%
| What Just Happened (2008) | "
The script is sharp, and the ensemble cast a treat." — Time Out New York Posted Oct 15, 2008 |
Rotten 2/6
| Fresh 68%
| Redbelt (2008) | "
The plotting is contrived, the supporting characters two-dimensional, and the ending slides from predictable to absurd to maudlin." — Time Out Posted Sep 26, 2008 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 82%
| Tropic Thunder (2008) | "
But its better moments of self-referential snark, such as an ace cameo from Tom Cruise as an obnoxious studio exec, have the feel of a superior end-of-term revue." — Time Out Posted Sep 19, 2008 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 14%
| Untraceable (2008) | "
You know something ain’t kosher when a movie purporting to offer a critique of sadistic voyeurism opens with a hand-rubbing scene of kitten abuse." — Time Out Posted Feb 28, 2008 |
Rotten 2/6
| Fresh 74%
| Planet Terror (2007) | "
Aficionados will appreciate the po-faced wordplay and self-consciously gnarled-up aesthetic (missing reels, bad syncing, etc) as much as the fleshy centrepieces and gross-out grace notes. Others will struggle to find much appeal." — Time Out Posted Nov 9, 2007 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 34%
| Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) | "
Making soap of statecraft, the film has plenty of juicy moments, but offers an inconsistent rather than complex view of Elizabeth." — Time Out Posted Nov 1, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 61%
| Grace is Gone (2007) | "
The focus is solidly on the human cost borne by those serving their country and their families." — Time Out Posted Oct 13, 2007 |
Rotten 1/6
| Rotten 14%
| War (2007) | "
What is it good for? Absolutely nothing." — Time Out Posted Sep 28, 2007 |
Fresh 3/6
| Rotten 26%
| Halloween (2007) | "
It’s inanely-scripted exploitation, sure, but this ‘Halloween’ doesn’t trivialise; it even returns with sympathy to one victim minutes after the attack that has left her bleeding on the floor." — Time Out Posted Sep 28, 2007 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 64%
| Death Proof (2007) | "
Smart attention is paid to some interesting tensions between old and new in areas as varied as pop culture, photography, effects work, automobile construction, telephony and audio recording technology." — Time Out Posted Sep 21, 2007 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 87%
| Superbad (2007) | "
‘Superbad’ at its best goes right through knockabout to land in deliciously obscene places – notably a staggering succession of doodles in which tumescent cocks take on various extraordinary guises." — Time Out Posted Sep 14, 2007 |
Fresh 5/6
| Fresh 90%
| Knocked Up (2007) | "
The year’s best comedy; one that confirms the arrival of an extended group of talent that looks set to take the studio comedy crown from the likes of Ferrell, Stiller and Carrey." — Time Out Posted Aug 24, 2007 |
— | Rotten 16%
| Raise Your Voice (2004) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
— | Fresh 73%
| Walk on Water (2005) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
— | Fresh 87%
| Lightning in a Bottle (2004) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
— | Fresh 96%
| Postmen in the Mountains (1998) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
— | Rotten 10%
| Fish Without A Bicycle () |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
— | Rotten 48%
| Rent (2005) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
— | Rotten 45%
| 800 Bullets () |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
— | Rotten 39%
| The Ringer (2005) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
— | Fresh 79%
| Farmingville (2004) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
— | Rotten 51%
| White Countess (2005) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
— | Rotten 14%
| It's All About Love (2004) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
— | Rotten 27%
| The Card Player (2004) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
— | N/A | Mark of the Devil (1972) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
— | Fresh 78%
| The Child I Never Was (2002) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
— | Rotten 38%
| The Final Cut (2004) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
— | Fresh 94%
| A Silent Love (2004) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
— | Rotten 56%
| Undertow (2004) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
— | Fresh 93%
| The Squid and the Whale (2005) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
— | Rotten 11%
| Thérèse (2004) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
— | Rotten 56%
| P.S. (2004) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
— | Rotten 17%
| Hair Show (2004) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
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