A Scanner Darkly (2006)

"For all of the film's ambitions and technical complexity, and for all the apt reasoning behind its storytelling decisions, the narrative is never particularly engrossing."

The Accidental Tourist (1988)

"This is a warm movie told in the temperature of almost-recognizable life; it's a believable love story, joked up a bit but not too much."

The Addiction (1995)

"Ferrara's film both impresses and terrifies sufficiently for most of its duration."

An Affair of Love (2000)

"Committed performances and a teasing structure give weight to this minor enterprise."

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1973)

"One of the pre-eminent achievements in world cinema, as far as I'm concerned."

All the Real Girls (2003)

"We are unmistakably in the presence of a love story, enriched and imbued with local color [yet] I could feel myself straining to love a film that in actuality I merely liked."

American Psycho (2000)

"American Psycho connects strongly in the moment, and has proven memorable over time, for the vivid impressions it makes in tone as well as look, its potent blends of sound and image, its unusual if erratic points of entry into potentially stock cha"

Andrei Rublev (1969)

"One of cinema's stunning achievements. If God ever watched a movie, he might well pick this one."

Another Woman (1988)

"Commercially ignored and critically unheralded even by Allen's own falling standards, [the film is] a sensitive, accomplished, and ambitious picture that deserves notice."

Atlantic City (1980)

"Poignant, atmospheric mood piece with pristine performances by Lancaster and Sarandon."

Awakenings (1990)

"I remember this film, which I saw 13 years ago, as a squishy article redeemed by two strong performances; I am not inclined to go back for a second opinion."

Affliction (1997)

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Agnes of God (1985)

"Deadly - despite good work from Meg Tilly, the film is grotesquely directed and the spiritual debate is sensationalized beyond all reason."

Alexander (2004)

"You know the movie is bound to be swill: imperialist daydreams indigestibly stewed together with limp Oedipal anxiety and unpersuasive pacifist lip service."

Almost Famous (2000)

"Almost a movie, full of great ideas for characters and situations, but not yet able to make them as persuasive or affecting as it thinks they are."

An Angel at My Table (1991)

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Another Country (1984)

"One of those sad affairs that commits exactly the sorts of errors that the filmmakers pretend to indict in wider society."

The Apartment (1960)

"The Apartment is the kind of unsuccessful picture that nevertheless demonstrates that everyone involved is capable of better work."

Armageddon (1998)

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The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

"Among John Huston's most overrated works, only partially redeemed by Jaffe's brilliance and Marilyn's cameo."