Tomato 74/100
The Magdalene Sisters (2003)
"Bracing and potent, though the film's stylistic polish is sometimes tonally counterintuitive"
Dan Jardine
Tomato 90/100
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
"Ground zero for film noir. Iconic."
Tomato 83/100
The Man Without a Past (2003)
"Kaurismaki's affection for and faith in people shines through even in the darkest moments"
Tomato 91/100
Manhattan (1979)
"A serious but funny film, both gorgeous and painful."
Tomato 88/100
Mean Streets (1973)
"The film feels authentic, the characters are true, the situation hopeless"
Tomato 92/100
Memento (2001)
"Nolan's sophomore effort is a near peerless psychological thriller."
Tomato 86/100
The Messenger (2009)
"Powerful and resonant, this is a film that asks us to look at the human cost of war. Ben Foster is a revelation."
The Mirror (1975)
"One of Tarkovsky's most impenetrable films, it nonetheless left me staggered and awestruck."
Tomato 93/100
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
"The Hollywood Dream Factory reimagined as Nightmarish Torture Chamber. Naomi Watts is phenomenol."
Tomato 79/100
Murderball (2005)
"Murderball is most entertaining when it is being most honest and unflinching in its portrait of the film’s central figures."