Tomato |
V For Vendetta (2005) |
"The swashbuckling first hour is superior to the second, which bursts at the seams with backstory, but a rousing climax makes this the most potent piece of agitpop in years." |
J. R. Jones |
Splat |
Va Savoir (2001) |
"It lacks the scariness, the mystery, and even much of the curiosity of Rivette's better work." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Splat |
Vacancy (2007) |
"80 minutes of formulaic unpleasantness isn't even close to my idea of a good time, and I doubt that Hitchcock himself could have done very much with Mark L. Smith's script." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Splat |
Valentine (2001) |
"The contradictory sexual politics in this lightweight slasher suggest that at some point it was meant to satirize the traditional mores of the self-satisfied female characters." |
Lisa Alspector |
Tomato |
Valentino: the Last Emperor (2009) |
"Part celebrity dish, part business journalism...illuminating 2008 documentary." |
Andrea Gronvall |
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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) |
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Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Tomato |
The Valet (2007) |
"Writer-director Francis Veber has been compared to everyone from Moliere to Blake Edwards, but this sublime French farce reminded me most of Billy Wilder." |
J. R. Jones |
Tomato |
Valkyrie (2008) |
"As a suspense movie, this works pretty well." |
J. R. Jones |
Tomato |
Valley Girl (1983) |
"Director Martha Coolidge turned a short-lived fad into a genuine sleeper, an exploitation film that thoroughly transcends its origins to become a highly appealing romantic comedy." |
Dave Kehr |
Splat |
Valley of the Dolls (1967) |
"Too dull even to function as camp." |
Dave Kehr |
- |
The Vampire Bat (1933) |
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Vampire Circus (1971) |
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Dave Kehr |
Tomato |
The Vampire Lovers (1970) |
"This eroticized vampire tale resulted from the last significant surge of creative energy at Britian's Hammer Films, which thereafter descended into abject self-parody." |
Dave Kehr |
Tomato |
Vampire's Kiss (1989) |
"What really makes this worth seeing is Cage's outrageously unbridled performance." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
- |
Vampires in Havana (1985) |
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Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Tomato |
Vampyr (1931) |
"If you've never seen a Carl Dreyer film and wonder why many critics, myself included, regard him as possibly the greatest of all filmmakers, this chilling horror fantasy is the perfect place to begin to understand." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Splat |
Vampyros Lesbos (1970) |
"Extremely prolific and generally untalented, Jess Franco is the Spanish Ed Wood, albeit without Wood's gift for humorously inane dialogue." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Splat |
Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006) |
"This is shocking only for its tepidness; except for some raunchy language, it's ready-made for basic cable." |
Reece Pendleton |
Tomato |
Vanaja (2007) |
"Rajnesh Domalpalli made this poignant 2006 drama as his thesis film for a master's degree at Columbia University, yet its technique and development of character and theme are far more accomplished than those of most student films." |
Andrea Gronvall |
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Vanina Vanini (1961) |
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Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Tomato |
The Vanished Empire (2009) |
"In the gray old days of Brezhnev and detente, Russian college students shimmy to "Sugar, Sugar" and shell out for black-market Levis, unaware that these are the best days of their lives" |
J. R. Jones |
Tomato |
Vanishing Point (1971) |
"Takes full advantage of the subject's existential and mythical undertones without being pretentious, and you certainly get a run for your money, along with a lot of rock music." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Tomato |
Vantage Point (2008) |
"If you're up for good nihilist entertainment, look no further." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Tomato |
Vanya on 42nd Street (1994) |
"Malle adeptly eases us into the play so we can't tell at what precise moment Chekhov takes over, an ambiguity that becomes the film's triumph as well as its key limitation." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Tomato |
Vegas Vacation (1997) |
"The subplots involving D'Angelo and Newton and Ethan Embry -- the Griswolds' son, who can't stop winning -- have their charms." |
Lisa Alspector |
- |
The Velvet Vampire (1971) |
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Dave Kehr |
- |
Venice, Venice (1992) |
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Jonathan Rosenbaum |
- |
Venom and Eternity (1950) |
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Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Tomato |
The Verdict (1982) |
"Sidney Lumet's direction, like David Mamet's patchy script, may not be quite good enough to justify the Rembrandt-like cinematography of Edward Pisoni and the brooding mood of self-importance, but it's good direction nonetheless." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
- |
Vermont is for Lovers (1993) |
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Jonathan Rosenbaum |
- |
Vernon, Florida (1981) |
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Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Splat |
Veronica Guerin (2003) |
"Well-meaning but simpleminded." |
J. R. Jones |
Splat |
Veronika Voss (1982) |
"The situation soon freezes into an inert, rather facile metaphor for America's postwar domination of the German soul." |
Dave Kehr |
- |
The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2001) |
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Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Tomato |
Vertigo (1958) |
"One of the landmarks--not merely of the movies, but of 20th-century art." |
Dave Kehr |
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A Very Curious Girl (1969) |
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Don Druker |
Splat 2/4 |
A Very Long Engagement (2004) |
"What they cut from the novel ... doesn't cause as many problems as what they add, which is often too bizarre or too whimsical for a story about death." |
J. R. Jones |
- |
A Very Natural Thing (1973) |
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Dave Kehr |
- |
A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings (1988) |
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Via Appia (1990) |
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Splat |
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) |
"Watching Allen fart out a story when he has no characters is always painful." |
J. R. Jones |
- |
Victor/Victoria (1982) |
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Dave Kehr |
- |
Victory at Sea - Feature Length Edition (1960) |
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Vidas Secas (1963) |
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Don Druker |
Tomato |
Videodrome (1983) |
"Never coherent and frequently pretentious, the film remains an audacious attempt to place obsessive personal images before a popular audience -- a kind of Kenneth Anger version of Star Wars." |
Dave Kehr |
Splat |
A View to a Kill (1985) |
"This one, directed by John Glen, just follows the numbers, plodding from one unimaginative set piece to the next." |
Dave Kehr |
Tomato |
The Village Barbershop (2009) |
"The only reason to see this modest indie drama is an affecting performance by John Ratzenberger." |
Andrea Gronvall |
Tomato |
Village of the Damned (1960) |
"A strong and subtle horror film from England." |
Dave Kehr |
Tomato |
Vincent & Theo (1990) |
"This was Altman's most watchable theatrical feature in about a decade, and the actors always keep you guessing." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
- |
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others (1974) |
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Dave Kehr |
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