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TOM BLOCK
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" ...it could've %u2014 should've %u2014 been [Peckinpah's] third or fourth masterpiece (that depends on who's doing the counting), and the movie he'd been building towards his entire career."
Posted Nov 19, 2006
 
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)81%
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" ...the big thing holding back American movies is that they aren't more like California Split."
Posted Nov 19, 2006
 
California Split (1974)90%
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" An extravagantly plotted epic propelled by waves of free-flowing emotion and a palpable love for the American past"
Posted Jul 4, 2003
 
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)98%
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" The Coens’ trademark aloofness works to perfection in Blood Simple because only the audience has a bird’s eye view of the action."
Posted Apr 8, 2003
 
Blood Simple (1984)98%
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" A keep-’em-guessing plot and an affectionate take on its screwed-up characters."
Posted Jan 31, 2002
 
Birthday Girl (2002)57%
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" A celestial alignment of man, medium, and material."
Posted Nov 19, 2001
 
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)96%
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" a comically mordant tone that’s all its own"
Posted Nov 19, 2001
 
Novocaine (2001)38%
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" Frank Hurley's images by themselves make 'The Endurance' worth seeing."
Posted Oct 4, 2001
 
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (2001)95%
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Posted Sep 18, 2001
 
My Son, the Fanatic (1999)76%
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" ...a warm coming-of-age story that happens to be a coming-out story."
Posted Sep 18, 2001
 
Show Me Love (1998)90%
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" Michael Gambon gives the Jupiter Symphony of televised performances; sing praise for Dennis Potter's loving creation."
Posted Sep 18, 2001
 
The Singing Detective - Complete Series (1986)100%
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" ...a no-frills but convincing execution of the end of the world."
Posted Sep 18, 2001
 
Last Night (1998)85%
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Posted Sep 18, 2001
 
Get Bruce! (1999)71%
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" ...probes at our moral and psychological blind spots, at the limited and self-reinforcing nature of our vision."
Posted Sep 18, 2001
 
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter Jr. (1999)100%
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" ...puts a universal face on lives of noisy desperation"
Posted Sep 18, 2001
 
Les Bonnes Femmes (1960)n/a
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" 'Rain Man' without all the bull."
Posted Sep 18, 2001
 
Mifune (1999)75%
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" The best film released in America so far this year."
Posted Sep 18, 2001
 
Not One Less (1999)95%
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" Blaustein and his film have at least put a human face on those monstrous countenances that snarl out from our television sets on Saturday afternoons."
Posted Sep 18, 2001
 
Beyond the Mat (1999)82%
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" ...sane and modest."
Posted Sep 18, 2001
 
Southpaw (2000)69%
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" ...the get-on-and-get-off attitude of a two-minute pop-song."
Posted Sep 18, 2001
 
Human Traffic (1999)62%
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Posted Sep 18, 2001
 
The Big Kahuna (1999)73%
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Posted Sep 18, 2001
 
Bossa Nova (1999)74%
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" ...a movie that sticks to your ribs."
Posted Sep 18, 2001
 
Rififi (1954)92%
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Posted Sep 18, 2001
 
Legong: Dance of the Virgins (1930)n/a
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" ...quirky, raucous, and mostly winning"
Posted Sep 7, 2001
 
Rock Star (2001)52%
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" a charming, and occasionally eerie, demonstration of how far a little conviction can take a movie."
Posted Aug 21, 2001
 
Happy Accidents (2001)72%
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" Akira Kurosawa captures the convulsive feeling of being alive and crams it inside a single movie. Seven Samurai is The Portable World."
Posted Aug 5, 2001
 
Seven Samurai (1954)100%
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" Veber's script has a genuine sweetness to it."
Posted Jun 29, 2001
 
The Closet (2001)87%
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" ...exposes the political and moral shortsightedness that led to one of the sorriest chapters in an infinitely sorrowful war."
Posted May 18, 2001
 
The Sorrow and the Pity (1971)100%
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" Fluid, intelligent, and often quite funny."
Posted Apr 18, 2001
 
With a Friend Like Harry (2001)95%
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" ...one of the most robust and intelligent thrillers ever made, an incredibly effective mood piece, and a model of Old School craftsmanship and polish."
Posted Mar 23, 2001
 
The Third Man (1949)100%
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" A film of abundant visual beauty through whose heart blows a chill valedictory breeze."
Posted Mar 23, 2001
 
Ride the High Country (1962)91%
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" It’s a film that leaves you saying 'Wow' and 'So what?' at the same time."
Posted Mar 23, 2001
 
Memento (2001)94%
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" An original and memorable work."
Posted Dec 28, 2000
 
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)82%
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" It makes you want to lift your voice and sing along, for the Coen Brothers have put it all together."
Posted Dec 20, 2000
 
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)78%
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" A model of restrained storytelling that's studded with a series of pure emotional peaks."
Posted Dec 20, 2000
 
Cast Away (2000)88%
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" Bitterly funny and beautifully crafted."
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
American Beauty (1999)89%
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" With its swaying rhythms and brazen sense of storytelling, Dr. T & the Women is a worthy addition to a great director's canon."
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Dr. T and the Women (2000)57%
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" Even at its shallowest, the movie is fascinating to watch for its heat and movement."
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Fight Club (1999)81%
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" ...one of cinema’s great achievements."
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Grand Illusion (1937)97%
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" A quiet masterpiece."
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Human Resources (2000)97%
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" The final product has a few more ups and downs than we’re used to – it’s by turns charming and boring, hip and cloying – but overall it feels like something fresh."
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Kikujiro (2000)59%
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Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Praise (1998)83%
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" Marvelously alive and meticulously crafted."
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Quills (2000)74%
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" Something warm and real comes through in Nolte’s and Finney's performances."
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Simpatico (1999)23%
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" A kiddie movie for adults."
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Space Cowboys (2000)79%
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" The End of the Affair is a treasure trove of fine acting."
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The End of the Affair (1999)68%
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" Whoever thought that David Lynch would make the first art-house Disney film?"
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The Straight Story (1999)95%
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" The best Alfred Hitchcock movie made since Alfred Hitchcock died."
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)82%
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Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Winter Sleepers (1997)80%

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