ROTTEN TOMATOES: Kevin Thomas

BEST REVIEWED FILMS

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5/5	"Tuya's Marriage is thoroughly gratifying in its consistent inventiveness and has a grasp of human nature so universal that there's no feeling of the exotic about the film and its people." -- Los Angeles Times Posted May 23, 2008	Tuya's Marriage (2008)	88%
5/5	"Noriko's Dinner Table embraces [suicidal] tendencies with gusto and striking originality. The film is a boldly fragmented and tantalizing saga." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Jul 5, 2007	Noriko's Dinner Table (2007)	64%
5/5	"An illuminating glimpse into some of the more challenging complications that contemporary relationships can present." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Mar 29, 2007	Race You to the Bottom (2007)	50%
5/5	"An example of sophisticated, impassioned filmmaking involving mainly people who lived through the harrowing experiences so unsparingly depicted, Journey From the Fall powerfully illustrates the refugee/immigrant experience." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Mar 23, 2007	Journey From The Fall (2007)	92%
5/5	"One of the finest Filipino films, shimmering with folkloric charm without softening its view of the harshness and injustice of a life of poverty." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Sep 28, 2006	The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (2006)	88%
5/5	"The deceptive simplicity of these vignettes, written by Chu Tien-wen, throws into relief Hou's formidable storytelling strengths and visual acuity -- his way with actors, his subtlety and expressiveness." -- Los Angeles Times Posted May 12, 2006	Three Times (2006)	86%
5/5	"Isabelle Huppert and Pascal Greggory are superb as a couple of immense wealth and social prestige in the Belle Epoque Paris of 1912 -- but then everything about this film is superb." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Aug 3, 2006	Gabrielle (2005)	75%
5/5	"*Incisive yet supple, wrenching yet deeply pleasurable, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada* easily ranks among the year's best pictures.*" -- Los Angeles Times* Posted Dec 15, 2005	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)	84%
5/5	"Tropical Malady is the work of a visionary fabulist." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Jul 21, 2005	Tropical Malady (2005)	78%
5/5	"Hustle & Flow unfolds in the satisfying fashion of classic Hollywood movies that strike a balance between grit and heart, capturing the hard edge of poverty and lack of opportunity but also offering a ray of hope for a better life." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Jul 21, 2005	Hustle & Flow (2005)	82%
5/5	"*Bold, vibrant and impassioned, Yes* is the work of a high-risk film artist in command of her medium and gifted in propelling her actors to soaring performances.*" -- Los Angeles Times* Posted Jun 23, 2005	Yes (2005)	51%
5/5	"George A. Romero's Land of the Dead reveals that Romero remains the master of a genre he reinvented." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Jun 23, 2005	George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005)	75%
5/5	"Caterina is smart, sassy, compassionate and critical." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Jun 9, 2005	Caterina in the Big City (2005)	89%
5/5	"This delightfully spirited film is perfectly cast, and it's hard to imagine how Daniel Auteuil, Jos� Garcia and Sandrine Kiberlain could possibly improve upon their irresistible, multifaceted portrayals." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Jun 2, 2005	Apres Vous (2005)	55%
5/5	"It's hard to imagine many films surpassing or even equaling the effect of this supple, breathtakingly direct, small French film." -- Los Angeles Times Posted May 19, 2005	A Tout de Suite (2005)	70%
5/5	"This small, lovingly crafted film continually surprises with its depth and resonance." -- Los Angeles Times Posted May 5, 2005	Fighting Tommy Riley (2005)	63%
5/5	"Alternately witty, caustic, tender and endlessly imaginative and unpredictable, this latest film from one of Korea's most idiosyncratic and prolific directors is as confident as its resourceful hero, Tae-suk." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Apr 28, 2005	3-Iron (2005)	87%
5/5	"*In the depth of its insight Beautiful Boxer* in its unique way is as accomplished as any classic boxing movie, such as Body and Soul, Champion, The Set-Up, Rocky or even Raging Bull.*" -- Los Angeles Times* Posted Feb 17, 2005	Beautiful Boxer (2005)	79%
5/5	"A film so enchanting one hates to see it come to an end." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Jan 27, 2005	Travellers & Magicians (2005)	94%
5/5	"A film of flowing, redemptive beauty and poetry, at once immediate yet classic in its simplicity of form." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Dec 3, 2004	Notre Musique (2004)	66%
5/5	"An emotion-charged epic of style and sophistication that is exciting and at times humorous." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Dec 3, 2004	House of Flying Daggers (2004)	88%
5/5	"Although Loach takes pains to present all sides of the issues he raises, he courageously faces up to the truth about people's lives, which is his abiding strength." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Nov 29, 2004	A Fond Kiss (2004)	87%
5/5	"*There's such a rich sense of the fullness of life in Moolaad�* that it sustains those passages that are truly and necessarily harrowing if Sembene is to convey the full horror of female mutilation.*" -- Los Angeles Times* Posted Nov 18, 2004	Moolaade (2004)	99%
5/5	"Now that it has returned in a 20-minute longer -- and richer -- director's cut, it seems sure to be ranked as one of the key American films of the decade." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Jul 22, 2004	Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut (2004)	90%
5/5	"An emotional wipeout, the effect of which may well prove indelible, much like the films of James Dean." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Jul 22, 2004	A Home at the End of the World (2004)	49%
5/5	"There is simply not a false note in this film -- every actor looks and behaves so exactly right that it is unthinkable that any other person play his or her role." -- Los Angeles Times Posted May 27, 2004	The Mother (2004)	79%
5/5	"*For all its serious issues, Baadasssss!* is terrific fun.*" -- Los Angeles Times* Posted May 27, 2004	Baadasssss! (2004)	90%
5/5	"Illuminates brilliantly the dilemma of a great, world-renowned artist flourishing in a totalitarian regime." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Sep 18, 2003	Taking Sides (2003)	77%
5/5	"Among the most sophisticated, fully realized and satisfying films of the year." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Dec 11, 2003	AKA (2002)	60%
5/5	"With this masterful, flawless film, [Wang] emerges in the front ranks of China's now numerous, world-renowned filmmakers." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Jan 24, 2002	Beijing Bicycle (2002)	62%
5/5	"Brings an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanity in the face of life's harshness." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Dec 7, 2001	Baran (2002)	89%
5/5	"*To watch Gianni Amelio's luminous The Way We Laughed* is to reconnect with Italian cinema in all its richness of emotion and command of expressive gesture.*" -- Los Angeles Times* Posted Aug 15, 2002	The Way We Laughed (2001)	86%
5/5	"*For all its serious subtext, the movingly affirmative Hedwig* is raucous, racy and full of hilarious, lowdown survivor's wit.*" -- Los Angeles Times* Posted Jul 20, 2001	Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)	93%
5/5	"*Bay, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and the entire cast and crew have given us a Pearl Harbor* to remember.*" -- Los Angeles Times* Posted May 24, 2001	Pearl Harbor (2001)	24%
5/5	"[Director] Sasanatieng engages the viewer's emotions fully in the squaring away of the eternal triangle, involving young people who emerge as three-dimensional individuals even though they are archetypal." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Mar 1, 2007	Tears of the Black Tiger (2000)	76%
5/5	"As satirical as it is romantic, this is one teen film that is wise enough to span generations in its appeal." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Feb 14, 2001	10 Things I Hate About You (1999)	57%
5/5	"*Angelopoulos has created another masterpiece, one that recalls such classics as Bergman's Wild Strawberries* and Kurosawa's Ikiru.*" -- Los Angeles Times* Posted Oct 30, 2001	Eternity and a Day (1998)	95%
5/5	"*There has never been a film quite like Kasi Lemmons' shimmering Eve's Bayou." -- Los Angeles Times* Posted Feb 14, 2001	Eve's Bayou (1997)	80%
5/5	"Work of such fierce intelligence and emotional honesty that it blows away the competition when it comes to contemporary romantic comedy." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Feb 14, 2001	Chasing Amy (1997)	91%
5/5	"A mesmerizing parable of good and evil and a splendid example of Southern storytelling at its most poetic and imaginative." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Feb 14, 2001	Sling Blade (1996)	95%
5/5	"*The dark, steel engraving look that cinematographer Eduardo Serra has given Jude* endows it with a somber magnificence.*" -- Los Angeles Times* Posted Feb 14, 2001	Jude (1996)	85%
5/5	"Its greatness lies in its leanness, with nary a word, a move, a gesture that's nonessential." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Feb 14, 2001	Mean Streets (1973)	98%
5/5	"*A dazzlingly imaginative work with awesome production values and special effects that bear comparison to those of 2001." -- Los Angeles Times* Posted Nov 21, 2002	Solaris (1972)	97%
5/5	"... seems every bit the masterpiece it was when first released by Paramount." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Nov 28, 2005	The Conformist (1970)	100%
5/5	"To reappraise it after nearly 40 years only brings a richer appreciation of Godard's subtlety, sly humor and depth of perception, and his gift for melding nonchalance and profundity." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Feb 10, 2005	Masculin Feminin (1966)	94%
5/5	"The Umbrellas of Cherbourg has stood the test of time as beautifully as Deneuve and seems likely to enchant future generations as fully as it has audiences over the past four decades." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Apr 22, 2004	The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)	100%
5/5	"Stately, elegiac, ruminative, the film truly does now feel seamlessly all of a piece -- and looks glorious." -- Los Angeles Times Posted May 5, 2005	The Leopard (1963)	100%
5/5	"An example of popular folk art at its most endearing, and while the film is filled with considerable grace, as a mass entertainment it has not an ounce of subtlety." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Apr 7, 2005	Mughal-E-Azam (1960)	100%
5/5	"Truly unforgettable." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Apr 29, 2004	La Dolce Vita (1960)	98%
5/5	"It was this ineffably poignant semiautobiographical reverie that unleashed fully Fellini's shimmering, flowing poetic style." -- Los Angeles Times Posted Mar 25, 2004	I Vitelloni (1953)	100%

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