Fresh 5/5
| N/A | The Wire - The Complete First Season (2002) |
Click here to read article — Filmcritic.com Posted Dec 30, 2006 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 96%
| Goodfellas (1990) | "
A multi-generational tale of bad money, it is the defining American movie of the 1990s; Scorsese hasn’t made a film half as good since its 1990 release." — Filmcritic.com Posted Oct 4, 2006 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 88%
| We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (2005) | "
a spirited tribute" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 19, 2006 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 100%
| The Shop on Main Street (1965) |
Click here to read article — Filmcritic.com Posted Mar 11, 2006 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 82%
| The Ruling Class (1972) |
Click here to read article — Filmcritic.com Posted Mar 11, 2006 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 89%
| Cries and Whispers (1972) | "
the hushed, interior tone fails to generate much drama, and the tension never explodes" — Filmcritic.com Posted Nov 26, 2005 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 38%
| Maestro (2005) | "
Ramos is the most exasperating sort of scenester — the guy who keeps telling you how great something is but lacks the skills and inclination to tell you exactly why" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 28, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 100%
| Vagabond (1985) | "
shows how there’s an inherent brutality to living without rules... without ever devolving into melodrama or didacticism" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 11, 2005 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 100%
| Twist of Faith (2005) | "
makes a convincing case that suffering in silence would have been much worse" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jun 23, 2005 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 83%
| Carnival of Souls (1962) | "
For a flick with a non-existent budget (well, $30,000) and relative amateurs in front of the camera, everybody’s lines are practically howler-free." — Filmcritic.com Posted Jun 1, 2005 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 79%
| Mister Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) | "
best appreciated as a sort of adult version of teenage hygiene films from the '40s and '50s" — Filmcritic.com Posted May 30, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 94%
| Autumn Sonata (1978) | "
Though Ingrid and Ingmar Bergman aren’t related, their pairing on a movie set was a long-anticipated event" — Filmcritic.com Posted May 23, 2005 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 42%
| Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974) | "
nothing new to anybody who’s caught five minutes of an episode of The Dukes of Hazzard." — Filmcritic.com Posted May 19, 2005 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 93%
| Peeping Tom (1960) | "
there’s a constantly gorgeous surface – a handsome hero, lots of bright Technicolor – and a constant moral rot at play underneath" — Filmcritic.com Posted May 19, 2005 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 89%
| Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme () | "
there’s too little evidence that freestyling in itself deserves even the short 75 minutes allotted for this film" — Filmcritic.com Posted May 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 96%
| Goodfellas (1990) |
Click here to read article — MovieWeb Posted Oct 31, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 97%
| Repo Man (1984) | "
wherever you see young snotbags and anti-authoritarian pranking today on film and TV, you can bet somebody working on the script was cribbing from Repo Man" — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 28, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 89%
| Jandek - Jandek on Corwood (2004) | "
inherently fascinating" — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 18, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 81%
| The Untouchables (1987) | "
a magnificent movie about political clout -- a worthy subject that Hollywood’s rarely bothered to tackle and usually gets wrong" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 19, 2004 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 97%
| Strangers on a Train (1951) | "
Two men, a problem, and a crime is an old theme, but the list of works that exploit it perfectly is a short one. Strangers on a Train belongs on it." — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 26, 2004 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 85%
| Hard Goodbyes: My Father (2003) | "
fuses to concede to clichés of precocious kids and eccentric adults" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jun 10, 2004 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| N/A | King of Bluegrass - The Life and Times of Jimmy Martin (2003) | "
a man who’s driven by a decades-old perceived slight isn’t necessarily a likeable person, but he’s an appealing documentary subject" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jun 1, 2004 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 86%
| Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2003) | "
Anybody who’s willing to bring their own ideas about sex, love, and bloodletting to the film will likely find themselves sucked into Maddin’s growing cult." — Filmcritic.com Posted May 18, 2004 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 45%
| Heaven's Gate (1980) | "
It is sensitive and it is condescending. It has enormous ambition and winds up with nothing to say. Eventually, it’s just sadly exhausting." — Filmcritic.com Posted Apr 18, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 91%
| Field of Dreams (1989) | "
Say what you want about Kevin Costner, but you can’t say he never played Jesus Christ." — Filmcritic.com Posted Apr 15, 2004 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 60%
| No Turning Back (2001) | "
It bolts out of the blocks tugging a crate full of bricks, two wrecking balls, and a cruise-ship anchor." — Filmcritic.com Posted Apr 13, 2004 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 91%
| The Deer Hunter (1978) | "
a hollow movie that only play-acted at meaning; the sucker was us." — Filmcritic.com Posted Apr 4, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 83%
| Pennies From Heaven (1981) | "
Dark as night but perfectly lit, a little sad but with a song in its heart." — Filmcritic.com Posted Mar 26, 2004 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 98%
| The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) | "
the perfect blend of playfulness, beauty, and pathos that every musical strives for" — Filmcritic.com Posted Mar 7, 2004 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 29%
| Myra Breckinridge (1970) | "
The film and its purported message are just like the monster between Welch’s legs: A big fat fake." — Filmcritic.com Posted Mar 3, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 91%
| The Great Escape (1963) | "
anybody who thinks that Michael Bay is a bullying thug of a filmmaker who likes pushing people’s emotions around can come here to see where he got it from" — Filmcritic.com Posted Feb 26, 2004 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 92%
| The Commitments (1991) | "
If it’s light on meaning, it’s strong at presenting the visceral pleasures of music, which can be extremely difficult to do" — Filmcritic.com Posted Feb 22, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 100%
| Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) | "
The true magic is in the “Trolley Song” sequence, one of American musical film’s finest moments" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jan 14, 2004 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 93%
| Straw Dogs (1971) | "
plays out with ferocious brilliance" — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 21, 2003 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 85%
| The Secret Lives of Dentists (2003) | "
A caustic, witty study of love and sex" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 31, 2003 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 62%
| Camp (2003) | "
When Bert drunkenly berates the batch for harboring hopeless dreams and wasting their time on performing, it’s supposed to underscore how angry and damaged Bert is; instead, you’re pondering whether the man has a point." — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 24, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 82%
| Step Into Liquid (2003) | "
utter freedom, drawn in enough shades of blue to fill a king-sized Crayola box." — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 19, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 44%
| Garage Days (2003) | "
joyous, diverting, and often childish" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 16, 2003 |
Rotten 3/5
| Rotten 28%
| Love the Hard Way (2003) | "
Blame the script, which fails to fill out exactly how conflicted these characters are." — Filmcritic.com Posted Jun 11, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 59%
| Valentin (2004) | "
For all of its prettiness, there’s nothing going on here that matters much." — Filmcritic.com Posted May 22, 2003 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 77%
| A Decade Under the Influence (2003) | "
When Coppola bellyaches you want to ask, Hey buddy, who forced the studios to give up on radical filmmakers by going insanely overbudget and past schedule with Apocalypse Now?" — Filmcritic.com Posted May 22, 2003 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 92%
| Man on the Train (2003) | "
Might not be the manliest way to make a buddy movie, but it makes for a great movie about being a man." — Filmcritic.com Posted May 14, 2003 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 78%
| Owning Mahowny (2003) | "
It’s clear halfway through Owning Mahowny that nobody with a need so consuming – and suits so ill-fitting – is going to come within 50 miles of redemption." — Filmcritic.com Posted May 1, 2003 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 96%
| Le Cercle Rouge (1970) | "
More than anything else, Le Cercle Rouge reminds us that when it comes to these sort of roles, it’s the criminal that matters, not the crime." — Filmcritic.com Posted Apr 25, 2003 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 35%
| The Real Cancun (2003) | "
Six, if you must know. That’s how many pairs of breasts get bared in The Real Cancun." — Filmcritic.com Posted Apr 23, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 57%
| John Adams - The Death of Klinghoffer (1991) | "
Woolcock mostly makes the film work visually -- she's excellent at the pointed close-up and frenzied camera movements." — Filmcritic.com Posted Apr 18, 2003 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 79%
| Hush! (2001) | "
What might've been an exhilarating exploration of an odd love triangle becomes a sprawl of uncoordinated vectors." — Filmcritic.com Posted Apr 13, 2003 |
— | Fresh 100%
| The Decline of Western Civilization III (1998) |
Click here to read article — Salon.com Posted Mar 27, 2001 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 85%
| Henry Fool (1998) |
Click here to read article — Filmcritic.com Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 88%
| Robocop (1987) | "
The idea is that in a techno-capitalist world, acting like a decent human being means mechanizing whole chunks of yourself and shutting off your emotional despair" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
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