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4/4 |
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(1964) |
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"I Am Cuba is a cinephile's wet dream, a collage of Herculean feats of technical wizardry that would be easy to dismiss if it wasn't so humane."
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(1964) |
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"The only thing that's missing from what may be the DVD release of the year, which comes to us inside a makeshift cigar box, is an actual Cuban cigar."
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2/4 |
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(2002) |
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"I Am Sam is the green eggs and ham rendition of the custody battle melodrama"
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(2004) |
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"If you’re an I Heart Huckabees fan you’re probably not even going to bother with this DVD and go straight for the two-disc DVD edition."
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(2009) |
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"At the very least, I Love You, Man warns us of the risks of telling someone to clean up their dog's ****."
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"The film is pro-gay but it's less interested in collapsing straight-male hang-ups about gay men than is in putting on a surprisingly mawkish show of political correctness."
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1/4 |
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(2002) |
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"File the film and Murphy's performance under Motion Sickness."
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(2002) |
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"The transfer doesn’t do the film justice, but cinephilles will have a hard time coming by another recent DVD release of a crucial film accompanied by an equally crucial commentary track."
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3.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Oliveira seems to pursue silent film representation with every mournful composition."
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"What are these two privileged teens doing besides recreating scenes from Jean-Luc Godard's canon?"
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43/100 |
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(1988) |
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"Since we are dealing with parody here, every aspect of black communities is open territory for Wayans’ brand of humour."
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Apollo Guide |
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(2004) |
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"Finally, I can say that Will Smith and I have something in common: We’re both allergic to bull****."
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(2002) |
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"There's plenty here to keep kids entertained but what's with the Papa John's advertisement inside the DVD case?"
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2.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Leguizamo's motor-mouth sloth has more punch n' bite than Eddie Murphy's ***."
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1.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Ice Age: The Meltdown acknowledges something the Bush administration doesn't believe in: global warming."
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(2005) |
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"Hot on the heels of Cadet Kelly and Herbie: Fully Loaded, Ice Princess once again proves that Disney probably loves your tween more than you do."
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1.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Let us praise If I Didn't Care for living up to its title: You will not see another film this year made with so little ambition."
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(2002) |
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"Sadists, masochists, wife beaters and child abusers rejoice: on home video, you can now watch Igby going down in slow motion."
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1.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"As disconcerting as LaBute's equally nasty though less charming dramedy Your Friends & Neighbors."
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"A problematic but compelling exaltation of violence, privilege, and ethnic pride, Illegal Tender is incessantly but hotly scored, suggesting something of a Sirk melodrama for our Reggaeton times."
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3/4 |
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(1953) |
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"Illusion Travels by Streetcar is the more aesthetically and politically astringent but less heartfelt cousin to Bunuel’s Mexican Bus Ride."
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4/4 |
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(1959) |
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"Sirk immediately and deliberately acknowledges the film’s metaphoric, almost pathological obsession with surfaces."
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4/4 |
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(1950) |
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"Like Albert Camus' The Stranger, In a Lonely Place is the epitome of existentialist primers."
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4/4 |
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(1978) |
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"Comes down to a series of operatic examinations of questions pertaining to free will, chance, cause and effect, moral responsibility, self-sacrifice and spiritual atonement."
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3.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"In America is simple and unpretentious but its humanity and message of inclusiveness is evoked with heart-warming profundity."
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(2003) |
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"Sheridan’s film is not about what it means to live in America as much as it is about what it means to be human."
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2/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Suggests a mash-up of Before Sunrise and Tape run through Altavista's unreliable Babel Fish Translation service."
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"The most intriguingly circumscribed romance of the year, In Between Days locates two Korean teens at a precarious point in their relationship."
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1.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"A single-minded ode to international camaraderie and American perseverance."
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2/4 |
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(2003) |
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"How “numb” do you have to be in order not to know that you’ve seriously injured yourself?"
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1.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"A grand fart coming from a director beginning to resemble someone's crazy French grandfather."
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3/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Even in the wake of wars, people continue to experience everyday melodramas, a point Aribid stresses in paralleling a country's social unrest with a girl's coming-of-age."
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3.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"From subdued study of loss to airtight thriller, In the Bedroom's fascinating lack of closure suggests that grief is eternal."
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(2001) |
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"This impressive feature is well worth a look but with no extras on hand, make this one a rental. Better yet: wait two months and buy it on eBay."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"This sensualist delight is an immaculate expression of the thrill of the hunt and the cruel damage our hearts of glass incur from an unexpected loss or missed opportunity."
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4/4 |
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(2001) |
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"Wong Kar Wai's latest masterpiece is an erotic and visually stunning meditation on the confines of love."
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"In the Shadow of the Moon reminds us of a seemingly distant time when the United States was not so alienated from the rest of the world."
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1/4 |
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(2007) |
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"A namby-pamby tirade against the war in Iraq, In the Valley of Elah is a Canadian's Sydney Pollack-inspired drag revue."
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"In Your Hands means to convey the divinity of human interaction."
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(2004) |
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"Family-friendly entertainment for left-wingers and right-wingers alike.
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3/4 |
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(2004) |
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"The Incredibles may fight to save the world, but they teach us to know thyself."
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(2006) |
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"Superior to Capote in almost every way, proving that victims of hype do not come bigger or more transparent than AMPAS."
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2/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Infernal Affairs could be the syllabus for “The Effects of Michael Mann, Tony Scott, and the American Police Procedural on Asian Cinema.”"
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Slant Magazine |
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2/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Less show-offy than Infernal Affairs, its prequel is also considerably over-plotted."
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Slant Magazine |
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2/4 |
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(2003) |
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"It seemingly exists to buff its predecessors’ rough spots but only tarnishes their memories.
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Slant Magazine |
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3/4 |
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(1978) |
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"More so than any other Argento film, this one is for the fans."
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Slant Magazine |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Tarantino seems to be scrutinizing his obsession with the cinema by cleverly placing it into an apt historical context."
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Slant Magazine |
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1.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Every character trajectory is painfully schematic, and the filmmakers evoke cause-and-effect in the simplest terms possible."
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(2006) |
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"Inland Empire is another excuse for Lynch heads not to leave their house. Fine, just make sure to change the batteries in your smoke detectors."
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4/4 |
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(2006) |
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"The Atlas Shrugged of narrative avant-garde films, compulsively watchable and insanely self-devouring."
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