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(2007) |
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"Raymond De Felitta makes amends for 2005's intolerable The Thing About My Folks with this involving inquiry into the career of the late jazz crooner Jackie Paris."
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"May be a kindred spirit to An Inconvenient Truth, but in terms of style, tone, and scope, this Leonardo DiCaprio-produced and narrated documentary on climate change is a wholly different beast."
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Nikita Mikhalkov's 12 reconfigures Reginald Rose's 12 Angry Men for contemporary Russia, adopting the basic premise of the legendary source material while thoroughly grounding it in his homeland's current condition."
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"A deadpan comedy that evolves into a wry, politicized examination of truth."
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(2004) |
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"Hypocritically smears the very mascara it wears."
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"1408's mixture of supernatural hullabaloo and spiritual awakening is sturdily propped up by Cusack, whose performance is equal parts caustic cynicism and empathetic turmoil."
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Makes one wonder if Delpy isn't unconsciously working through some residual, latent anger at Before Sunset co-star Ethan Hawke."
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(2003) |
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"This unabashedly meaningless affair wholeheartedly subscribes to the more-is-better recipe for cinematic second installments."
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B |
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(2005) |
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"A letdown."
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Lessons of Darkness |
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B |
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(2003) |
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"The performances, by and large, outweigh the film's unnecessary metaphorical gunk."
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Lessons of Darkness |
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"The complexity of [Zhangke's] postmodernist formal gambit nonetheless gets at something pressing."
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Lessons of Darkness |
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"Confirms that a Fox Atomic-produced horror sequel need not be technically clumsy, stupid, crass and fright-free."
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Lessons of Darkness |
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3.5/5 |
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(2005) |
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"Unevenness is the strongest facet of Three… Extremes, a diverse and successfully chilling horror triptych."
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Filmcritic.com |
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(1977) |
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"An incisive portrait of psychological alienation."
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Lessons of Darkness |
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A- |
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(2009) |
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"Depicts everyday details and conveys overarching emotional upheavals with a compassion and gentleness that's quietly devastating."
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Lessons of Darkness |
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B- |
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(1957) |
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"No amount of climactic train smoke can mask the fact that the finale is fancifully optimistic gibberish."
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Lessons of Darkness |
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3.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Exhilarating, infuriating, mesmerizing, baffling, and out-and-out crazy, 4 certainly doesn't lack for ambition and outrageousness."
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Slant Magazine |
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"Mungiu's fascination with modes (and codes) of behavior gives his period piece a resonant universality."
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Lessons of Darkness |
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2.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Apatow's big-screen directorial debut repeatedly nails the lewd comedic G-spot thanks to Carell."
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3.5/5 |
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(2005) |
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"a mature portrait of a relationship's thorny complexity"
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Filmcritic.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Exhibits a familiar trace of the Dardennes' observational astringency."
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A- |
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(2002) |
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"Beautifully constructed, unexpectedly touching, and gorgeous to behold, it's a swirling kaleidoscope of murder, intrigue, and musical numbers that cinematic bon vivants will eagerly devour."
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Matinee Magazine |
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B |
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(2006) |
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"Would be significantly more wearisome...were it not for Linklater's ability to tap into his source material's atmosphere of unsettling paranoia."
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Lessons of Darkness |
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2.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Its dramatic thinness doesn't dilute its simultaneously ridiculous and terrifying portrait of federal prosecution run amok."
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Abduction pushes its poignant buttons while casting Megumi's kidnapping as a heinous crime, yet to its credit, it consistently does so with a deftly understated, devastating touch."
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(2009) |
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"If Egoyan's elliptical narrative flirts with pretentiousness, the director nonetheless encases his action in an affecting mood of regret and longing."
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The Screengrab |
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2.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"After Innocence doesn't inspire much confidence in the American legal system."
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Slant Magazine |
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2.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Bleak, minimalist science fiction reminiscent of Chris Marker via Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker."
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4/4 |
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(1973) |
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"A saga of adventurers driven headlong into annihilation by their own hubris and desire for immortality."
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B+ |
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(1994) |
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"A damning portrait of cold-hearted greed."
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Lessons of Darkness |
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B+ |
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(1988) |
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"A furious spectacle of lush colors and dynamic movement."
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Lessons of Darkness |
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B+ |
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(1988) |
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"Svankmajer's surrealist adaptation is a welcome antidote to the cute and cuddly Disneyfication of Carroll's iconic tale."
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Lessons of Darkness |
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B- |
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(1949) |
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"While [Crawford's] full-bodied performance still holds up nearly six decades later, the rest of Robert Rossen's Best Picture winner has lost a good deal of its fierce luster."
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Lessons of Darkness |
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4/5 |
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(2003) |
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"A timeless portrait of two individuals' awkward, euphoric first encounter with love."
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Filmcritic.com |
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(2008) |
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"For every unsubtle moment ... there are two or three that forcefully resound."
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Cinematical |
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2.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Reflects the way in which reality TV manufactures fraudulent "truth," and how such phony legitimacy can be both misleading and still seductive and gripping."
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2.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"A routine nonfiction trip back in time but a fiercely rough-around-the-edges one."
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Slant Magazine |
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(1964) |
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"The all-time favorite film of men who like to walk in on their friends having sex."
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Slant Magazine |
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2.5/4 |
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(1964) |
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"Though a bit overstuffed with long-winded speeches, Chayefsky's scabrously funny script brims with snappy, crackling dialogue."
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3/4 |
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(2004) |
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"It’s difficult to resist a hero who believes that the name San Diego, derived from German, means “whale’s vagina.”"
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B+ |
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(2003) |
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"An absorbing portrait of a unique artist’s professional and personal communion with nature."
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Lessons of Darkness |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"A European tour fraught with shady venue owners, missed trains and in-fighting, and subsequent efforts to record their 13th studio album are misadventures that a less compassionate filmmaker might have wrung for cheap Spinal Tap-ish humor."
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B- |
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(2006) |
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"Overflowing with hackneyed but thrilling blockbuster-familiar moments, the majority of which, in another context, could have proven entirely comfortable in a mid-'80s Schwarzenegger vehicle"
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Lessons of Darkness |
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A- |
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(2007) |
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"There's ultimately something exhilarating -- and, dare I say, liberating? -- about the film's chaotic avant-garde energy."
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Lessons of Darkness |
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3.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"It's hard to imagine a documentary more foul-mouthed or jaw-droppingly, side-splittingly hilarious."
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Slant Magazine |
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(1950) |
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"A preeminent example of tough-guy cinema."
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Lessons of Darkness |
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Steeped in the lyrical fatalism of that last great decade for the western, the '70s, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford owes a debt to myriad spiritual ancestors."
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Slant Magazine |
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A- |
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(1976) |
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"As formally compact and rigorously efficient as anything the genre filmmaker ever made."
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Lessons of Darkness |
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"In its best moments, the film exudes an almost Miyazakian love of flight, notably during the hero’s maiden soar through the clouds."
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Time Out New York |
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"A feeble follow-up punch to Japan after The Cove."
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