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4/4 |
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(1983) |
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"It's mind-blowing.
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(1983) |
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"A parable that demonstrates that morals are inadequate, L'Argent is required viewing."
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(1934) |
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"Stands as one of the most beautiful and rich celebrations of human connection in the history of cinema."
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(1934) |
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"The naturalistic sexuality of Vigo’s only feature film is even still ahead of its time."
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(2000) |
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"Regardless of whether you think Watkins is one of the only committed cinematic activists or that he's a smart but completely inaccessible conspiracy-theorist relic of the '60s, there's little doubting that La Commune is a grand summation of his sen"
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3.5/4 |
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(2000) |
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"Peter Watkins's La Commune (Paris, 1871) is a marginalized, disjointed, whirling dervish of utopian ideas and devil-may-care indulgence, as was its subject matter."
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(1962) |
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"Criterion has entered the zone. But here's to hoping they can expand through time and space to bring some of Marker's less famed works to Region 1."
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(1986) |
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"The Collector’s Edition appears to be basically a replay of the Superbit release, but this is still a nice improvement over the first edition of the film."
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4/4 |
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(1961) |
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"A bizarre, sexually ambiguous, cantankerously skeptical burlesque on the ascent of feminine independence."
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2/4 |
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(1955) |
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"Parents used to having their kids explain films to them will have their hands full on this one."
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(1955) |
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"Walt Doggy Dogg's canine love story came to the movie screens (and now your home theater) fixed, although you'll probably still get heartworm."
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(1972) |
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"As tacky as it is compulsively divalicious, Lady Sings the Blues whitewashes a major talent in service of a moderate one."
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2/4 |
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(1972) |
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"Berry Gordy's gift to Diana Ross was this lavish, bloated Billie Holiday biopic."
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1.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Lagerfeld Confidential lives up to its title by keeping its central topic top secret."
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(1971) |
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"You don't get a raft overrun by monkeys, but you do get a chimp breaking the fourth wall by trying to tear the lens out of the camera."
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3.5/4 |
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(1971) |
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"Watching and hearing Fini treat her patients is like watching Bob Ross paint."
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(1992) |
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"Chris Marker allows himself to get personal."
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4/4 |
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(1992) |
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"The catch is that the letters are addressing a dead man."
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(1961) |
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"Just lay back. This is going to happen."
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4/4 |
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(1961) |
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"The recurring attitude throughout most interpretations of Marienbad is that of sheer interpretation fatigue."
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(1997) |
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"John Waters would be jealous."
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(1976) |
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"Reeks of vintage Old Spice."
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1.5/4 |
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(1971) |
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"Let's Scare Jessica to Death spends 90 minutes tapping lightly but incessantly on its heroine's fragile sanity, as though it were some sort of Fabergé S&M model egg."
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(1971) |
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"Let's bore gorefreaks to distraction."
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(1976) |
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"A testament to the Right's continued attempts to slap a chastity belt on pop."
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(1976) |
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"I trust Linda Lovelace for President more than I trust at least 50 percent of the voters in the U.S."
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(2002) |
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"A particularly unfortunate casualty is the movie's otherwise effective final montage."
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3/4 |
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(1976) |
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"Lamont Johnson buys wholesale into scripter David Rayfiel’s dissection of the fine line between image and reality."
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(1976) |
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"It’s Lifetime. It’s camp. It’s seriously confused, and it should speak directly to drag queens in straight relationships everywhere."
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(1989) |
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"Ariel didn't want to be part of your kids' world. That ***** wants to own your kids' world."
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2/4 |
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(1989) |
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"The Little Mermaid is the story of one packrat pre-tween princess whose undersea kingdom is only matched in depth by her remarkable sense of consumer-minded entitlement."
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2/4 |
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(1971) |
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"Little Mother must’ve been an irresistible proposition for Metzger."
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2/4 |
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(1974) |
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"This minor cult classic has its fans, to be sure, but it never really pays off."
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(1974) |
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"Despite some satisfyingly gut-busting moments, The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue retains a very British stiff upper lip."
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3.5/4 |
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(1973) |
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"Simultaneously an act of revisionism as well as a parody of then-revitalizing neo-noir."
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(2005) |
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"Even more disposable and blatantly money-grabbing than those previous two-disc Diet Golden Collections, if that's possible."
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4/4 |
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(1932) |
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"No longer was Chevalier the mysterious-if-gregarious “other”--he was a member of the proletariat just like everyone else."
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(1932) |
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"Kino’s smashing transfer anchors Mamoulian’s dreamy and precociously sexual masterpiece."
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"I'm not going to lie: With these movies I expected the Lubitsch touch to at least cop a feel."
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