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3/4 |
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(1975) |
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"Fastidiously attuned to the denial of the comforting release of either eroticism or expulsion, Pasolini's boudoirs of perversion lack De Sade's scarlet hedonism. Quite the opposite, his boners reveal only the presence of spiritual rigor mortis."
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(1975) |
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"Hate ****."
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(1943) |
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"The menu buttons are shaped like sombreros. I trust I needn't say more."
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(1982) |
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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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(1977) |
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"In a just world, this movie would've been soundtracked with Donna Summer's "Could It Be Magic" and Diana Ross's "Love Hangover." So, in other words, the soundtrack to Looking for Mr. Goodbar."
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2/4 |
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(1977) |
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"Saturday Night Fever's heart is actually in the right place. It's ears, though? That's another story."
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(1946) |
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"It’s probably safe to say that the earnest A Scandal in Paris won’t ever approach the level of acceptance accorded to All That Heaven Allows and Imitation of Life."
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(1946) |
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"The sound mix is more predictably dated, with that vintage tinny hollowness. Luckily, most of the dialogue is completely audible."
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3/4 |
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(1987) |
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"The film’s central argument is that black matriculation is undercut by internal divisions."
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(1987) |
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"“Tanya got a big ol’ butt. Shirley got a big ol’ butt. Irene got a big ol’ butt. Theresa got a big ol’ butt.”"
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(1969) |
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"Though the measly extra features even rolled together scarcely constitute a Scooby Snack, at least all the episodes look nicely baked."
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3.5/4 |
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(1972) |
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"Almost unquestionably the most transgressive of the director’s soft-core films."
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(1981) |
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"We here at Slant try to review DVD content, not DVD prices. But we’re afraid this set might have priced itself clear out of range of anyone but die-hard SCTV fans."
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(1981) |
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"Perhaps SCTV at its peak, this set is also essential for John Candy’s vinegary impersonation of Divine singing raunchy Christmas carols."
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(1982) |
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"I hope that Martin Short and Catherine O’Hara jumped in the sack together at some point."
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1.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Kormákur is fully content pimping his particular love/hate relationships with the beautiful/harsh landscapes of Iceland in as many different masochistic scenarios as possible."
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Slant Magazine |
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3/4 |
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(1976) |
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"Romero's own Belle du Jour."
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(1976) |
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"Jack's Wife is as important a Romero film as Martin, but Anchor Bay's criminal indifference to the original aspect ratios negate its DVD debut."
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(1996) |
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"Don’t just stand there. Hand Brenda Blethyn a tissue, sweetheart."
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3/4 |
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(1996) |
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"Secrets & Lies is littered with scenes that begin at a fever pitch before descending into a becalmed, meditative state."
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3.5/4 |
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(1994) |
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"A loose remake of Female Trouble with Polyester's subversively accessible polish, Serial Mom is the strongest film of the post-midnight-movie chapter of John Waters's career."
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(1994) |
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"Annie's "Tomorrow" never sounded so optimistic."
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(1957) |
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"Bergman's most popular and studied film may not be his greatest artistic achievement, but Criterion's Blu-ray confirms its cinematic grandeur."
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2/4 |
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(1957) |
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"Swedish cinema titan Ingmar Bergman's mopey/earthy 1957 breakthrough The Seventh Seal may have done more than any other film to popularize and demonize the notion of world cinema as the boutique of the cultural intelligentsia."
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3/4 |
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(1986) |
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"She's Gotta Have It's characters talk into the camera, but they do so in service of a Rashomon-tinged postmortem on how an artistic young woman couldn't make polyamory work in her favor."
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(1986) |
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"It's finally on DVD, so now fans of She's Gotta Have It can stop pleading, "Please, baby, please, baby, please, baby baby baby.""
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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Not since Larry David's Sour Grapes has a movie kicked off by so thoroughly painting its protagonists as deeply unlikable souls."
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4/4 |
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(1980) |
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"It's the experience more so than the actual content of The Shining that radiates cold, anti-humanly indifferent terror."
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(1980) |
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"Come and play with us, Danny--in anamorphic widescreen--forever, and ever, and ever."
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(1988) |
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"Parables usually aim for simplicity. Social activism strives for clarity. Killing is a tough-minded, unforgettable challenge to anyone who believes either is possible."
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4/4 |
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(1988) |
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"Exudes a cosmic foreboding."
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3.5/4 |
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(1988) |
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"It speaks with the tranquility of a parable."
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(1988) |
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"Even if you’ve already seen the segment this film is based on in its original form, the radically different ending makes Love worth seeing separately."
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4/4 |
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(1995) |
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"Showgirls is one of the most honest satires of recent years."
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(2004) |
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"Dreamworks' attempt to turn random, satire-devoid pop cultural references into the new language of fairy tales."
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3/4 |
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(1997) |
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"The title alone of Kirby Dick’s alleged documentary Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist practically screams: “This is not your standard biopic!”"
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(1997) |
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"Not Friday night viewing, not Saturday night viewing. In fact, whichever day you choose to watch it, the shock-filled and depressing Sick will ruin it."
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3/4 |
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(1968) |
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"Stroszek's motivations are as enigmatic as those of the windmills: the emphatic reversal of Kubrick's nasty, gorgeous joke.
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(1968) |
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"Signs of Life radiates ecological mysticism and the inscrutability of human individuality."
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(1984) |
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"If the Silent Night, Deadly Night series has taught us anything, it’s that underneath the padding, Santa is one hot piece of ***. Sit on his lap and teach him what it means to be “naughty.”"
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2/4 |
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(1984) |
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"This was obviously not new territory for the slasher genre, mind you, but Silent Night, Deadly Night brought the idea to new levels of cold sleaziness."
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2.5/4 |
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(1987) |
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"Though Part 2 isn’t much more dignified than its predecessor, at the very least its isolated pleasures have a culminating effect."
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(1987) |
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"If the Silent Night, Deadly Night series has taught us anything, it’s that underneath the padding, Santa is one hot piece of ***. Sit on his lap and teach him what it means to be “naughty.”"
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3.5/4 |
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(1973) |
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"An undeniably tight homage to Hitchcock, but I'm still inclined to place it at least a tier below the likes of Dressed to Kill and Body Double."
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Slant Magazine |
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(1992) |
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"Can't a girl get a little sugar without tipping the jar?"
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City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul |
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(1968) |
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"Taken together, these two films are like Chris Marker's epistemology of fiction vs. nonfiction."
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(2004) |
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"Doesn't anyone from The Daily Show do anything worthwhile on his down time?"
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City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul |
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(1937) |
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"Sure it's technically essential, but kids won't notice the stunning video presentation of Disney's Blu-ray release, and adults are referred to R.S. Gwynn's "Snow White and the Seven Deadly Sins.""
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Slant Magazine |
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2/4 |
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(1937) |
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"It is Snow White's afterbirth that merits both canonization and destruction."
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Slant Magazine |
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(1987) |
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"Plays attractively like Intro to Anticapitalism 101."
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City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul |
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