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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
Project Power (2020)
Sugar highs can be fun.
Posted Aug 13, 2020
2
Boys State (2020)
It's easy to be charmed by "Boys State," which is so good that you wish it were better.
Posted Aug 13, 2020
3
Mostly it chugs through his jolting collections, ideas arriving like one tiny, quirkily shaped light bulb after the next...
Posted Aug 13, 2020
4
Shot in often startling black and white by Manuel Carlos De La Silva and Elso Roque, its cinematic beauty is deeply intertwined with the film's humane vision.
Posted Aug 13, 2020
5
Sultry, but never sleazy, observant yet nonjudgmental, "An Easy Girl" is more than just a tale of innocence and experience.
Posted Aug 13, 2020
6
Sputnik (2020)
While "Sputnik" doesn't make its substantial borrowings from other sci-fi pictures entirely new, it does juice them up enough to yield a genuinely scary and satisfying experience.
Posted Aug 13, 2020
7
Represent (2020)
Jones, Bird and Cho all face varying degrees of microaggressions and Bachelder does a good job of showing that these moments reflect larger, more systemic issues.
Posted Aug 13, 2020
8
The Bay of Silence (2020)
There is less to "The Bay of Silence" than meets the eye.
Posted Aug 13, 2020
9
Spree (2020)
Hideous to look at and agonizing to listen to, "Spree" must hold the record for the greatest number of annoying characters in a single movie.
Posted Aug 13, 2020
10
The competing agendas surrounding the case would prevent anyone from making a cohesive Hawkins documentary, and "Storm Over Brooklyn" never settles on a satisfying point of view.
Posted Aug 13, 2020
11
Hearts of the World (1918)
12
Made in Italy (2020)
13
A Thousand Cuts (2020)
Exactly how many cuts are left?
Posted Aug 10, 2020
14
Flying Down to Rio (1933)
Miss Del Rio is alluring and efficient, and Mr. Raymond does well as the handsome hero.
Posted Aug 8, 2020
15
Work It (2020)
Both Koshy and Fisher are accomplished professional dancers, and the movie doesn't skimp on showcasing their gifts.
Posted Aug 7, 2020
16
The Tax Collector (2020)
We've all seen "The Sopranos," and we won't get fooled again.
Posted Aug 6, 2020
17
The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
The script is neither satire nor good, fresh, fanciful corn. It is a batch of old-fashioned nonsense put together without distinct charm.
Posted Aug 6, 2020
18
River City Drumbeat (2020)
The film listens for this community's heartbeat, finding its steady pulse just as expected: healthy and strong.
Posted Aug 6, 2020
19
For a lot of people, it will be difficult to accept Jodorowsky as any kind of healer.
Posted Aug 6, 2020
20
Howard (2020)
"Howard" is a film intimately aware that no celebration of a life can be uncoupled from the emptiness left in its wake.
Posted Aug 6, 2020
21
The narrative drifts, but the alienation communicated by the movie's images feels purposeful and striking.
Posted Aug 6, 2020
22
The Secret Garden (2020)
23
Waiting for the Barbarians (2020)
Depp... makes a show out of pretending to be understated and seems under the impression that he's still working with Tim Burton.
Posted Aug 6, 2020
24
25
La Llorona (2019)
With precise framing, compositional flair and a steady hand, Bustamante layers the story, adding daubs that suggest rather than explain.
Posted Aug 5, 2020
26
She Dies Tomorrow (2020)
Dazed but far from confused, "She Dies Tomorrow" tugs at you, nagging to be viewed more than once.
Posted Aug 5, 2020
27
Sunless Shadows (2020)
A startling, raw confrontation with Iran's patriarchy.
Posted Aug 5, 2020
28
An American Pickle (2020)
The flimsiness of the movie's conceit also works to its benefit. At its best, it's a brisk, silly plucking of some low-hanging contemporary fruit.
Posted Aug 5, 2020
29
The Girl (2012)
Once his motives and psychological weaknesses are laid bare, the intrigue dries up, and the rest is just a depressing, true-life Hollywood ending.
Posted Aug 4, 2020
30
Red Penguins (2019)
31
The Horitz Passion Play (1897)
The views are most realistic.
Posted Aug 3, 2020
32
The display was in every respect interesting, and held the attention of the spectators from beginning to end.
Posted Aug 3, 2020
33
St. Louis Blues (1958)
34
Serves up some sweetness but otherwise keeps its laughs mild and its themes unimaginatively simple.
Posted Jul 31, 2020
35
Seriously Single (2020)
"Seriously Single" offers simple pleasures, and makes it easy to enjoy this girls' night out.
Posted Jul 31, 2020
36
A Most Beautiful Thing (2020)
The film's fast-paced editing makes it difficult to get to know individual members, but the men register powerfully as a collective, just like a real rowing team.
Posted Jul 30, 2020
37
The Shadow of Violence (2020)
There is just enough ambiguity onscreen, particularly during the movie's early stretch, that the narrative machinery isn't too conspicuous.
Posted Jul 30, 2020
38
Rebuilding Paradise (2020)
Though it might seem generic in some respects, "Rebuilding Paradise" resonates with the moment.
Posted Jul 30, 2020
39
Host (2020)
"Host" observes uncannily the supernatural, ephemeral, and material worlds colliding together, gesturing toward an uncertain future.
Posted Jul 30, 2020
40
The Fight (2020)
The movie is concerned not with simple boosterism but with showing the inner workings of building a case...
Posted Jul 30, 2020
41
A Girl Missing (Yokogao) (2020)
Only by paying close attention to the lead character's changing hairstyle and wardrobe can we follow the story's convoluted crescendo of thwarted passion and unadulterated rage.
Posted Jul 30, 2020
42
The Cuban (2020)
This genial, well-intentioned movie never quite lands a real emotional punch.
Posted Jul 30, 2020
43
Summerland (2020)
A thumb to suck in troubled times, "Summerland" offers a digit of nostalgia that many viewers will latch onto with something approaching relief.
Posted Jul 30, 2020
44
Finds a distinctive way to tell a familiar narrative - of immigrants in megacities, of how dreams can pummel you and of the complexity of fraternal bonds.
Posted Jul 29, 2020
45
[A] straightforward, engaging documentary...
Posted Jul 29, 2020
46
The Hater (Hejter) (2020)
Often, "The Hater" plays like something Krzysztof Kieslowski might have made had he been desperate to get work in Hollywood.
Posted Jul 29, 2020
47
Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969)
Ted Kotcheff... directed in a fashion that seems designed to underscore the obvious.
Posted Jul 28, 2020
48
A perfectly pleasant, educational movie that is not as riveting as it should be.
Posted Jul 28, 2020
49
Nose to Tail (2019)
A resolute but finally punishing wallow in self-destructiveness and obnoxious male behavior.
Posted Jul 28, 2020
50
The Dove (1927)