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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
2.5/4
Monster (2019)

Ty Burr

Myers wanted us to feel for the kid but also to ponder the spectrum between action and inaction and where responsibility - and thus guilt - might fall on it. In the end, the movie gets that, too.
Posted May 8, 2021
2
3/4
Twister (1996)

Jay Carr

[A] high-powered spectacle designed to blow us away...
Posted May 7, 2021
3
Sugar Cane Alley (Rue Cases Negres) (1984)

Jay Carr

It's a quiet film, but it makes you want to cheer.
Posted May 6, 2021
4
Modern Times (1936)

Marjory Adams

In many ways Modern Times is old-fashioned film comedy, but it is the kind of comedy which has made millions of people laugh all over the world and which has won Mr. Chaplin the great affection and love.
Posted May 6, 2021
5
1.5/4
Wrath of Man (2021)

Ty Burr

The mild tragedy is that Statham's growling sense of humor goes missing in the shuffle and a few decent actors are wasted...
Posted May 6, 2021
6
Freebie and the Bean (1974)

Patrick McGilligan

One of the most reprehensible film-yarns ever to subvert the original designs of the Keystone Kops. Also, it is, at moments, a talented and hilarious movie, which simply confounds the muddle.
Posted May 5, 2021
7
Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai) (1956)

Marjory Adams

There are many excellencies in [Seven Samurai]. The acting of the men who are unknown to American audiences but whose talents are obvious; the careful building of suspense; the realism of the battle scenes... [and] the beauties of the countryside.
Posted May 4, 2021
8
The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Globe Staff

Whatever happens, The Wizard of Oz will remain one of themost outstanding photoplays brought to the public during the history of the films.
Posted Apr 30, 2021
9
2.5/4
Four Good Days (2021)

Ty Burr

"Four Good Days" could be a better movie, but I'm not sure that matters.
Posted Apr 28, 2021
10
3/4
About Endlessness (Om det Oändliga) (2020)

Ty Burr

The film has an epic sense of devastated wonder that can only come from standing as far back from the parade as one possibly can while still holding on to one's empathy.
Posted Apr 28, 2021
11
3/4
The Outside Story (2020)

Ty Burr

"The Outside Story" turns Sartre's "Hell is other people" on its head. It doesn't go so far as to say heaven is other people, but it does say that Brooklyn is, and that's close enough.
Posted Apr 28, 2021
12
3.5/4
The Mitchells vs. The Machines (2021)

Ty Burr

There's a moral at the end (love your family in all its weirdness, or something) and a dollop of sentiment that is contractually required for the genre. But it's the discreetly sharpened edges of "The Mitchells vs. the Machines" that stick with you...
Posted Apr 28, 2021
13
2/4
Mortal Kombat (2021)

Ty Burr

"Mortal Kombat," which is arriving simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max, is mostly an exercise in the care and feeding of intellectual property, which is the main order of studio business these days.
Posted Apr 22, 2021
14
3.5/4
Hope (Håp) (2021)

Ty Burr

The movie offers hope to its characters but, even more affectingly, to us.
Posted Apr 22, 2021
15
2.5/4
Together Together (2021)

Ty Burr

Harrison gives the character more life than the screenplay does, yet both she and Beckwith seem to collaborate on the film's final image, which - like much of this odd, daring, and surprisingly resonant film - lands with a light touch upon hard matters.
Posted Apr 22, 2021
16
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Marjory Adams

From the early shots laid on the sun-hot sands there is grandeur and awe-inspiring, stark splendor, against which men fight and die, battle for their ambitions and then see their dearest ideals crushed by uncaring, mercenary politicians.
Posted Apr 20, 2021
17
The Sugarland Express (1974)

Kevin Kelly

It may turn out to be one of the best movies of the year.
Posted Apr 20, 2021
18
3/4
In The Earth (2021)

Ty Burr

Does "In the Earth" run off the rails into addled sensationalism in the end? Yes. But while it's steaming ahead at full power, Wheatley's magic mushroom trip is a grueling yet exhilarating ride.
Posted Apr 16, 2021
19
1/4
Monday (2021)

Ty Burr

Try though the actors may, they're unable to make us care about characters who are primarily defined by their lousy decisions and who lack the spark to draw us closer to their flame.
Posted Apr 16, 2021
20
2.5/4
Jakob's Wife (2021)

Ty Burr

"Jakob's Wife" proudly embraces its inherent B-ness. But it's the star who makes this a low-down hoot while rooting it in some tart and deserved observations about the battle of the sexes.
Posted Apr 16, 2021
21
The French Connection (1971)

George McKinnon

Gene Hackman's performance as Jimmy Doyle, a tough cop with a mean streak and an unbending determination, is the best thing this always good actor has ever done.
Posted Apr 15, 2021
22
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Marjory Adams

The Best Years Of Our Lives is an eloquent tribute to returned veterans [and] a magnificent, brilliant contribution to motion pictures as an art.
Posted Apr 13, 2021
23
An American in Paris (1951)

Marjory Adams

An American in Paris offers wit, beauty, charm, smart dancing, happy music, melodious singing, and originality. There's nostalgia, as well, for those who have known and loved Paris.
Posted Apr 13, 2021
24
Rebecca (1940)

Globe Staff

All the old-fashioned charm, the mystery and the originality of treatment which characterized the book may be found in the talkie.
Posted Apr 12, 2021
25
3/4
Shiva Baby (2021)

Ty Burr

What keeps you watching is the way "Shiva Baby" puts us on Danielle's side throughout, even as she's sabotaging herself with further lies and lox.
Posted Apr 12, 2021
26
3.5/4
The Truffle Hunters (2020)

Ty Burr

By putting us behind the eyes of a dog racing through the underbrush, happily going about what it understands as its work, "The Truffle Hunters" brings us to the source itself: the sniffing out, the digging, the discovery, the reward.
Posted Apr 12, 2021
27
2.5/4
Voyagers (2021)

Ty Burr

"Voyagers" shows that Burger can still move a story along with craft, pace, and skill, even if that story is, in the end, awfully predictable. Maybe it's time he got back to the grown-ups' table.
Posted Apr 12, 2021
28
A Shock to the System (1990)

Jay Carr

It's "How to Succeed in Business" with a vengeance -- a wickedly entertaining black diamond of a satire that reminds us how unobtrusively, elegantly, economically and sympathetically Came can inhabit a character when he's in top form.
Posted Apr 9, 2021
29
On the Waterfront (1954)

Marjory Adams

On the Waterfront is strong, tough and cruelly violent, but it is also a film that should make theatre history for 1954. It will strike audiences with special impact because it is based on undisputed fact.
Posted Apr 8, 2021
30
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Globe Staff

All Quiet on the Western Front is beautifully photographed, and the difficult trench scenes have been reproduced with distinctness and clearness of detail.
Posted Apr 7, 2021
31
The Godfather, Part II (1974)

Kevin Kelly

All the performances are fine, especially Lee Strasberg as a despicable Meyer Lansky hood; Diane Keaton, as Michael's despairing wife; Robert Duvall, as his lawyer; and Robert De Niro, as Vito Adolini, nee Don Corleone.
Posted Apr 6, 2021
32
All About Eve (1950)

Marjory Adams

All About Eve is undoubtedly the best picture of the year, even better than Sunset Boulevard.
Posted Apr 5, 2021
33
Mrs. Miniver (1942)

Marjory Adams

Never has there been a picture which pulses so strongly and so vibrantly of real, authentic life.
Posted Apr 2, 2021
34
3/4
Concrete Cowboy (2021)

Ty Burr

The film is a shrine to a hardy subculture, its people, and the animals they love. Long may they run.
Posted Apr 2, 2021
35
3/4
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

Ty Burr

[I]n fact the new film, directed by Adam Wingard and written by a small committee, has an amusingly high order of scientific monster-movie mumbo-jumbo, delivered with serious intonations by well-respected actors as they stare in awe at a green screen.
Posted Apr 2, 2021
36
3/4
French Exit (2021)

Ty Burr

"French Exit" gets goofy at times, enough so that you'll be charmed or throw up your hands and call it a night.
Posted Apr 2, 2021
37
It Happened One Night (1934)

Globe Staff

Frank Capra, who directed, has turned out a more than workmanlike job. The production is charming, cheerful and clever. The action may be slight and there are no big dramatic sequences, but the story moves along quickly and adroitly.
Posted Mar 31, 2021
38
The Apple (1999)

Jay Carr

The Apple is a film both exquisite and trenchant, even more politically resonant than poetically resonant, as are so many Iranian films that are ostensibly about children.
Posted Mar 30, 2021
39
The Godfather (1972)

Kevin Kelly

The Godfather is an epic gangster movie adapted from the raw materials of Mario Puzo's best-seller about the Mafia and probably the best of its kind ever made.
Posted Mar 29, 2021
40
3/5
Tina (2021)

Ty Burr

"Tina" is celebratory and glossy... The life is still more than eventful enough.
Posted Mar 24, 2021
41
2/4
Nobody (2021)

Ty Burr

"Nobody" ultimately turns out to be a simpler animal than that much-loved AMC series, and a lesser one.
Posted Mar 24, 2021
42
4/4
The Human Voice (La Voz Humana) (2020)

Ty Burr

"The Human Voice" is a banquet disguised as a light lunch, heady with flavors; you come away blissfully sated and hungry for more.
Posted Mar 24, 2021
43
Daughters of the Dust (1991)

Patricia Smith

Let's thank Julie Dash for her persistence in bringing us this jewel. This is a story we will tell our children again and again -- and with each retelling, the colors will swell in our souls.
Posted Mar 23, 2021
44
3/4
Still Life in Lodz (2021)

Peter Keough

The film evokes melancholy and hope, but also lingering anxiety.
Posted Mar 18, 2021
45
4/4
Quo Vadis, Aida? (2021)

Ty Burr

Life goes on, says "Quo Vadis, Aida?," but you must never, ever forget. After seeing this movie, you won't.
Posted Mar 18, 2021
46
2.5/4
The Courier (2020)

Mark Feeney

Consider it the courier who came in from the cold, if not quite cold enough.
Posted Mar 18, 2021
47
3/4
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)

Ty Burr

Still, a major improvement when all is said and done, and Snyder has conclusively proved his point.
Posted Mar 18, 2021
48
Bhaji On the Beach (1995)

Jay Carr

"Bhaji on the Beach" is full of cross-cultural political fizz, and its improv-based performances are more layered than you might initially suppose.
Posted Mar 18, 2021
49
The Ballad of Little Jo (1993)

Jay Carr

In The Ballad of Little Jo, Suzy Amis is nothing short of wonderful as a woman forced to pass herself off as a man in order to survive the Wild West.
Posted Mar 17, 2021
50
Clueless (1995)

Betsy Sherman

Like an Evian atomizer spray, Clueless refreshes for a few seconds, then evaporates without a trace. Heathers-strength satire, it ain't.
Posted Mar 16, 2021