Critic Reviews

“This is not merely a nostalgic homage. Instead, it rechannels the mayhem of house-style architects Bob Clampett, Chuck Jones and Rod Scribner into a pleasing modern movie shape.”

“Gorgeous to look at — but this is simply not looney enough to stand alongside the Looney Tunes greats of old. Needs more anvils.”

“An uncompromising debut that weaves Lidia Yuknavitch’s rich but troubled life into hypnotic poetry. Kristen Stewart reintroduces herself as an exciting filmmaker who’s out to make a splash.”

“A loving tribute to the era of Saturday afternoon cinema - at its best when Good man is on screen.”

“A loving tribute to the era of Saturday afternoon cinema - at its best when Good man is on screen.”

“Renny Harlin’s bloated trilogy concludes on a chapter that shows flickers of life amid the deaths, but there’s no masking the that it’s not nearly enough.”

“Berg clearly understands her subject well, but perhaps Buckley is too complex a figure to be fully represented in just one film.”

“Ultimately The Strangers: Chapter 3 offers no redeemable qualities and is so vacuously unremarkable that it is already in the process of being forgotten.”

“What Ashby and company have done is turn Let’s Spend the Night Together into one of the best concert films that I have ever experienced watching on a screen of any size.”

“Rather than a standard possession film, Diabolic works better as a feminist parable about an avenging angel determined to take down a malevolent patriarchy.”

“This is a drama to savor, a spectacle to revel in, a romance to inhale, between gasps.”

“It’s like watching dance, and it’s beautiful, and when, in the last half-hour, the movie drops the smug, pseudo-hip jokiness that mars the script and settles into pure romantic tragedy, you’re along, body and soul, for the ride.”

“An act of courage, like an act of love, requires a leap of faith. It is with gravity and levity and incomparable grace that Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- by light years the best movie of 2000 -- makes those leaps literally.”

“Forget Superman: here, you really do believe that a man -- or a woman -- can fly.”

“Ang Lee's achievement is to reconnect the genre with its innate, latent sense of decorum and romance, qualities which have been ignored, or treated ironically or unintelligently.”

“For those who think the martial arts movie consists of nothing more than a drop-kicking gun-for-hire making hay in the box-filled alleys behind Hong Kong restaurants -- well, this might come as a bit of a surprise.”

“Daniel J. Phillips’ film has an interesting take on religious horror that it regrettably doesn’t follow through on.”

“Saltwater shows you something believable about people you feel that you could know. People whom you may know all too well, in fact.”

“The production rates as a novelty and should exert a spell above that of the routine program effort. With it, Boris Ingster accomplishes a promising directorial debut.”

“The drama moves with a crescendo of suspense.”

“It’s not an easy watch, but this celebration of unlovely femininity -- of bodies that leak blood and pain -- is a perfect fit for Stewart, who has repeatedly been drawn to women who refuse to fit tidily into society.”

“This feature is one of those dramatic things which pumps every thrill and suspense it can into a not elaborate film.”

“What’s predictable enough is how effortlessly Chalamet generates sympathy for Marty Mauser, who in the cold light of the final credits deserves very little of it. But such is what movie stars do.”

“Pálmason's The Love That Remains doesn't attempt to make a grand thesis on love and family, but successfully captures both its smallness and precious enormity.”

“In Marty Supreme [Timothée Chalamet] does a stupendous job, something that is not easy with such a demanding character...”

“If you turned it off five minutes before the credits roll, this would be a solid four-star movie.”

“Setting the story within an entertainment environment gives Elvis plenty of opportunity to showcase his musical talents, but this mid-career movie lacks the energy of some of his other work.”

“Katt’s concluding bit about how one should be grateful with what they have been endowed with "down there" in order to avoid swerving into the Dark Side (and by "Dark Side," Katt is talking about genocidal freaks or rapists) is low-key uplifting.”

“Whenever it gets a public release, Josephine will surely connect with viewers for its haunting yet powerful outlook on lost innocence in a turbulent world.”

“Long after it ends, Josephine lingers as a reminder of how fragile protection truly is and how deeply human it is to keep trying anyway.”

“One of the best screenplays of the year. A lot is packed into this film yet it never feels overcrowded. It will make you laugh, it will make you laugh but above all it will make you fall in love with the cocky Marty.”

“The Last Report is so-called because of the Illuminati thing, the idea that every hour might be Katt’s last if he continues to aggravate the wrong people and say the things he isn’t supposed to.”

“Excellent sleeper, with one nightmare montage that's a knockout.”

“Daniel J. Phillips’ Diabolic draws from real FLDS practices to craft a religious horror film that’s as disturbing for what it implies as for what it shows.”

“The magnificent It Was Just An Accident's willingness to ask questions about the very nature of justice and revenge comes from a place of great generosity and humanity – and no one would have blamed Jafar Panahi if he was lacking in either.”

“The filming is gorgeous, though the story becomes attenuated in its third hour. Still, it's easy to see how this film, nominated for best makeup and hairstyling at this year's Oscars, became Japan's highest-grossing live-action film.”