Amy Taubin
Tomatometer-approved critic
Apocalypse Now Redux (1979)
93%
“Apocalypse has the expressive extravagance of a Wagner opera-and not merely because the swooping helicopter scene is set to the "Ride of the Valkyries."” –
Village Voice
Sep 22, 2024
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Uncropped (2023)
90%
“A necessary document for anyone who cares about great journalism, and why it barely exists today.” –
Screen Slate
May 14, 2024
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Seven (1995)
84%
“It's not easy to make a great film when you're working with a tacky serial killer script, but David Fincher comes close. And if Seven isn't a great film, it is great filmmaking.” –
Village Voice
Mar 28, 2024
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The Pigeon Tunnel (2023)
96%
“Odd connections that have made exquisite corpse–like shapes in my memory bank...among the most pleasurable documentaries...” –
Artforum
Jan 27, 2024
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Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
96%
“Justine Triet’s a standout performance...” –
Artforum
Jan 27, 2024
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Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros (2023)
100%
“A four-hour sojourn in the Michelin three-star restaurant of the title...” –
Artforum
Jan 27, 2024
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Poor Things (2023)
93%
“Yorgos Lanthimos's Poor Things [is] a film as dull and overweening as all his others.” –
Artforum
Jan 27, 2024
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Household Saints (1993)
72%
“A memorable performance by Lili Taylor and an utterly transcendent ending.” –
Artforum
Jan 27, 2024
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Trailer of the Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars (2023)
“Godard in the end has hope, however fragile...” –
Artforum
Jan 27, 2024
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Green Border (2023)
93%
“Generous as that action is, Green Border lays bare, with heartrending clarity, how solidarity is shaped...” –
Artforum
Jan 27, 2024
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May December (2023)
91%
“There’s a bit of Tennessee Williams in May December...” –
Artforum
Jan 27, 2024
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Fallen Leaves (2023)
97%
“Kaurismäki [is] a master of indirect connections between his characters and his cinematic signifiers.” –
Artforum
Jan 27, 2024
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Heat (1995)
83%
“The splendid visuals aside, Heat is a cosmically silly movie -- which doesn't make it any less entertaining. Mann manages to have his romance of obsessed masculinity and send it up too.” –
Village Voice
Dec 21, 2023
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Transition (2023)
100%
“Both absurd and courageous...” –
Artforum
Jul 14, 2023
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Rule of Two Walls (2023)
100%
“Rule of Two Walls is unhesitant in showing both pleasure and pain.” –
Artforum
Jul 14, 2023
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A Strange Path (2023)
80%
“Emotionally honest but naive about form and overly dependent on a big reveal at the end, the film made me feel very bad to no particular end.” –
Artforum
Jul 14, 2023
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Cinnamon (2023)
86%
“If there was a more entertaining movie than Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr.’s first feature, Cinnamon, well, I missed it. ” –
Artforum
Jul 14, 2023
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Melody of Love (2023)
“Melody of Love, a gorgeous microbudget film that turns the tables on the usual migration narrative, reflects the experience of its director, Edmundo Bejarano, and Carlos Vargas, its cinematographer and producer.” –
Artforum
Jul 14, 2023
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Fremont (2023)
98%
“Not to be missed is Babak Jalali’s coolly deadpan comedy...” –
Artforum
Mar 16, 2023
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The Eight Mountains (2022)
90%
“Interior and exterior challenges fuse and unsettle. Nothing can be resolved; only the mountains endure.” –
Artforum
Mar 16, 2023
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A Thousand and One (2023)
97%
“Energetic, emotionally rich, vividly lensed, and directed with enormous confidence...” –
Artforum
Mar 16, 2023
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birth/rebirth (2023)
96%
“Although the plotting is flat and predictable, there are compelling performances...” –
Artforum
Mar 16, 2023
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The Pod Generation (2023)
42%
“There not much more to The Pod Generation than its faltering conception.” –
Artforum
Mar 16, 2023
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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (2023)
97%
“She is a vibrant, prickly, unpredictable presence in both private and public life, and hearing her read her own poetry is even better than reading it on the page.” –
Artforum
Mar 16, 2023
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Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest 온라인카지노추천 (2023)
90%
“...all they do is repeat that Paik was great because he was great. The other problem is that there is no way that archival footage can convey the intricacies...” –
Artforum
Mar 16, 2023
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