Arlene Croce
Arlene Croce's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
The Red Balloon (1956)
96%
“Albert Lamorisse shares a vision of the child’s world that is as fabulous as it is true.” –
Film Culture
Mar 30, 2022
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Gervaise (1956)
80%
“As a film version of Zola’s L’Assommoir, Gervaise emerges as the finest rendering of a literary classic the cinema has given us since David Lean’s Dickens films.” –
Film Culture
Mar 30, 2022
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Aparajito (1956)
96%
“If Aparajito falls somewhat short of its goal, it nevertheless discloses a lengthening talent, and one refreshingly free from specialization.” –
Film Culture
Mar 29, 2022
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Pather Panchali (1955)
98%
“Pather Panchali shows the creative imagination in its humblest involvement with the pathos of the commonplace.” –
Film Culture
Mar 29, 2022
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The Killing (1956)
96%
“[Kubrick's] new film bears evidence of a fresh and maturing talent and completely belies the impression given by his earlier efforts -- that of a college boy who, in a semester's turning, had gone from comic books to Oedipus Rex.” –
Film Culture
Mar 28, 2022
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Carousel (1956)
71%
“Two performances ring true -- those of Claramae Turner and Robert Rounesville. But at best, it is an unimaginative Carousel that we have been given, resembling on the whole nothing so much as an open-air amateur production.” –
Film Culture
Mar 28, 2022
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We Are All Murderers (1957)
“Cayatte’s judgments are harsh, unmollified by computed evidence; his script is loaded, yet its critical observations are maintained with strict responsibility to the world of his subject.” –
Film Culture
Mar 28, 2022
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Tea and Sympathy (1956)
82%
“For the most part, [Minnelli's] touch is delicate and contemplative; it is to his credit that the full integrity of the acting endures, and that not all of the themes that might have made the filming of Tea and Sympathy prohibitive have been sacrificed.” –
Film Culture
Mar 28, 2022
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The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
25%
“The performances, either through uncertain casting or the inequalities of the script, achieve no unity or style or attack.” –
Film Culture
Mar 28, 2022
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