4/4
“Campion's series has the unmistakable timbre of daring art made naturally.” –
Slant Magazine
Nov 16, 2021
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Trainspotting (1996)
90%
“The film finds pitch-black humor, horror, tragedy, and violence in a series of asides and digressions.” –
Slant Magazine
Jul 5, 2021
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7 Days in Hell (2015)
87%
4/5
“The fact that the film is an unmitigated romp is not something that should be apologized for or excused away. Indeed, such gleeful and lively slices of conviviality that embrace frivolity should be celebrated.” –
Collider
Aug 6, 2019
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Amy Schumer: Live From the Apollo (2015)
90%
4/5
“If Live at the Apollo doesn't have quite the number of guffaws that Inside Amy Schumer so often produces, it nevertheless remains a deliriously enjoyable and refreshing take on a rite of passage for most major comedians.” –
Collider
Jul 31, 2019
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Some Like It Hot (1959)
95%
4/4
“The film is an outrageous, hilarious, and amazingly unpretentious trip through a funhouse of sexual identities.” –
Slant Magazine
Feb 23, 2019
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Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
100%
3.5/4
“Isao Takahata makes survival the thematic core of the story, but he never degrades his characters or fetishizes their suffering.” –
Slant Magazine
Dec 30, 2018
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Last Flag Flying (2017)
76%
B+
“Much as he did with Bernie and Before Midnight, Linklater shows a rousing ability to find humor in dark subject matter,” –
Collider
Sep 28, 2017
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)
69%
2.5/4
“The film awkwardly and cumbersomely arrives at its revelations.” –
Slant Magazine
Apr 21, 2017
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Dark Night (2017)
61%
4.5/5
“Dark Night is as much about gloom as it is astonishment, to see the power of an act or an image to either turn someone into a killer or to inspire them toward empathy.” –
Collider
Feb 3, 2017
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Bad Santa 2 (2016)
23%
1/5
“The fact that these gags and one-liners are meant to offend isn't even half as criminal as the fact that the humor in 'Bad Santa 2' is repetitious, poorly timed, and devoid of any real feeling.” –
Collider
Nov 16, 2016
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The Lost City of Z (2016)
86%
5/5
“A masterpiece. Wholly contemplative, resonantly melancholic, wise-and for Gray-cuttingly personal.” –
Collider
Oct 21, 2016
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The Alchemist Cookbook (2016)
84%
4/5
“Though The Alchemist Cookbook could easily be labeled a work of psychological horror, it transcends the familiar trappings of that genre to evoke something more human and empathetic than simply conveying the terrors of the human mind.” –
Collider
Oct 7, 2016
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Gimme Danger (2016)
95%
3/5
“Of course, this is first and foremost a movie about Iggy Pop and The Stooges, and under that rubric, Gimme Danger cannot be considered anything less than a heartfelt, viscerally entertaining, and entirely successful feat.” –
Collider
Oct 4, 2016
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13TH (2016)
97%
5/5
“A damning, nuanced case against mass incarceration. Ava DuVernay has gone beyond crafting a call for a rebellion. With this masterpiece, she's calling for a revolution.” –
Collider
Oct 3, 2016
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Microbe and Gasoline (2015)
92%
4/5
“Microbe & Gasoline can be more seen as a reflection of Gondry's life as an artist that is often asked to engage separate parts of his personality, as well as work with people who are very different yet strangely like-minded.” –
Collider
Jul 1, 2016
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Blood Simple (1984)
94%
3/4
“There's a simple magnetism inherent in this kind of filmmaking, and the Coens know how to orchestrate it.” –
Slant Magazine
Jun 27, 2016
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All the Way (2016)
85%
2/5
“The writing only takes the time to make LBJ into a fully fleshed-out, complex creature, while everyone else is judged simply by Roach and Schenkken's bland conception of moral codes.” –
Collider
Jun 1, 2016
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All the President's Men (1976)
94%
“Pakula was clearly talented from the moment he lensed his first feature, but like so many other New Hollywood icons, nationwide recognition didn't come until he took on the story of one of the great con jobs on the American people, the Watergate scandal.” –
Collider
Apr 13, 2016
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The Girlfriend Experience (2008)
67%
“Despite the rampant symbolism that Soderbergh conjures and indulges, The Girlfriend Experience is not a cold or clinical film at all.” –
Collider
Apr 8, 2016
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
98%
“The fight scenes are utterly sublime, often shot to make great use of the width of the screen, and speak to the tremendous wonder and visceral passions that these kinds of stories aroused in artistic souls like Ang Lee.” –
Collider
Feb 24, 2016
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Rififi (1955)
92%
4/4
“Jules Dassin doesn't waste much time in expressing exactly what he thinks of the criminals and gangster culture that rule his underworld.” –
Slant Magazine
Aug 28, 2015
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Mr. Holmes (2015)
88%
1.5/4
“Bill Condon ignores the delights and hardships of becoming an artist in lieu of simply presenting the long-touted liberating effects of art.” –
Slant Magazine
Jul 13, 2015
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What We Did on Our Holiday (2014)
75%
1.5/4
“The underlying, redundant, and underwhelming theme of the film is the pursuit of family unity at all costs.” –
Slant Magazine
Jun 27, 2015
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Amy (2015)
96%
2.5/4
“For the most part, the documentary succeeds in conveying a galvanizing sense of what made Winehouse so immediately engaging.” –
Slant Magazine
Jun 27, 2015
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Ted 2 (2015)
45%
1.5/4
“The film is a redundant showcase for Seth MacFarlane's racy, ****-centric sense of humor.” –
Slant Magazine
Jun 24, 2015
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