Report to the Commissioner (1975)
56%
6/10
“This is strictly a performance film, a showcase for some interestingly-written characters performed by actors who deliver the story with some intriguing touches. ” –
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Mar 12, 2025
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Playing With Fire (1975)
7/10
“Playing With Fire outlines a style that is all the filmmaker’s own: combining the erotic film with the thriller, the mystery, and the madcap comedy, Robbe-Grillet fashions something entirely else altogether with the elements of his choosing.” –
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Aug 9, 2024
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Misunderstood (1966)
7/10
“The film has its own merits for which it can hold its head high. Misunderstood, despite a few missteps, rewards viewers with a heartfelt depiction of childhood innocence.” –
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Jul 30, 2024
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Nothing But a Man (1964)
98%
8/10
“Nothing But a Man is about battling discrimination on an uneven playing field but also about tenaciously preserving friendships and families.” –
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Jun 5, 2024
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Chameleon Street (1989)
100%
“Chameleon Street has a finger on the throbbing pulse of shifting cultures that see youth through punk, new wave, and hip-hop.” –
PopMatters
Oct 27, 2023
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After Hours (1985)
90%
“In After Hours, Scorsese’s camera wanders through a tableau of living and breathing graffiti incarnated as ’80s New York City’s most dangerous bottom-feeders.” –
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Aug 17, 2023
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Three Colors: White (1993)
89%
“Its remastering of these three films is stunning, given that these films are rich in their coloring and textures. Images are sharp, crisp, and vibrant, bringing to life the lush color tones that saturate these films.” –
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May 11, 2023
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Three Colors: Red (1994)
100%
“Three Colors remains an unshakable entry in cinema...” –
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May 11, 2023
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Three Colors: Blue (1993)
97%
“Grand reminders of the little motions that gather slowly but surely, to deliver the quick, sudden turns that give even the most indolent life meaning.” –
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May 11, 2023
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Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976)
78%
“Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands is rich with sensuous detail that fills every scene with dizzying amounts of culture, music, and atmosphere.” –
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Jan 27, 2023
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Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
92%
“Denzel Washington’s voiceover in neo-noir Devil in a Blue Dress is an equal mix of deadpan charm and wide-eyed innocence, which textures and nuances his performance.” –
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Oct 19, 2022
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Times Square (1980)
50%
7/10
“A sheer punk rock drive engenders them. Johnson and Alvarado simply get up in front of the cameras and show the world what they’re made of.” –
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Aug 10, 2022
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Shaft (1971)
88%
“There has been a slew of lesser imitations of Park’s film, but none have cut it close. Shaft has become incontestably Roundtree’s own through a performance that seems not only natural and off-the-cuff but imbued with a sense of street life...” –
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Jul 12, 2022
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Inspector Lavardin (1986)
“It lacks the incisive comments made on class struggle in a more realized film like his breakthrough Le Boucher (1970), but still maintains a foothold in a genre that had begun to wane in the mid-’80s.” –
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May 31, 2022
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Madame Bovary (1991)
63%
“Perhaps an effort in vanity, but still one worth visiting to see how a professional of the seriocomic thriller manages a classic of French realist literature.” –
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May 31, 2022
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Betty (1992)
92%
“Perhaps to lull us into an aperture of comfort and safety, Chabrol frames Betty in an aestheticism of muted color tones that are easy on the eyes and give the impression of a hopeful incline in Betty and Laure’s circumstances.” –
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May 31, 2022
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Love Jones (1997)
76%
8/10
“It certainly doesn’t hurt that Witcher has assembled a cast that is easy on the viewers’ eyes; a handsome lot of players who speak as hip as they dress, and strut, sulk, and flirt around the scenery with elegance.” –
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May 5, 2022
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The Swimming Pool (1969)
95%
8/10
“Sultry, hypnotic, and quietly ruthless, Jacques Deray's La Piscine is a slow-burner rife with impossible beauty and turbulent emotion.” –
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Jul 30, 2021
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Claudine (1974)
67%
“Claudine is a valuable document of '70s-era Harlem lives that pays admirable respect to the neighborhood's grim realities.” –
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Feb 20, 2021
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The Last Seduction (1994)
94%
8/10
“Linda Fiorentino pulls out all the stops and delivers a tour-de-force performance in John Dahl's gripping neo-noir, The Last Seduction, a film full of blue moods, dark humour, and hairpin turns.” –
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Oct 11, 2019
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Dominique (1978)
7/10
“Dominique won't raise the hackles of anyone looking for deep scares, but it is an absorbing suspense-drama that will at least keep you in your seat, if not the edge of it.” –
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Oct 4, 2019
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Candyman (1992)
79%
7/10
“Bernard Rose's Candyman offers a moody "elegance", if you will, that's sorely lacking in other horror films of the era.” –
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Sep 26, 2019
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Thesis (1996)
83%
7/10
“Tesis won't exactly knock the socks off of viewers; However, it is exceptionally acted, with all actors delivering solid performances and fully submitting to the demands of some of the more arduous action sequences.” –
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Sep 10, 2019
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Cop Killers (1984)
83%
“[There are] questions raised in The Order of Death that beg for tenable explanations of crimes which both cause and affect the matters of guilt. And here... the answers to such questions simply refuse to surface.” –
PopMatters
Sep 29, 2017
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