My Blueberry Nights (2007)
45%
“Right from the beginning, there's a discomforting sense of banality blanketing the film: the journey, the pie motif, the faith in "new beginnings."” –
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Apr 4, 2008
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There Will Be Blood (2007)
91%
“More technically marvelous than Citizen Kane; more epic than Treasure of the Sierra Madre; more thrilling than any Malick film (yes, even Badlands).” –
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Jan 3, 2008
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Atonement (2007)
83%
“Champions of the novel who oppose the imbalanced adaptation will find no wrongdoing with the look of the film.” –
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Dec 6, 2007
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I'm Not There (2007)
76%
“Forget the six impersonations of Bob Dylan. Ultimately, I'm Not There is all about Todd Haynes trying to be Jean-Luc Godard.” –
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Nov 21, 2007
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The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
69%
“Each scene feels like its own little Hotel Chevalier, contrived for the mere purpose of seduction and nothing more.” –
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Oct 5, 2007
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Evening (2007)
28%
“Vanessa Redgrave pursuing a poorly CGI-ed butterfly, with this incredibly idiotic look on her face, reminded me of a time I saw a retarded dog chasing a tree.” –
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Jun 28, 2007
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Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
95%
“The only part where Pan errs is in its marketing, via a top-of-the-poster blurb that proclaims it a "fairy tale for grown-ups."” –
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Dec 28, 2006
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Inland Empire (2006)
72%
“She's a wife in the suburbs. She's a whore. She's a damsel in distress. She's everything but an actress.” –
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Dec 15, 2006
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Babel (2006)
68%
“The ending is cowardly, mawkishly idealistic and, worst of all, panders to the upbeat-ending demands of Hollywood (Babel is the largest financed Iñárritu film).” –
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Oct 27, 2006
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Little Children (2006)
80%
“As a husband obsessed with porn, Gregg Edelman enacts one of the more interesting instances of masturbation in the history of the cinema.” –
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Oct 12, 2006
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The Science of Sleep (2006)
71%
“The most definitive, most expressive, most imaginative, most thorough, most beautiful cinematic cogitation of romance, ever. And a big middle finger to everyone who disagrees.” –
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Sep 22, 2006
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The Black Dahlia (2006)
32%
“If you've heard anything about this movie, from the floating film festival persiflage to the test and press screening whispers, you know one thing: it climaxes strangely.” –
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Sep 14, 2006
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Hollywoodland (2006)
68%
“Director Allen Coulter's vision does the real Hollywood of that time justice, bequeathing a gauche garishness to the landscape and a guttural voice to the interiors.” –
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Sep 8, 2006
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The Illusionist (2006)
73%
“Even when you feel the story slipping - which does occur halfway through - Burger rips your eyes away from any possible digressions and averts them back to the movie.” –
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Aug 24, 2006
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Scoop (2006)
41%
“One thing is for sure: Scarlett Johansson has never been worse. And yes, that means worse than The Island.” –
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Jul 27, 2006
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Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)
89%
“I'm not a scientist; I'm not an activist; I'm not a super liberal or a super conservative or political really in any absurd way. I'm a film critic.” –
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Jun 28, 2006
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A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
81%
“Instead of giving us something forceful or poignant, Altman seems to prefer a sort of objective curtain, shrouding the story and the characters.” –
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Jun 9, 2006
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Peaceful Warrior (2006)
26%
“While speaking with Millman recently about Peaceful Warrior, the author confirmed that my Chicken Soup Theory had severely plagued the many versions of script.” –
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Jun 1, 2006
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The King (2005)
58%
“Let's get one thing straight: I do not like Gael Garcia Bernal.” –
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May 19, 2006
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Brick (2005)
79%
“Forget the media-saturated affectations that surrounded Brokeback Mountain and Crash. The real vicious truth is the state of the American teenager.” –
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Mar 31, 2006
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Duck Season (2004)
91%
“Not even half a year since Baumbach's gem The Squid and the Whale, another film has emerged conveying similar themes of domestic discomfort and disenchantment.” –
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Mar 15, 2006
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Waiting ... (2005)
29%
“McKittrick neglects to realize that his target audience (males, ages 18-25) presumably aren't interested in seeing or hearing about the male genitalia at any time...” –
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Feb 7, 2006
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Hoodwinked! (2005)
46%
“Certainly a nobler attempt in the animated feature genre than the likes of Robots, Shark Tale and Chicken Little.” –
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Jan 16, 2006
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The Matador (2005)
75%
“For a much better attempt at this kind of storytelling, make a mental note to some day check out Israeli writer-director Eytan Fox's Walk on Water.” –
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Dec 30, 2005
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Christmas in the Clouds (2001)
69%
“While it's understandable some might appreciate Christmas in the Clouds merely for what it attempts to be, it's inexplicable to extol the film on that basis alone.” –
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Dec 23, 2005
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