| Title | Year | Director | Cast | Score | Comments | IMDB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 Reykjavík | 2000 | KORMAKUR, Baltasar | GUONASON, Hilmir; ABRIL, Victoria; KARLSDOTTIR, Hanna Maria; KORMAKUR; Baltasar | 9.00 | Fabulous! Makes me want to go to Iceland and party. Colorful. Very well made. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0237993 |
| 12 Angry Men | 1957 | LUMET, Sidney | FONDA, Henry; KLUGMAN, Jack; BEGLEY, Ed… | 8.25 | Strong courtroom drama. Well done, but proceeds too smoothly to conclusion once path | http://us.imdb.com/Title?12+Angry+Men+(1957) |
| 15 Minutes | 2001 | HERZFELD, John | De NIRO, Robert; BURNS (I), Edward; GRAMMER, Kelsey | 7.25 | Slightly far-fetched but interesting slam on the media - yeah! | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0179626 |
| 2 Days in the Valley | 1996 | John Herzfeld | James Spader, Eric Stoltz, Jeff Daniels, Marsha Mason, Danny Aiello, Teri Hatcher, Peter Horton, Glen Cruttwell, glenne Heady, Paul Mazursky, Charlize Theru | 8.25 | Excelent interconnected plot - nearly the next 'Pulp Fiction'. Wonderfully shot. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0115438 |
| 21 Grams | 2003 | Alejandro González Iñárritu | PENN, Sean; WATTS, Naomi; DEL TORO, Benicio; GAINSBOURG, Charlotte; LEO, Melissa | 9.00 | Inticate structure creates suspense until it unfolds. Great acting. Nice style. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0315733/ |
| 28 Days Later | 2002 | BOYLE, Danny | MURPHY, Cillian; HARRIS, Naomie; BURNS, Megan; GLEESON, Brendan | 8.25 | Clever thiller | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0289043 |
| 32 Short Films about Glen Gould | 1993 | GIRARD, Francois | Colm Feore, Gale Garnett, David Hughes | 8.00 | Wonderful snippits, delightfully unstructured. A novel way of providing a credible insight. | |
| 5000 Fingers of Dr. T, The | 1953 | ROWLAND, Roy | Peter Lind Hayes, Tommy Rettig, Mary Healy, Hans Conried | 6.00 | Dr Seus' written, campy, perhaps unwittingly funny. Interesting styles. Homoerotic???? | |
| 8 Milr | 2002 | HANSON, Curtis | EMINEM; BASINGER, Kim | 8.00 | Very good dramatization. Not necessarily an acting stretch but believable and pointed | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0298203 |
| 84 Charing Cross Rd. | 1986 | JONES, David | Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bankroft, Judi Dench | 7.50 | Charming transatlantic comparison (exagerated differences?) | |
| About Schmidt | 2002 | PAYNE, Alexander | NICHOLSON, Jack; | 8.50 | Wonderful ensemble | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0257360/ |
| Addams Family Values | 1993 | SONNENFELD, Barry | Anjelica Huston, Raoul Julia (r.i.p.), Joan Cusak, Christopher Lloyd | 7.25 | Great comedy. Possibly not as good as original but very nearly. Both leads excellent. | |
| Addams Family, The | 1991 | SONNENFELD, Barry | Anjelica Huston, Rauul Julia, Christopher Lloyd | 8.00 | ? | |
| Adicted to Love | 1997 | DUNNE, Griffin | BRODERICK, Mathew; RYAN, Meg | 6.75 | A few interesting twists but basically a silly romantic movie | http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?Addicted+to+Love+(1997) |
| Adjuster, The | 1991 | EGOYAN, Atom | KOTEAS, Elias; KHANJIAN, Arsinee; CHEYKIN, Maurey; ROSE, Gabrielle; DALE, Jennifer | 8.25 | Brilliant layered thoughtful | http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?Adjuster%2C+The+(1991) |
| Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The | 1994 | ELLIOT, Stephen | STAMP, Terence, WEAVING, Hugo, PEARCE, Guy | 7.00 | Funny, scenic. Weak writing, good performances. Thought final act should have been classier. | |
| Against the Ropes | 0 | 8.25 | ||||
| Age of Innocence, The | 1993 | SCORSESE, Martin | Michelle Pfeiffer, Daniel Day Lewis, RYDER, Winona | 8.00 | Pfeiffer excellent, Lewis great but annoying speach. Horrible but prob. authentic costumes. Supurb cinematography, including courageous non-period-stereotypical violent pans, stop-action. | |
| Air Force One | 1997 | PETERSEN, Wolfgang | FORD, Harrison; CLOSE, Glenn; OLDMAN, Gary; CREWSON, Wendy; MATTHEWS, Liesel; STOCKWELL, Dean; MACY, William H. | 6.50 | better than normal believability, poorer than normal affects | |
| Albino Aligator | 1996 | SPACEY, Kevin | DILLAN, Matt; DUNNAWAY, Faye; SINISE, Gary; FICHTNER, William; MORTENSEN, Viggio; MANTEGNIA, Joe | 7.75 | Interesting, puzzling. Could have been more slickly directed, but good spoof/homage to Hollywood. | http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?Albino+Alligator+(1996) |
| All About My Mother | 1999 | ALDOMOVAR, Pedro | ROTH, Cecilia; AZORIN, Eloy; PARADES, Marisa; CRUZ, Penélope | 8.25 | Brilliantly styled, written, and directed | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0185125 |
| Amadeus | 1984 | FORMAN, Milos | ABRAHAM, F. Murray; HULCE, Tom; BERRIDGE, Elizabeth; CALLOW, Simon; DOTRICE, Roy; EBERSOLE, Christine; JONES, Jeffrey | 8.50 | ABRAHAM is wonderful. Script great too. | |
| American Beauty | 1999 | MENDES, Sam | SPACEY, Kevin; BENING, Annette; BIRCH, Thora; BENTLEY, Wes; SUVARI, Mena; GALLAGHER, Peter; COOPER (I), Chris | 9.50 | Mesmerizing in its perfection - performances, story, direction, courage | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0169547 |
| American Buffalo | 1996 | CORRENTE, Michael | Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, Sean Nelson | 8.25 | Excelent David Mamet 'play'; great performances and script. | |
| American History X | 1998 | KAYE, Tony | NORTON, Edward; FURLONG, Edward; D'ANGELO, Beverly; LIEN, Jennifer | 9.00 | Amazingly well done - Norton is fantastic | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120586 |
| American President, The | 1995 | REINER, Rob | Michael Douglas, Annette Bening | 8.25 | Very funny | |
| American Psycho | 2000 | HARRON, Mary | BALE, Christian; DAFOE, Willem; SEVIGNY, Chloë | 7.75 | Surprisingly good, allows thoughtful interpretation | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0144084 |
| American Splendor | 2003 | BERMAN, Shari Springer; PULCINI, Robert | GIAMATTI, Paul; DAVIS, Hope | 8.50 | Very interesting mixture of documentary and dramatization; actors and characters playing themselves | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0305206/ |
| An Ideal Husband | 1999 | PARKER (II), Oliver | EVERETT, Rupert; MOORE, Julianne; NORTHAM, Jeremy; BLANCHET, Cate; DRIVER, Minnie | 9.00 | Superbly made, perfect performances, a triumph. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0122541 |
| An Officer and A Gentleman | 1982 | HACKFORD, Tayler | Debra Winger, David Kieth, Richard Gere, Louis Gossett Jr. | 8.00 | Excellent script, Winger and Gossett Jr. great. (course he got Oscar) | |
| Analyze This | 0 | q | DeNIRO, Robert; CRYSTAL, Billy | 7.75 | Hilarious mixture of sensitivity and vilolence, a great take on Mob movies | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0122933 |
| Anchoress | 1994 | NEWBY, Chris | Natalie Morese, Eugene Bervoets, Toyah Willcox, Peter Postlethwaite, Christopher Eccleston | 8.00 | Beautiflly shot, acted, sensuous & textual film | |
| Angels and Insects | 1995 | HAAS, Philip | ? | 8.25 | ? | |
| Angels in the Outfield | 1994 | DEAR, William | Danny Glover, Jay O. Sullivan (?) | 6.00 | ? | |
| Angie | 1994 | COOLIDGE, Martha | Geena Davis | 6.75 | over-done, medium quality acting. | |
| Anne Frank Remembered | 1995 | BLAIR, Jon | [Kenneth Branagh, Glenn Close, and the real historic characters] | 8.00 | Good documentary. Some overly contrived stuff; too glitzy motion control camera work; Kenneth's narration too like a fairy story in inflection | |
| Another Stakeout | 1993 | BADHAM, John | Emilio Estevez, Richard Drafuss, Rosie O'Neil (?) | 6.75 | Dissapointingly improbable, but frequently funny | |
| Antonia's Line | 1995 | GORRIS, Marleen | Willeke Van Ammelrooy, Jan Decleir, Els Dottermans, Dora Van der Groen, Marina De Graaf, Mil Segers, | 8.75 | Great. | http://us.imdb.com/cache/title-exact/8353 |
| ANTZ | 0 | q | ALLEN, Woody; STALONE, Sylvester; LOPEZ, Jennifer; WALKEN, Christopher; ACKROYD, Dan | 7.00 | Very clever animation (very expressive ants, great manerisms); funny story | |
| Apocalypse Now | 1979 | COPPOLA, Frances Ford | Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Dennis Hopper, DUVAL, Robert | 9.00 | Awesome, fantastically well made, tremendously powerful. "The Horror..." | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0078788 |
| Apollo 13 | 1995 | HOWARD, Ron | Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, PAXTON, Bill | 8.00 | Great effects. Good drama | |
| Apostle, The | 1997 | DUVALL, Robert | DUVALL, Robert; FAWCETT, Farrah; THORNTON, Billy Bob; CASH, June Carter; RICHARDSON, Miranda | 7.75 | ||
| Arabian Nights | 0 | ? | ? | 6.00 | Pretty poor acting, filmmaking; but an unorthodox view of the arab world nonetheless. | |
| Ararat | 2002 | EGOYAN, Atom | ALPAY, David; KHANJIAN, Arsinéel; PLUMMER, Christopher; | 9.50 | Awsome - Perhaps Egoyan's best, and that's saying a lot. Intricate as always. Totally beautiful and thoughtful. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0273435/ |
| Architecture of Doom, The | 0 | ? | [documentary about art on Nazis, Nazis on art] | 7.00 | Possibly exagerated influences, undoubtably horrible consequences | |
| Arlington Road | 1999 | PELLINGTON, Mark | BRIDGES, Jeff; ROBBINS, Tim; CUSACK, Joan; DAVIS, Hope; GOSSIT, Robert | 8.00 | Quite well made, very high-tension thriller. Clever ending. [The preview had spoiled a lot of it.] | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0137363 |
| Armageddon | 1998 | BAY, Michael | WILLIS, Bruce; THORNTON, Billy Bob; TYLER, Liv; AFFLECK, Ben; PATTON, Will; BUSCEMI, Steve | 7.50 | Undeniably impressive effects, and fairly funny, but terribly sappy and pro-American | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Armageddon+(1998) |
| Arrow, The | 1997 | McBREARTY, John | AYKROYD, Dan, BOTSFORD, Sarah; FITCH, Katherine; PLUMMER; Christopher… | 7.00 | Over acted. Over dramatised. Great effects. | http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?Arrow%2C+The+(1997) http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?Arrow%2C+The+(1997) |
| Artists under the Big Top: Perplexed | 0 | KLUDGE, Alexander | ? | 8.00 | ? | |
| As Good as it Gets | 0 | q | NICHOLSON, Jack | 8.50 | q | |
| Austin Powers in Goldmember | 2002 | ROACH, M. Jay | MYERS, Mike; KNOWLES, Beyoncé; GREEN, Seth; YORK, Michael; CAINE, Michael | 6.50 | Horrible continuation of a series that should have stopped with the original | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0295178/ |
| Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery | 1997 | ROACH, M. Jay | MYERS, Mike | 7.25 | Some really hilarious parts, and very clever satire of James Bond | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0118655 |
| Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | 1999 | ROACH, M. Jay | MYERS, Mike | 6.00 | Very dissapointing, after the first one. Bad taste, too long, and the schtick has gone | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0145660 |
| Autumn Tale | 1998 | ROHMER, Eric | RIVIERE, Marie; ROMAND, Beatrice; LIBOLT, Alain; SANDRE, Didier | 8.25 | Lovely, believable, realistic romantic comedy | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0137439 |
| Back to the Future | 1985 | FOX, Michael J.; LLOYD, Christopher; THOMPSON, Lea; GLOVER, Crispin | ZEMECKIS, Robert | 7.75 | Splendid thriller. Mainstream Hollywood at its best. Thoroughly enjoyable. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/ |
| Bad Girls | 1994 | KAPLAN, Jonathon | Andie MacDowell, Mary Stewart Masterson, Madeleine Stowe, Drew Barrymore | 5.00 | ? | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0109198 |
| Bamboozled | 2000 | LEE, Spike | WAYANS, Damon; GLOVER, Savion; SMITH, Jada Pinkett; DAVIDSON, Tommy; RAPAPORT, Michael; JEFFERSON BYRD, Thomas | 8.00 | Powerful but challenging | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0215545 |
| Barb Wire | 1995 | HOGAN, David | Pamela Anderson (Lee) | 6.00 | In some ways surprisingly good 'Casablanca' adaptation. Sexpoitational nonetheless. Good camera work, stylish design. Critics were too harsh. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0115624/ |
| Barcelona | 1994 | STILLMAN, Whit | Taylor Nichols, Tushka Bergan, Pep Munne, Hellena Schneid, Thomas Gibson, Chris Eigeman, Mira Sorvino, Nuria Badia, Francis Creization, Jack Gilpen | 8.75 | Slightly slow, and slightly stiff acting, but good in many ways. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0109219/ |
| Basquiat | 1996 | SCHNABEL, Julianl | Jeffrey Wright, David Bowie, Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Courtney Love | 7.25 | Generally well made film about art world, but fails to get to root of Basquiat's character | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0115632/ |
| Bean | 1997 | SMITH, Mel | ATKINSON, Rowland; REYNOLDS, Bert | 7.50 | Clever physical humour. A bit long. Good take on Americans. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0118689/ |
| Beautiful Girls | 1996 | DEMME, Ted | DYLAN, Matt; HUTTON, Timmothy, THURMAN, Uma | 7.75 | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0115639/ | |
| Beautiful Mind, A | 2001 | HOWARD, Ron | CROWE, Russell; HARRIS, Ed; CONNOLY, Jennifer | 9.00 | Powerful and moving. Slightly subtler acting (and makeup) would have been good. Nice saturated but dark pallate. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0268978 |
| Being at home with Claude | 1992 | BEAUDIN, Jean | DUPUIS, Roy; GAUDIN, Jacques, PICHETTE, Jean-Francois | 7.50 | Honest, unapologetic revelation of gay lifestyle and desparaton | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0103787/ |
| Being John Malkovitch | 1999 | JONZE, Spike | CUSACK, John; DIAZ, Cameron; KEENER, Catherine; BEAN, Orson; PLACE, Mary Kay, MALKOVICH, John | 8.00 | Hilarious and very clever concept. Keener's performance particularly good. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120601 |
| Being Julia | 2004 | Szabó István | BENNING, Annette; IRONS, Jeremy | 8.75 | Splendid. Terrific ensemble but Julia is divine | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0340012/ |
| Belle de Jour | 1967 | BUNUEL, Luis | DENEUVE, Cathereine, SOREL, Jean, PICCOLI, Michel | 8.00 | Interesting view of an escapist fantasy life. Too slow. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0061395/ |
| Belle Epoque | 1992 | TRUEBA, Fernando | Fernando Fernan Gomez, Jorge Sanz, Maribel Verdu, Ariadna Gil, Miriam Diaz-Aroca, Mary Carmen Ramirez, Gabino Diego, Penelope Cruz, Michel Galabro | 8.50 | Wonderfully filmed, written, acted (especially by the father). Perfect amount of predictability. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0103791/ |
| Bend it Like Beckham | 2002 | CHADHA, Gurinder | NAGRA, Parminder K; KNIGHTLEY, Keira; RHYS-MEYERS, Jonathan; KHER, Anupam; | 8.25 | Surprisingly deep and meaningful. Some unanticipated surprises | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0286499 |
| Best In Show | 2000 | GUEST, Christopher | LEVY, Eugene; O'HARA, Catherine | 8.50 | Hilarious - but clearly Guest follows a formula in his portrayal of mediocrity | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0218839 |
| Big Chill, The | 1983 | KASDAN, Lawrence | BERRINGER, Tom; CLOSE, Glenn; GOLDBLUM, Jeff; HURT, William; KLINE, Kevin; PLACE, Mary Kay; TILLY, Meg; WILLIAMS, JoBeth | 8.25 | Fantastically well-made and even more believable. Essenital viewing | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0085244 |
| Big Easy, The | 1987 | McBRIDE, Jim | QUAID, Dennis; BARKIN, Ellen; BEATTY, Ned; GOODMAN, John; | 8.00 | Intelligent, atmospheric drama. Maybe the Barken character is unbelievably forgiving; very end corny | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0092654/ |
| Big Green, The | 1995 | SLOAN, Holly Goldberg | GUTTENBERG, Steve | 6.00 | predictable. Some interesting action photography | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0112499/ |
| Big Lebowski, The | 1998 | COEN, Joel | GOODMAN, John; BRIDGES, Jeff | 9.00 | Hilarious and clever | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0118715 |
| Big Night | 1996 | TUCCI, Stanley; SCOTT, Campbell | Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub, Ian Holm, Minnie Driver, Isabella Rossellini, Allison Janney, Campbell Scott, Marc Anthony | 9.25 | One of the most nearly perfect films made in the U.S. Perfect textures and tension. (Eat well before or after!) | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0115678 |
| Big Trouble | 2002 | SONNENFELD, Barry | ALLEN, Tim; EPPS, Omar; FARINA, Dennis; FOSTER, Ben; GAROFALO, Janeane; LEE (I), Jason; RUSSO, Rene | 7.75 | Really good, really funny comedy. A nice surprise. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0246464 |
| Bitter Moon | 1994 | POLANSKI, Roman | COYOTE, Peter; SEIGNER, Emmanuelle, GRANT, Hugh. | 8.00 | Clever characterizations, very believable drama. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0104779/ |
| Black Orpheus | 1959 | CAMUS, Marcel | MELLO, Breno | 8.00 | Splendid comic tragedy. Atmospheric, poignant | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0053146 |
| Blade Runner (Director's cut) | 1982 | SCOTT, Ridley | Harrison Ford, Rutgar Hauer, Daryl Hannah | 7.00 | superb style/architecture/sets, weak story | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/ |
| Blair Witch Project, The | 1999 | MYRICK, Daniel; SANCHEZ (II), Eduardo | DONAHUE, Heather; WILLIAMS, Michael C; LEONARD, Joshua | 8.00 | Refreshingly un-silly horror movie. A triumph of low-budget, independent film-making. Very well directed. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0185937 |
| Blow | 2001 | DEMME, Ted | DEPP, Johnny; CRUZ, Penélope | 7.75 | Well made but completely failing to draw any compassion | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0221027 |
| Blowfinger | 1999 | OZ, Frank | MARTIN, Steve; MURPHY, Eddie | 7.25 | Clever comedy; probably has a lot of truth about the movie industry. Hilarious | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0131325 |
| Blowup | 1966 | q ANTONIONI, Michelangelo |
REDGRAVE, Vanessa; MILES, Sarah; HEMMINGS, David | 7.75 | Probably very cool sixties film with symbology etc. but pretty boring actually. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0060176 |
| Blue in the Face | 1995 | WANG, Wayne; AUSTER, Paul | Harvey Keitel, Madonna, Lily Tomlin, Michael J. Fox, Lou Reed, Roseanne, Jim Jarmush | 7.50 | Irreverent sequel to Smoke. Funny, atmospheric. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0112541/ |
| Blue Velvet | 1986 | LYNCH, David | Dennis Hopper, Isablla Rossellini, MacLACHLAN, Kyle | 8.00 | Nicely weird, symbolic. Slight temporal anachronisms? (cool!) | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0090756 |
| Blues Brothers, The | 1980 | LANDIS, John | AYKROYD, Dan; BELUSHI, John, plus cast of many stars | 7.50 | Slightly slow but often funny, great dancing and hits, great chases and stunts. cool flick. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0080455/ |
| Bodies, Rest & Motion | 1993 | STEINBERG, Michael | Phobie Cates, Brigitte Fonda, Tim Roth, Eric Stoltz | 7.75 | Very well shot, quite deep views of relationships too. Stoltz is wonderful. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0106447/ |
| Body Heat | 1981 | KASDAN, Lawrence | Kathleen Turner, William Hurt, Micky Rourk, Richard Crenna | 8.50 | Excellent thriller plus sex. Works again because you see the hints of betrayal. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0082089 |
| Body of Evidence | 1993 | ULRICH, Edel | Madonna; DAFOE, Wilem | 5.00 | So boring I didn't finish it. The sex is laughably tame~ | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0106453 |
| Boiler Room | 2000 | YOUNGER, Ben | RIBISI, Geovanni; DIESEL, Vin; LONG, Via | 7.25 | Captivating but disappointingly formlaic | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0181984 |
| Bone Collector, The | 1999 | NOYCE, Phillip | WASHINGTON, Denzel; JOLIE, Angelina | 7.00 | Real anxiety, but too farfetched and predictable | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0145681 |
| Boogie Nights | 1997 | ANDERSON, Paul Thomas | WHALBERG, Mark; REYNOLDS, Burt | 8.00 | Very realistic performances. Good long shots. Almost a documentary of a bunch of losers in 70's/80's Pornographic movie world | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0118749/ |
| Boot, Das | 1981 | PETERSEN, Wolfgang | PROCHNOW, Jurgen; GRONEMEYER, Herbert | 8.50 | Riveting, classic u-boat movie. Unbeatable in the genre. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0082096 |
| Bound | 1996 | WACHOWSKI, Larry and Andy | Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano | 8.75 | Absolutely excelent thriller with superb, suspensful plot, plus great style and cinematography. | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115736/ |
| Bowling for Columbine | 2002 | MOORE, Michael | MOORE, Michael et al | 8.50 | Although mared by credibility problems, a very important (and entertaining) documentary | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0310793 |
| Boxing Helena | 1993 | LYNCH, Jennifer | Julian Sands, Sherilyn Fenn, Art Garfunkel | 5.75 | Sands is a PATHETIC actor. Story is quite good but painfully acted and directed. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0106471 |
| Boys Don't Cry | 1999 | PIERCE, Kimberly | SWANK, Hillery | 9.00 | Powerful, moving, superbly performed and made | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0171804 |
| Bram Stoker's Dracula | 1992 | COPPOLA, Frances Ford | Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves | 7.75 | Only 'good' story and acting but wonderful filming and make up. (the trains are models though!) | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0103874/ |
| Bridge Too Far, A | 1977 | ATENBOROUGH, Richard | Too many to list | 8.00 | War is Hell. Whatever. No real other meaning, except maybe the futility | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0075784 |
| Bridges of Madison County, The | 1995 | EASTWOOD, Clint | STREETP, Meryl; EASTWOOD, Clint; CORLEY, Annie | 8.75 | Excellently made. Performances, screenplay, direction. (Am I the only one too uptight to forgive the affair?) | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0112579/ |
| Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | 2004 | KIDRON, Beeban | 8.00 | ZELLWEGER, Renne | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0317198/ | |
| Bridget Jones's Diary | 2001 | MCGUIRE, Sharon | ZELLWEGER, Renée; FIRTH, Colin; GRANT, Hugh; BROADBENT, Jim; JONES, Gemma | 8.25 | Really very pleasing adaptation. Yes, as far as I could tell, Texan Renée pulls the accent off | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0243155 |
| Bring It On | 2000 | REED, Payton | DUNST, Kirsten | 7.50 | Surprisingly good 'summer' movie. Predictable but not tacky or brainless | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0204946 |
| Bringing Down the House | 2003 | SHANKMAN, Adam | MARTIN, Steve; LATIFAH, Queen; LEVY, Eugene | 6.75 | Silly silly silly … and yet some of the humor is very good. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0305669/ |
| Broken Arrow | 1996 | WOO, John | Christian Slater, John Travolta, MATHIS, Samantha | 6.50 | Leads good but film spoilt by discontinuities, unbelievable situations. Some small but deep messages. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0115759/ |
| Broken English | 1996 | NICHOLAS, Gregor | SETBEDZIJA, Rade; VUJCIC, Aleksandra; ARAHANGA, Julian; CSOKAS, Marton; McNAMARA, Madeline | 8.00 | Culture shock, hatred, love. More New Zealand disfunctionality | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0115760/ |
| Bronenosets Potyomkin | 1925 | ALEKSANDROV, Grigori; EISENSTEIN, Sergei M | ANTONOV, Aleksandr | 8.50 | Powerful propoganda film - slightly hard to follow details but unmistakable messge | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0015648 |
| Brothers McMullen, The | 1995 | BURNS II, Edward | BURNS, Edward | 8.25 | Well made and thought provoking analyses of love | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0115759/ |
| Browning Version, The | 1994 | FIGGIS, Mike | Albert Finney, Greta Scacci, Mathew Modine, Michael Gambon, Julian Sands | 8.25 | Finney excelent. Scaccia good (as major bitch). Sands not quite as pathetic as usual. Awful editing, good photography | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0043362/ |
| Bull Durham | 1988 | SHELTON, Ron | Susan Sarandon, Kevin Kostner, Tim Robbins | 8.50 | Works well second time! Funny, moving, well done. Costner's best. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0094812 |
| Bullets over Broadway | 1994 | ALLEN, Woody | John Cusak, Diedie Wiest, Jim Broadbent, TILLY, Jennifer | 8.25 | Hilarious, less subtle than Allen often is, still recognizably his (pace, dialogue), clever story, good performances | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0109348/ |
| Buried on Sunday | 1992 | DONOVAN, Paul | AKERMAN, Jeremy | 7.00 | Low-budget, some poor performances and some very good ones. Intriguing idea. Implausable but charming. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0106497/ |
| Burnt by the Sun | 1995 | MIKHALKOV, Nikita | Oleg Menchikov, Ingeborga Dapkounaite, Nikita & Nadia Mikhalkov | 8.25 | Beautiful, atmospheric elite Russian Dacha day, with simmering politics. Wonderfully made. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0111579/ |
| Cable Guy, The | 1996 | STILLER, Ben | Jim Carrey, Mathew Broderick, Leslie Mann, Jack Black, George Segal, Diane Baker, Ben Stiller, Eric Roberts, Janeane Garafalo, Andy Dick, Harry O'Reilly | 7.75 | Surprisingly good film really makes a point; Jim is extremely clever | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0115798/ |
| Calendar | 1993 | EGOYAN, Atom | Atom Egoyan, KHANJIAN, Arsinee, ADAMIAN, Ashot | 8.75 | Unusual cyclic film of loser Armenian photographer's lost love, pay-for-dates, and beautiful ruined churches | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0106504 |
| Canadian Bacon | 1995 | MOORE, Michael | CANDY, John; ALDA, Alan; PERLMAN, Rhea, TORN, Rip, AYKROYD, Dan | 7.00 | Hilarious low-budget political satire about Americans' view of Canada. Dr. Strangelover meets Jonny Canuck | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0109370/ |
| Cape Fear | 1962 | THOMPSON, J. Lee | Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, BERGEN, Polly | 7.25 | Somehow failed to swing my sympathies the way it intended. Ending seems tame after knowing remake. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0055824/ |
| Captain Corelli's Mandolin | 2001 | MADDEN, John | CAGE, Nicolas; CRUZ, Penélope; HURT, John | 7.75 | Charming but formulastic and unoriginal | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0238112 |
| Career Girls | 1997 | LEIGH, Mike | CARTLIDGE, Katrin; STEADMAN, Lynda | 9.00 | Excelent, funny. Extraordinarily well directed, written, and acted. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0118818 |
| Caro Diario | 1993 | MORETTI, Nanni | Nanni Moretti, Renato Carpentieri, Antonio Neiwiller | 7.00 | Funny, puzzling film. Confusing symbolism. Pleasant | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0109382/ |
| Carrington | 1995 | HAMPTON, Christopher | THOMPSON, Emma; PRYCE, Jonathan; WADDINGTON, Steven; WEST, Samuel | 7.50 | ? | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0112637/ |
| Casablanca | 1942 | CURTIZ, Michael | Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Heinreid, Konrad Veidt, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lore, Conrad Veidt, Dooley Wilson | 8.75 | Unbeatable romance, intrigue. part corny, but highly sentimental | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0034583 |
| Casino | 1995 | SCORCESE, Martin | Robert de Niro, Joe Pesci, Sharron Stone | 8.00 | Well made (violent) gangster Vegas movie. Clever double narration, montage. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0112641/ |
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | 1958 | BROKS, Richard (I) | TAYLOR, Elizabeth; NEWMAN, Paul; IVES, Burl | 8.25 | Great performances including several long and intense scenes | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0051459 |
| Cat People, The | 1942 | TOURNEUR, Jacques | Simon Simon, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Kent Smith, Jack Holt | 7.50 | q | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0034587/ |
| Catch Me If You Can | 2002 | SPIELBERG, Steven | DiCAPRIO, Leonardo; HANKS, Tom; WALKEN, Christopher | 7.75 | Surprisingly good. Rather sychophantic extra features with real character. Over-the top lighting | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0264464 |
| Caught | 1949 | OPHULS, Max | BEL GEDDES, Barbara, MASON, James, RYAN, Robert | 8.25 | Excelent performances and direction. Very clever script. High tension with unpredicable but believable outcomes. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0040221/ |
| Chamber, The | 1996 | FOLEY, James | Chris O'Donnel, Gene Hackman, Faye Dunnoway | 8.00 | Good film about death penalty, guilt, family coming to grips with biggotted grandfather. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0115862/ |
| Chaplin | 1992 | ATENBOROUGH, Richard | Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Kline | 7.00 | Downey good; narative interview is embarrasingly predictable, unsubtle | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0103939/ |
| Chicken Run | 2000 | LORD (I), Peter; PARK, Nick | GIBSON, Mel; RICHARDSON, Miranda | 8.00 | Excelent - cleaver parallels with POW camps, very good for grown-ups and children alike. The 'acting' is wonderful! | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0120630 |
| China's Top Female Acrobats | 0 | Xia JueHua and Shun Yunxin | various | 5.00 | ? | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0051201/ |
| Chocolat | 2000 | HALLSTROM, Lasse | BINOCHE, Juliette; OLIN, Lena; DEPP, Johnny; DENCH, Judi; MOLINA, Alfred, MOSS, Carrie-Anne; CARON, Leslie | 8.25 | Wonderful and charming. Slightly formulated and predictable, but thoroughly lovely. Nice use of motifs (fire and wind) | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0241303 |
| Cider House Rules, The | 1999 | HALLSTROM, Lasse | q | 7.25 | Painfully boring. Michael Caine good but the film is just so uncaptivating | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0124315 |
| Citizen Kane | 1941 | WELLES, Orson | Orson Welles, Joseph cotton, Everett Sloane, Dorothy Comingore, Ruth Warwick | 8.25 | Expressionism, photography, flashback structure interesting. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0033467 |
| Citizen Ruth | 1996 | PAYNE, Alexander | Laura Dern, Tippi Hedren, Burt Reynolds, Mary Kay Place | 7.25 | Laura's performance is excellent. Movie covers both sides of abortion issue, reveals fanatacism superceding caring for the woman on both sides. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0115906 |
| City Hall | 1996 | BECKER, Harold | Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda... | 7.00 | ? | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0115907/ |
| Claire of the Moon | 1992 | CONN, Nicole | TODD, Tricha | 5.75 | Somewhat boring lesbian film; too issue-oriented; low on plain film quality. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0103977/ |
| Clerks | 1994 | SMITH, Kevin | Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Lisa Spoonauer | 8.25 | Remarkably good for $27,000. Absolutely hilarious, leads excellent. Watch out for this director! | |
| Clockers | 1995 | LEE, Spike | Harvey Keitel, Spike Lee | 8.75 | More narative than Lee's usual; interesting styalism | |
| Clockwork Orange, A | 1971 | KUBRICK, Stanley | Malcolm MacDowel, Patrick Magee | 7.50 | Chilling satire about crime and political treatment | |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 1977 | SPIELBERG, Steven | DREYFUSS, Richard; TRUFFAUT, Francois; GARR, Teri; DILLON, Melinda | 7.75 | ? | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0075860 |
| Close to Eden | 0 | ? | ? | 8.00 | Beautiful display of cultural integration and tollerance, very well made | |
| Clueless | 1995 | HECKERLING, Amy | SILVERSTONE, Alicia | 7.00 | Surprisingly good Beverley Hills comedy | |
| Code inconnu | 2000 | HANEKE, Michael | BINOCHE, Juliette; NEUVIC, Thierry; BIERBICHLER, Josef | 8.75 | Very clever somewhat non-narative film. Juliette is well restrained. Made only of long brilliant long sequential shots. Very Atom Egoyan-ish. (DVD making-of documentary worth watching.) | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0216625/ |
| Cold Mountain | 2003 | MINGHELLA, Anthony | LAW, Jude; KIDMAN, Nicole, ZELLWEGER, Renée; SOUTHERLAND, Donald | 8.50 | Very powerful and emotional, very very well-made. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0159365/ |
| Color of Money, The | 1986 | SCORSESE, Martin | NEWMAN, Paul; CRUISE, Tom, MASTRANTINIO, Mary Elizabeth; SHAVER, Helen; TURTURRO, John; WHITAKER, Forest; POP, Iggy; COBBS, Bill | 7.50 | Rather dissapointing after 'The Hustler' but pretty good nonetheless. Good performances; filming. Weak, protracted story. | |
| Commitments, The | 1991 | PARKER, Alan | Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle, Dave Finnegen, Branagh Gallagher, Felim Gormley, Glean Hansard, Dick Massey, Johnny Murphy, Kenneith McCluskey, Andres Strong, Colin Meaney | 6.75 | Lead was akward, mostly good, does not stand repeated viewing. Great soundtrack of course. Lead singer great. | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101605/ |
| Consenting Adults | 1992 | PAKULA, Alan J. | KLINE, Kevin; SPACEY, Kevin; MASTRANTONIO, Mary Elizabeth; MILLER, Rebecca; WHITAKER, Forest | 7.50 | Corny psychological non-thriller. Gets better after the murder. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Consenting+Adults+(1992) |
| Conspiracy Theory | 1997 | DONNER, Richard | GIBSON, Mel; ROBERTS, Julia; STEWART, Patrick (thanks for the update, Kathaleen!) | 7.50 | Clever plot; not bad acting from Mel and Julia. Not too too many improbabilities too. Well filmed. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0118883/ |
| Contempt | 1963 | GODDARD, Jean-Luc | BARDOT | 9.00 | Splendid self-referential film. Interesting critical commentary - which neglects to suggest that the title perhaps refers also to Godard's view of the mainstream which he is joining? | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0057345/ |
| Cook the Thief His Wife and Her Lover, The | 1989 | GREENAWAY, Peter | Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard, Tim Roth, Ciaran Hinds, Gary Olsen, Ewen Stewart... | 8.50 | Highly peculiar, gloriously colourful theatrical film. Interestingly 'Evergon' aesthetic. Captivatingly disturbing. | http://us.imdb.com/cache/title-exact/23449 |
| Cool Lakes of Death, The | 1982 | VAN BRAKEL, Nouchka | ? | 7.00 | ? | |
| Cop Land | 1997 | MANGOLD, James | STALONE, Sylvester; KEITEL, Harvey; DeNIRO, Robert | 6.50 | same old same old cop movie. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0118887/ |
| Cotton Mary | 1999 | MERCHANT, Ismail | SCACCHI, Greta; JAFFREY, Madhur; WILBY, James | 7.50 | Rather plain. Little sympathy generated for anybody. Too long. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0159373 |
| Count of Monte Cristo, The | 2002 | REYNOLDS, Kevin | CAVIEZEL, James; PEARCE, Guy; HARRIS, Richard; FRAIN, James; DOMINCZYK, Dagmara; GUZMAN, Luis | 7.75 | Best thriller I've seen in quite a while | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0245844 |
| Cradle Will Rock | 1999 | ROBBINS, Tim | AZARIA, Hank; BLADES, Ruben; CUSACK, Joan; CUSACK, John; ELWES, Cary; | 8.50 | Almost over the top but just and brilliantly not. Maybe too thick with the name/issude dropping | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0150216 |
| Craft, The | 1996 | FLEMING, Andrew | TUNNEY, Robin; BALK, Fairuza; CAMPBELL, Neve; TRUE, Rachel; SHAVER, Helen | 8.00 | Good performance, especially by 'Nancy' character. Great story. | |
| Crash | 1996 | CRONENBERG, David | James Spader, Holly Hunter…, Elias Koteas | 8.75 | Excelent unabashed film about certain people's association of car crashes and sex. Wonderfully shot, directed, and performed. | |
| Crimes and Misdemeanors | 1989 | ALLEN, Woody | Martin Landau, Angelica Huston, Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Alan Alda, Sam Waterston | 8.75 | Very clever, ironic, symbolic interplay of stories. Partly hilarious, partly critical. | |
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Draggon | 2000 | LEE, Ang | CHOW, Yun-Fat; YEOH, Michelle, ZHANG, Ziyi | 8.00 | Admittedly well made, but stunts are NOT acting and beautiful scenery is NOT cinematography | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0190332 |
| Croupier, The | 1998 | HODGES (I), Mike | OWEN, Clive; HARDIE, Kate;; KINGSONT, Alex; McKEE, Gina; BALL, Nicholas | 8.50 | Superb, thoughtful moody. Action packed and sometimes funny. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0159382 |
| Crumb | 1994 | ZWIGOFF, Tery | CRUMB, Robert | 8.25 | Excelent documentary about a very weird but interesting cartoonist | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0109508 |
| Crying Game, The | 1992 | JORDON, Niel | Jaye Davidson, Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Forrest Whittaker, Jim Broadbent | 7.75 | "The Surprise" hype detracts from a very good film | |
| Dancing at Lughnasa | 1998 | O'CONNOR, Pat | STREEP, Merryl; GAMBON, Michael; McCORMACK, Caherine; BURKE, Kathy; THOMPSON, Sophie | 8.00 | Lovely adaptation. Top notch. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Dancing+at+Lughnasa+(1998) |
| Dangerous Minds | 1995 | SMITH, John N. | Michelle Pfeiffer | 6.50 | Unrealistic (without redeaming artistry) education-hero-teacher flick. Fortunately, Michelle is beautiful. | |
| Dantes Peak | 1997 | DONALDSON, Roger | BROSNAN, Pierce; HAMILTON, Linda | 8.00 | Surprisingly good action thriller. Not too too much improbablility, good effects (but some visible models) | |
| Day After Tomorrow, The | 2005 | EMMERICH, Roland | QUAID, Dennis; GYLLENHAAL, Jake, ROSSUM, Emmy | 7.00 | Supposedly a satire but really just rather silly. | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319262/ |
| Daylight | 1996 | ? | Sylvester Stalone | 6.00 | Some good effects but far too many improbables, far too many confusing threads. | |
| Dead Man | 1995 | JARMUSCH, Jim | DEPP, Johnny; FARMER; Gary | 8.25 | Powerful, symbolic. Great soundtrack | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0112817 |
| Dead Man Walking | 1995 | ROBBINS, Tim | Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, PROSKEY, Robert | 8.50 | Excelent performances, script, direction | |
| Dead Pool, The | 0 | q | EASTWOOD, Clint | 7.25 | Even more gratuitous violance than I'd expected | |
| Deconstructing Harry | 1997 | ALLEN, Woody | ALLEN, Woody; ALLEY, Kirstey; BENJAMIN, Richard; | 8.75 | Hilarious, briliant | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Deconstructing+Harry+(1997) |
| Deep Impact | 1998 | LEDIN, Mimi | FREEMAN, Morgan; DUVAL, Robert | 6.60 | Almost entertaining for the sheer amount of melodrama - but not quite | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Deep+Impact+(1998) |
| Deer Hunter, The | 1978 | CIMINO, Michael | De NIRO, Robert; WALKEN, Christopher; STREEP, Meryl; CAZALE, John; SAVAGE, John | 8.75 | Moving and powerful. Good departure from clear plot lines. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0077416 |
| Dennis the Menace | 1993 | CASTLE, Nick | Walter Mathau, Christopher Lloyd, GAMBLE, Mason | 7.25 | Mathau, even the kid are good. Not overdone script. A nice surprise | |
| Der Blaue Engel | 1930 | VON STERNBERG, Joseph | DIETRICH, Marlene; JANNINGS, Emil | 7.50 | Very very slow. Expressionist. | |
| Desert Hearts | 1985 | DEITCH, Donna | Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, LINDLEY, Audra | 6.25 | Weak, slow lesbian film; laboured plot; brief steamy sex scenes. | |
| Desparado | 1995 | RODRIGUEZ, Robert | Antonio Balderas, Cheech Marin, Steve Buscemi, Quentin Tarentino, Salma Hayek | 8.25 | A.B. is unconvincing as a Mexican but it's very stylish and well made. | |
| Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo | 1999 | MITCHELL (VI), Mike | SCHNEIDER, Rob; | 6.00 | A pretty horrible movie | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0205000 |
| Die Another Day | 2002 | TAMAHORI, Lee | BROSNAN, Perce; BERRY, Halle | 7.75 | Fun in parts, suprisingly and disapointingly un-sexy. Not nearly as good as the old Bonds | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0246460 |
| Die Hard with a Vengence | 1995 | McTEIRNAN, John | Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Graham Greene, Samual L. Jackson, Colleen Camp | 5.00 | Silly, predictable but unlikely action. Some effects good. Too long. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0112864 |
| Dinner Game, The | 1998 | VEBER, Francis | q | 7.00 | Corny Comedy | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0119038 |
| Do the Right Thing | 1989 | LEE, Spike | AIELLO, Danny, DAVIS, Ossie, LEE, Spike | 8.00 | ? | |
| Domestic Disturbance | 2001 | BECKER, Harold | TRAVOLTA, John; VAUGHN, Vince; POLO, Teri, O'LEARY, Mathew | 7.25 | Quite good thriller, cliché ending - won't stay memorable | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0249478 |
| Don Juan de Marco | 1995 | Jeremy Leven | Jonny Depp, Marlon Brando | 7.75 | Very good slapstick | |
| Don't Look Now | 1973 | ROEG, Nicholas | Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland | 8.50 | Advanced montage, foreshadowing, retroactive cuts. Overall point obscure. | |
| Doom Generation, The | 1995 | ARAKI, Gregg | DUVAL, James; McGOWAN, Rose; SCHAECH, Johnathon | 7.75 | Stylish gory cult-film-wannabe about kids without hope or responsibility <a href="http://www.msstate.edu/M/title-exact?title=Doom+Generation%2C+The">link</a>) | |
| Doors, The | 1991 | STONE, Oliver | KENNEDY, Kathleen; KILMER, Val; RYAN, Meg | 8.00 | Frighteningly believable, energetic | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0101761 |
| Double Exposure | 1998 | SCHILLER, Lawrence | FAWCETT, Farrah | 7.00 | Historically interesting but othewise boring and pointless. Farrah fine, though | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0097834 |
| Double Life of Veronique, The | 1991 | KIELSLOWSKI, Kryzsztof | Irene Jacob | 7.75 | Interestingly confusing, slow pace allows one to immerse in Veronique's troubles, sensuality. | |
| Dr Strangelove, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | 1964 | KUBRICK, Stanley | SELLERS, Peter; SCOTT, George C.; JONES, James Earl; PICKENS, Slim; HAYDON, Stirling | 8.25 | Humour serves to sarcasticly emphasize terror. Effective scare movie. Insights into Military mindset | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0057012 |
| Dr. Doolittle | 1998 | THOMAS, Betty (I) | MURPHY, Eddie; DAVIS, Ossie | 7.00 | Silly, but some hilarious gags | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0118998 |
| Dr. No | 1962 | YOUNG, Terrence | CONNERY, Sean; ANDRESS, Ursula; WISEMAN, Joseph; LORD; Jack; LEE, Bernard | 7.75 | q | |
| Dracula 2000 | 2000 | LUSSIER, Patrick | PLUMMER, Christopher | 7.75 | Clever twist. Stylish. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0219653 |
| Dracula, Dead and Loving It | 1995 | BROOKS, Mel | Leslie Nielson | 3.00 | Seemingly fewer good bits than the trailor. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0112896 |
| Driving Miss Daisy | 1989 | BERESFORD, Bruce | TANDY, Jessica; FREEMAN, Morgan; AYKROYD, Dan | 8.25 | Very good performances, very well made. Relatvely good performance by AYKROYD | |
| Dumb and Dumber | 1994 | FARRELLY, Peter | CAREY, Jim; DANIELS, Jeff; HOLLEY, Lauren; GARR, Teri | 7.00 | Silly, of course, but both have great comic talent | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Dumb+%26+Dumber+(1994) |
| East is East | 1999 | O'DONNELL, Damien | PURI, Om; BASSETT, Linda; | 9.00 | Clever and delighful. (Sad about the humour drawn from the brides' appearance though) | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0166175 |
| East of Eden | 1955 | KAZAN, Elia | DEAN, James; HARRIS, Julie; MASSEY (I), Raymond; IVES, Burl; DAVALOS, Richard | 8.50 | Fine drama. Surprisingly political. Troubled youths again. | http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?East+of+Eden+(1955) |
| Eat Drink Man Woman | 1994 | LEE, Ang | Sylvia Chang, Vincent Chao, Chao-Jung Chen, Lester Chen, Ju Chen, Sihung Lung, Chien-lein Wu, Kuei-Mei Yang | 8.00 | Wonderful view of Taipai upper class life, family relationships. | |
| Ed Wood | 0 | BURTON, Tim | DEPP, Johnny, LANDAU, Martin | 8.50 | Extremely clever. Made somewhat in Wood's style (I presume), although a 'straight' true-life story. therefore stylistic references. | |
| Election | 1999 | PAYNE, Alexander | BRODERICK, Mathew; WITHERSPOON, Reese; KLEIN, Chris; CAMPBELL, Jessica | 7.75 | Thoughtful and cleverly disturbing. Also highly believable. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0126886 |
| Elementary School, The | 1991 | SVERAK, Jan | Jan Triska, Zdenek Sverak, Daniela Kolarova, SAFRANKOVA, Libuse | 8.00 | Beautiful post-WWII Czech film of schoolteacher / political analogies and uncertainties. (nice trains) | |
| Elizabeth | 1998 | KAPUR, Shekhar | BLANCHETT, Kate; RUSH, Geoffrey; FEINNES, Joseph; ATTENBOROUGH, Richard | 8.00 | Stirring and well made | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Elizabeth+(1998) |
| Enchanted April | 1991 | NEWELL, Mike | Miranda Richardson, Joan Plowright, Poly Walker, Alfred Polina, Jim Broadbent, LAWRENCE, Josie | 8.25 | Beautifully shot; intense but belieavable characters. Slightly abrupt character transformations. | |
| Enemy of the State | 1998 | q | SMITH, Wil; HACKMAN, Gene; VOIGHT, John | 8.75 | One of the best thrillers (with the least improbability problems). | http://us.imdb.com/Details?Enemy+of+the+State+(1998) |
| Enfants de Lumiere, Les | 1995 | PHILIPPE, Pierre | ? | 8.25 | ? | |
| English Patient, The | 1996 | MINGHELLA, Anthony | Ralph Feins, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Naveen Andrews, Colin Firth, Julian Wadham, Juergen Prochnow, Kevin Whately, Clive Merrison, Nino Castelnuovo, Hichem Rostom | 9.25 | An almost perfectly made film. Disappointing but perhaps necessarily simplifed version of the book. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0116209 |
| Entrapment | 1999 | AMIEL, Jon | CONNERY, Sean; ZETA-JONES, Catherine | 7.75 | Somewhate lame story for such an exciting thriller | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0137494 |
| Eraser | 1996 | RUSSELL, Chuck | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Venessa Williams, James Caan, Robert Pastorelli, James Coburn, Camryn Manheim, Danny Nucci | 5.00 | Pretty awful flick | http://us.imdb.com/cache/title-exact/25955 |
| Erin Brockovich | 2000 | SODERBERGH; Steven | ROBERTS, Julia; FINNEY, Albert; COYOTE, Peter | 8.50 | Very surprisingly good. Julia's best ever performance. Albert fantastic. Moving | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0195685 |
| Ethan Frome | 1992 | John Madden | Liam Neeson, Patricia Arquette, Joan Allen | 8.25 | Beautifully shot, slow but flawless story and character development, slightly mysterious ending | |
| Even Cowgirls get the Blues | 1994 | VAN SANT, Gus | Uma Thurman, Keanu Reeves, Rosanne Arnold… | 6.50 | Despite some interesting symbology, a pretty weak attempt. | |
| Everyone Says they Love You | 1996 | ALLEN, Woody | Woody Allen, Daryl Hannah, Goldie Hawn, Allan Alda, Ed Norton, Drew Barrymore | 8.00 | Hilarious musical. Some scenes dragged, but altoghether good with interesting levels of adherance to the genre | |
| Evita | 1996 | PARKER, Alan | Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Johnathon Pryce | 8.25 | Extremely well made. (Major tear jerker.) Possibly too long towards end. A couple of crowd scenes, set years apart, seemed to have been shot too similarly. | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0116250 |
| Executive Decision | 0 | q | q | 7.25 | q | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0116253 |
| Executive Decision | 1996 | BAIRD, Stewart | RUSSELL, Kurt, SEAGAL, Steven, BERRY, Halle, PLATT, Oliver, LEGUIZAMO, John, MORTON, Joe, WONG, B.D. | 7.75 | One of the best action thrillers I've ever seen. Deeper psychology than some, not too impossible, and more properly paced. Oops, Ebert shows some improbabilities I'd missed. | |
| Exodus | 1960 | PREMINGER, Otto | NEWMAN, Paul; SAINT, Eva Marie | 6.75 | DID IT HAVE TO BE SO LONG? Sub-rivetting - with lots of people wearing silly shorts | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0053804/ |
| Exotica | 1994 | EGOYAN, Atom | GREENWOOD (I), Bruce; KIRSHNER, Mia; McKELLAR, Don; KHANJIAN, Arsinee | 8.75 | Very very good characterizations, mood, style | http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?Exotica+(1994) |
| Extreme Measure | 0 | ? | GRANT, Hugh; HACKMAN, Gene; JESSICA-PARKER, Sarah | 7.00 | Pretty good and largely believable thriller with a moral dilemma | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0116282 |
| Eyes Wide Shut | 1999 | KUBRICK, Stanley | CRUISE, Tom; KIDMAN, Nicole | 9.00 | Wonderfully made, judiciously paced. Cruise fairly good - Kiddman better | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120663 |
| Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le | 2001 | JEUNET, Jean-Pierre | TAUTOU, Audrey | 9.00 | Wonderful. Beautiful palate, very richly but economically developed characters. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0211915 |
| Faithless | 1998 | ULLMAN, Liv | q | 8.00 | Haunting account of a director imagining a screenplay | |
| Family Viewing | 1987 | EGOYAN, Atom | ? | 8.00 | Briliant video-obsessed view of disfunctional and pained relationships. | |
| Farenheit 9/11 | 2003 | MOORE, Michael | 9.00 | |||
| Fargo | 1996 | Joel Coen | Frances McDormand, Steve Biscemi | 8.75 | excelent direction, nice twists on cliches | |
| Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! | 1965 | MEYER, Russ | Tura Satana, Jaji, Lori Williams, Susan Bernard, Stuart Lancaster | 5.00 | Cult fave but didn't work for me at all (except some cool camera angles) | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0059170 |
| Father of the Bride, Part II | 0 | ? | Steve Martin, Dianne Keaton, Martin Short, Egene Levy | 7.00 | Funny. | |
| Feeling Minnesota | 1996 | BAIGLEMAN, Steve | Keanu Reeves, Vincent D'Onofrio, Courtney Love, Cameron Diaz, Tuesday Weld | 5.50 | A teaser. Brief parts suggest an intellegent spoof of pulpy flicks, but most just looks like a bad pulpy flick. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0116289 |
| Felicia's Journey | 1999 | EGOYAN, Atom | HOSKINS, Bob | 8.25 | Beautifully made in a 'mild' way. Reserved and controlled. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0165773 |
| Ferris Bueller's Day Off | 1986 | HUGHES, John | Mathew Broderick, RUCK, Alan, SARA, Mia | 7.25 | Good performance by Broderick, great glances to camera; a start-living message I can relate to | |
| Few Good Men, A | 1992 | REINER, Rob | Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland | 8.25 | Tom Cruise is getting really good. Excellent script too. | http://us.imdb.com/M/title-substring?title=a+few+good+men&type=substring |
| Fierce Creatures | 1997 | ? | John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Ronnie Corbett... | 7.25 | Although a huge dissapointment after Wanda (not nearly so clever) this one has a lot of good laughs. Still some good Kline-Curtis-Cleese chemistry. | |
| Finding Forrester | 2000 | VAN SANT, Gus | CONNERY, Sean; BROWN (XVII), Robert; ABRAHAM, F. Murray | 8.75 | Although based on a ludicrously far-fetched coincidence, this is a wonderfully moving and well-made film. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0181536 |
| Finding Nemo | 2003 | STANTON, Andrew; UNKRICH, Lee | BROOKS, Albert; DeGENERES, Ellen; GOULD, Alexander; DAFOE, Willem | 8.00 | Rather good. Well done, appealing to all ages. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0266543/ |
| Firm, The | 1993 | POLLACK, Sydney | Tom Cruise, Holly Hunter, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Hal Holbrook, Jeanne Tripplehorn, David Strathairn (?) | 6.25 | Too Hollywoodish, poor editing, Cruise not at his best. | |
| First Great Train Robbery, The | 1979 | CHRICHTON, Michael | CONNERY, Sean; SUTHERLAND, Donald; DOWN, Lesley-Anne | 7.75 | Charming comedy | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0079240 |
| Five Easy Pieces | 1970 | RAFELSON, Bob | NICHOLSON, Jack; BLACK, Karen; ANSPACH, Susan; SMITH, Lois … STRUTHERS, Sally Anne | 8.75 | Moving, neutrally, realistic view of alternative characters. | http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?Five+Easy+Pieces+(1970) |
| Flightplan | 2005 | SCHWENTKE, Robert | FOSTER, Jodie | 7.75 | Good psychological thriller. Minimal suspension of disbelief requried. Great plane set. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0408790/ |
| Flirting with Disaster | 0 | RUSSELL, David | Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Alan Alda, Mary Tyler Moore | 8.25 | Hilarious, excellent comedy | |
| Fog of War, The | 2003 | MORRIS, Errol | McNAMARA, Robert | 8.00 | Very well made documentary, but it doesn't make me forgive RM | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0317910/ |
| Forbiden Love | 1992 | WEISSMAN, Aerlyn & FERNIE, Lynne | NFB documentary film about Lesbians in the '50s. | 7.50 | Excellent (and frequently funny) interviews, vignettes. Well adjusted perspective, of course. | |
| Forever Young | 0 | ? | Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis | 6.50 | starts weak, pretty good acting, 'nice' film | |
| Formula, The | 1980 | AVILDSEN, John G. | SCOTT, George C.; BRANDO, Marlon; KELLER, Marthe; GEILGUD, John | 7.75 | Brando almost uninteliable. Great performances. Some poignant cinematic messages. | http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?Formula%2C+The+(1980) |
| Forrest Gump | 1994 | ZEMECKIS, Robert | Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Sally Field, WRIGHT, Robin | 8.25 | Pretty good all around. Especially the effects. Must admit Tom's good. | |
| Four Brothers | 2005 | SINGLETON, John | WAHLBERG, Mark; GIBSON, Tyrese; BENJAMIN, Andre, HEDLUND, Garret; HOWARD, Terrence | 7.25 | Fairly good - very violent but still thoughtful. Mark Wahlberg impresses. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0430105/ |
| Four Weddings and a Funeral | 1993 | NEWELL, Mike | Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowel, SCOTT THOMAS, Kristin | 8.50 | Well made and performed, absolutely hilarious screenplay, timing... | |
| Frances | 1982 | CLIFFORD, Graeme | LANG, Jessica; SHEPARD, Sam; STANLEY, Kim | 8.50 | Very good, non-judgemental performances. Gripping. A downer because of reality, not quality. | |
| Free Willy | 1993 | WINCER, Simon | Jason James Richtter, Lori Petty, Jayne Atkinson | 5.25 | Boring, slow, inplausable Killer whale film. (A few good shots of Orca at sea.) | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0106965 |
| French Kiss | 0 | q | RYAN, Meg; KLINE, Kevin; HUTTON, Timothy | 7.25 | Very nice romantic comedy; practically believable | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0113117 |
| French Luitenant's Woman, The | 0 | q | STREEP, Meryl; IRONS, Jereme | 8.50 | Clever adaptation. Intrigue, romance | |
| Frenzy | 1972 | HITCHCOCK, Alfred | Joh Finch, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Alec McCowen, Billie Whitelaw, Barry Foster, Anna Massey, Vivien Merchant, Jean Marsh | 5.00 | One wonders whether some character's mysogyny shared by screenwriter. (Ghastly 70's styles) | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0068611 |
| Friendly Persuasion | 1956 | WILDER, Billy | COOPER, Gary; McGuire, Dorothy; PERKINS, Anthony | 7.25 | Delightful comedy but it only provides passing respect for Quakers | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Friendly+Persuasion+(1956) |
| From Dusk till Dawn | 1995 | RODRIGUEZ, Robert | Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Quenten Tarentino, Juliette Lewis | 6.00 | somewhat stylish homage to vampire and gangster genre. Interesting twists; (ultra violent) | |
| Fugative, The | 1993 | DAVIS, Andrew | Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, WARD, Sela | 7.75 | Exciting conceptual thriller marred by unbelievable details. | |
| Full Monty, The | 1997 | q | q | 7.50 | A really funny and moving comedy about semi-pro male Sheffield strippers. Brings out some male perspectives on gener issues. | |
| Galaxy Quest | 1999 | PARISOT, Dean | ALLEN, Tim | 8.25 | Really clever sci-fi (and specifically Star Trek) spoof | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0177789 |
| Game, The | 1997 | q | DOUGLAS, Michael; PENN, Sean | 7.00 | Quite good high-tension thriller. But how could they have known so much about how he'd react? | |
| Get on the Bus | 1995 | LEE, Spike | Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Ossie Davis, Charles Dutton | 7.75 | In some ways a mild and gentle film (about a busload of men headed from L.A. to the Million Man March in Washington D.C.) which is HEAVY on the issues faced by black American men. Interesting use of film (actually video) in the film. CHECK YEAR! | |
| Get Shorty | 1995 | SONNENFELD, Barry | John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, RUSSO, Rene | 8.50 | More glorified violence, but an excellent spoof of Holywood | |
| Ghostbusters | 1984 | REITMAN, Ivan | AYKROYD, Dan; MURRY, Bill; WEAVER, Sigourney | 7.50 | Not bad at all! | |
| Girl, Interrupted | 1999 | MANGOLD, James | RYDER, Winona; JOLIE, Angelina; REDGRAVE, Vanessa | 8.00 | Very well made, very disturbing | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0172493 |
| Gladiator | 2000 | SCOTT, Ridley | CROWE, Russell; PHOENIX, Joaquin; NIELSON, Connie; REED, Oliver; HARRIS, Richard | 8.00 | Very well-made thriller. Too much gratuitous computer models - the birds were just animation-masterbation | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0172495 |
| Glengarry Glen Ross | 1992 | FOLEY, James | Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey, Alec Baldwin, Jonathon Pryce | 8.50 | Great performances, truly emotive film | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0104348 |
| Glory | 1989 | ZWICK, Edward | BRODERICK, Matthew; WASHINGTON, Denzel; ELWES, Cary; FREEMAN, Morgan | 7.50 | q | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0097441 |
| Go | 1999 | LIMANl, Doug | HOLMES, Katie; POLLY, Sarah; KRULL, Suzanne; ASKEW, Desmond; BEXTON, Nathan | 8.75 | Clever, well made written, directed, acted, editied, properly disturbing | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0139239 |
| Godfather Part II, The | 1974 | COPPOLA, Frances Ford | PACINO, Al; KEATON, Dianne | 8.50 | A wonderful sequel - as perfect as the first | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0071562 |
| Godfather Part III, The | 1990 | COPPOLA, Frances Ford | PACINO, Al; KEATON, Dianne; GARCIA, Andy; MONTAGNA, Joe | 8.50 | Fine end to trilogy. Plausable, rich characters. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0099674 |
| Godfather, The | 1972 | COPPOLA, Frances Ford | BRANDO, Marlon; PACINO, Al; | 9.00 | Richly but not over directed, amazing film. UniversallPerfect performances. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0068646 |
| Gods Must be Crazy, The | 1980 | UYS, Jamie | WEYERS, Marius | 8.75 | Hilarious, classic, and essential | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0080801/ |
| Gone in Sixty Seconds | 2000 | SENA, Dominic | CAGE, Nicholas | 5.50 | Incredibly predictable; lines so schlocky that they're accidentally funny. Not even great stunts (because too many cuts) | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0187078 |
| Good Bye Lenin! | 2003 | BECKER, Wolfgang | BRUHL, Daniel; SASS, Katrin | 8.25 | I'm writing this long after viewing it… liked it a lot for it's message and humour but unfortunately suspension of disbelief was a problem | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0301357/ |
| Good Girl, The | 2002 | ANISTON, Jennifer; GYLLENHAAL, Jake | ARTELA, Miguel | 8.00 | Thoughtful and touching | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0279113/ |
| Good Night, and Good Luck | 2005 | CLOONEY, George | STRATHAIRN, David; DOWNEY Jr. Robert; CLARKSON, Patricia; WISE, Ray; lANGELLA, Frank | 9.00 | Wonderful, hardly-veiled 2005 resonance, cigarrettes (dissent from Ben Hippen, loyal and more perceptive assent from Megan) | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433383/ |
| Good Thief, The | 2001 | JORDON, Neil | NOLTE, Nick; KUKHIANIDZE, Nutsa | 7.75 | Very stylish but insufficient suspension of disbelief | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0281820 |
| Good Will Hunting | 1997 | VAN SANT, Gus | WILLIAMS, Robin; DAMON, Matt; AFFLECK, Ben; DRIVER, Minnie; SKARSGARD, Stellan | 8.00 | Very well made and thought provoking. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Good+Will+Hunting+(1997) |
| Goodbye Lover | 1999 | JOFFE, Roland | ARQUETTE, Patricia; MULRONEY, Dermot; DeGENNERES, Ellen; PARKER, Mary-Louise | 7.75 | Hilarious spoof of psycho thrillers | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0119219 |
| Gosford Park | 2001 | ALTMAN, Robert | SCOTT THOMAS, Kristin; SMITH, Maggie; MIRREN, Hellen; MACDONALD, Kelly | 7.75 | Funny and clever. Thick on the social commentry. A bit long | http://us.imdb.com/Credits?0280707 |
| Graduate, The | 1967 | NICHOLS, Mike | Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bankroft | 8.25 | ? | |
| Great Escape, The | 1963 | STURGES, John | McQUEEN, Steve; GARNER, James; ATTENBOROUGH, Richard; DONALD, James; PLEASENCE, Donald | 7.25 | Rather long, melodramatic | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0057115/ |
| Great Expectations | 1998 | CUARON, Alfonso | PALTROW, Gwyneth, HAWKE, Nathan; BANCROFT, Anne; DeNIRO, Robert | 7.75 | Slightly awkwardly directed, somehow weak version | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Great+Expectations+(1998) |
| Greed | 1925 | VON STOHEIM, Erich | Gibson Gowland, Jean Hersholt, Zasu Pitts, Chester Conklin, Dale Fuller | 9.00 | Fabulous depressing, detailed silent movie. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0015881 |
| Green Card | 1990 | WEIR, Peter | Gerard Depardieu, Andie MacDowell, Bebe Nieworth | 7.00 | Somewhat funny. Also unlikely. MacDowell unimpressive. | |
| Green Mile, The | 1999 | q | q | 7.00 | q | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120689 |
| Grosse Pointe Blank | 0 | ARMITAGE, George | CUSACK, John; DRIVER, Minnie; ARKIN, Alan; AYKROYD, Dan, CUSACK, Joan | 8.25 | Tight, thoughtful comedy. Very well made. | |
| Guilty By Suspicion | 1991 | WINKLER, Irwin | DeNIRO, Robert; BENING, Annette; WENDT, George; WETTIG, Patricia; WANAMAKER, Sam | 8.00 | Very good - under appreciated film. Merrill's naievite at the beginning a bit far-fetched but a necessary device perhaps. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0101984 |
| Hackers | 1995 | SOFTLEY, Iain | Fisher Stevens, Lorraine Bracko, Alberta Watson, Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Mathew Lillard, Lawrence Mason | 7.00 | Exciting action, effects. Pretty jouvenile. | |
| Hamlet | 2000 | ALMEREYDA, Michael | HAWKE, Egthan; MacLACHLAN, Kyle; SHEPARD, Sam, VENORA, Dianne | 8.75 | Lovely modern adaptation. | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0171359 |
| Hamlet | 1996 | BRANNAGH, Kennith | BRANNAGH, Kenneth, CHRISTIE, Julie, CRYSTAL, Billy, ATTENBOROUGH, Richard; | 9.25 | Marvelous. Wonderfully directed, especially well shot and staged. Slightly tiresome cameo appearances. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0116477 |
| Hanna and Her Sisters | 0 | ALLEN, Woody | Woody Allen, Diene Weist, Barbara Hershey, Max Von Sidow, Mia Farrow, etc. | 8.50 | Funny, moody, effective comedy. | |
| Hannibal | 2001 | SCOTT, Ridley | HOPKINS, Anthony; MOORE, Julianne | 8.75 | Almost understated horror. Very effective, very well cast. | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0212985 |
| Hard Word, The | 2002 | ROBERTS II, Scott | PEARCE, Guy; GRIFITHS I, Rachel | 8.25 | Heist movie with some good twists - loyalty and so on. Funny and stylish. A bit Guy Ritchie inspired | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0280490 |
| Hearts of Darkness | 1991 | BAHR, Fax; COPPOLA, Eleanor | personalities as themselves | 7.75 | Interesting documentary | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Hearts+of+Darkness%3A+A+Filmmaker%27s+Apocalypse+(1991) |
| Heat | 1995 | MANN, Michael | Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Val Kilmer | 7.75 | Expensive action thriller, + psychology, + a gag on sensitivity to women | |
| Heathers | 1989 | LEHMANN, Michael | Winona Ryder, Christian Slater | 6.00 | contrived, weak film exploiting interest in teen suicide. | |
| Heavenly Creatures | 1994 | JACKSON, Peter | Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winsleet, Diana Kent, Sarah Peirse, Clive Merrison (Peter Jackson) | 8.75 | Wonderful film. Funny but frightening | |
| Henry V | 1989 | BRANAGH, Kenneth | Kenneth Branagh, JACOBI, Derek, SCOFIELD, Paul | 8.00 | Well staged, superior acting | |
| High Art | 1998 | CHOLODENKO, Lisa | SHEEDY, Ally; MITCHELL, Rhada; CLARKSON, Patricia; GRIMES, Tammy; MANN, Gabriel | 9.25 | Extraordinarily well made, intelligent, beautiful and sexy film. Realism in no way detracts from the tension. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0139362 |
| High Fidelity | 2000 | FREARES, Stephen | CUSACK, John; HJEJLE, Iben; LOUISO, Todd; BLACK (I), Jack; BONET, Lisa; ZETA-JONES, Catherine; ROBBINS, Tim | 7.50 | Very well done (and challenging) production. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0146882 |
| High Heels | 1991 | ALMODOVAR, Pedro | ABRIL, Victoria; PARADES, Marisa; BOSE, Miguel | 8.00 | Trademark technicolor. Tight script and characteristic style. Supurb. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0103030 |
| High Noon | 1952 | ZINNERMANN, Fred | COOPER, Gary; MITCHELL (I), Thomas; BRIDGES, Lloyd; JURADO, Katy; KELLY, Grace | 9.25 | Very stylish, suspenseful (western) suspense thriller | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0044706 |
| Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The | 2005 | 8.25 | ||||
| Hocus Pocus | 1993 | ORTEGA, Kenny | Bette Midler, JESSICA PARKER, Sarah, NAJIMI, Kathy. | 6.00 | Typical Disney formula thing. | |
| Hoffa | 1992 | DeVITO, Danny | Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, ASSENTE, Armand | 7.25 | Somehow bland, historical importance not clear. Interesting camera angles & editing, almost Hitchcokian | |
| Holy Smoke | 1999 | CAMPION, Jane | WINSLET, Kate; KEITEL, Harvey | 8.50 | Well I thought it was much better than the critics did. Spectacularly beautiful, balanced point of views… | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0144715 |
| Homme du train, L' | 2002 | LECONTE, Patrice | ROCHEFORT, Jean; HALLYDAY, Johnny | 8.75 | Lovely film with interesting paralels and structures - strangly colored | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0301414 |
| Hope and Glory | 1987 | BOORMAN, John | Sarah Miles, Derrick O'Connor, Sammi Davis, Sebastian Rice-Edwards, Annie Leon, David Hagman, Susal Cuoalridge, Ian Bannan, Jean-Marc Barr, Charley Boorman | 8.50 | wonderful atmosphere, performances. V. believable characters. apparently v. authentic | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0093209 |
| Hot Shots Part Deux | 1993 | ABRAHAMS, Jim | Kirk Douglas, Chralie Sheen | 6.25 | Good slapstick comedy with hilarious homages, cameos... | |
| Hotel Rwanda | 2004 | GEORGE, Terry | CHEADLE, Don | 8.25 | Wonderfully brave characters in startling film | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0395169/ |
| House of the Spirits, The | 1993 | AUGUST, Billie | Close, Streep, Ryder, Irons, V. Redgrave | 7.25 | long family biography, spoilt by supernatural, great (female) performances | |
| Howards End | 1991 | IVORY, James | Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thomas, Helena Bonham-Carter, Vannessa Redgrave | 8.75 | Wonderful, uniformly supurb acting, TRAINS!, scenary, photography, class consciences, etc. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0104454 |
| Hurricane, The | 1999 | JEWISON, Norman | WASHINGTON, Denzel | 8.00 | Slow at first, but very good story | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0174856 |
| Hurt Penguins | 1992 | BERGMAN, Robert, FRIED, Myra | (Kim Deschamps of Blue Rodeo has cameo and wrote music!) | 7.00 | Nice Canadian film, solid cast and rich, consistent characters & performances | |
| Husbands and Wives | 1992 | ALLEN, Woody | Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Liam Neeson], DAVIS, Judy | 8.50 | Hilarious, accurate look at relationships | |
| Hustler, The | 1961 | ROSSEN, Robert | NEWMAN, Paul; GLEASON, Jackie; LAURIE, Pyper; SCOTT, George C.; LaMOTTA, Jake; GARDINIA, Vincent | 9.00 | Incredibly well developed characters. Great trick pool shots. Strong screenplay. Good performances. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0054997 |
| I am Cuba | 1964 | KALATOZOV, Mikhail | Luz maria Collazo, Jose Gallardo, Sergio Corrieri, Raul Garcia | 7.75 | Some incredible camera work. Obviously propaganda and ideology. A bit too long. "I feel as if I just saw five movies" | |
| I am Sam | 2001 | NELSON, Jessie | PENN, Sean; PFEIFFER, Michelle; DERN, Laura; FANNING, Dakota; WIEST, Dianne | 9.25 | Very powerfull tear-jerker. Michelle over-the-top in first half only. So well made. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0277027 |
| I Like it Like That | 1994 | MARTIN, Darnell | VELEZ, Lauren, SEDA, Jon, MELLY, Tomas | 8.50 | Excellent realism about Bronx Latino society | |
| Ice Age | 2002 | SALDANHA (I), Carlos; WEDGE, Chris | ROMANO, Ray; LEGUIZAMO, John; LEARY, Denis; VISNJIC, Goran | 7.75 | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0268380 | |
| Ice Storm, The | 0 | LEE, Ang | KLEIN, Kevin; ALLEN, Joan | 8.25 | Although depressing, a very well made look at disfunctioning families. (Too many date stamps at beginning.) | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Ice+Storm,+The+(1997) |
| Igby Goes Down | 2002 | STEERS, Burr | CULKIN, Kieran; SARANDON, Susan; GOLDBLUM, Jeff; DANES, Claire; PHILLIPPE, Ryan; PULLMAN, Bill; PEET, Amanda; HARRIS, Jared | 9.00 | Amazing "Catcher in the Rye" meets "The Royal Tenenbaums" - wonderful ensemble; hilarious while real | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0280760 |
| Immortal Beloved | 1994 | ROSE, Bernard | Gary Oldman, Isabella Rosellini, Jeroin Krabbe, Valeria Gollino | 8.50 | Beautiful. Some parts uselessly confusing, and some dialogue difficult to understand. Tragic love story. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0110116 |
| In & Out | 1997 | RUDNICK, Paul | KLINE, Kevin; SELLECK, Tom; HARLOW, Shalom | 8.25 | Quite funny and clever. | |
| In the Bedroom | 2001 | FIELD, Todd | WILKINSON, Tom; SPACEK, Sissy; STAHL, Nick; TOMEI, Marisa | 8.00 | Wonderful performances. Beautifully subtle but captivating. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0247425 |
| In the Mood for Love | 2000 | Kar-wei Wong | CHIU WAI, Tony Leung; CHEUNG, Maggie; PAN, Rebecca; CHEN, Lai | 8.50 | Cleverly slow, cleverly repetative in an Atom Egoyan-ish way. Beautiful colours. Intrigueing camera angles. Must-see. | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0118694 |
| In the Name of the Father | 1993 | SHERIDAN, Jim | Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Peter Postlethwaite | 9.00 | Amazing! Power comes from pure quality and subtleness; unusually logical character development and iter-relationships | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0107207 |
| Independence Day [1982, NOT 1996!] | 1983 | MANDEL, Robert | David Kieth, Diedie Weist, Kathleen Quinlan | 8.75 | Excellent portrayals (weak ending) | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0085724 |
| Indochine | 1992 | WARGNIER, Regis | Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Lihn Dam Phan, Jean Yanne, Dominique Blanc | 8.75 | Absolutely extraordinary drama, supurb performances, direction, cinematography. | |
| Inner Space | 1997 | SPIELBERG, Steven | QUAID, Dennis; SHORT, Martin; RYAN, Meg | 8.00 | Very good comedy thriller | |
| Inside Man | 2006 | LEE, Spike | WASHINGTON, Denzel; OWEN, Clive; FOSTER, Jodie; PLUMMER, Christopher, DAFOE, Willem | 8.75 | Very clever, thoughtful story. Lee takes the politics to European history instead of contemporary USA | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454848/ |
| Insider, The | 1999 | MANN, Michael | PACINO, Al; CROWE, Russell; PLUMMER, Christopher | 8.25 | Very well made, very believable, cleverly not 'over the top' | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0140352 |
| Interpreter, The | 2005 | POLLACK, Sydney | KIDMAN, Nicole, PENN, Sean | 8.75 | I liked this - Great plot and performances. But I'm starting to worry that I'm giving higher scores than IMDB users. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0373926/ |
| Into the Blue | 2005 | STOCKWELL, John | WALKER, Paul; ALBA, Jessica; CAAN, Scott; SCOTT, Ashley | 6.50 | Fairly good - unrealistic treasure hunting tripe but some thoughtful dilemas (and gorgeous babes) | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0378109/ |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers | 1956 | SEIGEL, Don | Kevin McCarthy, Larry Gates, Carolyn Jones, King Donovan, Virginia Christie | 7.75 | Thoughtful, ambiguous messages about Communism. | |
| Ivan Grosny | 1994 | EISENSTEIN, Sergi | Nikolai Cherkasov, Ludmila Tselikovskaya, BIRMAN, Serafina, ABRIKOSOV, Andrei | 8.50 | ? | |
| Jackal, The | 1997 | CATON-JONES, Michael | WILLIS, Bruce; GERE, Richard; POITIER, Sidney; VENORA, Dianne | 6.50 | Very poor re-make of a classic thriller. Some motivations just too obscure | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Jackal,+The+(1997) |
| Jackie Brown | 1997 | TARENTINO, Quentin | GRIER, Pam; JACKSON, Samuel L.; FORSTER, Robert; FONDA; Brigitte; KEATON, Michael; DeNIRO, Robert; BOWEN, Michael | 8.50 | Brilliantly direcrted; clever temporal techniques and homage to other films of genre. | |
| Jàmon Jàmon | 1992 | LUNA, Bigas | CRUZ, Penelope, BARDEM, Javier, SANDRELLI, Stefania | 6.50 | Dark look at jeolosy and pride. Almost everybody fucks everybody. Brief stimulating sex. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0104545 |
| Jane Eyre | 1996 | ZEFFERELLI, Franco | Charlotte Gainsbourg, William Hurt, Joan Plowright | 8.25 | Wonderful adaptation. Hurt is suitably subdued, supports Gainsbourg's Jane perfectly. | |
| Jarhead | 2005 | MENDES, Sam | GYLLENHAAL, Jake; MacDONALD, Scott; SARSGAARD, Peter | 8.25 | Expertly made - a bit hard to work out. Reminds me of Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket" | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0418763/ |
| Jerry McGuire | 1996 | ? | CRUISE, Tom, G., Cuba | 7.50 | Not a bad Hollywood film. 1 | |
| Jésus de Montréal | 1989 | ARCAND, Denys | Lothaire Bluteau, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Robert Lepage, Marie-Christine Barrault, Catherine Wilkeny, Remy Girard, Gilles Pelletier, Denys Arcande | 9.00 | As incredable the THIRD time. Performances, script, direction outshine. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0097635 |
| Johnny English | 2003 | HOWITT, Peter | ATKINSON, Rowen; IMPRUGLIA, Natalie; MALKOVICH, John | 7.50 | Obviously silly, but often hilarious. (With a refreshing new twist on a car chase.) | |
| Johny Stecchino | 1992 | BENIGNI, Roberto | BENIGNI, Roberto | 4.50 | Stupid Italian comedy, mistaken identities etc. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0102164 |
| Jonney Mnemonic | 1995 | LONGO, Robert | Keanu Reeves | 5.50 | Cyber 'Bladerunner', great effects, imaginative idea but predicatable and very VERY badly acted. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0113481 |
| Jonny Broscoe | 1997 | q | DEPP, Johny; PACINO, Al | 6.75 | Tense, well made lower-level gangster thriller. Welcome realism. Great shirts. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0082096 |
| Judgment at Nurenberg | 1961 | KRAMER, Stanley | TRACY, Spencer; LANCASTER, Bert; WIDMARK, Richard; DIETRICH, Marlene | 8.75 | Great performances but even better (provocative, thoughtful) script | |
| Jumanji | 1995 | JOHNSTON, Joe | WILLIAMS, Robin, HUNT, Bonnie, DUNST, Kirsten | 7.00 | ? | |
| Jurassic Park | 1993 | SPIELBERG, Steven | Sam Neil, Jeff Goldbloom, DERN, Laura, ATTENBOROUGH, Richard | 7.00 | Very good special effects. Little else to recommend it. | |
| Jurassic Park: The Lost World | 0 | SPIELBERG, Steven | GOLDBLUM, Jeff; ATTENBOROUGH, Richard | 7.00 | Awfull acting, even editing. Too predictable. Outstanding visual effects. | |
| Justice for All, And | 1979 | JEWISON, Norman | PACINO, Al | 7.25 | q | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0078718 |
| K-19 The Widowmaker | 2002 | BIGELOW, Kathryn | FORD, Harrison; NEESON, Liam; SARSGAARD, Peter; CAMARGO, Christian | 7.00 | Overly melodramatic. Also - not really a significant enough 'true story' | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0267626 |
| Kansas City | 1996 | ALTMAN, Robert | Jennifer Jason Leight, Miranda Richardson, Dermot Mulroney, Michael Murphy, Harry Belafonte, Steve Buscemi | 7.75 | Wonderful, especially the womens' roles and performances | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0116745 |
| Kate and Leopold | 2001 | MANGOLD, James | RYAN, Meg; JACKMAN, Hugh; SCHREIBER, Live | 7.75 | Charming - one of the least annoying time-travel films I've seen | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0035423 |
| Keeping the Faith | 2000 | NORTON, Ed | STILLER, Ben; NORTON, Ed, ELFMAN, Jenna | 8.00 | Nice | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0171433 |
| Kicking and Screaming | 1995 | BAUMBACH, Noah | Josh Hamilton, Olivia D'Abo, Christopher Eigeman, Parker Posey, Jason Willes, Carlos Jacott, Caro Buono, Eric Stultz | 8.50 | Excellent film about the perils of Graduation. Very stylish with pretence. (Oh, funny too!) | |
| Kids | 1995 | CLARK, Larry | Leo Fitzpatrick, Sarah Henderson, Justin Pierce, Chloe Sevigny, Yakira Peguero, Harold Hunter, Rosario Dawson | 8.00 | Excellent Generation Y movie about ignoring AIDS | |
| Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy | 1996 | MAKIN, Kelly | Kids in the Hall | 5.00 | Very dissappointing, they can't make it last a Feature length. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0116768 |
| King of the Children | 1987 | WANT, Hazi | ? | 8.50 | ? | |
| Kiss of the Spider Woman | 1985 | BEBENCO, Hector | HURT, William; JULIA, Raul | 8.50 | Excellent; particularly Hurt. | |
| Kissed | 1996 | STOPKEWICH, Lynne | PARKER, Molly; OUTERBRIDGE, Peter; BRAZEAU, Jay; MORELEY, Natasha; WINTER MUDIE; Jessie… | 8.75 | Very stylish, clever, open minded. Gently paced. | http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?Kissed+(1996) |
| Kolya | 1996 | ? | ? | 8.50 | ? | |
| K-Pax | 2001 | SOFTLEY, Iain | SPACEY, Kevin; BRIDGES, Jeff | 8.25 | Thoughtful, suitably mildly-made film | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0272152 |
| L.A. Confidential | 1997 | HANSON, Curtis | SPACEY, Kevin; CROWE, Russell; PEARCE, Guy; CROMWELL, James; BASINGER, Kim; DeVITO, Danny | 6.50 | Complicated 'stylish' cop movie. Didn't thrill me. | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0119488 |
| La Femme Nikita | 0 | ? | ? | 7.50 | Very exciting, terrifyingly possible drama. Powerful in the way that Nikita has absolutely no choice. Good performances. | |
| Lady Vanishes, The | 1938 | HITCHCOCK, Alfred | LOCKWOOD, Margaret;REDGRAVE, Michael;LUKAS, Paul; WITTY, Dame May | 7.75 | Delightful; perhaps a bit slow | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0030341 |
| Land and Freedom | 0 | LOACH, Ken | check country | 8.00 | CHECK COUNTRY | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0114671 |
| Lap Dancing | 1998 | SEDAN, Mike | McCOMAS, Lorissa; McCLURE, Tane; MILLAR, C.T.; DAWSON, Kim; | 5.50 | Fairly bad as a movie but stimulating as soft-core erotica and not too insulting | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Lap+Dancing+(1995) |
| Last Days of Chez Nous, The | 1993 | ARMSTRONG, Gillian | HARROW, Lisa; FOX, Kerry; PARAMORE, Kiri; GANZ, Bruno; OTTO, Miranda Otto, HUNTER, Bill | 8.75 | Extraordinary acting, direction, story. Very good filming. | |
| Last Exit to Brooklyn | 1989 | EDEL, Uli | JASON LEIGH, Jennifer; LANG, Stephen; YOUNG, Bert; DOBSON, Peter; ORBACH, Jerry, LAKE, Rikki | 6.50 | Boring and over-styled. Characters are unsympathetic but also lacking messages. Too many contrived crane shots. Sorry, gotta disagree with Ebert. | |
| Last of the Mohicans, The | 1992 | MANN, Michael | Daniel Day Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means, Eric Schweig, Jodhi May, Steven Waddington, Wes Studi, Maurice Roeves | 7.25 | Superb filming & scenary | http://us.imdb.com/cache/title-exact/44063 |
| Last Seduction, The | 1993 | John Dahl | Linda Fiorentino, Bill Pullman, T.T. Walsh, Bill Nunn. (John Dahl) | 8.00 | Very well made low-budget suspense/thriller. | |
| Last Tango in Paris | 1972 | BERTOLUCCI, Bernardo | Marlon Brando, SCHNEIDER, Maria, LEAUD, Jean-Pierre | 7.25 | Well done, Brando is convincing as horribly mysoginistic man; accepting woman good too. | |
| Late Summer Blues | 1987 | SCHEAR, Renen | ? | 7.50 | ? | |
| Laurel Canyon | 2002 | CHOLODENKO, Lisa | McDORMAND, Frances; BALE, Christian; BECKINSALE, Kate; McELHONE, Nataschal NOVOLA, Alessandro | 9.00 | Great ensemble cast; great characters - lots on anxiety | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0298408 |
| Le Mans | 1971 | KATZIN, Lee H. | Steve McQueen | 8.00 | Amazing photography and editing, but confusing and poor sound. | |
| League of their Own, A | 1992 | MARSHAL, Penny | Geena Davis, Madonna (Penny Marshal) | 6.25 | Quite well made but weak script, story. Aparently authentic baseball settings. | |
| Leaving Las Vegas | 1995 | FIGGIS, Mike | Nicholas Cage, SHUE, Elisabeth, SANDS, Julian | 8.00 | Two supurb performances | |
| Legend of Bagger Vance, The | 2000 | REDFORD, Robert | SMITH, Will; DAMON, Matt; THERON, Charlize | 8.00 | Quite good but over-acted and completely predictable. Redford was a subtler actor than his direction (since Ordinary People) | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0146984 |
| Lenny | 0 | q | q | 7.25 | q | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0071746 |
| Léolo | 1992 | LAUZON, Jean-Claude | Ginette Reno, COLLIN, Maxime, BLOUIN, Roland | 8.25 | Wonderful study of disfunctional Montréal family, dark, stylish | |
| Letter to Brezhnev | 1985 | BERNARD, Chris | Angie Clarke (?) | 7.50 | Nice 'small' film about prejudice against U.S.S.R. and pathetic life in Liverpool. | |
| Liar, Liar | 1997 | SHADYAK, Tom | CAREY, Jim; TIERNEY, Maura; COOPER, Justin; TILLY, Jennifer; KURTZ, Swoosie | 6.50 | Surprisingly good comedy. Carey really is very clever. | |
| Life is Beautiful | 1998 | BENIGNI, Robert | BENIGNI, Robert, BRASCHI, Nicoletta | 8.50 | A lovely tearjerker. While some Italians don't believe Benigni should get such honours, I'm comfy with it. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0118799 |
| Life Less Ordinary, A | 1997 | BOYLE, Danny | McGREGOR, Ewan; DIAZ, Cameron; HUNTER, Holly; LINDO, Delroy; HOLM, Ian | 8.75 | Very cleverly made, funny movie. It so nearly could have failed, but it triumphs with its wit and style. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0119535 |
| Light Sleeper | 0 | SCHRADER, Paul | Willem Dafoe, Susan Sarandon, David Clennon, Dana Delaney | 8.50 | Dark, unapologetic drug dealer film. Moving realism. | |
| Like Water for Chocolate | 1992 | ARAU, Alfonso | CAVAZOS, Lumi, LEONARDI, Marco, TORNE JOHN, Regina | 8.00 | Spoilt by poor acting but LOUSY dubbing. Interestingly confusing scene editing. Famous for the food shots. | |
| Limey, The | 1999 | SIODERBERGH, Steveb | STAMP, Terrence; WARREN, Leslie Ann | 7.25 | Too stylish (and predictable) for it's own good. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0165854 |
| Lion King, The | 1994 | ALLERS, Roger, MINKOFF, Rob | voices of Woopie Goldburg, Mathew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jerremy Irons | 6.00 | good annimation (except lip synching) | |
| Lodger, The | 1926 | HITCHCOCK, Alfred | NOVELLO, Ivor, KEEN, Malcolm, AULT, Marie | 7.50 | The first 'Hitchcock' film. Great (famous) glass floor shot. Surprisingly sophisticated shots, tricks. | |
| London Kills Me | 1991 | KUREISHI, Hanif | SETH, Roshan; CHADWICK, Justin; MacKINTOSH, Steven; McCOURT, Emer; SHAW, Fiona | 7.00 | Apparently authentic, comedy about unapologetic London dealers. 'Muffdiver' char. esp. good. Ending too happy? | |
| Lone Star | 1996 | SALES, John | Chris Cooper, Frances McDormand, Elizabeth Pena, Joe Morton, Miriam Colon, Clifton James, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Canada, Matthew McConaughey, Frances McDormand, Eddie Robinson | 8.50 | Awesome, acting, script (complicated), especially editing (time jumps without cuts!) | http://us.imdb.com/cache/title-exact/46936 |
| Long Kiss Goodnight, The | 1996 | ? | Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson | 6.00 | Too unrealistic action thriller, although Geena remains ravishing. | |
| Looking for Bobby Fisher | 0 | ? | Joe Montaglia(?), Ben Kingsley | 8.50 | (very poor sound). Dynamic parent-gifted child relationships. Somewhat inconsistent coach relationship | |
| Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The | 2003 | JACKSON, Peter | 7.50 | Consistently horrible | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0167260/ | |
| Lost Highway | 0 | LYNCH, David | PULLMAN, Bill, ARQUETTE, Patricia | 8.00 | Moody, atmospheric. Effectifly supernatural, which I rarely allow. Stylish. Kind of easy to make it, given a formula style though. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0116922 |
| Lost in Translation | 2003 | COPPOLA, Sofia | MURRAY, Bill; JOHANSSON, Scarlett | 8.00 | Interesting but slow. Middle hour could have been randomized without consequence | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0335266/ |
| Louis 19, Le Roi des Ondes | 1994 | POULETTE, Michel | Marin Drainvill, Dominique Michel, Agathe de la Fontaine | 7.75 | Funny and clever (although low budget) satire against TV (cf Network, Vidiodrome) Cameos from the usual Quebec gang. | |
| Love Actually | 0 | 7.75 | better than I expected. Interesting cast overlap with Hitchhiker. | |||
| Love and Death | 0 | ALLEN, Woody | Woody Allen, Diane Keaton | 7.50 | Funny | |
| Love Liza | 2002 | LOUISO, Todd | SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, Philip; BATES; Kathy | 8.00 | Progressively akward and uncomfortable. Cool use of color. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0282698 |
| Love Potion #9 | 1991 | LAUNER, Dale | Tate Donovan, Sandra Bullock, Mary Mara, Dale Midkiff, Hillary Bailey Smith, Anne Bancroft, Dylan Baker, Blake Clark | 5.25 | Somewhat silly but frequently funny | http://us.imdb.com/M/title-substring?title=love+potion&type=substring |
| M. Butterfly | 1993 | CRONENBERG, David | Jeremy Irons, LONE, John, RICHARDSON, Ian | 8.00 | Briliantly made (except for some editing problems) | |
| Mac | 1992 | TURTTURO, John | TURTURRO, John; Michael Badalucco; Carl Capotorto; Katherine Borowitz; Ellen Barkin | 7.75 | Italian brotherhood. Dramatic, well acted and directed but sometimes contrived blocking and too long. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Mac+(1992) |
| Macbeth | 0 | ZEFFERELLI, Franco | Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Helena Bonham-Carter, Paul Schofield | 8.00 | Very good adaptation | |
| Madagascar | 2005 | DARNELL, Eric; McGRATH, Tom | STILLER, Ben; ROCK, Chris; SCHWIMMER, David; PINKETT SMITH, Jada | 6.50 | Quite funny but not memorable. | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0351283/ |
| Maddona: Truth or Dare | 1991 | KESHISHIAN, Alek | Maddona | 6.75 | Hard to know how candid, doesn't fail to make me like Madonna | |
| Madness of King George, The | 1994 | HYTNER, Nicholas | Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Rupert Everett, Ian Holm. | 8.25 | Story somehow plain, but performances great and production wonderful. (several cast from play!) | |
| Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D | 2005 | COWEN, Mark | 7.75 | Great effects. Over-dramatized | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0401623/ | |
| Magnolia | 1999 | ANDERSON, Paul Thomas | CRUISE, Tom; MACEY, William H.; MOORE, Julianne; HOFFMAN, Philip Seymore | 8.75 | Amazing, startling, disturbing. Fabulous. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0175880 |
| Malcolm X | 1992 | LEE, Spike | Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, BASSETT, Angela | 9.00 | absolutely superb, (weak editing) | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0104797 |
| Maltese Falcon, The | 1941 | HUSTON, John | BOGART, Humphrey; ASTOR, Mary; GEORGE; Gladys; LORRE, Peter; GREESTREET, Sydney | 9.00 | Classic - they don't do characters like this anymore. Great lighting and shots too. (Prison metaphore at the end.) | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0033870/ |
| Mamma Roma | 1966 | PASOLINI, Pier Paolo | Anna Magnani, Franco Citti, Luisa Orioli, Ettore Garafolo, Silvana Corsini, Paolo Volponi | 8.50 | ? | |
| Man on the Moon | 1999 | FORMAN, Milos | CARREY, Jim; DeVITO, Danny; LOVE, Courtney | 7.25 | I think this film makes me like Jim Carry a lot more than Andy Kauffman | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0125664 |
| Man Who Knew Too Little, The | 1997 | AMIEL, Jon | MURRY, Bill | 7.75 | Surprisingly good comedy although weak ending. Bill really acts very well in support the premise. Some good Anglo-US jibes too. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0272338 |
| Man Who Knew Too Much,The | 1956 | HITCHCOCK, Alfred | STEWART, James; DAY, Doris | 7.75 | Lovely, classic Hitch | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0049470 |
| Man Who Wasn't There, The | 2001 | COEN, Joel | THORNTON, Billy Bob; McDORMAND, Frances | 8.75 | Clever, moody, dark… I loved it! | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0243133 |
| Man with the Golden Gun, The | 1974 | HAMILTON, Guy | MOORE, Roger; LEE, Christopher; ADAMS, Maud; EKLAND, Brit | 6.25 | One of the worst Bond movies | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Man+with+the+Golden+Gun,+The+(1974) |
| Manchurian Candidate, The | 1962 | FRANKENHEIMER, John | SINATRA, Frank; HARVEY, Laurence; LEIGH, Janet; LANSBURY, Angela | 9.00 | Fantastic! (Why does 'The New Yorker' slam it?) Thrilling, stylish, thoughtful. Obviously the seed of a lot of brainwashing belief. Sinatra was very very good. Leigh too - and extremely sexy. Interesting Lincoln motifs. | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056218/ |
| Manchurian Candidate, The | 2004 | DEMME, Jonathon | WASHINGTON, Denzel; STREEP, Meryl | 9.25 | An unusually good re-make of an outstanding original | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0368008/ |
| Manhattan | 1978 | ALLEN, Woody | Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep, MURPHY, Michael | 8.50 | Superb Allen, Typical Allen. No more needs to be said. | |
| Manhatten Murder Mystery | 1993 | ALLEN, Woody | Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Allan Alda, Angellica Houston | 8.00 | Delightful. Great story, refreshingly appropriate hand-held work (only Houston is not playing her own characterture). | |
| Map of the Human Heart | 1992 | WARD, Vincent | SCOTT LEE, Jason, PARILLAUD, Anne, BERGIN, Patrick | 7.00 | Nice aboriginal attitude exposure, charming and unpredictable | |
| Mariachi, El | 1992 | RODRIGUEZ, Robert | GALLARDO, Carlos; GOMEZ, Consuelo; DE HOYOS, Jaime; MARQUARDT, Peter; MARINEZ, Reinol | 7.50 | Nice low-budget Mexican comedy of mistaken identity. Violent, non-holywood ending. Good editing. | |
| Marriage of Convenience | 1988 | BYZAGKLO, Haim | q | 7.00 | BAR-ABA, Shlomo; SHELEG; Irit; JAHANSHAN, Adib; WEINGARTEN, Ofra; TEPERSON, Itit | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0099565/ |
| Mars Attacks! | 1996 | BURTON, Tim | Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Martin Short, Michael J. Fox, Pierce Brosnan, Tom Jones, Danny DeVito, Sarah Jessica Parker... | 7.00 | I didn't quite get the message, if there was one. Possibly about human nature; we sure come off looking better than Martians. Some Dr. Strangelove refs. | |
| Marty | 1954 | MANN, Delbert | Ernest Borgnine, BLAIR, Betsy; MINCIOTTI, Esther. | 7.00 | Nice simple (dated) film. Good, but it's clear that standards have improved. | |
| Marvin's Room | 0 | q | KEATON, Diane; De C.., Leonardo; STREEP, Meryl; De NIRO; Robert | 6.75 | Leonardo is best in this over-directed tear jerker. | |
| Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | 2003 | WEIR, Peter | CROWE, Russell | 8.00 | Very well made, but ultimately, just a war movie with not much message. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0311113/ |
| Matchstick Men | 2003 | SCOTT, Ridley | CAGE, Nicolas; ROCKWELL, Sam; LOHMAN, Alison | 9.00 | Very good - much more so than I expected. Almost plausible. Great ending. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0325805/ |
| Me, Myself, and Irene | 2000 | FARRELLY, Peter & FARRELLY, Bobby | CARREY, Jim; ZELLWEGER, Renée | 5.00 | Truly tasteless, pointless, and only unpredictable when stupidly illogical. But some great physical comedy | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0183505 |
| Meaning of Life, The | 1983 | JONES, Terry | Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin | 7.25 | The weakest 'original' Monty Python film. | |
| Mécaniques célestes | 1995 | TORRES, Fina | GIL, Arianda | 8.00 | Excelent emotional but light experience. Interesting subtle effects. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0107537/ |
| Mediteraneo | 1991 | Gabriele Salvatores | Claudi Bigagli, Giuseppe Cederna | 6.25 | Belaboured, rarely funny film with nice scenary, a lot of work to watch for a simple message about avoiding society | |
| Meet the Parents | 2000 | ROACH, M. Jay | STILLER, Ben; DeNIRO, Robert | 7.25 | Quite funny and well made comedy with genuine anxiety | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0212338 |
| Memento | 2000 | NOLAN, Christopher | PEARCE, Guy; MOSS, Carrie-Anne, PANTOLIANO, Joe | 8.50 | Brilliant concept. Successfully achieved. Very notable | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0209144 |
| Men in Black | 1997 | SONNENFELD, Barry | JONES, Tommy Lee; SMITH, Will; FIORENTINO, Linda | 7.00 | Quite dissapointing, although occaisionally funny | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0119654 |
| Men of Honor | 2000 | TILLMAN, George Jr. | DeNIRO, Robert; GOODING Jr., Cuba | 6.75 | The most cliché-ridden predictable melodrama of 2000 | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0203019 |
| Metro | 0 | q | MURPHEY, Eddie | 7.50 | q | |
| Midsummer Night's Dream, A | 1999 | HOFFMAN, Michael | KLINE, Kevin; PFEIFFER, Michelle; EVERETT, Rupert; TUCCI, Stanley; | 8.00 | Lovely version. Nobody over the top, despite the potential scope. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0140379 |
| Mighty Aphrodite | 1995 | ALLEN, Woody | Woody Allen, Helena Bonham-Carter; SORVINO, Mira | 8.25 | Funny, honest | |
| Mighty Wind, A | 2003 | GUEST, Christopher | LEVY, Eugene; O'HARA, Catherine; | 8.50 | Hilarious. Seems as if it should be 'over-the-top' but works. Creates huge anxious energy. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0310281 |
| Million Dollar Baby | 0 | EASTWOOD, Clint | 9.00 | |||
| Misery | 1990 | REINER, Rob | CAAN, James; BATES, Cathy; FARNSWORTH, Richard | 8.00 | Well made nervous thriller | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0100157 |
| Miss Congeniality | 2000 | PETRIE, Donald | BULLOCK, Sandra; CAINE, Michael; BRATT, Benjamin; SHATNER, William, BERGEN, Candice | 7.25 | Not really that bad, for a basically predictable Hollywood piece. Some moving moments. | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0212346 |
| Mission: Impossible | 1996 | DePALMA, Brian | Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, Joh Voight, Emmanualle Beart, Henry Czerny, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vanessa Regrave, Dale Dye, marcel Iures | 6.50 | Huge dissapointment. Too many impossibilities; therefore even special effects tainted. | http://us.imdb.com/cache/title-exact/51351 |
| Mon Oncle Antoine | 1971 | JUTRA, Claude | DUCEPPE, Jean; THIBAULT, Olivette; JUTRA, Claude; GAGNON, Jacques | 7.50 | Thoughtful but slow | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0067439 |
| Monster | 2003 | 8.50 | ||||
| Monster in Law | 2005 | LUKETIC, Robert | FONDA, Jane; LOPEZ, Jennifer | 4.50 | BORING and stupid. Jane's character doesn't make sense. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0369735/ |
| Monster's Ball | 2001 | FORSTER, Marc | THORNTON, Billy Bob; BERRY, Halle, LEDGER, Heath | 8.50 | Nicely paced, beautifully colored | |
| Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 1974 | GILLIAM, Terry; JONES, Terry | CHAPMAN, Graham; CLEESE, John; JONES, Terry; IDLE, Eric; PALLIN, Michael | 8.00 | Classic. So many hilarious skits. Seems to survive re-viewing and test of time better than 'Brian' | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0079470 |
| Monty Python's Life of Brian | 1979 | JONES, Terry | John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, Terry Jones | 7.50 | Great slapstick and satire | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0071853 |
| Moonstruck | 1987 | JEWISON, Norman | Cher, Nicholas Cage, Danny Aiello, Olympia Dukakis, Vincent Gardenia | 8.50 | Super atmosphere | |
| Most Wanted | 0 | q | q | 5.50 | q | |
| Mother Night | 1996 | GORDON, Keith | Nick Nolte, Sheryl Lee, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Kirsten dunst, Arye Gross, Frankie Faison, David Strathairn, Bernard Behrens, Henry Gibson | 8.50 | I know I like this very well made (in Montreal) film but I'm havn't yet figured out the intricasies of all the satyre. Highly recommended regardless. One interesting question is, could a playwrite have been motivated to do what the character did? | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117093/ |
| Moulin Rouge | 2001 | LURMANN, Baz | KIDMAN, Nicole; McGREGOR, Ewan; LEGUIZAMO, John; BROADBENT, Jim; ROXBURGH, Richard | 8.00 | Fun, stylish, intense | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0203009 |
| Mousehunt | 1997 | VIRBINSKI, Gore | LANE, Nathen; EVENS I, LEE; WALKEN, Christopher | 7.00 | Well made childrens' adventure. Possibly some Laurel and Hardy homage | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Mouse+Hunt+(1997) |
| Mr. Wrong | 1996 | CASTLE, Nick | Ellen DeGeneras, Bill Pullman | 6.00 | Possibly an attempt at spoofing other genres, this comedy fails badly. Very slow, very dull. | |
| Mrs. Brown | 0 | MADDEN, John | DENCH, Judi; CONNOLLY, Billy; PALMER, Geoffrey; SHER, Antony | 8.00 | Very well made but a bit thin on substance. | |
| Mrs. Miniver | 1943 | WYLER, William | Greer Garson, Walter Pigion; WRIGHT, Teresa | 7.00 | Apparently authentic for U.S.-made film of WW2 England (1942). Dated, and bad perf. by son, but quite nice & strong females | |
| Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | 1994 | RUDOLPH, Alan | Jenniffer Jason Leigh, Campbell Scott, Mathew Broderick, Andrew McCarthy | 8.50 | Very clever, stylish, well made and performed film. Slightly hard to follow some dialogue | |
| Mulholland Drive | 2001 | LYNCH, David | THEROUX, Justin; WATTS, Naomi; HARRING, Laura; MILLER, Ann; HEDAYA, Dan | 8.75 | Very cleverly moody and thoughtful. Illogical but it didn't bother me somehow. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0166924 |
| Mumford | 1999 | KASDAN, Lawrence | DEAN, Loren; DAVIS, Hope; LEE (I), Jason; WOODARD, Alfre | 8.00 | Very nice | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0140397 |
| Muppets from Space | 1999 | HILL III, Tim | q | 7.25 | Very pleasing comedy. Great fun. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0158811 |
| Murder at 1600 | 1997 | LITTLE, Dwight H. | SNIPES, Wesley; LANE, Diane; BENZALI, Daniel; MILLER, Dennis; COX, Ronny; ALDA, Alan; BAKER, Diane; DONOVAN, Tate, MOORE, Mary | 7.00 | Not too bad, but pretty formulistic. Note they're downplaying macho these days. | http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?Murder%20at%201600%20%281997%29 |
| Murial's Wedding | 1994 | HOGAN, P.J. | Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Gennie Nevison, Chris Haywood, Bill Hunter, Jeanie Drynan, Matt Day, Daniel Lapaine | 8.25 | Very good and funny. | |
| Music Teacher, The | 1988 | CORBIAU, Gerard | Anne Roussell, Phillippe Volter, Sylvie Fennec, Patrick Bauchau | 7.75 | Charming romantic story, humanizing opera training, good photography. Somewhat predictable plot. | |
| My 20th Century | 1988 | ENYEDI, Ildiko | SEGDA, Dorotha; JANKOVSKI, Oleg; ANDORAI, Peter | 7.00 | Charmingly confusing, clever humour (even features talking stars!) | |
| My Beautiful Laundrette | 1985 | FREARES, Stephen | LEWIS, Daniel Day; WARNECKE, Gordon | 8.50 | A thoughtful addition to the S.Asian / English genre, but a bit slow in parts. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0091578/ |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding | 2002 | ZWICK, Joel | VARDALOS, Nia; CORBETT (I), John; CONSTANTINE, Michael; KAZAN, Lainie; MARTIN (I), Andrea; FATONE, Joey | 8.00 | One of the nicest love stories to come along in a while. (Furthermore, Nia Vardalos is a babe.) | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0259446 |
| My Cousin Vinnie | 1992 | LYNN, Johnathan | PESCI, Joe; TOMAI, Marisa, MACCHIO, Ralph | 7.50 | Funny, both act well. Trial turns too smoothly in his favour, needed a setback near end. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0104952 |
| My Terrorist | 2002 | GERSTEL, Yulie | GERSTEL, Yulie | 7.00 | Self-indulgent but at least fairly balanced documentary | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0360816 |
| Mystery of Rampo, The | 1994 | OKUYAMA, Kazoyoshi | Masahiro Motoki, Naoto Takenaka, Michiko Hada | 8.75 | Wonderfully interwoven naratives, beautiful cinematography, design | |
| Mystic River | 2003 | EASTWOOD, Clint | PENN, Sean; ROBBINS, Tim | 9.25 | Very very well done. Great ensemble. Rich characters but none ever over the top. Marcia Gay Harden might be good - but she only shows one emotion all through the film. (One goof - the girl can be seen breathing on the autopsy table.) | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0327056/ |
| Naked | 1993 | LEIGH, Mike | David Thewlis, Leslie Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge | 9.25 | Wonderful dark film; philosopher societal drop-out and bevy of pathetic heros | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0107653 |
| Natural Born Killers | 1994 | STONE, Oliver | Juliette Lewis, Woody Harrilson, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Downey Jr. | 8.50 | Chilling satire about crime and media fascination. Stone's best. | |
| Negotiator, The | 0 | q | JACKSON, Samual A.; SPACEY, Kevin | 7.25 | Quite clever thriller, not overwhelmingly unbelievable | |
| Neighbors | 1981 | AVILDSEN, John G. | ? | 7.50 | Interesting, doesn't stand the test of repeatedviewing for me | |
| Nell | 1994 | APTED, Michael | Jodie Foster, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson | 7.75 | Beautiful but flawed by improbabilities | |
| Network | 0 | 8.50 | ||||
| Never Been Kissed | 1999 | GOSNEL, Raja | BARRYMORE, Drew | 5.50 | Completely incohesive and lame high school flop | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0151738 |
| Next of Kin | 1984 | EGOYAN, Atom | TIERNEY, Patrick | 8.75 | Wonderfully made. Pointed. Egoyan' first feature, already confident in his own style | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0087789 |
| Nick of Time | 1995 | BADHAM, John | Jonny Depp, Marsha Mason, Christopher Walkin | 8.00 | Well made action thriller. Problem; 2/3 of the way through he's no further ahead (?) | |
| Night on Earth | 1991 | JARMUSCH, Jim | Winola Ryder | 7.75 | Charming but slow and light film. However, seemed much better on second viewing! (1st was 93-10-09) | |
| Nightmare before Christmas, The | 1993 | BURTON, Tim? or SELICK, Henry? | ? | 8.00 | Supurb computer animation. Good children's story | |
| Nine 1/2 Weeks | 1986 | LYNE, Adrian | ROURKE, Mikey; BASINGER, Kim; WHITTON, Margaret | 7.00 | Quite well-made but disturbing and puzzling film. What was the actual point in filming so much humiliation? | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0091635 |
| Nixon | 1995 | STONE, Oliver | Anthony Hopkins, Bob Hoskins, Ed Harris, etc., SORVINO, Paul | 8.00 | Great portrait, dubious authenticity, typical Stone | |
| Nobody Loves Me | 0 | ? | ? | 8.50 | Excellent character acting, script, performances... | |
| North by Northwest | 1957 | HITCHCOCK, Alfred | GRANT, Cary; SAINT, Eva Marie; MASON, James | 8.00 | Wonderful classic. Drunk scene is too farfeched. Love scenes just dreamy! | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0053125 |
| Nosferatu | 1922 | MURNEAU, F.W. | Max Schreck, Greta Schroeder, Gustav von Wangenheim, Alexander Granach | 8.25 | ? | |
| Notorious Bettie Page, The | 2005 | HARRON, Mary | MOL, Gretchen; BAURER, Chris | 7.00 | Somewhat interesting biography but really doesn't make much of a point. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0404802/ |
| Nuovo cinema Paradiso | 1989 | TORNATORE, Guiseppe | Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Antonella Attili, Pupella Maggio, Salvatore Cascio | 8.75 | Beautiful film. Great acting by the elder. Very believable. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0095765/ |
| O Brother, Where Art Thou | 2000 | COEN, Joel | CLOONEY, George; TURTURRO, John; NELSON, Tim Blake | 8.75 | Very witty. Very well written. | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0190590 |
| October Sky | 1999 | JOHNSTON, Joe | q | 7.50 | over-hyped | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0132477 |
| Olivier Olivier | 1992 | HOLLAND, Agnieszka | Francois Cluzet, Jean-Francois Stevenin, Marina Golovine, Faye Gatteau, Brigitte Rouan, Gregoire Colin, Emmanual Morozof, Frederick Quiring | 8.25 | Splendid view of French Family with unresolved motivations and relationships, very well filmed too. | |
| Olympic Summer / Olympische Sommer, Der | 1993 | MAUGG, Gordian | Jost Gerstein, Johanna Maugg, Verena Plangger, Otto Ruck, Otto Sander | 7.00 | Interesting photography with vintage camera + 3rd Reich newsreels, confusing premise: drama or documentary? | |
| Once were Warriors | 1994 | TAMAHORI, Lee | Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, Julian Arahanga | 9.50 | Amazingly well made view and explanation of brutal urban Mauri life. Every moment contributes. (Brutal violence) | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0110729 |
| Ônibus 174 | 2002 | LACERDA, Felipe; PADIHA, José | 6.00 | Far too long for the content. The wrong kind of 'sleeper'. Politically interesting | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0340468 | |
| Othello | 1952 | WELLES, Orson | WELLES, Orson | 8.00 | Very 'accessable' Shakespeare. Powerful production, with great shots. Welles and 'bad guy' (?) are supurb. | |
| Our Hospitality | 1923 | KEATON, Buster; BLYSTONE, John | Buster Keaton, Natalie Talmage, ROBERTS, Joe | 8.00 | Great sight gags. Hilarious. Great stunts too. | |
| Out of Towners | 1999 | WEISMAN, Sam | MARTIN, Steve; HAWN, Goldie; CLEESE, John | 7.00 | Some good laughs but rather silly, and Cleese doing what he says he hates doing | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0129280 |
| Out to Sea | 0 | q | MATHAU, Walter; LEMMON, Jack | 6.00 | Pretty silly | |
| Ox-bow Incident, The | 1943 | WELLMAN, William A | FONDA, Henry; ANDREWS, Dana; | 8.75 | Excelent western - morally strong, dramatic | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0036244 |
| Panic Room | 2002 | FINCHER, David | FOSTER, Jodie; STEWART, Kristin; WHITAKER, Forest; LETO, Jared; YOAKAM, Dwight | 8.50 | Tremendous thriller. Clever plot, good characterization, exquisit effects | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0258000 |
| Party Girl | 1994 | VON SCHERLER MAYER, Daisy | Parker Posey, Guillermo Diaz, Omar Townsend, VON SCHERLER, Sacha | 7.50 | Nice low-budget believable New York snapshot. | |
| Party, The | 1968 | EDWARDS, Blake | SELLERS, Peter; LONGET, Claudine; McLEOD, Gavin | 7.00 | Hilarios but sometimes tedious; now not very "politically correct" yet probably accurate critical view of materialism. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Party,+The+(1968) |
| Passenger 57 | 1992 | HOOKS, Kevin | Wesley Snipes | 4.00 | Snipes can't act; story illogical and farfetched | http://us.imdb.com/Goofs?0105104 |
| Paths of Glory | 1957 | KUBRICK, Stanley | DOUGLAS, Kirk; MENJOU, Adalphe; MEEKER, Ralph | 7.50 | WW1 'Dr Strangelove' about French Military smallmindedness | |
| Patriot Games | 1992 | NOYCE, Phillip | FORD, Harrison; ARCHER, Anne; BERGIN, Patrick; BEAN, Sean; FOX, James; JONES, James Earl; JACKSON, Samuel L.; | 8.00 | Extremely well made thriller. But would the CIA go so far to protect its own? | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Patriot+Games+(1992) |
| Payback | 0 | q | GIBSON, Mel | 5.50 | Over-violent, boring | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120784 |
| People vs. Larry Flynt, The | 1996 | FORMAN, Milos | Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love | 7.50 | Quite well made, and a not overly-glossy study of the legal implications. Leads both very good. I think the audience thought it was funnier than it was supposed to be. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0117318 |
| Perfect Game, The | 0 | q | q | 7.25 | Good acting but too predictable | |
| Persona | 1966 | BERGMAN, Ingemar | Liv Ulman, Bibi Andersson; KROOK, Margaretha | 9.00 | Wonderfully textured. Hard as Hell to out (which is good) | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0060827 |
| Persuasion | 1995 | MITCHELL, Rogerl | Amanda Root, Ciaran Hinds; FLEETWOOD, Susan | 7.25 | Rather plain period piece with sharp feminist & sociological treatment but essentially unsubstantial | |
| Peter's Friends | 1992 | BRANAGH, Kenneth | Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thomas | 7.50 | Entertaining, well produced, (Big Chill take-off) | |
| Philadelphia | 1993 | DEMME, Jonathon | Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Mary Steebergen, Jason Robards, Joanne Woodward, Antonio Banderas | 7.50 | Tearjerker. Hanks 'quite good' but not Oscar. Washington as good. Too many illogical (non-symbolic) twists. | |
| Philadelphia Story | 1940 | CUKOR, George | GRANT, Cary; HEPBURN, Katherine; STEWART, James; HUSSEY, Ruth | 8.25 | Clever, thoughtful romantic comedy about class, pride, etc. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0032904 |
| Pianist, The | 2002 | POLANSKI, Roman | BRODY, Adrien; KRETSCHMANN, Thomas | 8.75 | Wonderfully made and performed. I only worried that it gave too much heroisim to the character | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0253474 |
| Piano, The | 1992 | Jane Campion | Holly Hunter, Harvey Kietel, Sam Neil, Anna Paquin | 8.75 | Superb story, photography, acting, direction. Possibly the year's best? | |
| Pillow Book, The | 1996 | GREENAWAY, Peter | McGREGOR, Ewen… | 9.00 | Incredibly stunning, visual film. Surperbly edited (often multiple images). | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0114134 |
| Pink Floyd The Wall | 1982 | PARKER, Alan | Bob Geldof, James Laurenson, Bob Hoskins, Christine Hargreaves, Eleanor David | 8.50 | Powerful and well-made | |
| Planes, Trains and Automobiles | 1987 | HUGHES, John | Steve Martin, John Candy | 6.75 | Amongst their best acting performances, but pretty predictable and ordinary. | |
| Playboys, The | 1992 | MacKINNON, Gillies | WRIGHT, Robin; FINNEY, Albert; Adian Quinn | 8.00 | Nice love story with independent ironies and twists (e.g. the player's reaction to TV). Well shot, acted. | |
| Pleasantville | 1998 | ROSS, Gary | MAGUIRE, Tobey; DANIELS, Jeff; ALLEN, Joan | 8.25 | Very very clever. Important, as was "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" & "Truman Story" | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120789 |
| Point of No Return | 1993 | John Badham | Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney, Anne Bancroft, Harvey Keitel | 7.00 | Often too similar, but at other points less subtle than La femme Nikita. Hollywood just had to add extra conclusion scene. Fonda pretty good. Why is Bob a Scot? | |
| Pollock | 2000 | HARIS, Ed | HARRIS, Ed; HARDEN, Marcia Gay | 8.00 | Effective view of the tortured life | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0183659 |
| Poolhall Junkies | 2002 | MARTIN, Gregory 'Mars' | PALMINTERI, Chazz; SCHRODER, Rick; STEIGER, Rod; ROSENBAUM, Michael; WALKEN, Christopher | 8.75 | Surprisingly good - and thrilling. Plot a bit bumpy but well acted and directed and shot. Great billiard tricks. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0273982/maindetails |
| Posse | 1993 | VAN PEEBLES, Mario | Blair Underwood | 6.75 | Violent western, twist is black heros/history. Very good photography, even sepia-toned flashbacks. Bad sound. | |
| Postino, Il | 1995 | RADFORD, Michael | Massimo Troisi, Philipe Noiret, Maria Grazia Cucinotta | 9.00 | Stunningly beautiful (in terms of scenes and characters) film, subtly directed but outstandingly well acted. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0110877 |
| Prancer | 1991 | HANCOCK, John | ? | 7.75 | Very good "children's" story. Recommended for all ages, teaches adults about themselves and children. | |
| Pretty Baby | 1978 | MALLE, Louis | Kieth Caradine, Susan Sarandan, Brooke Shields | 7.00 | Lousy acting (Brooke is best). Worse editing. | |
| Priest | 1995 | BIRD, Antonia | Linus Roache, Tom Wilkinson, Cathy Tyson | 8.75 | Excellent "actor's movie"; wonderful performances; moving, terrific laughs but not intrusively; extremely believable. | |
| Princess Bride, The | 1987 | REINER, Rob | broad cast, including Billy Crystal, Peter Falk… | 7.25 | Weak acting but very clever story and humour for everybody | |
| Promise, The | 1994 | VON TROTTA, Margarethe | Corinna Harfouch, meret Becker, August Zirner, Anian Zollner | 8.25 | Wonderful character acting, chilling realities of Berlin Wall. | |
| Proof of Life | 2000 | HACKFORD, Tayler | RYAN, Meg; CROWE, Russell | 7.75 | Great adventure / action / suspense. Despite the predicatable ending; not too stupid or unbelievable. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0228750 |
| Psycho | 1960 | HITCHCOCK, Alfred | Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles | 8.50 | Suspencefull, even after multiple viewings | |
| Public Eye, The | 1992 | FRANKLIN, Howard | PESCI, Joe; HERSHEY, Barbara; TUCCI, Stanely | 8.25 | Very stylish, well made thiller. Photography theme. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Public+Eye,+The+(1992) |
| Pulp Fiction | 1994 | TARENTINO, Quenten | John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Quenten T., Bruce Willis, Harvey Keitel, Christopher Walken, Eric Stoltz, Amanda Plummer, etc. | 9.00 | (Upon reflection SUPERB!) But made me laugh at repugnant violence. All performances, direction great. Most thought provoking film in a long while. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0110912 |
| Punch-Drunk Love | 2002 | ANDERSON, Paul Thomas | SANDLER, Adam; WATSON, Emily | 8.75 | Splendidly stylish, wonderful pallate, very tight. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0272338 |
| Pushing Tin | 1999 | NEWELL, Mike | CUSAK, John; THORNTON, Billy Bob; BLANCHET, Kate; | 7.75 | Pretty good psychological thriller | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120797 |
| Quiz Show | 1994 | REDFORD, Robert | Randolph Feins, Paul Scofield; TURTURRO, John; MORROW, Rob | 8.50 | Slightly contrived sometimes, but very well cast, acted, directed. Properly filmed | |
| Raging Bull | 1981 | SCORCESE, Martin | Robert de Niro, Joe Pesci, Nicholas Colasanto, Cathy Moriarty, Frank Vincent, Theresa Saldana | 8.50 | Tour de force. Wonderful in every way | |
| Rainmaker | 1997 | COPPOLA, Frances Ford | DAMON, Matt; DANE, Claire; VOIGHT, Jon; DeVITO, Danny | 8.50 | Excelent courtroom, moral drama. Not overplayed. (But why did 'Bruiser' help??) | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0119978 |
| Raising Victor Vargas | 2002 | SOLLETT, Peter | RASUK, Victor; MARTE, Judy; DIAZ, Melonie; GUZMAN, Altagracia; RASKUK, Silvestre; RODRIGUEZ, Krystal | 9.00 | Brilliant and refreshing. Poignant. Incredible performances by allegedly almost amateur actors | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0316188 |
| Ransom | 0 | ? | GIBSON, Mel | 8.25 | Well made, hardly overdone, excelent plot and quite predictable thriller. Genuinely moving emotions. | |
| Rashomon | 1952 | KUROSAWA, Akira | Toshiro Mifune, Masaguki Mori, Machiko Kyo, Takash Shiimura | 8.25 | Interesting multiple recount of murder/suicide (?) rape, questions judicial system | |
| Rat Race | 2001 | ZUCKER, Jerry | ATKINSON, Rowan; CLEESE, John and many more | 7.75 | Surprisingly good slap-stick. Some gags silly, but all original. | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0250687 |
| Reality Bites | 1994 | STILLER, Ben | RYDER, Winnona; HAWKE, Ethan; GARAFALO, Janeane Garofalo; ZAHN, Stever; STILLER, Ben | 8.00 | Very perceptive, well-made drama. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Reality+Bites+(1994) |
| Rebel Without a Cause | 1955 | RAY, Nicholas | DEAN, James; WOOD, Natalie; MINEAO, Sal; BACKUS, Jim; DORAN, Ann; ALLEN, Corey; HOPPER, William; HUDSON, Rachel; | 8.25 | Teenage angst meets Beverley Hills 90210. Dean looked too old for the part. (He was 24) | http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?Rebel+Without+a+Cause+(1955) |
| Reckless | 1995 | RENE, Norman | Mia Farrow, Scott Glenn, Mary-Louise Parker, Tony Goldwyn | 7.50 | Funny symbolist motif-filled | |
| Recruit, The | 2003 | DONALDSON, Roger | PACINO, Al; FARRELL, Colin; MOYNAHAN, Bridget | 8.25 | Clever and exciting thriller | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0292506 |
| Red Corner | 1997 | AVNET, John | GERE, Richard;LING, Bai; WHITFORD, Bradley; MANN, Byron | 7.50 | One of Richard Gere's best. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Red+Corner+(1997) |
| Red Eye | 2005 | CRAVEN, Wes | McADAMS, Rachel; MURPHY, Cillian; COX, Brian | 7.75 | Quite a good thriller - not too unbelievable. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0421239/ |
| Red Planet | 2000 | HOFFMAN, Antony | KILMER, Val; MOSS, Carrie-Anne; BRATT, Benjamin; SIZEMORE, Tom; BAKER (I), Simon; STAMP, Terence | 7.25 | Surprisingly good. Notice minimal cast. Dumbious science, but not unusually so. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0199753 |
| Red Violin, The | 1998 | GIRARD, Francois | JACKSON, Samuel L; McKellar, Non; SATCHI, Greta | 8.75 | Exquisit and cleverly designed film - Tarentino-esque editing. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120802 |
| Reds | 1981 | BEATTIE, Warren | Dianne Keaton, Warren Beattie, Marcia Mason, Jack Nicholson, George Plimpton | 8.75 | Wonderful epic, almost flawless. Photography, performances, direction. | |
| Renaissance Man | 1994 | MARSHAL, Penny | DeVITO, Danny; HINES, Gregory | 7.75 | Thoughtful but too slow | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0110971 |
| Repulsion | 1965 | POLANSKI, Roman | Catherine Deneuve | 8.50 | Moody, Hitchcockian photography | |
| Resevoir Dogs | 1992 | TARENTINO, Quenten | Harvey Kietel, Eric Stoltz, Quenten Tarentino, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi, Tim Roth | 8.00 | [upgraded from 5 on second viewing] Horribly violent, somewhat stylish, but what is the point of the bloodbath? (sure, so there's no honour among theives) | |
| Return to Never Land | 2002 | BUDD, Robin; COOK, Donovan | WEAVER, Blayne; OWEN, Harriet; BURTON, Corey | 7.00 | Quite nice comic cartoon. Interesting London scenes | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0280030 |
| Richard III | 1955 | OLIVER, Lawrence | Alec Guinness??, Lawrence Olivier; RICHARDSON, Ralph; BLOOM, Claire | 7.50 | Nicely set, well acted. | |
| Riff Raff | 1990 | LOACH, Kenneth | CARLYLE, Robert; McCOURT, Emer | 7.75 | Politically sharp, realistic | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0100491 |
| Rock, The | 1996 | ? | Ed Harris, Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery | 7.25 | ? | |
| Rocky | 1976 | John Avildson | Sylvester Stallone. Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith, Carl Weathers, Burt Young | 6.50 | Not such a bad thriller film. Better than the sequels I've seen. | http://us.imdb.com/cache/title-exact/70442 |
| Rocky Horror Picture Show, The | 1975 | Jim Sharman | Tim Curry, Susan Sarando, Barry Bostwick, MEATLOAF | 7.00 | Fun campy musical; great music, style etc. [not my first time!!!] | |
| Roger and Me | 1989 | MOORE, Michael | MOORE, Roger | 8.00 | Groundbreaking documentary style. Important forerunner to 'Bowling for Columbine'. (Mari: sorry about the bunnies.) | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0098213/ |
| Romance | 0 | BREILLAT, Catherine | q | 8.50 | Somewhat erotic, woman-empowering | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0194314 |