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The Chicago Reader is one of the few alternative newsweeklies in the nation that still publishes long-form film criticism, and over the past 40 years we’ve presented work by such talented writers as Noah Berlatsky, Fred Camper, Cliff Doerksen, Andrea Gronvall, J.R. Jones, Joshua Katzman, Dave Kehr, Patrick Z. McGavin, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ben Sachs, Lee Sandlin, Hank Sartin, Bill Stamets, Elizabeth Tamny, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, and Albert Williams. The index below isn’t complete yet—we’ve made it only as far back as 1993—but we plan to keep adding to it until it is.


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A Time to Kill
Directed by Joel Schumacher
Review by Anthony Puccinelli

The Accompanist ★ ★
Directed by Claude Miller
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Directed by Tom Shadyac
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Directed by Steve Oedekerk
Review by Anthony Puccinelli

Adam ★★
Directed by Max Mayer
Review by Cliff Doerksen

Un Aire de Famille ★★★
Directed by Cedric Klapisch
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Adopted Son ★★★
Directed by Aktan Abdikalikov
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Adjustment Bureau ★★
Directed by George Nolfi
Review by J.R. Jones

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D ★★
Directed by Robert Rodriguez
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Affair of the Necklace
Directed by Charlie Shyer
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

After the Sunset ★★
Directed by Brett Ratner
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Age of Innocence ★★
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector ★★
Directed by Vikram Jayanti
Review by J.R. Jones

Alfie
Directed by Charles Shyer
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Ali ★★★
Directed by Michael Mann
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Aliens of the Deep 3D ★★
Directed by James Cameron and Steven Quale
Review by Brian Thomas

Alien vs. Predator
Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson
Review by Cliff Doerksen

All the Little Animals ★★ ★
Directed by Jeremy Thomas
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Almost Famous ★★
Directed by Cameron Crowe
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy ★★★
Directed by Martin Arnold
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Amen. ★★
Directed by Cost-Garvas
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

America ★★
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Review by J.R. Jones

American Artifact: the Rise of American Rock Poster Art ★★
Directed by Merle Becker
Review by J.R. Jones

American Violet ★★★
Directed by Bill Haney
Review by J.R. Jones

The Amityville Horror
Directed by Andrew Douglas
Review by Benjamin Strong

And Everything Is Going Fine ★★★
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Review by J.R. Jones

And Life Goes On… ★★★★
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Angele ★★★★
Directed by Marcel Pagnol
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Anniversary Party ★★★
Directed by Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Films by Michelangelo Antonioni
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Anything Else
Directed by Woody Allen
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Apocalypse Now Redux ★★★

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum
(Review not online)

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters ★★★★
Directed by Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis
Review by Brian Nemtusak

Arabian Knight ★★★
Directed by Richard Williams
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Archangel
★★★
Directed by Guy Maddin
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Argyle Secrets ★★★
Directed by Cyril Endfield
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Army of Shadows ★★★★
Directed Jean-Pierre Melville
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Art School Confidential ★★
Directed by Terry Zwigoff
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

As You Like It ★★
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Review by Andrea Gronvall

Ashes of Time ★★★
Directed by Wong Kar-wai
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Ask the Dust ★★★
Directed by Robert Towne
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Asthenic Syndrome ★★★★
Directed by Kira Muratova
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Astronaut Farmer
Directed by Michael Polish
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

At the Death House Door ★★★★
Directed by Steve James and Peter Gilbert
Review by J.R. Jones

Atonement ★★★★
Directed by Joe Wright
Review by J.R. Jones

Autumn Tale ★★★
Directed by Eric Rohmer
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Aviator ★★★
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Away From Her ★★★★
Directed by Sarah Polley
Review by J.R. Jones

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The Baader Meinhof Complex ★★★★
Directed by Uli Edel
Review by J.R. Jones

Babylon A.D.
Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
Review by Cliff Doerksen

Backbeat ★★
Directed by Iain Softley
Review by Nicole Arthur

Badasssss! ★★
Directed by Mario van Peebles
Review by Ben Schwartz

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans ★★★
Directed by Werner Herzog
Review by J.R. Jones

Bamako ★★★★
Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Band of Outsiders ★★★★
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Basic Instinct

Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Basic Instinct 2 ★★
Directed by Michael Caton-Jones
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Battle of Chile ★★★★
Directed by Patricio Guzman
Review by J.R. Jones

Batman Begins ★★
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Review by J.R. Jones

Films by Mario Bava
Reviews by J.R. Jones

The Beat Hotel

Directed by Alan Govenar
Review by J.R. Jones

Beau Travail ★★★★
Directed by Claire Denis
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Beautiful Boy ★★★
Directed by Shawn Ku
Review by J.R. Jones

Because of Winn-Dixie ★★★
Directed by Wayne Wang
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Beeswax ★★★
Directed by Andrew Bujalski
Review by J.R. Jones

Before Sunset ★★★★
Directed by Richard Linklater
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Behind Enemy Lines ★★
Directed by John Moore
Review by Bill Stamets

The Believer ★★★
Directed by Henry Bean
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

La Belle Noiseuse
★★★★
Directed by Jacques Rivette
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Berlin Jerusalem ★★★
Directed by Amos Gitai
Review by Fred Camper

Besieged ★★★★
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Best Worst Movie ★★
Directed by Michael Paul Stevenson
Review by J.R. Jones

The Beyond
Directed by Lucio Fulci
Review by Lisa Alspector

Beyond Rangoon ★★
Directed by John Boorman
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Big Bounce
Directed by George Armitage
Review by J.R. Jones

Big Fish ★★
Directed by Tim Burton
Review by Julien Lapointe

The Big Lebowski ★★
Directed by Joel Coen
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Big Red One: The Reconstruction ★★★★
Directed by Samuel Fuller
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Birth of Love ★★★
Directed by Philippe Garrel
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Bitter Moon ★★★★
Directed by Roman Polanski
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Bitter Victory ★★★★
Directed by Nicholas Ray
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Black Book ★★★★
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Blackboards ★★★
Directed by Samira Makhmalbaf
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Blade Runner: The Final Cut ★★★★
Directed by Ridley Scott
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Black Girl ★★★★
Directed by Ousmane Sembene
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi ★★★
Directed by Takeshi Kitano
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Blonds ★★★
Directed by Albertina Carri
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Blood Work ★★
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Bloody Child ★★★
Directed by Nina Menkes
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Blooper Bunny ★★★
Directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Blown Away

Directed by Stephen Hopkins
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Blue
★★★
Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Blue Collar ★★★
Directed by Paul Schrader
Review by Ben Sachs

The Blue Kite ★★★★
Directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Blush ★★★★
Directed by Li Shaohong
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Bobby ★★★
Directed by Emilio Estevez
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Bodies, Rest & Motion ★★
Directed by Michael Steinberg
Review Jonathan Rosenbaum

Body of Evidence
Directed by Uli Edel
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Boesman & Lena ★★★
Directed by John Berry
Review Jonathan Rosenbaum

Boiling Point ★★
Directed by James B. Harris
Review Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Book of Eli ★★★
Directed by Albert and Allen Hughes
Review by Cliff Doerksen

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Directed Joe Berlinger
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Born Into Brothels ★★★
Directed by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski
Review by J.R. Jones

The Boston Strangler ★★
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Review by J.R. Jones

Bound to Lose
Directed by Sam Wainwright Douglas and Paul Lovelace
Review by J.R. Jones

Boys Don’t Cry ★★
Directed by Kimberly Peirce
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Boys N the Hood

Directed by John Singleton
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Brady Bunch Movie
Directed by Betty Thomas
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Brakhage
Directed by Jim Sheridan
Review by Fred Camper

New Films by Stan Brakhage
Review by Fred Camper

Bram Stoker’s Dracula ★★★
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Braveheart ★★
Directed by Mel Gibson
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Breaking the Waves ★★★
Directed by Lars von Trier
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Films by Robert Breer ★★★
Review by Fred Camper

Brick ★★★
Directed by Rian Johnson
Review by J.R. Jones

Brideshead Revisited ★★★
Directed by Julian Jarrold
Review by Albert Williams

Bridesmaids ★★★★
Directed by Paul Feig
Review by J.R. Jones

The Bridges of Madison County ★★
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Brigands: Chapter VII ★★★
Directed by Otar Iosseliani
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Bright Leaves ★★★
Directed by Ross McElwee
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Brighton Rock ★★
Directed by Rowan Joffe
Review by J.R. Jones

Broadway Bill ★★★
Directed by Frank Capra
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Broken Arrow ★★★
Directed by John Woo
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Broken Flowers ★★★
Directed by Jim Jarmusch
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Brown Bunny ★★
Directed by Vincent Gallo
Review by J.R. Jones

Buck Privates ★★★
Directed by Arthur Lubin
Review by J.R. Jones

Buffalo ’66
Directed by Vincent Gallo
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Bulworth
Directed by Warren Beatty
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Films by Luis Bunuel
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Burn, Witch, Burn ★★★
Directed by Sidney Harris
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Burning Man Festival and Burning Man: Just Add Couches ★★★
Directed by Joe Winston
Review by Bill Boisvert

The Business of Strangers ★★
Directed by Patrick Stettner
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

By the Bluest of Seas ★★★★
Directed by Boris Barnet and S. Mardanov
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

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The Cable Guy ★★
Directed by Ben Stiller
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Calendar ★★★★
Directed by Atom Egoyan
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

California Trilogy ★★★
Directed by James Benning
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Can Dialectics Break Bricks? ★★
Directed by Rene Vienet
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Cape Fear

Directed by Martin Scorsese
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Capote ★★★
Directed by Bennett Miller
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Captain Milkshake ★★
Directed Richard Crawford
Review J.R. Jones

Capturing the Friedmans ★★★★
Directed by Andrew Jarecki
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Carandiru ★★★
Directed by Hector Babenco
Review by J.R. Jones

Carlos ★★★★
Directed by Olivier Assayas
Review by J.R. Jones

Caro Diario ★★★
Directed by Nanni Moretti
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Case of the Southern Cat ★★★
Directed by Chris Marker
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Casino ★★
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Casino Jack ★★★
Directed by George Hickenlooper
Review by J.R. Jones

John Cassavetes: Five Films
Review by Jeff Economy

The Cat’s Meow ★★★
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Catch Me If You Can ★★★
Review by Ben Schwartz
Directed by Steven Spielberg

Catwoman
Directed by Pitof
Review by Noah Berlatsky

The Cats of Mirikitani ★★★
Directed by Linda Hattendorf
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Central Park Five
★★★
Directed by Sarah Burns, David McMahon, and Ken Burns
Review by J.R. Jones

Centuries of Childhood, or Middletown Elegies (Zentih Year Zero): Selections From the Robert Beck Memorial Cinema
Review by Fred Camper

The Ceremony ★★★★
Directed by Claude Chabrol
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chain ★★★
Directed by Jem Cohen
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chalk ★★★
Directed by Mike Akel
Review by J.R. Jones

Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman ★★★
Directed by Chantal Akerman
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog ★★★
Directed by Don McGylnn
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Charlie Bartlett ★★★
Directed by John Poll
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

(Review not online)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ★★★
Directed by Tim Burton
Review by J.R. Jones

Che ★★
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Review by J.R. Jones

Chihwaseon ★★
Directed by Im Kwon-taek

Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Children of Men ★★★
Directed by Alfonso Cuaron
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Children of the Revolution ★★★
Directed by Peter Duncan
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and The Wardrobe ★★★
Directed by Andrew Adamson
Review by J.R. Jones

The Circle ★★★★
Directed by Jafar Panahi
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Le Ciel Est a Vous ★★★★
Directed by Jean Gremillon
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Cinderella Man ★★★
Directed by Ron Howard
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Citizen Ruth
Directed by Alexander Payne
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Class ★★★★
Directed by Laurent Cantet
Review by J.R. Jones

Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer ★★★
Directed by Alex Gibney
Review by J.R. Jones

Cliffhanger ★★
Directed by Renny Harlin
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Clockers ★★★
Directed by Spike Lee
Review by Anthony Puccinelli

The Clown ★★★
Directed by Gregori Viens
Review by J.R. Jones

Cloverfield ★★
Directed by Matt Reeves
Review by J.R. Jones

Clueless ★★★
Directed by Amy Heckerling
Review by Gina Fattore

Cobb ★★
Directed by Ron Shelton
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Coffee and Cigarettes ★★★
Directed by Jim Jarmusch
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Cold Heaven ★★★
Directed by Nicolas Roeg
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Collateral ★★★
Directed by Michael Mann
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

La Commune (Paris 1871) ★★★
Directed by Peter Watkins
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Company Men ★★★★
Directed by John Wells
Review by J.R. Jones

Compliance
★★★
Directed by Craig Zobel
Review by J.R. Jones

Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop ★★
Directed by Rodman Flender
Review by J.R. Jones

Confession ★★★★
Directed by Alexander Sokurov
Review by Fred Camper

Contact ★★
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Contagion ★★★
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Review by J.R. Jones

Contempt ★★★★
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Coriolanus
★★
Directed Ralph Fiennes
Review by J.R. Jones

The Corporation ★★★★
Directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbot
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Films by Pedro Costa
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Crash ★★★
Directed by Paul Haggis
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Crash ★★★
Directed by David Cronenberg
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

El Crimen Perfecto ★★★
Directed by Alex de la Iglesia
Review by J.R. Jones

Crimson Gold ★★★★
Directed by Jafar Panahi
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Crucible ★★★
Directed by Nicholas Hytner
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Crude ★★★
Directed by Joe Berlinger
Review by J.R. Jones

Cruel Intentions ★★
Directed by Roger Kumble
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Crumb ★★★★
Directed by Terry Zwigoff
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Crying Game
Directed by Neil Jordan
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ★★★★
Directed by David Fincher
Review by J.R. Jones

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion ★★
Directed by Woody Allen
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Cyclo ★★★★
Directed by Tran Anh Hung
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

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Damage
Directed by Louis Malle
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Dancer in the Dark ★★
Directed by Lars von Trier
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Dark Blue
Directed by Ron Shelton
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Dark City
Directed by Alex Proyas
Review by Bill Boisvert

The Dark Knight ★★★
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Review by J.R. Jones

A Dangerous Method ★★
Directed by David Cronenberg
Review by J.R. Jones

Dave ★★
Directed by Ivan Reitman
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Day After Tomorrow
Directed by Roland Emmerich
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Day I Became a Woman ★★★
Directed by Marzieh Meshkini
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Day the Sun Turned Cold ★★★
Directed by Yim Ho
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The films of Andre de Toth
Review by Fred Camper

The Dead Girl ★★★
Directed by Karen Moncrieff
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Dead Man ★★★★
Directed by Jim Jarmusch
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Dear Wendy
Directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Death at a Funeral ★★
Directed by Neil Labute
Review by J.R. Jones

Death Becomes Her
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Death of a President ★★
Directed by Gabriel Range
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Decalogue ★★★★
Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Decay of Fiction ★★★
Directed by Pat O’Neil
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Deep Blue Sea
★★★
Directed by Terence Davies
Review by J.R. Jones

Deep Cover ★★★
Directed by Bill Duke
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Deep End ★★
Directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Deep End of the Ocean ★★
Directed by Ulu Grosbard
Review Jonathan Rosenbaum

Deliver Us From Eva
Directed by Gary Hardwick
Review by J.R. Jones

Demolition Man
Directed by Marco Brambilla
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Departed ★★★
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Review by J.R. Jones

Diamond Men ★★★
Directed by Daniel M. Cohen
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Died Young, Stayed Pretty ★★
Directed by Eileen Yaghoobian
Review by J.R. Jones

Divertimento ★★★
Directed by Jacques Rivette
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ★★★★
Directed by Julian Schnabel
Review by Andrea Gronvall

Le Divorce ★★★
Directed by James Ivory
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Django Unchained

Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Review by Tal Rosenberg

Dogtooth ★★★★
Directed by Giorgos Lanthimos

Reivew by J.R. Jones

Don’t Expect Too Much ★★★
Directed by Susan Ray
Review by J.R. Jones

The Doom Generation ★★
Directed by Gregg Araki
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Down With Love ★★★★
Directed by Peyton Reed
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Landscapes of the Soul: The Cinema of Alexander Dovzhenko
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Dr. Akagi ★★★★
Directed by Shohei Imamura
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Dracula: Pages From a Virgin’s Diary ★★★
Directed by Guy Maddin
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Dragstrip Girl
Directed by Mary Lambert
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Dreamers ★★
Directed by Bernando Bertolucci
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Duets ★★
Directed by Bruce Paltrow
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Dumb and Dumber
Directed by Peter Farrelly
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

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Ears, Open. Eyeballs, Click. ★★
Directed by Canaan Brumley
Review by J.R. Jones

Echelon: The Secret Power ★★★
Directed by David Korn-Brzoza
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

EDTV ★★
Directed by Ron Howard
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Edward Scissorhands
★★★
Directed by Tim Burton
Review by Henry Sheehan

Ed Wood ★★★
Directed by Tim Burton
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Edvard Munch ★★★★
Directed by Peter Watkins
Review by J.R. Jones

The Edge of the World ★★★
Directed by Michael Powell
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Eel ★★★
Directed by Shohei Imamura
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Eighteen Springs ★★
Directed by Ann Hui
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

El Mariachi ★★★
Directed by Robert Rodriguez
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

El Valley Centro ★★
Directed by James Benning
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Elegy ★★★★
Directed by Isabel Coixet
Review by Andrea Gronvall

Elephant ★★★★
Directed by Gus Van Sant
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Engram Sepals (Melodramas 1994-2000) ★★★★
Directed by Lewis Klahr
Review by

L’Ennui ★★★
Directed by Cedric Kahn
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Escape from L.A. ★★★
Directed by John Carpenter
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ★★★★
Directed by Michel Gondry
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Eureka ★★★
Directed by Shinji Aoyama
Review by Fred Camper

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues ★★
Directed by Gus Van Sant
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Everyone Says I Love You
Directed by Woody Allen
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Everything Will Be OK ★★★★
Directed by Don Hertzfeldt
Review by J.R. Jones

Exiled ★★★★
Directed by Johnnie To
Review by Fred Camper

The Exiles ★★★★
Directed by Kent Mackenzie
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Experiment Perilous ★★★
Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Review by J.R. Jones

The Eye of Vichy
★★★
Directed by Claude Chabrol
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Eyes Wide Shut ★★★★
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Eyes Without a Face ★★★★
Directed by Georges Franju
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Exotica ★★★
Directed by Atom Egoyan
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

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Face/Off ★★★
Directed by John Woo
Review by Patrick Z. McGavin

Factory Girl ★★
Directed by George Hickenlooper
Review by J.R. Jones

Factotum ★★
Directed by Bent Hamer
Review by J.R. Jones

Fair Game ★★★
Directed by Doug Liman
Review by J.R. Jones

Fahrenheit 9/11 ★★★
Directed by Michael Moore
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

A Family Thing ★★★
Directed by Richard Pearce
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Far From Heaven ★★★★
Directed by Todd Haynes
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Farewell My Concubine ★★★★
Directed by Chen Kaige
Review by Fred Camper

Fargo ★★
Directed by Joel Coen
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Films by Harun Farocki
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Fearless ★★★
Directed by Peter Weir
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Femme Fatale ★★★
Directed by Brian De Palma
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Fetishes
Directed by Nick Broomfield
Review by Bill Stamets

Fever Pitch
Directed by Peter and Bobby Farrelly
Review by J.R. Jones

15 Minutes ★★★
Directed John Herzfeld
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

50/50 ★★★
Directed by Jonathan Levine
Review by J.R. Jones

The Fight for Life
Directed by Pare Lorentz
Review by J.R. Jones

Film Socialisme ★★★★
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Review by Ben Sachs

Find Me Guilty ★★★
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Fire in the Sky ★★
Directed by Robert Lieberman
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The First Wives Club ★★
Directed by Hugh Wilson
Review by Anthony Puccinelli

The Five Obstructions ★★
Directed by Lars von Trier
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Films by Oskar Fischinger
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Fixed Bayonets ★★★★
Directed by Samuel Fuller
Review by Fred Camper

Flesh and Bone
Directed by Steve Kloves
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Flintstones
Directed by Brian Levant
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman ★★★
Directed by Jennifer Cox
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Fog of War ★★
Directed by Errol Morris
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Forrest Gump
★★
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Fourth Dimension ★★★
Directed by Trinh T. Minh-ha
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Four Feathers ★★
Directed by Shekhar Kapur
Review by J.R. Jones

4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days ★★★★
Directed by Cristian Mungiu
Review by J.R. Jones

Ford Transit ★★★
Directed by Hany Abu-Assad
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Four Rooms
Directed by Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Foxfire ★★★
Directed by Annette Haywood-Carter
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

French Kiss
Directed by Lawrence Kasdan
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Frighteners
Directed by Peter Jackson
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

From the Journals of Jean Seberg ★★★★
Directed by Mark Rappaport
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

From the Other Side ★★★★
Directed by Chantal Akerman
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Frost/Nixon ★★★
Directed by Ron Howard
Review by J.R. Jones

Frozen River ★★★
Directed by Courtney Hunt
Review by J.R. Jones

Films by Brian Frye
Review by Fred Camper

Funny Games ••
Directed by Michael Haneke
Review by Lisa Alspector

Funny Games
Directed by Michael Haneke
Review by J.R. Jones

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Gabbeh ★★★
Directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Gangs of New York ★★★
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Films by Ernie Gehr
Review by Fred Camper

George of the Jungle ★★
Directed by Sam Weisman
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero ★★★★
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Get Smart
Directed by Peter Segal
Review by J.R. Jones

Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai ★★★
Directed by Jim Jarmusch
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Ghost World ★★★
Directed by Terry Zwigoff
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Ghosts of Mississippi ★★★
Directed by Rob Reiner
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Girl From Monday ★★★
Directed by Hal Hartley
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Girl on the River
★★★
Directed by Dang Nhat Minh
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Glass Shield ★★★
Directed by Charles Burnett
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Gleaners and I ★★★
Directed by Agnes Varda
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Gloria
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

God Bless America
★★★★
Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait
Review by J.R. Jones

The Godfather Part III
★★★
Directed By Francis Ford Coppola
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Ebrahim Golestan: Lion of Iranian Cinema
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Golub: Late Works Are the Catastrophes ★★★
Directed by Jerry Blumenthal and Gordon Quinn
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson ★★★
Directed by Alex Gibney
Review by J.R. Jones

Good Night, and Good Luck ★★
Directed by George Clooney
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Good Son
Directed by Joseph Ruben
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard ★★
Directed by Neal Brennan
Review by J.R. Jones

Gosford Park ★★★★
Directed by Robert Altman
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Graduate ★★
Directed by Mike Nichols
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Green Zone ★★
Directed by Paul Greengrass
Review by J.R. Jones

Grosse Fatigue ★★★
Directed by Michel Blanc
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Guardian Angel
★★★★
Directed by Suzanne Osten
Review by Michael Rabiger

Guilty by Suspicion
★★★
Directed by Irwin Winkler
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Gummo ★★★★
Directed by Harmony Korine
Review by Lisa Alspector

Gunner Palace ★★★★
Directed by Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein
Review by J.R. Jones

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Habit ★★★
Directed by Larry Fessenden
Review by Joshua Katzman

Half Nelson ★★★★
Directed by Ryan Fleck
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
★★★
Directed by Curtis Hanson
Review by Henry Sheehan

Hangin’ With the Homeboys
★★★★
Directed by Joseph B. Vasquez
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Harry Brown ★★★
Directed by Daniel Barber
Review by J.R. Jones

The Hart of London ★★★★
Directed by Jack Chambers
Review by Fred Camper

Hav Plenty ★★★
Directed by Christopher Scott Cherot
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Heart of the World ★★★★
Directed by Guy Maddin
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse
★★
Directed by Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, and Eleanor Coppola
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Helvetica ★★★
Directed by Gary Hustwit
Review by J.R. Jones

Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno ★★★
Directed by Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra Medrea
Review by J.R. Jones

Hide and Seek
Directed by John Polson
Review by J.R. Jones

Histoire(s) du Cinema ★★★★
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The History Boys ★★★
Directed by Nicholas Hytner
Review by J.R. Jones

A History of Violence ★★★★
Directed by David Cronenberg
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Hit and Runway ★★
Directed by Christopher Livingston
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Hoax
Directed by Lasse Hallstrom
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Hollow Man ★★★
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Homework ★★★
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Honeydripper ★★★
Directed by John Sayles
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Hook
★★
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Hooked ★★
Directed by Adrian Sitaru
Review by Jonathan Joe

Hoop Dreams ★★★
Directed by Steve James, Frederick Marx, and Peter Gilbert
Review by Bill Stamets

The Hours and Times ★★★
Directed by Christopher Munch
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

House of Cards ★★★
Directed by Michael Lessac
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

House of Pleasures
★★★
Directed by Bertrand Bonello
Review by Ben Sachs

The Housemaid ★★★★
Directed by Im Sang-Soo
Review by Ben Sachs

Housesitter
★★
Directed by Frank Oz
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days ★★
Directed by Donald Petrie
Review by J.R. Jones

Howl’s Moving Castle ★★★★
Directed Hayao Miyazaki
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Films by Hou Hsiao-hsien
Reviews by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Human Nature
Directed by Michel Gondry
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

L’Humanite ★★★
Directed by Bruno Dumont
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

A Humble Life ★★
Directed by Alexander Sokurov
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Hunger ★★★
Directed by Steve McQueen
Review by J.R. Jones

The Hurt Locker ★★★★
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Review by J.R. Jones

Hyenas ★★★
Directed by Djibril Diop
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

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I Am Cuba ★★★
Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

I Am Cuba, Siberian Mammoth ★★★
Directed by Vicente Ferraz
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

I Am Curious, Film ★★
Directed by Stig Bjorkman
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

I Love You, Phillip Morris
Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa
Review by J.R. Jones

I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Directed by Dennis Dugan
Review by J.R. Jones

I Stand Alone ★★★★
Directed by Gaspar Noe
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

I Think I Love My Wife ★★
Directed by Chris Rock
Review by J.R. Jones

I’ll Do Anything
★★
Directed by James L. Brooks
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

I’m Going Home ★★★★
Directed by Manuel de Oliveira
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

I’m Not There ★★★
Directed by Todd Haynes
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

An Ideal Husband ★★★
Directed by Olivia Parker
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Illusionist ★★★★
Directed by Neil Burger
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Imposter
★★★
Directed by Bart Layton
Review by J.R. Jones

In Praise of Love ★★★★
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

In the Family
★★★★
Directed by Patrick Wang
Review by J.R. Jones

In the Land of the Deaf ★★★
Directed by Nicolas Philibert
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

In the Mirror of Maya Deren ★★★★
Directed by Martina Kudlacek
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

In the Mouth of Madness ★★★
Directed by John Carpenter
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

In the Realms of the Unreal ★★
Directed by Jessica Yu
Review by J.R. Jones

An Inconvenient Truth ★★★
Directed by Davis Guggenheim
Review by J.R. Jones

India Matri Bhumi ★★★★
Directed by Roberto Rossellini
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Infamous ★★
Directed by Douglas McGrath
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Inflation ★★★
Directed by Cyril Endfield
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Informers
Directed by Gregor Jordan
Review by J.R. Jones

Inland Empire ★★★★
Directed by David Lynch
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Inside Deep Throat ★★
Directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato
Review by J.R. Jones

Insidious
Directed by James Wan
Review by Ben Sachs

The Interrupters ★★★★
Directed by Steve James
Review by Andrea Gronvall

Into the Abyss ★★★
Directed by Werner Herzog
Review by J.R. Jones

Inventing the Abbotts ★★★
Directed by Pat O’Connor
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Irma Vep ★★★★
Directed by Olivier Assayas
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Irreversible
Directed by Gaspar Noe
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

It Happened Here ★★★
Directed by Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

It’s All True: Based On An Unfinished Film By Orson Welles ★★★
Directed by Richard Wilson, Myron Meisel, and Bill Krohn
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Films by Joris Ivens
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

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J. Edgar ★★★
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Review by J.R. Jones

Jane Eyre ★★★
Directed by Cary Fukunaga
Review by J.R. Jones

Jazz ’34: Remembrances of Kansas City Swing ★★★
Directed by Robert Altman
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Jean Renoir, The Boss: The Direction of Actors: Dialogue ★★★★
Directed by Jacques Rivette
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Jennifer’s Body ★★
Directed by Karyn Kusama
Review by Noah Berlatsky

Jersey Girl ★★
Directed by Kevin Smith
Review by J.R. Jones

Jesus Camp ★★
Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
Review by J.R. Jones

JLG x JLG ★★★
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Jon Jost Retrospective
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Cartoons by Chuck Jones
Review by Fred Camper

The Journey
Directed by Jasmina Blazevic
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Ju Dou
★★★
Directed by Zhang Yimou
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Jughead
Directed by Sam Mendes
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Junior
Directed by Ivan Reitman
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

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K-Pax ★★
Directed by Iain Softley
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Kandahar ★★★
Directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Kate and Leopold ★★
Directed by James Mangold
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Khroustaliov, My Car! ★★★
Directed by Alexei Guerman
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Films by Abbas Kiarostami
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Kick-Ass ★★★
Directed by Matthew Vaughn
Review by Jonathan Joe

Kicking and Screaming ★★★
Directed by Noah Baumbach
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Kids Are All Right ★★★★
Directed by Lisa Cholodenko
Review by J.R. Jones

The Kid With a Bike
★★★★
Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Review by Ben Sachs

Killer Joe
★★★
Directed by William Friedkin
Review by Drew Hunt

Killer of Sheep ★★★★
Directed by Charles Burnett
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

King Arthur
Directed by Antione Fuqua
Review by Hank Sartin

The King Is Alive
Directed by Kristian Levring
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Kikujiro ★★★
Directed by Takeshi Kitano
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Kingdom ★★
Directed by lars von Trier
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Kippur ★★★
Directed by Amos Gitai
Review by Fred Camper

Kissed ★★
Directed by Lynna Stopkewich
Review by Lisa Alspector

Kiss Me Kate ★★★★
Directed by George Sidney
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Kiss of Death ★★
Directed by Barbet Schroeder
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Knocked Up ★★★
Directed Judd Apatow
Review by J.R. Jones

The Ernie Kovacs Collection
Review by J.R. Jones

Films by Daniel Kraus
Review by Ed M. Koziarski

Kung-Fu Hustle ★★★
Directed by Stephen Chow
Review by Kevin B. Lee

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The Ladykillers ★★
Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Lakeview Terrace ★★★★
Directed by Neil LaBute
Review by J.R. Jones

Larger than Life ★★
Directed by Howard Franklin
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Last Action Hero ★★
Directed by John McTiernan
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Last Bolshevik ★★★★
Directed by Chris Marker
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Last Conversation ★★★★
Directed by Sally Banes
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Last Days
Directed by Gus van Sant
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Last Good Time ★★★
Directed by Bob Balaban
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Last King of Scotland ★★★★
Directed by Kevin MacDonald
Review by J.R. Jones

The Last Seduction ★★★★
Directed by John Dahl
Review by Joshua Katzman

Last Year at Marienbad ★★★★
Directed by Alain Resnais
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

L’Atalante
★★★★
Directed by Jean Vigo
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Latcho Drom ★★★★
Directed by Tony Gatlif
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Late Chrysanthemums ★★★★
Directed by Mikio Naruse
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

A League of Their Own ★★

Directed by Penny Marshall
Reviewed by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Le Samourai ★★★
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Films of Christian Lebrat
Review by Fred Camper

Let the Right One In ★★★
Directed by Tomas Alfredson
Review by J.R. Jones

Letters From Iwo Jima ★★★★
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Life During Wartime ★★
Directed by Todd Solonz
Review by J.R. Jones

Life Stinks
★★
Directed by Mel Brooks
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Light Sleeper ★★
Directed by Paul Schrader
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Lincoln
★★★★
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Review by J.R. Jones

Lion King ★★
Directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Little Buddha ★★
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Little Girl from Hanoi
★★★
Directed by Hai Ninh
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Little Man Tate
★★★
Directed by Jodie Foster
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Little Odessa
Directed by James Gray
Review by Anthony Puccinelli

A Little Princess ★★★
Directed by Alfonso Cuaron
Review by Anthony Puccinelli

Live Freaky! Die Freaky! ★★
Directed by John Roecker
Review by J.R. Jones

The Long Day Closes ★★★★
Directed by Terence Davies
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Looney Tunes: Back in Action ★★★
Directed by Joe Dante
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Lord of Illusions
Directed by Clive Barker
Review by Anthony Puccinelli

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ★★★
Directed by Peter Jackson
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Lord of War ★★★
Directed by Andrew Niccol
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Films by Pare Lorentz
Review by J.R. Jones

Lorna’s Silence ★★★
Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Review by J.R. Jones

Los Angeles Plays Itself ★★★★
Directed by Thom Andersen
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Lost in La Mancha ★★
Directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Lost City
Directed by Andy Garcia
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Lost Highway ★★★
Directed by David Lynch
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Review by Bill Stamets

Love Affair
Directed by Glenn Gordon Caron
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Love and Other Drugs ★★
Directed by Edward Zwick
Review by Jake Whitney

The Lover ★★
Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
Review by Ted Shen

The Lovers of the Arctic Circle ★★★
Directed by Julio Medem
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Loyal 47 Ronin ★★★★
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Review by Fred Camper

The Lucky Ones ★★★
Directed by Neil Burger
Review by J.R. Jones

The Luzhin Defence
Directed by Marleen Gorris
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Lumiere Ete ★★★★
Directed by Jean Gremillion
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Lyrical Nitrate ★★★
Directed by Peter Delpeut
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

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M ★★★★
Directed by Fritz Lang
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Films of Christopher Maclaine
Review by Fred Camper

Magic Mike
★★★
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Review by Ben Sachs

The Maid ★★★
Directed by Sebastian Silva
Review by J.R. Jones

Major Payne
Directed by Nick Castle
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Malcolm X ★★
Directed by Spike Lee
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Mamma Roma ★★★
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Man on Fire ★★★
Directed by Tony Scott
Review by Andrea Gronvall

Man Hunt ★★★
Directed by Fritz Lang
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Man Nobody Knew ★★★
Directed by Carl Colby
Review by J.R. Jones

Man of the West ★★★★
Directed by Anthony Mann
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Manchurian Candidate ★★★★
Directed by Jonathan Demme
Review by Cliff Doerksen

Magnificent Obsession: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Buildings and Legacy in Japan ★★
Directed by Karen Severns and Kochi Mori
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Majestic
Directed by Frank Darabont
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Malcolm X ★★
Directed by Spike Lee
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Manhattan Murder Mystery•★★
Directed by Woody Allen
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

El Mariachi ★★★
Directed by Robert Rodriguez
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Mars Attacks! •★★
Directed by Tim Burton
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The films of Yasuzo Masamura
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Masculine Feminine ★★
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Match Factory Girl ★★;
Directed by Aki Kaurismaki
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Matinee ★★★
Directed by Joe Dante
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Matrix ★★★
Directed by Andy and Lary Wachowski
Review by Bill Stamets

McLuhan’s Wake ★★★
Directed by Kevin McMahon
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Me and You and Everyone We Know ★★★
Directed by Miranda July
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Mean Creek ★★★
Directed by Jacob Aaron Estes
Review by Cliff Doerksen

Medea ★★★
Directed by Lars von Trier
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Melinda and Melinda
Directed by Woody Allen
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Men in Black ★★★
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Merry Marilyn!
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Mesrine: Killer Instinct ★★★
Directed by Jean-Francois Richet
Review by J.R. Jones

Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 ★★★
Directed by Jean-Francois Richet
Review by J.R. Jones

Metropolis ★★★★
Directed by Fritz Lang
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Midnight in Paris ★★★
Directed by Woody Allen
Review by J.R. Jones

A Mighty Heart ★★★
Directed by Michael Winterbottom
Review by J.R. Jones

Milk ★★★
Directed by Gus van Sant
Review by J.R. Jones

Million Dollar Baby ★★★★
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Mindhunters ★★
Directed by Renny Harlin
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Mindwalk ★★
Directed by Bernt Capra
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Minority Report ★★★
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Miracle ★★
Directed by Gavin O’Connor
Review by J.R. Jones

Mission: Impossible 2
Directed by John Woo
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Les Modeles de “Pickpocket” ★★★
Directed by Babette Mangolte
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum


Films by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Moliere ★★
Directed by Laurent Tirard
Review by Ryan Wenzel

Moments Choisis des Histoire(s) du Cinema ★★★★
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Mona Lisa Smile
Directed by Mike Newell
Review by Elizabeth M. Tammy

Moneyball ★★★
Directed by Bennett Miller
Review by J.R. Jones

Monday Morning ★★
Directed by Otar Iosseliani
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Monster’s Ball ★★
Directed by Marc Forster
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Monster-In-Law
Directed by Robert Luketic
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Montparnasse 19 ★★
Directed by Jacques Becker
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Mortal Thoughts
★★
Directed by Alan Rudolph
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Mother ★★★
Directed by Albert Brooks
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Mother and Child ★★★
Directed by Rodrigo Garcia
Review by J.R. Jones

The Mothman Prophecies ★★★
Directed by Mark Pellington
Review by Bill Stamets

El Movimiento ★★★
Directed by Peter Thompson
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Luc Moullet: Agent Provocateur of the New Wave
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Movin’ on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions, 1965-1973 ★★★
Directed by David Peck, Phillip Galloway, and Tom Gulotta
Review by J.R. Jones

Mozart Quarter ★★★
Directed by Jean-Pierre Bekolo
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Mr. Coconut
★★
Directed by Clifton Ko
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Mr. Jealousy •••
Directed by Noah Baumbach
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Mr. Zhao •••
Directed by Lu Yue
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Directed by Doug Liman
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Mulan
Directed by Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook
Review by Matt Roth

Multiplicity
Directed by Harold Ramis
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Take No Prisoners: The Bold Vision of Kira Muratova
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum
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The Muse ••
Directed by Albert Brooks
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Music of Chance ••
Directed by Philip Haas
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Murder of Emmet Till
Directed by Stanley Nelson
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

My Best Fiend
Directed by Werner Herzog
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

My Best Friend’s Wedding ★★★
Directed by P.J. Hogan
Review by Gina Fattore

My Cousin Vinny
★★★
Directed by Jonathan Lynn
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

My Dad Is 100 Years Old ★★★
Directed by Guy Maddin
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

My Father’s Glory
★★★
Directed by Yves Robert
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

My Giant ★★★
Directed by Michael Lehmann
Review by Lisa Alspector

My Life ★★
Directed by Bruce Joel Rubin
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

My Life and Times with Antonin Artaud ★★★
Directed by Gerard Mordillat
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

My Life’s in Turnaround
★★
Directed by Eric Schaeffer and Donal Lardner Ward
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

My New Gun
Directed by Stacy Cochran
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

My Private War ★★
Directed by Harriet Eder and Thomas Kufus
Review by Fred Camper

Mysteries of Lisbon ★★★★
Directed by Raul Ruiz
Review by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Mysterious Object at Noon ★★★
Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Directed by Jim Mallon
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Mystic River ★★
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

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Naked ★★★
Directed by Mike Leigh
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Naked Lunch
★★★★
Directed by David Cronenberg
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Naked Spur ★★★★
Directed by Anthony Mann
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Nasty Girl
★★
Directed by Michael Verhoeven
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property ★★★★
Directed by Charles Burnett
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Natural Born Killers
Directed by Oliver Stone
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Negative Space ★★★
Directed Chris Petit
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Neighboring Sounds
★★★★
Directed by Kleber Mendonca Filho
Review by J.R. Jones

Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud ★★★
Directed by Claude Sautet
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Neon Bible ★★★
Directed by Terence Davies
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Never Let Me Go ★★
Directed by Mark Romanek
Review by J.R. Jones

New Suits ★★
Directed by Francois Valle
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Newton Boys ★★★
Directed by Richard Linklater
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Night and Day ★★★★
Directed by Chantal Akerman
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Night on Earth
★★
Directed by Jim Jarmusch
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Nightjohn ★★★★
Directed by Charles Burnett
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Nightmare Alley
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Review by Cliff Doerksen

Nights of Cabiria ★★★★
Directed by Federico Fellini
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

9 Songs ★★
Directed by Michael Winterbottom
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

9 1/2 Weeks with van Gogh ★★★
Directed by Maurice Pialat
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Nixon
Directed by Oliver Stone
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

No Country for Old Men
Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

No Smoking ★★★
Directed by Alain Resnais
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

No Such Thing ★★
Directed by Hal Hartley
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum
Review not online

Nobody’s Fool ★★★
Directed by Robert Benton
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Nobody’s Perfect ★★★
Directed by Nino von Glasow
Review by Cliff Doerksen

The Nomi Song ★★★
Directed by Andrew Horn
Review by J.R. Jones

Norte Music ★★★
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

North Face ★★★
Directed by Phillip Stolzl
Review by Andrea Gronvall

North on Evers ★★★
Directed by James Benning
Review by Jonathan Rosebaum

Nostalgia for the Light ★★★★
Directed by Patricio Guzman
Review by J.R. Jones

Not on the Lips ★★★★
Directed by Alain Resnais
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Notorious Bettie Page ★★★
Directed by Mary Harron
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today ★★
Directed by Stuart Schulberg
Review by J.R. Jones

The Nutty Professor ★★
Directed by Tom Shadyac
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

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The Oath ★★★
Directed by Laura Poitras
Review by J.R. Jones

Offside ★★★★
Directed by Jafar Panahi
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Okraina ★★★★
Directed by Boris Barnet
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Oleanna ★★★
Directed by David Mamet
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

On the Bowery
★★★★
Directed by Lionel Rogosin
Review by J.R. Jones

Once Around
★★★
Directed by Lasse Hallstrom
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

One Day in the Life of Andre Arsenevich ★★★★
Directed by Chris Marker
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

100 Years of Japanese Cinema
Directed by Nagisa Oshima
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival 2009
Review by Fred Camper

Oporto of My Childhood ★★★★
Directed by Manoel de Oliveira
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Or ★★★
Directed by Keren Yedaya
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies ★★
Directed by Michel Hazanavicius
Review by J.R. Jones

Othello
★★★★
Directed by Orson Welles
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Other Irene ★★★
Directed by Andrei Gruzsniczki
Review by Jonathan Joe

Out of Sight
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Out 1 ★★★★
Directed by Jacques Rivette
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdochs War on Journalism
Directed by Robert Greenwald
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Outrage ★★★
Directed by Takeshi Kitano
Review by Ben Sachs

Overnight ★★★
Directed by Mark Brian
Review by J.R. Jones

Films by Yasujiro Ozu
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

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Palindromes ★★★★
Directed by Todd Solondz
Review by J.R. Jones

The Panama Deception ★★★
Directed by Barbara Trent
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Pans Labyrinth ★★★★
Directed by Guillermo Del Toro
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Patriot
Directed by Roland Emmerich
Review by Reece Pendleton

Peace, Love, and Misunderstanding

Directed by Bruce Beresford
Review by J.R. Jones

The People vs. George Lucas ★★
Directed by Alexandre O. Philippe
Review by J.R. Jones

Pere Portabella: Cinema From the Spanish Underground
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Persepolis
Directed by Mira Nair
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Persepolis ★★★
Directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
Review by J.R. Jones

The Pharoah’s Belt ★★★★
Directed by Lewis Klahr
Review by Fred Camper

Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune ★★
Directed by Kenneth Browser
Review by J.R. Jones

Philadelphia
Directed by Jonathan Demme
Review by Larry Kramer

Pi
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Review by Bill Boisvert

The Piano
★★★
Directed by Jane Campion
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Pictures of an Exhibition(ist): The Films of Brian Frye ★★★
Review by Fred Camper

Pistol Opera ★★★★
Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Player

Directed by Robert Altman
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Please Give ★★★★
Directed by Nicole Holofcener

Review by J.R. Jones

The Pledge ★★★
Directed by Sean Penn
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Plow That Broke the Plains
Directed by Pare Lorentz
Review by J.R. Jones

Poison
★★★
Directed by Todd Haynes
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Ponette ★★★
Directed by Jacques Doillon
Review by Patrick Z. McGavin

Poor Little Rich Girl ★★★★
Directed by Andy Warhol
Review by Fred Camper

The Popovich Brothers of South Chicago ★★
Directed by Jill Godmilow
Review by J.R. Jones

Possession
★★★★
Directed by Andrzej Zulawski
Review by Ben Sachs

Poverties ★★★
Directed by Laurie Dunphy
Review by Fred Camper

Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Time ★★★
Directed by John Junkerman
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

A Prairie Home Companion ★★★
Directed by Robert Altman
Review by J.R. Jones

Prelude to a Kiss ★★
Directed by Norman Rene
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The films of Otto Preminger
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Pride and Prejudice
Directed by Joe Wright
Review by Elizabeth M. Tammy

Priest ★★
Directed by Antonia Bird
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Private Conversations: On the Set of Death of a Salesman
★★★
Directed by Christian Blackwood
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Private Fears in Public Places ★★★★
Directed by Alain Resnais
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Private Parts
Directed by Betty Thomas
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Privilege
★★★
Directed by Yvonne Rainer
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Prophecy★★

Directed by Gregory Widen
Review by Anthony Puccinelli

Psycho

Directed by Gus Van Sant
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Public Enemies ★★
Directed by Michael Mann
Review by J.R. Jones

Pulp Fiction ★★★
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Review by Jonathan Rosenbam

Pumpkin ★★★
Directed by Adam Larson Broder and Tony R. Abrams
Review by Jonathan Rosenbam

Pushing Tin ★★
Directed by Mike Newell
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Putin’s Kiss

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★★
Directed by Lisa Birk Pedersen
Review by J.R. Jones

Quantum of Solace ★★★
Directed by Marc Forster
Review by Noah Berlatsky

Quills ★★★
Directed by Phillip Kaufman
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Quiz Show ★★★
Directed by Robert Redford
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

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Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation
Directed by Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala
Review by Lee Sandlin

A Rage in Harlem
★★★
Directed by Bill Duke
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Rampart
★★★
Directed by Oren Moverman
Review by J.R. Jones

The Raven
★★★
Directed by James McTeigue
Review by J.R. Jones

Redbelt ★★★
Directed by David Mamet
Review by J.R. Jones

The Reader ★★★
Directed by Stephen Daldry
Reivew by J.R. Jones

Rear Window ★★★★
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Red ★★★★
Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Red Hollywood ★★★
Directed by Thom Andersen and Noel Burch
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Red Riding: 1974 ★★★
Directed by Julian Jarrold
Review by J.R. Jones

Red Riding: 1980 ★★★
Directed by James Marsh
Review by J.R. Jones

Red Riding: 1983 ★★
Directed by Anand Tucker
Review by J.R. Jones

Reel Paradise ★★
Directed by Steve James
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Ref
★★★
Directed by Ted Demme
Review by Kelly Vance

Religulous ★★
Directed by Larry Charles
Review by J.R. Jones

Requiem for a Dream ★★
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Directed by Alexander Witt
Review by Cliff Doerksen

Resident Evil: Retribution
★★
Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson
Review by Drew Hunt

Restless
Directed by Gus van Sant
Review by J.R. Jones

Restrepo ★★★★
Directed by Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington
Review by J.R. Jones

The Retired General
★★
Directed by Nguyen Khac Loi
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Rhapsody in August
★★★
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Right at Your Door ★★
Directed by Chris Gorak
Review by J.R. Jones

Rising Sun ★★
Directed by Philip Kaufman
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The River
Directed by Pare Lorentz
Review by J.R. Jones

The River★★★★
Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Road to Nowhere ★★★★
Directed by Monte Hellman
Review by Fred Camper

Road to Perdition ★★
Directed by Sam Mends
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Roads of Kiarostami ★★★
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Rock School ★★★
Directed by Don Argott
Review by J.R. Jones

Films by Eric Rohmer
Review by Patrick Z. McGavin

Romance ★★★
Directed by Catherine Breillat
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Rosenstrasse
Directed by Margarethe von Trotta
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Rosetta ★★★★
Directed by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Royal Tenenbaums ★★★
Directed by Wes Anderson
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Rumble in the Bronx ★★
Directed by Stanley Tong
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Run Lola Run ★★
Directed by Tom Tykwer
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Rushmore ★★★
Directed by Wes Anderson
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

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The Saddest Music in the World ★★★★
Directed by Guy Maddin
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Safe ★★★
Directed by Todd Haynes
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Samaritan Girl
Directed by Kim Ki-Duk
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Same River Twice ★★★★
Directed by Robb Moss
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic ★★★
Directed by Liam Lynch
Review by J.R. Jones

Saraband ★★
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Satantango ★★★★
Directed by Bela Tarr
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Savage Nights
★★★
Directed by Cyril Collard
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Saving Private Ryan
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Saw II
Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
Review by J.R. Jones

A Scanner Darkly ★★★★
Directed by Richard Linklater
Review by Andrea Gronvall

The Scent of Green Papaya
★★★
Directed by Tran Anh Hung
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Schindler’s List
★★★
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Scoop
Directed by Woody Allen
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Score ★★
Directed by Frank Oz
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Scream ★★★
Directed by Wes Craven
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Second Heimat
★★★★
Directed by Edgar Reitz
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Secret Ballot ★★★
Directed by Babak Payami
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Secret of the Grain ★★★★
Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
Review by J.R. Jones

Secret Window
Directed by David Koepp
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Secrets and Lies ★★★
Directed by Mike Leigh
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
★★★
Directed by Lorene Scafaria
Review by J.r. Jones

The Sentinel ★★
Directed by Arnaud Desplechin
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

A Separation
★★★
Directed by Asghar Farhadi
Review by J.R. Jones

September 11 ★★★★
Various Directors
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Serial Mom
★★
Directed by John Waters
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Sesame Street at 40 ★★★

Sing! The Music of Sesame Street ★★★
Review by J.R. Jones

Seven ★★★
Directed by David Fincher
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

17 Girls
★★★
Directed by Delphine and Muriel Coulin
Review by J.R. Jones

The Seventh Python ★★
Directed by Burt Kearns
Review by J.R. Jones

The Seventh Python ★★
Directed by Burt Kearns
Review by J.R. Jones

The Seventh Victim ★★★★
Directed by Mark Robson
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Sexy Beast ★★
Directed by Jonathan Glazer
Review by Joshua Katzman

Shadow of the Vampire
Directed by E. Elias Mehrige
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Directed by Allan Arkush
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Shame

Directed by Steve McQueen
Review by Ben Sachs

Shanghai Noon
Directed by Tom Dey
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Shape of Things ★★★
Directed by Neil Labute
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Shaun of the Dead ★★
Directed by Edgar Wright
Review by J.R. Jones

She’s So Lovely ★★★
Directed by Nick Cassavetes
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Sheltering Sky
★★
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Sherlock Holmes
Directed by Guy Ritchie
Review by J.R. Jones

Shine a Light ★★
Directed by Martin Scorsese

Review by J.R. Jones

Short Cuts ★★★
Directed by Robert Altman
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Shower ★★
Directed by Zhang Yang
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Sicko ★★★
Directed by Michael Moore
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Side/Walk/Shuffle ★★★★
Directed by Ernie Gehr
Review by Fred Camper

Signs and Wonders ★★★
Directed by Jonathan Nossiter
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Silent Light ★★★
Directed by Carlos Reygadas
Review by J.R. Jones

Silver City
Directed by John Sayles
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Silverlake Life: the View From Here ★★★★
Directed by Tom Joslin and Peter Friedman
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Simone ★★★
Directed by Andrew Niccol
Review by Bill Stamets

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A Simple Life
★★★★
Directed by Ann Hui
Review by Ben Sachs

Sink or Swim
★★★
Directed by Su Friedrich
Review by Fred Camper

The Films of Douglas Sirk
Review by Fred Camper

Skyfall
★★★
Directed by Sam Mendes
Review by J.R. Jones

The Sleepy Time Gal ★★★
Directed by Christopher Munch
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum
Review not online

Sleep ★★★★
Directed by Andy Warhol
Review by Fred Camper

Sleepy Hollow ★★★
Directed by Joe Dante
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Sling Blade ★★★
Directed by Billy Bob Thorton
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Small Soldiers ★★★★
Directed by Tim Burton
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Small Time Croos ★★
Directed by Woody Allen
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Films and Video by John Smith
Review by Fred Camper

Smoke
Directed by Wayne Wang
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Smoking ★★★
Directed by Alain Resnais
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Snake Eyes ★★
Directed by Brian De Palma
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Snow Angels ★★★
Directed by David Gordon Greene
Review by J.R. Jones

The Social Network ★★★
Directed by David Fincher
Review by J.R. Jones

Soft and Hard (A Soft Conversation Between Two Friends on a Hard Subject) ★★★★
Directed by Anne-Marie Mieville and Jean-Luc Godard
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Solaris
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Son of Gascogne ★★★
Directed by Pascal Aubier
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Son of the Pink Panther
Directed by Blake Edwards
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Sonatine ★★★
Directed by Takeshi Kitano
Review by Patrick Z. McGavin

South ★★★
Directed by Frank Hurley
Review by Fred Camper

SpaceDisco One ★★
Directed by Damon Packard
Review by J.R. Jones

Spanglish ★★
Directed by James L. Brooks
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Spanking the Monkey ★★
Directed by David O. Russell
Review by Joshua Katzman

Spartacus
★★★
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Special Effects
Directed by Ben Burtt
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Speed ★★
Directed by Jan De Bont
Review by Kevin McKeough

Spider-Man 2 ★★★
Directed by Sam Raimi
Review by Julien Lapointe

Spin ★★★★
Directed by Brian Springer
Review by Bill Stamets

Spy Game ★★
Directed by Tony Scott
Review by Bill Stamets

Star Spangled to Death ★★★
Directed by Ken Jacobs
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith ★★★
Directed by George Lucas
Review by J.R. Jones

Star Wars: Special Edition
Directed by George Lucas
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Starlet
★★
Directed by Sean Baker
Review by Ben Sachs

Starting Out in the Evening ★★★
Directed by Andrew Wagner
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Stevie ★★★★
Directed by Steve James
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Stone Reader ★★★
Directed by Mark Moskowitz
Review Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Story of Qiu Ju ★★★★
Directed by Zhang Yimou
Review Jonathan Rosenbaum

Strange Culture ★★★
Directed by Lynn Hershman-Leeson
Review by J.R. Jones

Strange Days ★★★
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Straight Story ★★★
Directed by David Lynch
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

A Streetcar Named Desire ★★★
Directed by Elia Kazan
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Stromboli ★★★★
Directed Roberto Rossellini
Review by Fred Camper

Stuck on You ★★★
Directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Sunday ★★★
Directed by Jonathan Nossiter
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Sunshine ★★★
Directed by Danny Boyle
Review by J.R. Jones

Super Size Me
Directed by Morgan Spurlock
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Super Sucker
Directed by Jeff Daniels
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Supercop
Directed by Stanley Tong
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Suzhou River ★★
Directed by Lou Ye
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Swing Vote ★★
Directed by Joshua Michael Stern
Review by J.R. Jones

Swingers ★★★
Directed by Doug Liman
Review by Gina Fattore

A Swiss Rebel: Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908-1942) ★★★
Directed by Carole Bonstein
Review by Andrea Reimann

Switch

Directed by Blake Edwards
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Sylvia ★★
Directed Christine Jeffs
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

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Tabloid ★★★
Directed by Errol Morris
Review by J.R. Jones

Taboo ★★★★
Directed by Nagisa Oshima
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Take This Waltz
★★★
Directed by Sarah Polley
Review by J.R. Jones

A Tale of Springtime ★★★
Directed by Eric Rohmer
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

A Tale of Two Sisters
Directed by Kim Jee-Woon
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Tank Girl ★★
Directed by Rachel Talalay
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Tape ★★★
Directed by Richard Linklater
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Films by Bela Tarr
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Films by Jacques Tati


Reviews by Fred Camper

Taxi Driver ★★★
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Team America: World Police ★★
Directed by Trey Parker
Review by J.R. Jones

10 ★★★
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Ten Commandments ★★★
Directed by Cecil B. De Mille
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

10 on Ten ★★★
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines ★★
Directed by Jonathan Mostow
Review by J.R. Jones

Terri ★★★
Directed by Azazel Jacobs
Review by J.R. Jones

Thank You for Smoking ★★★
Directed by Jason Reitman
Review by J.R. Jones

The Final Insult ★★
Directed by Charles Burnett
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Mother and the Whore ★★★★
Directed by Jean Eustache
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Thin Red Line ★★★
Directed by Terrence Malick
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Thomas Crown Affair ★★
Directed by John McTiernan
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Third Man ★★★
Directed by Carold Reed
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Thieves ★★★★
Directed by Andre Techine
Review Jonathan Rosenbaum

13 (Tzameti)
Directed by Gela Babluani
Review Jonathan Rosenbaum

Thirteenth
Directed by Josef Rusnak
Review by Joanthan Rosenbaum

30 Frames a Second: The WTO in Seattle ★★★
Directed by Rustin Thompson
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

This Film Is Not Yet Rated ★★
Directed by Kirby Dick
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

This Revolution ★★★
Directed by Stephen Marshall
Review by J.R. Jones

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada ★★★★
Directed by Tommy Lee Jones
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Three Lives and Only One Death ★★★
Directed by Raul Ruiz
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Three Stooges 70th Annivoisary Blowout
Review by J.R. Jones

Three Times ★★★★
Directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Three Extremes: Cut ★★
Directed by Chan-Wook Park
Review by J.R. Jones

Through the Olive Trees ★★★★
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Tic Code ★★
Directed by Gary Winick
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Time Code ★★
Directed by Mike Figgis
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Time Out ★★★★
Directed by Laurent Cantet
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Time Regained ★★★
Directed Raul Ruiz
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Tin Cup ★★
Directed Ron Shelton
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

To Lavoiseier Who Died in the Reign of Terror
★★★★
Directed by Michael Snow
Review by Fred Camper

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Directed by Beeban Kidron
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Tonight You’re Mine
★★★★
Directed by David Mackenzie
Review by Ben Sachs

Total Eclipse
Directed by Agnieszka Holland
Review by Anthony Puccinelli

Touch of Evil ★★★★
Directed by Orson Welles
Review by Fred Camper

Trainspotting ★★★
Directed by Danny Boyle
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Tree of Life ★★★★
Directed by Terrence Malick
Review by J.R. Jones

Trixie ★★
Directed by Alan Rudolph
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Troll 2
Directed by Claudio Fragasso
Review by J.R. Jones

True Grit ★★★
Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
Review by J.R. Jones

The Truman Show ★★
Directed by Peter Weir
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Truth or Dare
★★★
Directed by Alek Keshishian
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

25th Hour ★★★★
Directed by Spike Lee
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Twilight ★★★
Directed by Robert Benton
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ★★
Directed by David Slade
Review by Noah Berlatsky

2 Days in New York
★★
Directed by Julie Delpy
Review by J.R. Jones

2 x 50 Years of French Cinema ★★★★
Directed by Anne-Marie Meiville and Jean-Luc Godard
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Twhylight (Duelle)
★★★★
Directed by Jacques Rivette
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Typically British
Directed by Mike Dibb and Stephen Frears
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

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Ulee’s Gold ★★
Directed by Victor Nunez
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg ★★★★
Directed by Jacques Demy
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Directed by David Leaf and John Scheinfeld
Review by J.R. Jones

Under the Sand ★★★
Directed by Francois Ozon
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Underground Zero ★★
Various Directors
Review by Bill Stamets

The Underneath ★★★
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Unlawful Entry ★★
Directed by Jonathan Kaplan
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Uncle Ninio ★★
Directed by Bob Shallcross
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The United States of Leland ★★
Directed by Matthew Ryan Hodge
Review by Mark Ervin

Universal Hotel ★★★★
Directed by Peter Thompson
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Universal Soldier ★★
Directed by Roland Emmerich
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Until the Light Takes Us
Directed by Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell
Review by Cliff Doerksen

An Unreasonable Man ★★★★
Directed by Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan
Review by J.R. Jones

Unzipped ★★
Directed by Douglas Keeve
Review by Bill Stamets

Up Down Fragile ★★★★
Directed by Jacques Rivette
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Up in the Air ★★
Directed by Jason Reitman
Review by J.R. Jones

Utopia ★★★
Directed by James Benning
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

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Valley of Abraham ★★★
Directed by Manoel de Oliveira
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Vanilla Sky ★★
Directed by Cameron Crowe
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Van Gogh ★★★
Directed by Maurice Pialat
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Venice/Venice ★br/>
Directed by Henry Jaglom
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Vertical Ray of the Sun ★★★
Directed by Tan Anh Hung
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

A Very Long Engagement ★★
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Review by J.R. Jones

Vicky Christina Barcelona ★★★
Directed by Woody Allen
Review by Andrea Gronvall

Videos by Sadie Benning
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Visions of Light: the Art of Cinematography ★★★
Directed by Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy, and Stuart Samuels
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Visitor ★★★★
Directed by Thomas McCarthy
Review by J.R. Jones

The Voice of the Moon ★★
Directed by Federico Fellini
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Volcano
Directed by Mick Jackson
Review by Bill Stamets

Vulgaria
★★★
Directed by Pang Ho-cheung
Review by Ben Sachs

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The Wackness ★★★
Directed by Jonathan Levine
Review by J.R. Jones

Waco: The Rules of Engagement ★★
Directed by William Gazecki
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Wages of Fear
★★★
Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Wagner & Me
★★
Directed by Patrick McGrady
Review by J.R. Jones

Wake in Fright
★★★★
Directed by Ted Kotcheff
Review by Drew Hunt

Waking the Dead ★★
Directed by Keith Gordon
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Waking Life ★★★★
Directed by Richard Linklater
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Wassup Rockers ★★
Directed Larry Clark
Review by J.R. Jones

Watchmen
Directed by Zack Snyder
Review by Noah Berlatsky

We Can’t Go Home Again ★★
Directed by Nicholas Ray
Review by J.R. Jones

The Wedding Planner ★★
Directed by Adam Shankman
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Welcome to the Dollhouse ★★
Directed by Todd Solondz
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Western ★★★
Directed by Maurice Poirier
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

What the Bleep Do We Know? ★★
Directed by Mark Vicente, Betsy Chasse and William Arntz
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

What Time Is It There? ★★★★
Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

When We Were Kings ★★★
Directed by Leon Gast
Review by Reece Pendleton

White ★★
Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The White Balloon ★★★★
Directed by Jafar Panahi
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Why We Fight ★★★
Directed by Eugene Jarecki
Review by J.R. Jones

The Widow of Saint-Pierre ★★
Directed by Patrice Leconte
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Wichita ★★★★
Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? ★★★★
Directed by Frank Tashlin
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Wind Will Carry Us ★★★★
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Winnebago Man ★★★
Directed by Ben Steinbauer
Review by J.R. Jones

Winstanley ★★★
Directed by Kevin Brownlow
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Winter Soldier ★★★
Directed by The Winter Film Collection
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Winter’s Bone ★★★
Directed by Debra Granik
Review by J.R. Jones

The Wise Kids ★★★
Directed by Stephen Cone
Review by J.R. Jones

The Wolfman ★★
Directed by Joe Johnston
Review by J.R. Jones

A Woman Is a Woman ★★
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
★★
Directed by Ray Muller
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Woodstock ★★★★
Directed by Michael Wadleigh
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The World ★★★★
Directed by Jia Zhang-Ke
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

World Trade Center ★★
Directed by Oliver Stone
Review Jonathan Rosenbaum

World’s Best Commercials: Cannes ’92
Review by Fred Camper

World’s Greatest Dad ★★★
Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait
Review by J.R. Jones

Wrapped Reichstag ★★
Directed by Jorg Daniel and Wolfram Hissen
Review by Fred Camper

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Yang & Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema ★★★
Directed by Stanley Kwan
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Yes ★★★★
Directed by Sally Porter
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Yi Yi ★★★★
Directed by Edward Yang
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

You, the Living ★★★★
Directed by Roy Andersson
Review by J.R. Jones

You & Me
★★★
Directed by Fritz Lang
Review by Ben Sachs

The Young One ★★★★
Directed by Luis Bunuel
Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Young Victoria ★★★
Directed by Jean-Marc Vallee
Review by J.R. Jones

Yugoslavia, the Avoidable War ★★
Directed by George Bogdanich
Review by Bill Stamets

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Zero Day ★★★★
Directed by Ben Coccio
Review by J.R. Jones

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