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	364 Reviews by Dave Kehr 364 Reviews by Dave Kehr of New York Times Movie: Hidden in Plain Sight Release date: 11/7/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (7/0) [Hidden in Plain Sight] brings together material from several politically engaged films about the... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alien Release date: 10/29/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) An empty-headed horror movie with nothing to recommend it beyond the disco-inspired art direction... 64 other reviews of this movie Movie: Porn Theater Release date: 10/10/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (7/0) Porn Theater functions best in its voyeuristic, sociological mode, offering fragmentary glimpses ... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rundown, The Release date: 9/26/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (7/0) A strictly formulaic action picture that suggests some of Mr. Schwarzenegger's early, low-budget ... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jeepers Creepers 2 Release date: 8/29/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (7/0) You don't have to be a horror-movie scholar to know that nothing significant is going to happen i... 94 other reviews of this movie Movie: Venus & Mars Release date: 4/18/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (7/0) It's tolerable but forgettable. 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: P.S. Your Cat Is Dead Release date: 1/17/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (7/0) The story doesn't have anywhere interesting to go once Kate, appropriately humiliated, slinks awa... 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: P.S. Your Cat Is Dead Release date: 1/17/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (7/0) The story doesn't have anywhere interesting to go once Kate, appropriately humiliated, slinks awa... 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: I'm Going Home Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:34 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (7/0) A miraculous movie, I'm Going Home is so slight, yet overflows with wisdom and emotion. 46 other reviews of this movie Movie: Happiness of the Katakuris Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:33 PM Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (7/0) A sour camp musical that trots out most of the standard signifiers of 'outrageousness.' 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Grin Without A Cat, A Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:32 PM Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (4/3) A work of extraordinary journalism, but it is also a work of deft and subtle poetry. 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wild Thornberrys Movie, The Release date: 12/20/2002 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (7/0) Bland but harmless. 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: Interview With the Assassin Release date: 11/15/2002 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (7/0) Resourceful and ingenious entertainment. 51 other reviews of this movie Movie: Secret Ballot Release date: 8/9/2002 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (7/0) There are a few stabs at absurdist comedy ... but mostly the humor is of the sweet, gentle and oc... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jason X Release date: 4/26/2002 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (7/0) Even the imaginative gore can't hide the musty scent of Todd Farmer's screenplay, which is a simp... 45 other reviews of this movie Movie: National Lampoon's Van Wilder Release date: 4/5/2002 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (7/0) What's lacking is the sense of structure that might have made Van Wilder more than a meandering s... 76 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mulholland Dr. Release date: 10/12/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (4/3) Lynch seems as clueless as his characters when it comes to making sense of this anything-goes sto... 118 other reviews of this movie Movie: Scary Movie 2 Release date: 7/4/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (7/0) Watching this sad parade of scatological jokes is a humanity-robbing experience. 72 other reviews of this movie Movie: A.I. Artificial Intelligence Release date: 6/29/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (7/0) Too personal and too reckless, but that's a welcome change in a time of bland and anonymous studi... 145 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shrek Release date: 5/16/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (5/2) The film's real qualities are its warmth and wit, developed without any digital assistance. 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hedwig and the Angry Inch Release date: 1/19/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (5/2) [Mitchell's] performance blends self-mocking wit and tearful confession into a drag act of epic p... 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bless the Child Release date: 8/11/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (7/0) Formulaic occult thriller. 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: I Only Want You to Love Me Release date: 12/31/1994 11:01:34 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Interesting if somewhat didactic. 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pretty in Pink Release date: 2/28/1986 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) This is like every other Hughes film, just a little shoddier. 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: What Have I Done to Deserve This? Release date: 12/31/1985 11:01:48 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Diverting, with a light suggestion of talent. 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rocky IV Release date: 12/31/1985 11:01:43 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The crazed flag-waving would be a lot easier to take if it weren't so clearly a commercial calcul... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Out of Africa Release date: 12/31/1985 11:01:40 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Sydney Pollack applies craftsmanship and restraint to a classic plot curve of longing, fulfillmen... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Release date: 12/31/1985 11:01:38 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The punky energy of the earlier films has given way to a self-conscious striving for significance... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hail Mary Release date: 12/31/1985 11:01:33 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) No longer content with a materialist analysis of the state of the world, he's attempting here to ... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Brazil Release date: 12/1/1985 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Terry Gilliam's ferociously creative black comedy is filled with wild tonal contrasts, swarming d... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Re-Animator Release date: 10/18/1985 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) It's this kind of flat-footed stuff that gives garbage a bad name. 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Back to the Future Release date: 7/3/1985 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Director Robert Zemeckis confronts the oedipal heart of the time-travel genre with this zestfully... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Repo Man Release date: 12/31/1984 11:01:43 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Cox's style is a step beyond camp into a comedy of pure disgust; much of the film is churlishly u... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Home and the World, The Release date: 12/31/1984 11:01:33 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Ray soft-pedals the ironies (the politician is, of course, a bounder), while bringing out the ful... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Full Moon in Paris Release date: 12/31/1984 11:01:31 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Full Moon in Paris, the fourth in the series, is bleaker than any of its predecessors. 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Brother From Another Planet, The Release date: 12/31/1984 11:01:27 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The two different ends require shifts in point of view that are beyond Sayles's talent as a visua... 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Beverly Hills Cop Release date: 12/1/1984 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) It's one of the few star comedies of the early 80s to allot some humor and personality to the min... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Amadeus Release date: 9/1/1984 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Peter Shaffer's shrewdly orchestrated cultural evening gets a steady, dignified, moderately dull ... 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Trek III Release date: 6/1/1984 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) This 1984 film's few and unimpressive special effects evidently qualify it as science fiction, bu... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ghostbusters Release date: 6/1/1984 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Essentially a $30 million version of Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy but not at all a bad time... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Terminator, The Release date: 1/1/1984 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) As a souvenir of a kind of B-grade action cinema that has all but vanished, The Terminator should... 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Karate Kid, The Release date: 1/1/1984 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) It's primitive, predatory stuff. 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Starman Release date: 1/1/1984 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) It isn't pleasant to watch a talented filmmaker like John Carpenter willfully distort his persona... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Videodrome Release date: 12/31/1983 11:01:47 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Never coherent and frequently pretentious, the film remains an audacious attempt to place obsessi... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ten Days That Shook the World Release date: 12/31/1983 11:01:45 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Much of the montage is reductive and static, but some of the action scenes are genuinely stirring... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Terms of Endearment Release date: 12/31/1983 11:01:45 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) [Writer-director James L. Brooks] has television in his soul: his people are incredibly tiny (mos... 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Osterman Weekend, The Release date: 12/31/1983 11:01:40 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The structure is a mess (the film was recut against Peckinpah's wishes), which ultimately makes i... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Never Cry Wolf Release date: 12/31/1983 11:01:39 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The film is still memorable for its compassion, commitment, and unexpected humor, qualities that ... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Release date: 12/31/1983 11:01:38 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The context and frequent incontinence of the execution bring the film uncomfortably close to the ... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Risky Business Release date: 8/5/1983 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) One of the finest film explorations of the end of innocence. 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Return of the Jedi Release date: 5/25/1983 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) With its feints at horror and pathos, the third Star Wars film is the most Disney-esque in its em... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Silkwood Release date: 1/1/1983 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Hiding once again behind her accent, hairdo, and mannerisms, [Streep] fails to establish any emot... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Veronika Voss Release date: 12/31/1982 11:01:47 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The situation soon freezes into an inert, rather facile metaphor for America's postwar domination... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sophie's Choice Release date: 12/31/1982 11:01:44 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The picture is completely devoid of cinematic interest, adopting instead a tiresome theatrical ae... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Personal Best Release date: 12/31/1982 11:01:41 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The characters have a fullness and vitality rare in American films of that period, but Towne has ... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gandhi Release date: 12/31/1982 11:01:32 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Attenborough's work lacks even the undercurrent of personality that David Lean brought to his fil... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tootsie Release date: 12/1/1982 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) ...there are several solid laughs and some excellent supporting performances. 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan Release date: 6/4/1982 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) If only director Nicholas Meyer had grasped the implications of his tale more fully and enthusias... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Time Bandits Release date: 12/31/1981 11:01:45 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The film is resolutely, passionately antiadult, yet much of the humor has an adult sophistication... 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gregory's Girl Release date: 12/31/1981 11:01:32 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) It's hard to warm to a film as intentionally slight and safe as this. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Escape From New York Release date: 12/31/1981 11:01:30 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) It's a rare film that has so many ideas and yet fails so consistently to make use of them. 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Chariots of Fire Release date: 12/31/1981 11:01:28 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The battered Britons may have some excuse for enjoying this nostalgic re-creation of empire ideol... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Heavy Metal Release date: 7/29/1981 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Some of the animation is first-rate, particularly in the more modest comedy segments, and even th... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lili Marleen Release date: 1/1/1981 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The meanings are banal and the pace is heavy, but Fassbinder's use of color -- as throughout his ... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Raging Bull Release date: 12/31/1980 11:01:43 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) I can't pan it, but this 1980 fantasy biography of fighter Jake LaMotta seems unquestionably Mart... 28 other reviews of this movie Movie: Popeye Release date: 12/31/1980 11:01:41 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The plotting of this 1980 feature -- outsider in a hostile environment -- is personal to Altman, ... 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ordinary People Release date: 12/31/1980 11:01:40 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The film looks austere and serious, rather as if it had been shot inside a Frigidaire, and the op... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Flash Gordon Release date: 12/31/1980 11:01:31 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) A respectable time-waster. 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Blue Lagoon, The Release date: 12/31/1980 11:01:27 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Witless. 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Caddyshack Release date: 7/25/1980 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The first-time director, Harold Ramis, can't hold it together: the picture lurches from style to ... 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shining, The Release date: 5/23/1980 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Kubrick is after a cool, sunlit vision of hell, born in the bosom of the nuclear family, but his ... 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Empire Strikes Back, The Release date: 5/21/1980 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Irvin Kershner directed the actors this time around, and without the benefit of Lucas's personal ... 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Superman II Release date: 1/1/1980 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) With his perfect pacing, elegant narrative design, and depth of characterization, Richard Lester ... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rocky II Release date: 12/31/1979 11:01:43 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Sylvester Stallone's follow-up to his runaway success of 1976 is a little more threadbare in spot... 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Love on the Run Release date: 12/31/1979 11:01:37 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The results are more interesting than satisfying; it is a film more thought than felt. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Breaking Away Release date: 12/31/1979 11:01:27 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Peter Yates, previously typed as an action director, lends the film a fine, unexpected limpidity,... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Autumn Sonata Release date: 12/31/1979 11:01:26 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The movie makes good chamber music: it's a crafted miniature with Bergman's usual bombast built, ... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Die Ehe der Maria Braun, The Release date: 12/31/1978 11:01:29 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Though Fassbinder takes a more open attitude toward his characters, letting them exist as fully d... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Invasion of the Body Snatchers Release date: 12/20/1978 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Ideas that Siegel knocked off in a few shots are expanded to fill entire sequences -- but they're... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stroszek Release date: 12/21/1977 11:01:44 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Stroszek is part moral tale and part absurdist comedy. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Annie Hall Release date: 4/20/1977 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Visually and structurally it's a mess, but many of the situations are genuinely clever, and there... 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tenant, The Release date: 12/31/1976 11:01:45 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The end result is somewhere between Franz Kafka and William Castle, but still worth seeing. 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rocky Release date: 12/31/1976 11:01:43 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) I wanted to like it more than I did, but it'll do. 22 other reviews of this movie Movie: Man Who Fell to Earth, The Release date: 12/31/1976 11:01:38 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Nicolas Roeg's obfuscating style tricks it up, though the film is ultimately an empty thing. 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bad News Bears, The Release date: 1/1/1976 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Michael Ritchie keeps his dead-end cynicism in check and produces a genuinely funny comedy about ... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Three Days of the Condor Release date: 12/31/1975 11:01:45 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Basically, the film is a throwback to the 60s anti-Bond spy thriller (a la The Ipcress File), exc... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Story of Adele H., The Release date: 12/31/1975 11:01:44 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/1) Its intensity is impressive and remains uncompromised by the prettifying aesthetic touches Truffa... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Release date: 11/19/1975 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Jack Nicholson plays McMurphy as if he were born to it, and the supporting cast provides fine, de... 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Chloe in the Afternoon Release date: 12/31/1972 11:01:28 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) In the couple's eventual rapprochement, Rohmer argues persuasively for a love illuminated by reas... 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, The Release date: 12/31/1972 11:01:27 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Rainer Werner Fassbinder's most harshly stylized and perhaps most significant film. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Godfather, The Release date: 3/24/1972 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The ultimate family film. 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song Release date: 12/31/1971 11:01:44 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) A shrewd and powerful mix of commercial ingredients and ideological intent. 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Silent Running Release date: 12/31/1971 11:01:44 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The film is enjoyable for its intimacy, seriousness, and intelligent character work, virtues not ... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Last Picture Show, The Release date: 12/31/1971 11:01:37 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) It's all fairly calculated, though Bogdanovich knows how to cast actors and highlight character t... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dirty Harry Release date: 12/31/1971 11:01:29 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) A crisp, beautifully paced film, full of Siegel's wonderful coups of cutting and framing. 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Claire's Knee Release date: 12/31/1971 11:01:28 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The penultimate entry in Eric Rohmer's series of Six Moral Tales, and the loveliest, most crystal... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Beware of a Holy Whore Release date: 12/31/1971 11:01:27 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) [An] edgy, violent, impacted movie. 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: French Connection, The Release date: 12/21/1971 11:01:31 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) This 1971 thriller about a heroin bust is solid, slick filmmaking, full of dirty cops, shrewd ope... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Clockwork Orange, A Release date: 12/19/1971 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) A very bad film -- snide, barely competent, and overdrawn -- that enjoys a perennial popularity, ... 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tristana Release date: 12/31/1970 11:01:45 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Bu�uel conjures with Freudian imagery, outrageous humor, and a quiet, lyrical camera style to cre... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ballad of Cable Hogue, The Release date: 12/31/1970 11:01:27 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Sam Peckinpah followed The Wild Bunch with this intimate, eccentric, appealing 1970 comedy, which... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Soldier, The Release date: 12/31/1970 11:01:26 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) This is Fassbinder before he froze up as a Douglas Sirk impersonator: a real punk movie, full of ... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Patton Release date: 1/1/1970 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Nixon's favorite movie, which proves he was blind to ambiguity as well as a few other things. 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wild Bunch, The Release date: 12/31/1969 11:01:48 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The on-screen carnage established a new level in American movies, but few of the films that follo... 22 other reviews of this movie Movie: Midnight Cowboy Release date: 5/25/1969 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The acting, showy and instinctual, is most of the movie; the visual style is too forced and chicl... 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The Release date: 1/1/1969 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Dario Argento's undistinguished Italian thriller was an unexpected hit in 1969, thanks largely, o... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Easy Rider Release date: 1/1/1969 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The film may be a relic now, but it is a fascinating souvenir -- particularly in its narcissism a... 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Yellow Submarine Release date: 12/31/1968 11:01:50 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The animation is imaginatively conceived, but stiffly executed. 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shame Release date: 12/31/1968 11:01:44 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Despite its evident sincerity, the film seems less like an indictment of intellectual and artisti... 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Oliver! Release date: 12/31/1968 11:01:40 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) In retrospect, it seems emblematic of the triviality Reed descended to in the last years of his c... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Barbarella Release date: 12/31/1968 11:01:27 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The film is ugly on so many levels -- from art direction to human values -- that it's hard to kno... 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bullitt Release date: 10/17/1968 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) There isn't much here, and what there is is awfully easy. 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey Release date: 1/1/1968 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) It was a freshening attitude then, though its long-term effects haven't been all to the good. 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: In the Heat of the Night Release date: 12/31/1967 11:01:34 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) A decent piece of do-good cinema. 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Casino Royale Release date: 12/31/1967 11:01:28 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Out of five directors -- only McGrath manages to connect with this brontosaurian James Bond parod... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Playtime Release date: 12/16/1967 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) For this remarkable 1967 comedy about man and his modern world, Jacques Tati attempted nothing le... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bonnie and Clyde Release date: 1/1/1967 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) It's by far the least controlled of Penn's films... but the pieces work wonderfully well, propell... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fantastic Voyage Release date: 12/31/1966 11:01:31 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) This special effects extravaganza from 1966 has proved surprisingly enduring, despite a technical... 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Red Line 7000 Release date: 12/31/1965 11:01:43 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Depending on your point of view, you'll find it either beautifully pure or sadly unshaded. 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alphaville Release date: 12/31/1965 11:01:26 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) It remains an outstanding example of the filmmaker's power to transform an environment through th... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Doctor Zhivago Release date: 12/22/1965 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) David Lean's 1965 adaptation of Pasternak's romance of the Russian Revolution is intelligent and ... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sound of Music, The Release date: 4/1/1965 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Every audience sniffle and tear has been taken into account. 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: My Fair Lady Release date: 10/21/1964 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Lerner and Loewe's musical masterwork, reimagined for film by director George Cukor. 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes Release date: 12/31/1963 11:01:49 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) This queasy 1963 SF parable was directed--quickly and cheaply--by Roger Corman for American-Inter... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Leopard, The Release date: 7/15/1963 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Not only Visconti's greatest film but a work that transcends its creator, achieving a sensitivity... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Great Escape, The Release date: 7/4/1963 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Way too flabby at 168 minutes, but once this 1963 feature gets going it's good, solid stuff. 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Birds, The Release date: 1/1/1963 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Alfred Hitchcock's most abstract film (1963), and perhaps his subtlest, still yielding new meanin... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Winter Light Release date: 12/31/1962 11:01:48 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Much suffering, none of it very illuminating. 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jules and Jim Release date: 12/31/1962 11:01:35 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) With this 1961 film Truffaut comes closest to the spirit and sublimity of his mentor, Jean Renoir... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Criminal Life of Archibaldo de La Cruz, The Release date: 12/31/1962 11:01:28 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Bu�uel is still able to put some bizarre -- and very funny -- personal touches on this story of a... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Viridiana Release date: 12/31/1961 11:01:47 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Luis Bu�uel returned to his native Spain to create this 1961 masterpiece, which marked his rebirt... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Innocents, The Release date: 1/1/1961 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Too much Freud and too little thought. 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Time Machine, The Release date: 12/31/1960 11:01:45 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Parts of it are colorful and imaginative, but the film flattens out toward the end. 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Inherit the Wind Release date: 12/31/1960 11:01:34 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Spencer Tracy does his cuddly curmudgeon turn as Clarence Darrow; it's a lazy, vague performance,... 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Odd Obsession Release date: 12/31/1959 11:01:40 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The point is made early; the rest is perversity without passion. 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ben-Hur Release date: 12/21/1959 11:01:27 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Entire new frontiers in boredom were opened up by this MGM whopper from 1959. 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: 400 Blows, The Release date: 1/1/1959 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Distinguished by its intensity of feeling and freewheeling use of the wide-screen frame, the film... 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gigi Release date: 12/31/1958 11:01:32 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) It's easy to drift away from the story and become absorbed in Minnelli's impossibly delicate text... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wild Strawberries Release date: 12/31/1957 11:01:48 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) An archetypal Ingmar Bergman film, and one of his best. 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Face in the Crowd, A Release date: 12/31/1957 11:01:31 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Andy Griffith, as a hick radio star modeled on Arthur Godfrey, delivers an astonishing, sinister ... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bridge on the River Kwai, The Release date: 12/18/1957 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) For what it is, it ain't bad, though it serves mainly as an illustration of the ancient quandary ... 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Around the World in 80 Days Release date: 10/17/1956 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Proof that you can buy an Academy Award. 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mr. Arkadin Release date: 12/31/1955 11:01:38 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) For all of the film's perversity, there is greatness in it -- a greatness harshly criticizing its... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bob le Flambeur Release date: 12/31/1955 11:01:27 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) This light, breezy 1955 heist film is probably the least characteristic movie Jean-Pierre Melvill... 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Night of the Hunter, The Release date: 1/1/1955 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Ultimately the source of its style and power is mysterious -- it is a film without precedents, an... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Seven Samurai Release date: 12/31/1954 11:01:44 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Kurosawa's film is a model of long-form construction, ably fitting its asides and anecdotes into ... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Diabolique Release date: 12/31/1954 11:01:29 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Cruel, sour, and -- unfortunately -- very effective. 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Diary of a Country Priest Release date: 12/21/1954 11:01:29 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) A masterpiece, beyond question. 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: War of the Worlds, The Release date: 12/31/1953 11:01:48 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) As the perfect crystallization of 50s ideology the film would be fascinating enough, but the spec... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shane Release date: 12/31/1953 11:01:44 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Here, as too often in his career, Stevens is aiming to have the last word on a genre: everything ... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: From Here to Eternity Release date: 12/31/1953 11:01:31 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Sominex is cheaper and probably safer. 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: House of Wax Release date: 4/10/1953 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) The effects are done with playfulness, zest, and some imagination (they range from a barker batti... 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Roman Holiday Release date: 1/1/1953 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Wyler lays out all the elements with care and precision, but the romantic comedy never comes toge... 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Singin' in the Rain Release date: 1/1/1952 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) One of the shining glories of the American musical. 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Big Carnival, The Release date: 10/19/1951 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) This 1951 film, about a cynical reporter who seizes on the plight of a man trapped in a mine shaf... 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Los Olvidados Release date: 12/21/1950 11:01:37 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Bu�uel's apparent lack of compassion for his juvenile delinquents is what finally makes the film ... 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: All About Eve Release date: 1/1/1950 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The hoped-for tone of Restoration comedy never quite materializes, perhaps because Mankiewicz's c... 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: In the Good Old Summertime Release date: 12/31/1949 11:01:34 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Robert Z. Leonard's tepid musical remake of Ernst Lubitsch's masterful The Shop Around the Corner... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: All the King's Men Release date: 12/31/1949 11:01:26 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Today, its realism seems bland, its moralizing forced. 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Late Spring Release date: 1/1/1949 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Yasujiro Ozu's 1949 film inaugurated his majestic late period: it's here that he decisively renou... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Letter to Three Wives, A Release date: 12/31/1948 11:01:37 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Mankiewicz's writing is bright and hard -- he's sharpening his teeth for All About Eve, made the ... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hamlet Release date: 12/21/1948 11:01:33 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Laurence Olivier's famous 1948 interpretation of Shakespeare's play suffers slightly from his pop... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Drunken Angel Release date: 1/1/1948 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Akira Kurosawa's first critical success (1948) is an odd blend of American film noir and Italian ... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Brighton Rock Release date: 12/31/1947 11:01:27 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) all 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Out of the Past Release date: 1/1/1947 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) The most delicate and nuanced of film noirs, graced with a reflective lyricism that almost lifts ... 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Best Years of Our Lives, The Release date: 12/31/1946 11:01:27 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) The film is very proud of itself, exuding a stifling piety at times, but it works as well as this... 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: It's a Wonderful Life Release date: 12/25/1946 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The epiphany of movie sentiment and a transcendent experience. 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dead of Night Release date: 12/31/1945 11:01:29 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Spasmodically effective. 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hets Release date: 12/31/1944 11:01:33 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Part an antifascist allegory, in part a study in sexual hysteria. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sergeant York Release date: 9/27/1941 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The first half is quite good, documenting York's rural upbringing with great simplicity and charm... 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Citizen Kane Release date: 1/1/1941 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) It is still the best place I know of to start thinking about Welles -- or for that matter about m... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gone With the Wind Release date: 12/15/1939 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) A critic-proof movie if there ever was one: it isn't all that good, but somehow it's great. 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wizard of Oz, The Release date: 8/15/1939 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) I don't find the film light or joyful in the least -- an air of primal menace hangs about it, whi... 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bringing Up Baby Release date: 12/31/1938 11:01:27 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Though it's almost impossible, try to sit back sometime and enjoy this 1938 Howard Hawks masterpi... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Aleksandr Nevski Release date: 12/31/1938 11:01:26 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Edouard Tisse's superb photography and Prokofiev's stirring score contribute to a rhythm that is ... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Release date: 1/1/1937 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) You've probably seen it 15 times by now, so why not make it 16? 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The t... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Man With the Movie Camera, The Release date: 1/1/1929 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) The film remains a fascinating souvenir, though its flourishes are now fairly familiar. 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Broadway Melody, The Release date: 12/31/1928 11:01:27 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The staging is wooden, the story insipid, and the dialogue sequences mostly painful, but the film... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sunrise Release date: 12/31/1927 11:01:44 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Released in 1927, the last year of silent film, it's a pinnacle of that lost art. 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wings Release date: 1/1/1927 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) It won the first Academy Award for best picture back in 1927, establishing a tradition of silline... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lodger, The Release date: 12/31/1926 11:01:37 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Not a great film, but a remarkable one, with Hitchcock at his most 'innovative.' 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gold Rush, The Release date: 12/31/1925 11:01:32 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) The blend of slapstick and pathos is seamless, although the cynicism of the final scene is still ... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Nosferatu Release date: 12/31/1922 11:01:39 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) A masterpiece of the German silent cinema and easily the most effective version of Dracula on rec... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Intolerance Release date: 12/31/1916 11:01:34 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (6/0) One of the great breakthroughs -- the Ulysses of the cinema -- and a powerful, moving experience ... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Travellers & Magicians Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:45 PM Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required A pleasant, colorful travelogue directed by the Bhutanese lama Khyentse Norbu. 51 other reviews of this movie Movie: Union Square Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:46 PM Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Stephen J. Szklarski's video documentary tracks the lives of seven young drug addicts who live in... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: People Say I'm Crazy Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:41 PM Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required An extremely affecting look at mental illness from the point of view of the afflicted. 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Incident at Loch Ness Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:34 PM Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Blatantly comic characters undercut the credibility established by Mr. Herzog's naturalistic perf... 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hiding and Seeking Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:33 PM Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required The documentary filmmakers Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky return with a provocative personal ess... 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ghostlight Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:32 PM Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/6) Login Required Ms. Magnuson's consummate professionalism offers an unflattering contrast to Mr. Move's not-so-in... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Taxi Release date: 10/8/2004 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/6) Login Required A remake of a 1998 French film of the same name, Tim Story's Taxi is a bland, half-finished film ... 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: Taxi Release date: 10/8/2004 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/6) Login Required ...bland, half-finished film that seems to have been conceived as off-peak cable fodder. 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: Woman Thou Art Loosed Release date: 10/1/2004 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ...renews an important tradition of African-American filmmaking: the movie as revivalist sermon..... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Resident Evil: Apocalypse Release date: 9/10/2004 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required If you are in the mood for leggy heroines blasting down zombie armies with absurdly large automat... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wicker Park Release date: 9/3/2004 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/6) Login Required ...without much real urgency to drive its extremely contrived plot. 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 Release date: 8/27/2004 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ...this is not a film overly concerned with details. 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 Release date: 8/27/2004 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required This is not so much Look Who's Talking as Look Who's Walloping. 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: Benji Off the Leash! Release date: 8/20/2004 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ...a somewhat more somber story than usual for this outing... 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Benji Off the Leash! Release date: 8/20/2004 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required The fifth film to feature the lovable mutt Benji is an old-fashioned boy and his dog story. 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alien vs. Predator Release date: 8/13/2004 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/6) Login Required ...no worse than most mindless summer action films... 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bang Rajan Release date: 8/6/2004 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Plucked from its cultural context, Bang Rajan is being offered to American audiences as another e... 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kaena: The Prophecy Release date: 7/9/2004 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Despite several striking images and a high technical polish, this picture is just generic fantasy... 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Frankie and Johnny are Married Release date: 5/28/2004 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required A good-natured, mildly appealing video feature. 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Walking Tall Release date: 4/2/2004 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Crisply directed... 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Welcome to Mooseport Release date: 2/20/2004 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ...oversupplied with excellent actors...but undersupplied with wit and dramatic interest. 87 other reviews of this movie Movie: Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Release date: 2/20/2004 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Lindsay Lohan stars in this modest, mildly engaging film as a proudly bohemian resident of Greenw... 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: You Got Served Release date: 1/30/2004 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ...will probably keep its core audience of suburban teenagers mildly entertained for the course o... 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: You Got Served Release date: 1/30/2004 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Christopher B. Stokes's film showcases the latest developments in hip-hop street dance, which, mu... 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Butterfly Effect, The Release date: 1/23/2004 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ...staggeringly bad. 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Young Black Stallion Release date: 12/25/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Simon Wincer's Imax film is a prequel to the classic 1979 children's film The Black Stallion. 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Love Don't Cost a Thing Release date: 12/12/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ...Ms. Beyer's direction, apart from a few over-weighted Wellesian camera angles, is functional. 62 other reviews of this movie Movie: Love Don't Cost a Thing Release date: 12/12/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required There are unlearned lessons, too, including the one about the propriety of a teenage girl's enter... 62 other reviews of this movie Movie: Anything But Love Release date: 11/7/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Anything but unpredictable, but it is a pleasant, good-natured picture that struggles, gallantly ... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Anything But Love Release date: 11/7/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ...a pleasant, good-natured picture... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: House of the Dead, The Release date: 10/10/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ...does little more than add another title to the very long list of movies influenced by...Night ... 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bendito Infierno Release date: 8/22/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required An unfocused, overplotted, painfully derivative comic fantasy. 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bendito Infierno Release date: 8/22/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ...an unfocused, overplotted, painfully derivative comic fantasy... 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Princess Blade, The Release date: 8/8/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Not quite good enough to jump out of the pack of Asian swordplay movies but is too well crafted t... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Release date: 7/25/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ...an enjoyable, noisy romp... 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life Release date: 7/25/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Too many of the stunts are too obviously digitally enhanced to carry much sense of danger... 132 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rugrats Go Wild Release date: 6/13/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Rugrats Quietly Go About Their Business as Usual would be a more accurate if less elegant tit... 72 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rugrats Go Wild Release date: 6/13/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Even with the filmmakers winking references to movies as diverse as Tea and Sympathy and Duck Sou... 72 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd Release date: 6/13/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ...merely disgusting as it piles up jokes involving various bodily discharges... 94 other reviews of this movie Movie: House of Fools Release date: 4/25/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ...Konchalovsky has lost his artistic moorings. 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: House of 1,000 Corpses Release date: 4/11/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Mr. Zombie's encyclopedic approach to the genre results in a crowded, frenzied film in which no s... 51 other reviews of this movie Movie: In the Mirror of Maya Deren Release date: 1/24/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ...presents an artist with a rich body of work, one who still fascinates and continues to cast a ... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: P.S. Your Cat Is Dead Release date: 1/17/2003 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ...competent and unadorned... 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: Road to Love, The Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:43 PM Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Doesn't add much to the coming-out genre, as it has been established in countless Sundance compet... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Other Brother, The Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:40 PM Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required A sweet-tempered comedy that forgoes the knee-jerk misogyny that passes for humor in so many teen... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Don't Ask Don't Tell Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:29 PM Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required It's a gag that's worn a bit thin over the years, though Don't Ask still finds a few chuckles. 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Interview With the Assassin Release date: 11/15/2002 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ... resourceful and ingenious entertainment. 51 other reviews of this movie Movie: Food of Love Release date: 10/25/2002 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required A wobbling tone and a convoluted plot... 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Food of Love Release date: 10/25/2002 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required The picture seems uncertain whether it wants to be an acidic all-male All About Eve or a lush, sw... 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Below Release date: 10/11/2002 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Below may not mark Mr. Twohy's emergence into the mainstream, but his promise remains undiminishe... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Crazy As Hell Release date: 9/27/2002 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required The film is a verbal duel between two gifted performers. 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Crazy As Hell Release date: 9/27/2002 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ...gradually becomes more and more unhinged until it concludes in an altogether different genre. 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Secret Ballot Release date: 8/9/2002 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ...a very minor contribution to the great corpus of Iranian cinema that has emerged in the last 2... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: I am Trying to Break Your Heart Release date: 7/26/2002 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ...finds an effective middle course between fan club worshipfulness and the studied detachment of... 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: Halloween: Resurrection Release date: 7/12/2002 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/6) Login Required ...there aren't many opportunities for invention left in the played-out formula. 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: Choice of Weapons Release date: 7/12/2002 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required [Westbrook] makes a wonderful subject for the camera. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Choice of Weapons Release date: 7/12/2002 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ...a labor of love in which technical flaws finally count for very little. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Space Station 3-D Release date: 4/19/2002 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required In a normal screen process, these bromides would be barely enough to sustain an interstitial prog... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: National Lampoon's Van Wilder Release date: 4/5/2002 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required What's lacking is the sense of structure that might have made Van Wilder more than a meanderi... 76 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lucky Break Release date: 4/5/2002 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ...forced, familiar and thoroughly condescending. 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Margarita Happy Hour Release date: 3/22/2002 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required [Chaiken's] talent lies in an evocative, accurate observation of a distinctive milieu and in the ... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sister Helen Release date: 1/1/2002 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Ms. Cammisa and Mr. Fruchtman vividly capture the dynamic of tenderness and rage that characteriz... 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wedding for Bella, A Release date: 12/31/2001 11:01:48 PM Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Pretty much of a mess, full of narrative gaps and characters who arbitrarily appear and disappear... 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: God, Sex & Apple Pie Release date: 12/31/2001 11:01:32 PM Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required There's not much for the viewer to do during God, Sex & Apple Pie except check off the obligatory... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ginger Snaps Release date: 12/31/2001 11:01:32 PM Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Fawcett is fundamentally a sly, dry satirist, with a distinct sensibility and a promising talent ... 29 other reviews of this movie Movie: Out Cold Release date: 11/21/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required As in the old beach movies, a great deal of screen time is devoted to the astounding exploits of ... 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jails, Hospitals & Hip Hop Release date: 10/12/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Hoch ... is a gifted performer who uses his mastery of rap rhythms to invest his characters with ... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope Release date: 9/7/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required [A] casually shot and loosely assembled film. 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Thomas in Love Release date: 8/3/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required ...sly and amusing... 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Thomas in Love Release date: 8/3/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required The film is full of ingenious details and effective character sketches (Thomas has a mother who w... 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Just Visiting Release date: 4/6/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Fitfully amusing. 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mutant Aliens Release date: 1/19/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required For the future, one hopes Mr. Plympton will find room for one more member of his little band, a p... 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Together Release date: 1/19/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required A funny, graceful and immensely good-natured work. 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ali Zaoua Release date: 12/31/2000 11:01:26 PM Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Less interested in moving a viewer to anger and action than in eliciting a few tears of pity and ... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Too Much Sleep Release date: 10/6/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Maquiling creates an unusual and intriguing tone somewhere between sharp, deadpan comedy and a so... 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: Urban Legends: Final Cut Release date: 9/22/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required Mr. Ottman doesn't have the firm grasp of tone necessary to make his deliberate ambiguities seem ... 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: One Girl Against the Mafia Release date: 12/31/1998 11:01:40 PM Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required There was genuine courage in the girl's actions, but the writer and director, Marco Amenta, drown... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hell House Release date: 12/31/1998 11:01:33 PM Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required As a director, Mr. Ratliff wisely rejects the temptation to make fun of his subjects. 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hey is Dee Dee Home Release date: 1/30/1900 Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/5) Login Required As extreme as his behavior and music often were, Mr. Ramone also seemed to be a sympathetic and r... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Warm Water Under a Red Bridge Release date: 5/3/2002 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference A weird and wonderful comedy. 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Piano Teacher, The Release date: 3/29/2002 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (5/2) No reference [Haneke] has a definite talent for repulsive images--moments here produce genuine shock and disgu... 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Baise Moi Release date: 12/31/2001 11:01:27 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference A fascinating artifact, designed to destroy itself by its own inner logic. 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kandahar 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as ... 45 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jurassic Park III Release date: 7/18/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Professionally executed, but not much else. 95 other reviews of this movie Movie: Legally Blonde Release date: 7/13/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference The direction is a soggy blend of self-conscious camp and flat-footed visuals. 100 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kiss of the Dragon Release date: 7/6/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference The action, though choreographed by a long-time Li collaborator, has an ugly, sadistic edge that ... 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: Crimson Rivers, The Release date: 6/29/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Seems designed solely to shock, disgust and make a pile of money. 45 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fast and the Furious, The Release date: 6/22/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Summer schlock of unusual purity and consistency. 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Atlantis: the Lost Empire Release date: 6/15/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Feels low-budget and unfinished. 76 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Release date: 6/15/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Not much here, apart from Lara's snugly tailored costumes and some entertainingly old-fashioned p... 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: Swordfish Release date: 6/8/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Like an issue of Maxim come to life. 84 other reviews of this movie Movie: Anniversary Party, The Release date: 6/8/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Comes out looking a lot like the standard, self-indulgent actor's film. 72 other reviews of this movie Movie: Animal, The Release date: 6/1/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Lacking Sandler's barely hidden arrogance, Schneider is appealing in the lead. 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: Moulin Rouge Release date: 5/18/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (4/3) No reference It's all frosting and no cake. 118 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fast Food, Fast Women Release date: 5/18/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Thomson continues to amaze with her naked authenticity. 22 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bread and Roses Release date: 5/11/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Loach's politics are almost as insultingly simplistic as his melodramatic plotting and one-dimens... 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Joe Dirt Release date: 4/11/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Too obviously a tormentor himself, Spade can't pull off the sentimental formula that Adam Sandler... 58 other reviews of this movie Movie: Day I Became A Woman, The Release date: 4/6/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference [Meshkini] immediately finds the amazing lucidity and emotional strength that have given Iranian ... 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spy Kids Release date: 3/30/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Great fun, entirely uncondescending, with funky homemade special effects and a kid's sense of col... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Enemy At the Gates Release date: 3/16/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference A tiresome, unconvincing collection of war-movie clich�s. 28 other reviews of this movie Movie: Monkeybone Release date: 2/23/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference A distinctive and disturbing nightmare environment. 69 other reviews of this movie Movie: Down to Earth Release date: 2/16/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference The romantic side of the story is de-emphasized in favor of Rock's constant patter, which seems t... 63 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sweet November Release date: 2/16/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference This remake seems even emptier than the cringe-inducing original film. 50 other reviews of this movie Movie: Saving Silverman Release date: 2/9/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference The gags ... are effectively timed and enthusiastically played by the appealing cast. 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: Million Dollar Hotel, The Release date: 2/2/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Poetic nonsense. 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Memento Release date: 1/19/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (4/3) No reference An engaging brainteaser, even if the solution is a bit of a letdown. 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Last Resort Release date: 1/19/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference As in Loach's films, the only real villains are the low-level bureaucrats of the welfare system -... 51 other reviews of this movie Movie: In the Bedroom Release date: 1/19/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Takes a number of courageous risks but finally falls victim to emotional monotony. 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: Caveman's Valentine, The Release date: 1/19/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Drastically overplotted and filled with unnecessary characters, which strangles the story. 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: Antitrust Release date: 1/12/2001 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Director Peter Howitt ... doesn't bring any perceptible style to the table. 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: All the Pretty Horses Release date: 12/25/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Doesn't have much of an emotional, or even physical center, cursed as it is with a storyline that... 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: House of Mirth, The Release date: 12/22/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Davies brings his elegant aestheticism to bear for the first time on a strong story line and succ... 50 other reviews of this movie Movie: State and Main Release date: 12/22/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Has some very funny moments but doesn't hit the mark, largely because its notions of Hollywood se... 60 other reviews of this movie Movie: Before Night Falls Release date: 12/22/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Bardem, with his bull's head and wondering eyes, gives an immensely sympathetic performance. 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Finding Forrester Release date: 12/20/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference A competent, highly functional heart-warmer. 28 other reviews of this movie Movie: Chocolat Release date: 12/15/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference The picture feels awfully forced and stingy in its pleasures. 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: What Women Want Release date: 12/15/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference A broad, disjointed farce that should alienate both genders equally. 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Unbreakable Release date: 11/22/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Takes so much time and effort to unravel the complex premise that the picture never takes off. 105 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas Release date: 11/17/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Michael Corenblith's busy production design provides plenty to look at. 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: Little Nicky Release date: 11/10/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference A motley collection of mistimed gags. 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: Red Planet Release date: 11/10/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Most successful is a rogue navigational robot named AMEE, who gives a performance far more nuance... 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: You Can Count on Me Release date: 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Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference With Oscar recognition under their belts, the cast turns in uniformly lazy performances. 72 other reviews of this movie Movie: Contender, The Release date: 10/13/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference For all of the admiration that director Lurie expresses for his heroine, the film is weirdly preo... 62 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dr. T And The Women Release date: 10/13/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Altman leaves little evidence for his screenplay's contention that 'women are magic.' 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Meet the Parents Release date: 10/6/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Jay Roach, best known for the broad farce of the Austin Powers films, shows an unexpected flair f... 72 other reviews of this movie Movie: Requiem for A Dream Release date: 10/6/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Imaginative, energetic. 24 other reviews of 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being condescending, this is certain to be one of the best Ame... 58 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gladiator Release date: 5/5/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference For all the added scale and detail ... Ridley Scott's movie lacks human warmth and spontaneity. I... 112 other reviews of this movie Movie: U-571 Release date: 4/21/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference It's over before it barely seems to have begun. 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Psycho Release date: 4/14/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Christian Bale is impressively impersonal. 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: Return to Me Release date: 4/7/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference The real problem is the lack of heat generated by Driver and Duchovny. 45 other reviews of this movie Movie: High Fidelity Release date: 3/31/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Cusack remains a most engaging performer. 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Road to El Dorado, The Release date: 3/31/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Between the endless comic bickering and the mediocre score ... El Dorado is conspicuously light o... 45 other reviews of this movie Movie: Here on Earth Release date: 3/24/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Here on Earth plods along predictably, hammering home its moral points and struggling to spin a s... 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Romeo Must Die Release date: 3/22/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Delroy Lindo ... gives a commanding, strangely touching performance. 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mission to Mars Release date: 3/10/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference The performances distanced and uncharismatic. 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: What Planet Are You From? Release date: 3/3/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference What Planet Are You From? has a couple of good ideas and a lot of dead air. 29 other reviews of this movie Movie: Isn't She Great Release date: 1/28/2000 Review by Dave Kehr of Citysearch: (3/4) No reference Bergman, whose comic timing can be brilliant, is way off his game this time. 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gesucht: Monika Ertl Release date: 12/31/1989 11:01:32 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference His first film with Andersson shows a developing ability to probe the psychology of a rich, vital... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fitzcarraldo Release date: 12/31/1982 11:01:31 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference The film may have been intended as an ironic comment on the absurdity of human ambition, but it's... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: From the Life of the Marionettes Release date: 12/31/1980 11:01:31 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference The subject of this Ingmar Bergman film is repression, but everything is dismayingly on the surfa... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: In a Year of 13 Moons Release date: 12/31/1978 11:01:34 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference The subject invites easy compassion and pity, but Fassbinder's icy camera style keeps us at arm's... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Deutschland im Herbst Release date: 12/31/1978 11:01:29 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference It is, of course, wildly uneven (and sometimes insufferable), but there is an urgency and engagem... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Grease Release date: 6/1/1978 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference Limp, cheaply made. 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Satansbraten Release date: 12/31/1976 11:01:44 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference A 1976 comedy by the well-known German humorist, Rainer Werner Fassbinder. 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit Release date: 12/31/1971 11:01:37 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference A remarkable, unaccountable film, both cold and moving. 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: War Is Over, The Release date: 12/31/1967 11:01:48 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference A landmark film by Alain Resnai. 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Two or Three Things I Know About Her Release date: 12/31/1967 11:01:45 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference Though poorly received on its first release, this 1966 film seems in retrospect one of Godard's m... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, The Release date: 1/1/1966 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (4/3) No reference Though ordained from the beginning, the three-way showdown that climaxes the film is tense and th... 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: West Side Story Release date: 10/18/1961 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference Decent 1961 adaptation of the Bernstein-Robbins musical, if you can handle Richard Beymer and Nat... 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Breakfast At Tiffany's Release date: 1/1/1961 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference This story of a party girl in love with a gigolo allows [director Blake] Edwards to create a very... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mother India Release date: 12/31/1957 11:01:38 PM Review by Dave Kehr of New York Times: (3/4) No reference Often said to have helped set the pattern for the nearly 50 years of Indian film that has followe... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cranes Are Flying, The Release date: 12/21/1957 11:01:28 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference It's exactly what you'd expect: tepid, artsy, and grayish. 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lady and the Tramp Release date: 6/22/1955 Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference Disney's imagination seems at a low ebb, saddled with a shrunken, excessively naturalistic style ... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Clash By Night Release date: 12/31/1952 11:01:28 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (3/3) No reference The Clifford Odets screenplay seems to have roused the realist in director Fritz Lang: the backwa... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Francesco, Giullare Di Dio Release date: 12/31/1950 11:01:31 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (3/3) No reference Rossellini's buoyant 1950 masterpiece is a glorious hallucination of perfect harmony between man ... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Le Crime de Monsieur Lange, The Release date: 12/31/1936 11:01:37 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (3/3) No reference Jacques Prevert's screenplay has wit and economy, but it is the multiplicity of points of view im... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Zero for Conduct Release date: 12/31/1933 11:01:51 PM Review by Dave Kehr of Chicago Reader: (3/3) No reference A wholly original creation, the film walks a narrow line between surrealist farce and social real... 4 other reviews of this movie Served turbo style