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	256 Reviews by Jonathan Rosenbaum 256 Reviews by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader Movie: Bella Release date: 10/26/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Alejandro Gomez Monteverde's first feature may have more heart than head, but it's also just as i... 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bubble, The Release date: 9/7/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) A sweet tempered but occasionally simplistic youth picture. 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: No Reservations Release date: 7/27/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Carol Fuchs's silly, mushy script has her character swerve without warning between obtuse rigidit... 134 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hairspray Release date: 7/20/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Not only Waters's best movie, but a crossover gesture that expands his appeal without compromisin... 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sicko Release date: 6/29/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) This is essential viewing -- informative, corrosive, and even sometimes hilarious. 150 other reviews of this movie Movie: Evan Almighty Release date: 6/22/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) This is idiotic, but it's so good-natured I didn't mind. 142 other reviews of this movie Movie: You Kill Me Release date: 6/22/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/1) This crime comedy has such a goofy script and such an eccentric cast that it kept me curious abou... 81 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ocean's Thirteen Release date: 6/8/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Predictably adolescent and smarmy, with the mix of sentimentality and cynical flippancy that's be... 157 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mr. Brooks Release date: 6/1/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (5/2) This is one of those slick, violent, ridiculous Hollywood jobs that make little sense as a story,... 119 other reviews of this movie Movie: Paris je t'aime Release date: 5/4/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Most features composed of sketches by different filmmakers are wildly uneven. This one is consist... 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spider-Man 3 Release date: 5/4/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/1) Director Sam Raimi tries to pump some life into this dutiful enterprise but seems more than a lit... 159 other reviews of this movie Movie: Waitress Release date: 5/2/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/1) The film isn't averse to reaching for Hollywood fantasies, but there's a lot of what seems to be ... 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fracture Release date: 4/20/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The main interest here is the juxtaposing of Gosling's Method acting with Hopkins's more classica... 133 other reviews of this movie Movie: Private Fears In Public Places Release date: 4/13/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Resnais has always been an expressionist, using his settings and compositions to evoke the inner ... 50 other reviews of this movie Movie: Astronaut Farmer, The Release date: 2/23/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The value of [Farmer's] dream and its potential for destruction are irrelevant. Refusing to accep... 115 other reviews of this movie Movie: Happily N'Ever After Release date: 1/5/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (4/3) The rationale behind this unattractive animated comedy, a U.S.-German coproduction, seems to be t... 66 other reviews of this movie Movie: Three Times Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:45 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Seen in isolation, the first episode has the most satisfying plot and the last the least. But the... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Army of Shadows, The Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:26 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) What�s so devastating about Army of Shadows is how physically we respond to the terrible decision... 38 other reviews of this movie Movie: Happy Feet Release date: 11/17/2006 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) This curious ecological parable was directed by George Miller (Babe: Pig in the City), who still ... 124 other reviews of this movie Movie: Infamous Release date: 10/13/2006 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Ultimately, as a cautionary tale about fictionalized journalism, it's a clear case of the pot cal... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: You, Me and Dupree Release date: 7/14/2006 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Working with a shapeless script, directors Anthony and Joe Russo (Welcome to Collinwood) can't fi... 145 other reviews of this movie Movie: Art School Confidential Release date: 5/5/2006 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Even if one disagrees with some of its points, as I do, it offers plenty to mull over. 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ask the Dust Release date: 3/10/2006 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) [A] sexy, sensual, romantic, nostalgic adaptation of the novel ... 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dear Wendy Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:29 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The audience is clearly expected to enjoy the bloodbath even while it disapproves. 54 other reviews of this movie Movie: Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The Release date: 12/14/2005 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) All this edginess, combined with the grandeur and sweep of a classic western, demonstrates that J... 104 other reviews of this movie Movie: Saw II Release date: 10/28/2005 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) In a fun house like this the elaborate tortures seem to leave behind the real world of pain and s... 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: History of Violence, A Release date: 9/23/2005 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Cronenberg isn't engaging in parody or irony. Nor is he nihilistically pandering to our worst imp... 164 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lord of War Release date: 9/16/2005 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) A caustic satire masquerading as an action adventure. 110 other reviews of this movie Movie: The Last Days Release date: 8/15/2005 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) A film about a junkie rock musician, played by Michael Pitt at his most narcissistic, doing nothi... 78 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rock School Release date: 6/3/2005 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) With its encomiums to Green and its feel-good finale in Germany, Rock School sometimes threatens ... 69 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cinderella Man Release date: 6/3/2005 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The storytelling is fluid and gripping. 171 other reviews of this movie Movie: Monster-in-Law Release date: 5/13/2005 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) To boost this movie's rating to 'worth seeing' would make me feel like a publicist or simply a do... 140 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kung Fu Hustle Release date: 4/8/2005 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Lingering on such details is a new development for Chow, recalling the style of another aspirant ... 139 other reviews of this movie Movie: Uncle Nino Release date: 2/11/2005 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Both movies have familiar and even hokey aspects, but they're also sincere rather than cynical, a... 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Assault on Precinct 13 Release date: 1/19/2005 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) My preference for the remake over the original has more to do with its harsh representation of co... 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: White Noise Release date: 1/7/2005 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Though I'm well disposed toward elliptical spook stories that depend on the audience's imaginatio... 114 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spanglish Release date: 12/17/2004 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Sometimes Brooks's ideas are legitimate, but his way of putting them across is dishonest. Sometim... 115 other reviews of this movie Movie: Million Dollar Baby Release date: 12/15/2004 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The performances of the three leads are perfect, so we don't care that we don't know what lies ri... 178 other reviews of this movie Movie: Blade: Trinity Release date: 12/8/2004 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The only one who seems to be having much fun, though, is Parker Posey, camping it up as one of th... 92 other reviews of this movie Movie: After the Sunset Release date: 11/12/2004 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) A deliberately mindless action comedy that invites us to lose ourselves, without any PC guilt, in... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Collateral Release date: 8/6/2004 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The best thing Mann brings to his picture is a strong sense of time and place. 188 other reviews of this movie Movie: Day After Tomorrow, The Release date: 5/28/2004 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) An exceptionally stupid movie. 84 other reviews of this movie Movie: Springtime in a Small Town Release date: 5/14/2004 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Reinventing his source just as boldly as he has reinvented his artistic identity, Tian circumvent... 29 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ladykillers, The Release date: 3/26/2004 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The remake -- which could have been shot anywhere and probably was filmed on a studio back lot --... 148 other reviews of this movie Movie: Secret Window Release date: 3/12/2004 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The plot certainly has possibilities, but far too many of them are botched by writer-director Dav... 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dreamers, The Release date: 2/6/2004 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Its nostalgia and narcissism are ultimately two versions of the same thing, and neither can reope... 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: Crimson Gold Release date: 1/16/2004 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) It's the singular presence of Hussein Emadeddin -- a nonprofessional like all the other actors Pa... 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stuck on You Release date: 12/12/2003 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) A brilliant enactment of the comedy of denial. 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Marci X Release date: 8/22/2003 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) It's no masterpiece, but I found it consistently good-hearted and sometimes hilarious, and the sp... 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Splendor Release date: 8/15/2003 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) We're constantly kept on our toes regarding issues of representation while Pekar's sour but indef... 133 other reviews of this movie Movie: Woman Is a Woman, A Release date: 5/16/2003 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) It is perhaps most memorable for being a highly personal 'documentary' about Karina and Godard's ... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Amen Release date: 1/24/2003 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Amen., a docudrama rather than a documentary, is clearly guided by Shoah's example, asking us to ... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Super Sucker Release date: 1/24/2003 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) A terrible movie. 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: In the Mirror of Maya Deren Release date: 1/24/2003 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) It does such a terrific job of showing us what Deren was like that it makes even the notion of a ... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: I'm Going Home Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:34 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The kind of quiet masterpiece that fully registers only after you've seen it. 46 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pinocchio Release date: 12/25/2002 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The recut American version is truly awful, but a good 75 percent of the awfulness is attributable... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times Release date: 11/22/2002 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Kept me interested for its full 74 minutes with a series of surprises. 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Far From Heaven Release date: 11/8/2002 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Though less obviously a tour de force than many flashier recent art films, such as Alexander Soku... 147 other reviews of this movie Movie: In Praise of Love Release date: 9/6/2002 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The trick when watching Godard is to catch the pitch of his poetics, savor the pleasure of his so... 54 other reviews of this movie Movie: Men in Black II Release date: 7/3/2002 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The down-home satire of how we cope with cultural difference has evaporated, replaced by jazzy ef... 153 other reviews of this movie Movie: Soigne ta droite Release date: 12/31/2001 11:01:44 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) This isn't one of Godard's best features, though it certainly has its moments. 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Anniversary Party, The Release date: 6/8/2001 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The best thing that one can say about The Anniversary Party is that it raises more questions abou... 72 other reviews of this movie Movie: King Is Alive, The Release date: 5/11/2001 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) If I'd been interested in this movie's acrimonious characters I might have appreciated the actors... 29 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gleaners and I, The Release date: 3/7/2001 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) [The] characters are defined by dawdle and drift as much as Varda is in The Gleaners and I, catch... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shadow of the Vampire Release date: 12/29/2000 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) This stupid and demeaning fantasy about the shooting of F.W. Murnau's 1922 masterpiece Nosferatu ... 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: George Washington Release date: 10/27/2000 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) You have to bring a lot of yourself to this film if you want it to give something back, but the r... 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Beauty Release date: 9/15/1999 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) It does have a welcome freshness. 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Eyes Wide Shut Release date: 7/16/1999 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) [O]ne of the best things about Eyes Wide Shut... is that it isn't a film of the 90s in most respe... 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Autumn Tale Release date: 7/9/1999 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) If a part of me has resisted and sometimes even resented his mastery, this undoubtedly can be tra... 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Run Lola Run Release date: 6/18/1999 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) A low-budget no-brainer, Run Lola Run is a lot more fun than Speed, a big-budget no-brainer... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Matrix, The Release date: 3/31/1999 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) There's not much humor to keep it all life-size, and by the final stretch it's become bloated, me... 101 other reviews of this movie Movie: Baby Geniuses Release date: 3/12/1999 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The hokey dialogue and witless physical gags keep everything painful and hectoring. 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gingerbread Man, The Release date: 12/31/1998 11:01:32 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Unless one counts a few running gibes against lawyers that can easily be imagined coming from Gri... 29 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rushmore Release date: 12/11/1998 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Rushmore has a good deal of content and human qualities to spare, but what makes it such a charmi... 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: American History X Release date: 10/28/1998 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Kaye wants to say something about what produces a skinhead today, and though he doesn't succeed f... 58 other reviews of this movie Movie: Saving Private Ryan Release date: 7/24/1998 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) For all the care and thoughtfulness that follow in the story, I never could shake the impression ... 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: He Got Game Release date: 5/1/1998 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) As usual, Lee tries many kinds of stylistic effects and uses wall-to-wall music (by Aaron Copland... 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: Batman & Robin Release date: 12/31/1997 11:01:27 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Loud, uninspired, and interminable. 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jackie Brown Release date: 12/25/1997 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Quentin Tarantino puts together a fairly intricate and relatively uninvolving money-smuggling plo... 65 other reviews of this movie Movie: Titanic Release date: 12/19/1997 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) For better and for worse, this is a movie that appears to believe in what it's saying -- and the ... 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Men in Black Release date: 7/2/1997 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) ...thanks to Solomon's sparkling dialogue, Sonnenfeld's graceful economy, and a steady visual inv... 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Face/Off Release date: 6/27/1997 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) A dizzying, beautiful ride. 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: John Carpenter's Escape From L.A. Release date: 12/31/1996 11:01:35 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) A poetic pulp movie made with joy. 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Barb Wire Release date: 12/31/1996 11:01:27 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Its main source is a comic book, but it might as well be a computer. 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jerry Maguire Release date: 12/13/1996 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Cameron Crowe, Tom Cruise, and Cuba Gooding Jr. are salesmen, and we're consumers, buying emotion... 46 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mars Attacks! Release date: 12/13/1996 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) As light entertainment, Mars Attacks! gave me more pleasure than most other recent movies I've se... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: English Patient, The Release date: 11/15/1996 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) For all the film's effectiveness as a love story, I often felt I was being hurried through a busy... 50 other reviews of this movie Movie: When We Were Kings Release date: 10/25/1996 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) With the odds seemingly stacked against him, and surrounded by press, performers, crooks, and cha... 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Nutty Professor, The Release date: 6/28/1996 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Murphy outdoes himself by bringing pathos as well as sweetness to the character, arguably making ... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fargo Release date: 3/8/1996 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Whether these characters are lovable or detestable, they're lovable or detestable in a TV way -- ... 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: Four Rooms Release date: 12/31/1995 11:01:31 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The results are mainly awful, and even Roth got saddled with a mannered part that he can't comfor... 22 other reviews of this movie Movie: Clueless Release date: 7/21/1995 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Though this drifts at times as storytelling, it's mainly lightweight but personable fun. 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Batman Forever Release date: 6/16/1995 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Joel Schumacher submits to the Wagnerian bombast with an overly busy surface, and the script by L... 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shawshank Redemption, The Release date: 12/31/1994 11:01:44 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) A passing reference to 'The Count of Monte Cristo' offers a partial clue to what makes this movie... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hoop Dreams Release date: 12/31/1994 11:01:33 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) A heady dose of the American dream and the American nightmare combined -- a numbing investigation... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Forrest Gump Release date: 12/31/1994 11:01:31 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Judging by the the movie's enduring popularity, the message that stupidity is redemption is clear... 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pulp Fiction Release date: 10/14/1994 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The overall project is evident: to evict real life and real people from the art film and replace ... 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tales From the Gimli Hospital Release date: 12/31/1993 11:01:45 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Whatever else you might say about this weird, creepy, and funny independent item by Guy Maddin, i... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Schindler's List Release date: 12/31/1993 11:01:44 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Spielberg does an uncommonly good job both of holding our interest over 185 minutes and of showin... 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Piano, The Release date: 12/31/1993 11:01:41 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Sweetie and An Angel at My Table have taught us to expect startling as well as beautiful things f... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jurassic Park Release date: 6/11/1993 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) There's more soul to be found in any Kong close-up than in this film's overplayed reactions. 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Unforgiven Release date: 12/31/1992 11:01:46 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) There's not much dramatic urgency apart from the revisionist context. 29 other reviews of this movie Movie: Reservoir Dogs Release date: 12/31/1992 11:01:43 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) It's unclear whether this macho thriller does anything to improve the state of the world or our u... 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Batman Returns Release date: 6/19/1992 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) More of the same, but nowhere near as good (funny, disturbing, obsessive) as the uneven original,... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Terminator 2: Judgment Day Release date: 12/31/1991 11:01:45 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) As a fancy mechanism fueled by the pleasure of watching legions of people and equipment being sum... 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Silence of the Lambs, The Release date: 2/13/1991 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) An accomplished, effective, grisly, and exceptionally sick slasher film that I can't with any con... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Point Break Release date: 1/1/1991 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) We might as well be watching a blissed-out Bill and Ted caper. 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rocky V Release date: 12/31/1990 11:01:43 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The dramatic moves are so obvious and shopworn that not even the star's mournful basset-hound exp... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Back to the Future Part III Release date: 12/31/1990 11:01:27 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) This is a good deal more likable than part two because the product plugs have been held back, and... 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dances With Wolves Release date: 11/9/1990 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Sincere, capable, at times moving, but overextended, this picture is seriously hampered by its te... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Total Recall Release date: 6/1/1990 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) A worthy entry in the dystopian cycle launched by Blade Runner, this seems less derivative than m... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Nouvelle Vague Release date: 1/1/1990 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Alain Delon stars in what may be the last truly great theatrical feature by Jean-Luc Godard to da... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ghostbusters II Release date: 12/31/1989 11:01:32 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) There's very little energy in the follow-through, and this time Murray's listlessness seems more ... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Field of Dreams Release date: 12/31/1989 11:01:31 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The conception is sentimental, but the storytelling remains assured and effective. 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle Release date: 12/31/1989 11:01:31 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Deliberately light and nonambitious (very little of consequence occurs in any of the tales), this... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Driving Miss Daisy Release date: 12/31/1989 11:01:29 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The movie also has something legitimate and instructive to say about the subtlety and intricacy o... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Do the Right Thing Release date: 12/31/1989 11:01:29 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) A powerful and persuasive look at an ethnic community and what makes it tick--funky, entertaining... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Say Anything Release date: 4/1/1989 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) At last, a teenage love story with real characters instead of cliches, poses, and attitudes. 22 other reviews of this movie Movie: Heathers Release date: 1/1/1989 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Its inanities and glib pretensions are so thick that it mainly comes across as tacky and contrive... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tabu Release date: 12/31/1988 11:01:45 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The exquisite tragic ending -- conceived musically and rhythmically as a gradually decelerating d... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tequila Sunrise Release date: 12/31/1988 11:01:45 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) In a world where everyone is some kind of insider, the viewer may feel left out in the cold. 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Eight Men Out Release date: 12/31/1988 11:01:30 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Baseball fans might find this marginally absorbing; for anyone else it's as conscientious and sty... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bull Durham Release date: 12/31/1988 11:01:27 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) There's a lot of laughter and enjoyment on the way to the lockers. 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rain Man Release date: 12/16/1988 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Valeria Golino is appealing as Cruise's girlfriend; Hoffman makes his character pretty believable... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: They Live Release date: 11/4/1988 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) All in all, an entertaining (if ideologically incoherent) response to the valorization of greed i... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Last Emperor, The Release date: 12/31/1987 11:01:37 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) It's a tribute to the film's intelligence and its feeling for dialectics that it views both the F... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Law of Desire Release date: 12/31/1987 11:01:37 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The film bristles with energy and bright interludes before the lugubrious plot takes over... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fatal Beauty Release date: 12/31/1987 11:01:31 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Tom Holland directed from a script and story credited to three individuals, anyone could have kno... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Full Metal Jacket Release date: 12/21/1987 11:01:31 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) This is the most tightly crafted Kubrick film since Dr. Strangelove, as well as the most horrific... 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Princess Bride, The Release date: 9/25/1987 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Rob Reiner's friendly 1987 fairy-tale adventure delicately mines the irony inherent in its make-b... 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Identification of a Woman Release date: 12/31/1982 11:01:34 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The most openly erotic of Antonioni's features, and visually one of the most beautiful. 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fast Times at Ridgemont High Release date: 12/31/1982 11:01:31 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Was never all it was cracked up to be. 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Blade Runner Release date: 6/25/1982 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The most remarkably and densely imagined and visualized SF film since 2001: A Space Odyssey, a ha... 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mon oncle d'Amerique Release date: 1/1/1980 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The film is also memorable for its dead-on portrayal of French yuppiedom in its early ascendancy ... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stalker Release date: 12/31/1979 11:01:44 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Not an easy film, but almost certainly a great one. 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kramer vs. Kramer Release date: 12/21/1979 11:01:36 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Misogynistic claptrap. 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Deer Hunter, The Release date: 12/21/1978 11:01:29 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) A disgusting account of what the evil Vietnamese did to poor, innocent Americans stands at the ce... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Close Encounters of the Third Kind Release date: 11/16/1977 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) This is dopey Hollywood mysticism all right, but thanks to considerable craft and showmanship, it... 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Killing of a Chinese Bookie, The Release date: 12/31/1976 11:01:36 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) A postnoir masterpiece. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Taxi Driver Release date: 12/21/1976 11:01:45 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Perhaps the most formally ravishing-as well as the most morally and ideologically problematic-fil... 29 other reviews of this movie Movie: Network Release date: 1/1/1976 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Chayefsky was apparently serious about much of this shrill, self-important 1976 satire about tele... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: King of Marvin Gardens, The Release date: 12/31/1972 11:01:36 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The film is talky and often abrasive, but it sticks in the mind. 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cabaret Release date: 1/1/1972 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Whatever this 1972 feature is, it's entertaining and stylish, though maybe not quite as serious a... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Vanishing Point Release date: 12/31/1971 11:01:47 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Takes full advantage of the subject's existential and mythical undertones without being pretentio... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wild Child, The Release date: 12/31/1970 11:01:48 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) This is one of Francois Truffaut's best middle-period films (1969), albeit one of his darkest and... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Andrei Rublev Release date: 12/31/1969 11:01:26 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Stuns with the sort of unexpected poetic explosions we've come to expect from Tarkovsky. 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Who's That Knocking at My Door? Release date: 12/31/1968 11:01:48 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) [It] can be read as a rather rough draft of Mean Streets. 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey Release date: 1/1/1968 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The film's projections of the cold war and antiquated product placements may look quaint now, but... 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: Graduate, The Release date: 12/21/1967 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) What I don't enjoy is the cruelty, the glib mindlessness, and the insulated, pampered narcissism ... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Playtime Release date: 12/16/1967 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) My all-time favorite movie, this 1967 French comedy by actor-director Jacques Tati almost certain... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Chelsea Girls Release date: 12/31/1966 11:01:28 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) The results are often spellbinding; the juxtaposition of two film images at once gives the specta... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Blow-Up Release date: 12/31/1966 11:01:27 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) This is so ravishing to look at (the colors all seem newly minted) and pleasurable to follow (the... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Release date: 12/31/1964 11:01:46 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) It's a glorious sight to behold -- though don't forget to listen as well. 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Contempt Release date: 12/31/1964 11:01:28 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) I would argue that Godard's eclecticism must be acknowledged and understood before one can genuin... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Black God, White Devil Release date: 12/31/1964 11:01:27 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Strongly recommended. 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dr. Strangelove Release date: 1/29/1964 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Like most of his work, Stanley Kubrick's deadly black satirical comedy-thriller on cold war madne... 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kiss Me, Stupid Release date: 1/1/1964 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Both Martin and Novak are at their near best, and the undertone of small-town desperation in Wild... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Trial, The Release date: 12/31/1963 11:01:45 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Though debatable as an adaptation of the Franz Kafka novel, Orson Welles's nightmarish, labyrinth... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tom Jones Release date: 1/1/1963 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Despite the fitful energy and the beauty of the settings, the ugliness of the mise en scene and t... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Carnival of Souls Release date: 9/26/1962 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) There isn't very much here to sustain interest. 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: L' Avventura Release date: 12/31/1961 11:01:37 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) It's a work that requires some patience -- a 145-minute mystery that strategically elides any con... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hustler, The Release date: 1/1/1961 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) This picture is so much better than Martin Scorsese's belated sequel The Color of Money that they... 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Young One, The Release date: 12/31/1960 11:01:50 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) [The film] is full of poetic asides and unexpected developments, revealing Bunuel's dark, philoso... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spartacus Release date: 12/31/1960 11:01:44 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) This may be the most literate of all the spectacles set in antiquity. 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Picnic On the Grass Release date: 12/31/1960 11:01:41 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Renoir manages to inject an uncommon amount of feeling into all the frivolity and whimsy; the res... 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Le Petit Soldat Release date: 12/31/1960 11:01:37 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) ubor's contemplative voice-over and Raoul Coutard's somber cinematography make this seem severe c... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Apartment, The Release date: 1/1/1960 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) I wouldn't call this 1960 picture one of Billy Wilder's best comedies -- it's drab, sappy, and ov... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Eyes Without a Face Release date: 12/31/1959 11:01:30 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) As absurd and as beautiful as a fairy tale. 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Night of the Ghouls Release date: 12/21/1959 11:01:39 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) A grade-Z effort. 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Touch of Evil Release date: 5/21/1958 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) One of a few monumental 1950s swan songs marking the end of the great epoch of traditional studio... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Incredible Shrinking Man, The Release date: 12/31/1957 11:01:34 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) The surreal intensity of outsize objects that loom as the hero shrinks is handled effectively, an... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Release date: 1/1/1957 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Tashlin had a huge stylistic impact on the New Wave. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, his greates... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Nights of Cabiria Release date: 1/1/1957 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) The gift of Cabiria's essence, freed from the determinism of stories, is to return us to our own. 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spirit of St. Louis, The Release date: 1/1/1957 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Not one of Billy Wilder's best efforts -- still has some interest because of James Stewart's perf... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Twelve Angry Men Release date: 1/1/1957 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Mechanically written, but within its own middlebrow limitations, it delivers the goods. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Paths of Glory Release date: 1/1/1957 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) This masterpiece still packs a wallop, though nothing in it is as simple as it may first appear; ... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Killing, The Release date: 6/6/1956 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Arguably Stanley Kubrick's most perfectly conceived and executed film. 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Night and Fog Release date: 12/31/1955 11:01:39 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Only half an hour long, this is the greatest film ever made about the concentration camps. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Killer's Kiss Release date: 12/31/1955 11:01:36 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) A noirish thriller with experimental trimmings that holds back most of the emotions, sensitive as... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Seven Year Itch, The Release date: 1/1/1955 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Although it was directed by Billy Wilder, this 1955 CinemaScope classic sometimes seems presided ... 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Marty Release date: 1/1/1955 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Paddy Chayevsky's script, adapted from his own TV play, shows his flair for dialogue at its best,... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: On the Waterfront Release date: 10/1/1954 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) It's hard to deny that Marlon Brando's performance as a dock worker and ex-fighter who finally de... 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rear Window Release date: 8/1/1954 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) In an impressive oeuvre, Rear Window is arguably the most exquisitely handcrafted feature, becaus... 46 other reviews of this movie Movie: Naked Spur, The Release date: 12/31/1953 11:01:39 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) This 1953 film has Janet Leigh in jeans, beautiful location shooting (and Technicolor cinematogra... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: It Came From Outer Space Release date: 12/31/1953 11:01:34 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) [A] scary black-and-white SF effort from 1953. 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Golden Coach, The Release date: 12/31/1952 11:01:32 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Essential viewing. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Big Sky, The Release date: 12/31/1952 11:01:27 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Though this sublime 1952 black-and-white masterpiece by Howard Hawks is usually accorded a low pl... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Story of a Love Affair Release date: 12/31/1950 11:01:44 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) A remarkable formal effort involving a detective, an adulterous trio, a murder plot, a choreograp... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Naked City, The Release date: 3/4/1948 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) A first-rate police thriller. 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Best Years of Our Lives, The Release date: 12/31/1946 11:01:27 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) I'd call this the best American movie about returning soldiers I've ever seen -- the most moving ... 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail, The Release date: 12/31/1945 11:01:38 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Akira Kurosawa's slimmest feature, running only an hour, is also one of the best of his early per... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lost Weekend, The Release date: 11/16/1945 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Today it's less impressive but not without its virtues. 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Casablanca Release date: 1/1/1942 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) Part of what makes this wartime Hollywood drama (1942) about love and political commitment so fon... 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: You Can't Take It With You Release date: 8/23/1938 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (7/0) There are still some laughs and entertainment to be found here, but forget about fidelity to the ... 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: L' Atalante Release date: 1/1/1934 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) A major inspiration to subsequent generations of filmmakers, yet no one has ever succeeded in mat... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: M Release date: 1/1/1931 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) This astonishing movie represents an unsurpassed grand synthesis of storytelling. 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Juno and the Paycock Release date: 12/31/1929 11:01:35 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) A fairly deadly case of canned theater that's pretty close to what Hitchcock many years later wou... 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wedding March, The Release date: 12/31/1928 11:01:48 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) Even minor Stroheim is considerably better than most other filmmakers' major work. 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Faust Release date: 1/1/1926 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) This extraordinary piece of artistry and craftsmanship integrates its dazzling special effects so... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tartuffe Release date: 12/31/1925 11:01:45 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) The mise en scene is beautifully modulated and the performances -- by Emil Jannings, Lil Dagover,... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Greed Release date: 12/31/1924 11:01:32 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) McTeague is surely a great novel, but one reason Greed is even better is that Stroheim had more l... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Nosferatu Release date: 12/31/1922 11:01:39 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) The film shows Murnau's uncanny mixture of expressionism and location shooting at its finest. 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Son, The Release date: 1/30/1900 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/0) There's wonderful use made of a Maine port town, and Ruben gets a dizzying thrill or two out of o... 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bee Movie Release date: 11/2/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/3) No reference The whole thing's pretty cute and breezy. 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Heartbreak Kid, The Release date: 10/5/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/3) No reference If I were in movie hell, I'd rather see Good Luck Chuck again than return to this atrocity. 119 other reviews of this movie Movie: Feast of Love Release date: 9/28/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/3) No reference This heart-warmer by Robert Benton has some of the tender wisdom and humor of his other features. 85 other reviews of this movie Movie: Eastern Promises Release date: 9/14/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/1) No reference David Cronenberg's follow-up to A History of Violence lacks the theoretical dimension of its pred... 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With Release date: 9/5/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/3) No reference The cameos and local details, and even some of the gags, keep it perky. 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Nanny Diaries, The Release date: 8/24/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/1) No reference Wealthy New Yorkers don't often get skewered as mercilessly as they do in this comedy by writing ... 78 other reviews of this movie Movie: The 11th Hour Release date: 8/17/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/1) No reference The filmmakers take pains not to foster fatalistic gloom, concentrating on some of the progressiv... 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: 2 Days in Paris Release date: 8/10/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/1) No reference Satirical and casual in its approach, and Delpy's grasp of the material is assured. 79 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stardust Release date: 8/10/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/1) No reference I'm a sucker for fantasies, but this one is so undistinguished and arbitrary that it left few tra... 123 other reviews of this movie Movie: Belle Toujours Release date: 6/8/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/3) No reference It's also more about class and less about sexual desire. 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Angel-A Release date: 5/25/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/3) No reference [Besson's] attractive black-and-white 'Scope compositions, strong Paris locations, and effective ... 51 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kickin' It Old Skool Release date: 4/27/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference About eight minutes of this comedy is devoted to some terrific breakdancing; the rest consists of... 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Vacancy Release date: 4/20/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference 80 minutes of formulaic unpleasantness isn't even close to my idea of a good time, and I doubt th... 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: In the Land of Women Release date: 4/20/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference This comedy drama is capably acted and undeniably touching in spots, although less than two weeks... 106 other reviews of this movie Movie: Grindhouse Release date: 4/6/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference I enjoyed the invented trailers the directors fold into the mix, but despite the jokey 'missing r... 160 other reviews of this movie Movie: Color Me Kubrick Release date: 3/23/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference Writer Anthony Frewin and director Brian Cook uses Conway's unlikely saga to mount an appreciativ... 57 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wind That Shakes the Barley, The Release date: 3/16/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference As frequently happens in both Loach films and history, the betrayal of ideals, socialist and othe... 93 other reviews of this movie Movie: Exterminating Angels Release date: 3/7/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference Critics I admire have assured me that many of Brisseau's earlier films are less silly, more inter... 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: Zodiac Release date: 3/2/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference Fincher does keep this bubbling along, ably assisted by a cast that includes Mark Ruffalo, Robert... 169 other reviews of this movie Movie: Smokin' Aces Release date: 1/26/2007 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference Based on this outing, writer-director Joe Carnahan can't tell a story worth a damn -- especially ... 133 other reviews of this movie Movie: Copying Beethoven Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:28 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference Agnieszka Holland directs with obvious feeling rather than cynicism, and I was swept away by it d... 54 other reviews of this movie Movie: Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:28 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference [Director Frank] Popper sticks close to the fierce campaigner and his young, mostly inexperienced... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Absolute Wilson Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:26 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference Katharina Otto-Bernstein's documentary provides an excellent introduction to the singular vision... 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pursuit of Happyness, The Release date: 12/15/2006 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference Smith is resourceful in the role, though the story stretches one's credulity about his character'... 135 other reviews of this movie Movie: For Your Consideration Release date: 11/17/2006 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference By now Christopher Guest's brand of satire has become so formulaic that it hardly matters that he... 128 other reviews of this movie Movie: Come Early Morning Release date: 11/10/2006 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference The plot points verge on the familiar and obvious, but [Joey Lauren] Adams's work with the actors... 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus Release date: 11/10/2006 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference Its nerviness only pays off in a few details and in Nicole Kidman's resourcefulness -- mainly a w... 98 other reviews of this movie Movie: Flags of Our Fathers Release date: 10/20/2006 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference This is underimagined and so thesis ridden that it's nearly over before it starts. 158 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lady in the Water Release date: 7/21/2006 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference It's hard to think of a deadlier shotgun marriage than Jacques Tourneur's poetry of absence and S... 86 other reviews of this movie Movie: Monster House Release date: 7/21/2006 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference The overall conception suggests Hayao Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle, the frenetic pacing seems ... 122 other reviews of this movie Movie: Break-Up, The Release date: 6/2/2006 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference It's full of pain and quirky characters standing at oblique angles to one another, and while it d... 157 other reviews of this movie Movie: Friends With Money Release date: 4/7/2006 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference Jennifer Aniston comes into her own with this funny and sensitive comedy about four lifelong frie... 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Night, And Good Luck Release date: 10/7/2005 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference It's an interesting way to represent the past, though the use of space, actors, and archival foot... 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Saving Face Release date: 5/27/2005 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference Abjectly collapses into feel-good nonsense. 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pas sur la Bouche Release date: 12/31/2003 11:01:41 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference I can't think of another French movie that's given me as much pleasure in years. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Umberto D. Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:46 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference This simple, almost Chaplinesque story of a man fighting to preserve his dignity is even more mov... 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Chi-hwa-seon Release date: 1/1/2002 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference [Chihwaseon] rushes through the life of its subject in nimble leaps and bounds, concentrating on ... 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Abre Los Ojos Release date: 12/31/1999 11:01:26 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference Even if the script (written by the director and Mateo Gil) and direction are patchy, the obsessiv... 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sense and Sensibility Release date: 12/14/1995 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference I can't say I remembered this 1995 feature too clearly a couple of days later; but I certainly ha... 22 other reviews of this movie Movie: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Release date: 12/31/1992 11:01:45 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference It has its moments, but not many, and generally speaking it runs neck and neck with Dune as the l... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hard Boiled Release date: 1/1/1992 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference Choreographically stunning like most of Woo's work, especially before he headed West. 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Boyz N The Hood Release date: 12/31/1991 11:01:27 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference Shows some genuine talent in handling character and action, and equal amounts of confusion and at... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Glory Release date: 12/31/1989 11:01:32 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference A pretty watchable and always interesting period film, well photographed by English cinematograph... 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Avanti Popolo Release date: 12/31/1989 11:01:26 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference This 1972 release is the most underrated of all Billy Wilder comedies and arguably the one that c... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Chocolat Release date: 12/21/1989 11:01:28 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference The conceptual side of the movie--two rather sick two-sided antagonists having it out in a black ... 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Les Ailes de la Colombe Release date: 12/31/1981 11:01:37 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference Wings of Desire is one of Wenders's most stunning achievements. 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Release date: 12/31/1978 11:01:44 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/4) No reference Indescribably awful. 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Killer of Sheep Release date: 12/21/1977 11:01:36 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/1) No reference It shouldn't be missed. 51 other reviews of this movie Movie: Un Chant D'Amour Release date: 12/31/1950 11:01:46 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/3) No reference Silent and wordless, it poetically and delicately recapitulates some of the themes of [Genet's] n... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ivan the Terrible - Pt. 2 Release date: 12/31/1946 11:01:34 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/3) No reference Thematically fascinating both as submerged autobiography and as a daring portrait of Stalin's par... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Vredens Dag Release date: 12/31/1943 11:01:47 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/3) No reference Astonishing in its artistically informed period re-creation as well as its hypnotic mise en scene... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ivan the Terrible - Pt. 1 Release date: 12/31/1943 11:01:34 PM Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (3/3) No reference This is one of the most distinctive great films in the history of cinema -- freakishly mannerist,... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Super Size Me Release date: 5/7/2004 Review by Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader: (6/1) Not Reachable In a way it functions as the mental, emotional, and aesthetic equivalent of junk food; two hours ... 131 other reviews of this movie Served turbo style