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Dark City -- Alex Proyas (****) A.A.L. Dancer in the Dark -- Lars von Trier (****½) A.A.L. Dawn of the Dead -- George Romero (****½) A.A.L. Dead Man -- Jim Jarmusch (*****) A.A.L. Dead Poets Society -- Peter Weir (**) A.A.L. Deconstructing Harry -- Woody Allen (****½) A.A.L. Desperado -- Robert Rodriguez (**) A.A.L. Devil in a Blue Dress -- Carl Franklin (****) A.A.L. Diary of a Chambermaid -- Luis Buñuel (****½) A.A.L. Dick -- Andrew Fleming (***) A.A.L. Dick Tracy -- Warren Beatty (****½) A.A.L. Dirty Harry -- Don Siegel (****½) A.A.L. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie -- Luis Buñuel (*****) A.A.L. Doctor Zhivago -- David Lean (***½) A.A.L. Dogma -- Kevin Smith (**½) A.A.L. The Doors -- Oliver Stone (**) A.A.L. Do the Right Thing -- Spike Lee (*****) GREGORY FILCE Do the Right Thing -- Spike Lee (*****) A.A.L. Dr. T and the Women -- Robert Altman (***½) A.A.L. |
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Earth -- Alexander Dovzhenko (*****) A.A.L. 8½ -- Federico Fellini (****½) A.A.L. 8MM -- Joel Schumacher (***½) A.A.L. Election -- Alexander Payne (****½) A.A.L. El Mariachi -- Robert Rodriguez (***½) A.A.L. The Emperor's New Groove -- Mark Dindal (****) A.A.L. The End of Evangelion -- Hideaki Anno (****½) A.A.L. Erin Brockovich -- Steven Soderbergh (**) A.A.L. Evangelion: Death and Rebirth -- Hideaki Anno (****) A.A.L. Everyone Says I Love You -- Woody Allen (****½) A.A.L. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask -- Woody Allen (***) A.A.L. Eve's Bayou -- Kasi Lemmons (****½) A.A.L. The Evil Dead -- Sam Raimi (***½) A.A.L. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn -- Sam Raimi (****) GREGORY FILCE Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn -- Sam Raimi (****) A.A.L. eXistenZ -- David Cronenberg (****½) A.A.L. The Exorcist -- William Friedkin (***) A.A.L. Exotica -- Atom Egoyan (*****) A.A.L. |
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Face/Off -- John Woo (***½) A.A.L. Fallen Angels -- Wong Kar-wai (*****) A.A.L. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas -- Terry Gilliam (*½) A.A.L. La Femme Nikita -- Luc Besson (***½) A.A.L. Ferris Bueller's Day Off -- John Hughes (***½) A.A.L. The Fifth Element -- Luc Besson (***½) A.A.L. Fight Club -- David Fincher (**) A.A.L. Fireworks -- Takeshi Kitano (****½) A.A.L. A Fish Called Wanda -- Charles Crichton (*****) A.A.L. Flowers of Shanghai -- Hou Hsaio-hsien (*****) A.A.L. Four Rooms -- Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino (**) A.A.L. Frantic -- Roman Polanski (***½) A.A.L. From Dusk Till Dawn -- Robert Rodriguez (***½) A.A.L. Full Metal Jacket -- Stanley Kubrick (****) A.A.L. |
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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis -- Vittorio De Sica (***) A.A.L Gattaca -- Andrew Niccol (****) A.A.L George Washington -- David Gordon Green (****½) A.A.L. Get on the Bus -- Spike Lee (****½) A.A.L. Ghostbusters -- Ivan Reitman (*****) GREGORY FILCE Ghostbusters -- Ivan Reitman (****) A.A.L. Ghostbusters 2 -- Ivan Reitman (***) A.A.L. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai -- Jim Jarmusch (****½) A.A.L. Ghost in the Shell -- Mamoro Oshii (****½) A.A.L. Girlfight -- Karyn Kusama (****) A.A.L. Girl on the Bridge -- Patrice Leconte (****½) A.A.L. Gladiator -- Ridley Scott (**½) A.A.L. The Gleaners and I -- Agnes Varda (****½) A.A.L. The Godfather -- Francis Ford Coppola (*****) A.A.L. Grave of the Fireflies -- Isao Takahata (*****) A.A.L. |
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Hannah and Her Sisters -- Woody Allen (*****) A.A.L. Hard Eight -- Paul Thomas Anderson (****½) A.A.L. He Got Game -- Spike Lee (****) A.A.L. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer -- John McNaughton (*****) SHAUN GRAVOIS High Fidelity -- Stephen Frears (****½) A.A.L. House of Games -- David Mamet (*****) A.A.L. Husbands and Wives -- Woody Allen (****½) A.A.L. |
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Insomnia -- Erik Skjoldbjærg (****) A.A.L. Interview with the Vampire -- Neil Jordan (****) A.A.L. In the Company of Men -- Neil LaBute (*****) A.A.L. Irma Vep -- Olivier Assayas (*****) A.A.L. The Iron Giant -- Brad Bird (****½) A.A.L. It's a Wonderful Life -- Frank Capra (*****) A.A.L. |
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back -- Kevin Smith (****) DANE HITT Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back -- Kevin Smith (***½) A.A.L. Jerry Maguire -- Cameron Crowe (****) A.A.L. Jesus' Son -- Allison MacLean (****½) A.A.L. JFK -- Oliver Stone (*****) A.A.L. |
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Kwaidan -- Masaki Kobayashi (*****) A.A.L. |
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The Lady Eve -- Preston Sturges (*****) A.A.L. The Lady from Shanghai -- Orson Welles (****½) A.A.L. The Last Temptation of Christ -- Martin Scorsese (*****) A.A.L. The Legend of Drunken Master -- Lau Kar-Leung (****) A.A.L. Lolita -- Stanley Kubrick (***½) A.A.L. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- Peter Jackson (*****) DANE HITT The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- Peter Jackson (*****) A.A.L. The Lost Boys -- Joel Schumacher (***½) A.A.L. Lost in America -- Albert Brooks (****) A.A.L. |
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M -- Fritz Lang (*****) A.A.L. The Madness of King George -- Nicholas Hytner (****½) A.A.L. Mallrats -- Kevin Smith (***) GREGORY FILCE The Maltese Falcon -- John Huston (****½) A.A.L. The Manchurian Candidate -- John Frankenheimer (*****) A.A.L. Manhattan Murder Mystery -- Woody Allen (***½) A.A.L. Man in the Moon -- Robert Mulligan (****½) A.A.L. Man with the Movie Camera -- Dziga Vertov (*****) A.A.L. Meet Joe Black -- Martin Brest (***½) A.A.L. Meet the Parents -- Jay Roach (***½) A.A.L. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters -- Paul Schrader (****½) A.A.L. Mission: Impossible -- Brian de Palma (***½) A.A.L. Mission: Impossible 2 -- John Woo (**½) A.A.L. Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. -- Errol Morris (*****) Much Ado About Nothing -- Kenneth Branagh (****) A.A.L. Mulan -- Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook (****½) A.A.L. The Muse -- Albert Brookes (**½) A.A.L. My Dinner with André -- Louis Malle (*****) A.A.L. My Fair Lady -- George Cukor (*****) A.A.L. My Left Foot -- Jim Sheridan (*****) A.A.L. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie -- Jim Mallon (***½) A.A.L. |
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The Natural -- Barry Levinson (**) A.A.L. Neon Genesis Evangelion (****½) A.A.L. Network -- Sidney Lumet (****½) A.A.L. New Rose Hotel -- Abel Ferrara (***) A.A.L. Night of the Hunter -- Charles Laughton (*****) A.A.L. Nights of Cabiria -- Federico Fellini (****½) A.A.L. Ninja Scroll -- Yoshiaki Kawajiri (****½) A.A.L. Nixon -- Oliver Stone (****½) A.A.L. Nosferatu -- F.W. Murnau (*****) A.A.L. Nurse Betty -- Neil LaBute (****) A.A.L. |
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? -- Joel Coen (***) A.A.L. October Sky -- Joe Johnston (****½) A.A.L. One False Move -- Carl Franklin (*****) A.A.L. On Golden Pond -- Mark Rydell (**½) A.A.L. The Original Kings of Comedy -- Spike Lee (***½) A.A.L. The Outlaw Josey Wales -- Clint Eastwood (****) A.A.L. Out of Africa -- Sydney Pollack (*****) A.A.L. |
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Pi -- Darren Aronofsky (****½) A.A.L. Predator -- John McTiernan (***½) A.A.L. The Princess Bride -- Rob Reiner (****) A.A.L. Princess Mononoke -- Hayao Miyazaki (*****) A.A.L. La Promesse -- Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne (*****) A.A.L. Pulp Fiction -- Quentin Tarantino (*****) A.A.L. The Purple Rose of Cairo -- Woody Allen (*****) A.A.L. |
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Radio Days -- Woody Allen (*****) A.A.L. Radio Flyer -- Richard Donner (*) A.A.L. The Rainmaker -- Francis Ford Coppola (***½) A.A.L. Rain Man -- Barry Levinson (***½) A.A.L. Rashomon -- Akira Kurosawa (*****) A.A.L. Rear Window -- Alfred Hitchcock (*****) A.A.L. Requiem for a Dream -- Darren Aronofsky (****½) A.A.L. Reservoir Dogs -- Quentin Tarantino (****) A.A.L. RoboCop -- Paul Verhoeven (***½) A.A.L. Romancing the Stone -- Robert Zemeckis (***½) A.A.L. Rope -- Alfred Hitchcock (****½) A.A.L. Rounders -- John Dahl (***½) A.A.L. The Running Man -- Paul Michael Glaser (**½) GREGORY FILCE Rushmore -- Wes Anderson (***½) A.A.L. |
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Safe -- Todd Haynes (*****) A.A.L. Say Anything ... -- Cameron Crowe (*****) A.A.L. Scary Movie -- Keenan Ivory Wayans (*½) A.A.L. The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb -- Dave Borthwick (****) A.A.L. Sense and Sensibility -- Ang Lee (***) A.A.L. Shadowlands -- Richard Attenborough (****½) A.A.L. Shadows -- John Cassavetes (*****) A.A.L. The Shining -- Stanley Kubrick (***½) A.A.L. Shower -- Zang Yang (***½) A.A.L. Simon Birch -- Mark Steven Johnson (***) A.A.L. Singin' in the Rain -- Gene Kelly (*****) A.A.L. The Sixth Sense -- M. Night Shyamalan (**½) A.A.L. SLC Punk! -- James Merendino (**) A.A.L. Sleeper -- Woody Allen (***½) A.A.L. Sleepy Hollow -- Tim Burton (****) A.A.L. Small Soldiers -- Joe Dante (***½) A.A.L. Small Time Crooks -- Woody Allen (***½) A.A.L. Some Like It Hot -- Billy Wilder (*****) A.A.L. Space Cowboys -- Clint Eastwood (***½) A.A.L. The Spanish Prisoner -- David Mamet (****) A.A.L. Spartacus -- Stanley Kubrick (****) A.A.L. Spawn -- Mark A.Z. Dippé (***½) A.A.L. The Spitfire Grill -- Lee David Zlotoff (**) A.A.L. Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace -- George Lucas (**) A.A.L. The Straight Story -- David Lynch (*****) A.A.L. Strange Days -- Kathryn Bigelow (****½) A.A.L. Stranger Than Paradise -- Jim Jarmusch (*****) A.A.L. Sullivan's Travels -- Preston Sturges (****) A.A.L. Sunset Boulevard -- Billy Wilder (*****) A.A.L. Sweet and Lowdown -- Woody Allen (****½) A.A.L. The Sword in the Stone -- Wolfgang Reitherman (****½) A.A.L. |
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Taboo -- Nagisa Oshima (*****) A.A.L. Take the Money and Run -- Woody Allen (***½) A.A.L. The Tao of Steve -- Jenniphr Goodman (***½) A.A.L. Taste of Cherry -- Abbas Kiarostami (*****) A.A.L. Tetsuo: The Iron Man -- Shinya Tsukamoto (****½) A.A.L. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre -- Tobe Hooper (*****) SHAUN GRAVOIS The Third Man -- Carol Reed (*****) A.A.L. This Is Spinal Tap -- Rob Reiner (*****) A.A.L. Time Bandits -- Terry Gilliam (****) A.A.L. Titan A.E. -- Don Bluth (****) A.A.L. Titus -- Julie Taymor (****½) A.A.L. To Kill a Mockingbird -- Robert Mulligan (***) A.A.L. Tokyo Drifter -- Seijun Suzuki (***½) A.A.L. Tootsie -- Sydney Pollack (*****) A.A.L. Total Recall -- Paul Verhoeven (****) A.A.L. Touch of Evil -- Orson Welles (*****) A.A.L. Toy Story -- John Lasseter (****½) A.A.L. Toy Story 2 -- John Lasseter (****½) A.A.L. Trial and Error -- Jonathan Lynn (***½) A.A.L. 12 Monkeys -- Terry Gilliam (****) A.A.L. 2001: A Space Odyssey -- Stanley Kubrick (*****) A.A.L. |
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UHF -- Jay Levey (**½) GREGORY FILCE Unbreakable -- M. Night Shyamalan (****) A.A.L. The Untouchables -- Brian de Palma (**½) A.A.L. Urusei Yatsura, The Movie 2: Beautiful Dreamer -- Mamoru Oshii (***) A.A.L. The Usual Suspects -- Christopher McQuarrie (**) A.A.L. |
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Vertigo -- Alfred Hitchcock (*****) A.A.L. Video Girl Ai -- Masakazu Katsura (****) A.A.L. The Virgin Suicides -- Sofia Coppola (****½) A.A.L. |
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Wag the Dog -- Barry Levinson (****½) A.A.L. Wicked City -- Yoshiaki Kawajiri (***½) A.A.L. Wonder Boys -- Curtis Hanson (*****) A.A.L. Written on the Wind -- Douglas Sirk (*****) A.A.L. |
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Yellow Submarine -- George Dunning (***½) A.A.L. Young Frankenstein -- Mel Brooks (****) A.A.L. |
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Casablanca -- Michael Curtiz (*****) A.A.L. Castaway -- Robert Zemeckis (****) A.A.L. The Cell -- Tarsem Singh (****) A.A.L. Chasing Amy -- Kevin Smith (***½) A.A.L. Chicken Run -- Nick Park, Peter Lord (****½) A.A.L. Chinatown -- Roman Polanski (*****) A.A.L. Children of Heaven -- Majid Majidi (****½) A.A.L. Chocolat -- Lasse Hallstrom (***½) A.A.L. Cinema Paradiso -- Giuseppe Tornatore (****) A.A.L. Circle of Friends -- Pat O'Connor (****) A.A.L. Citizen Kane -- Orson Welles (*****) A.A.L. City Lights -- Charlie Chaplin (*****) A.A.L. Clerks -- Kevin Smith (*****) DANE HITT Clerks -- Kevin Smith (***) A.A.L. Closely Watched Trains -- Jiří Menzel (*****) A.A.L. Close-Up -- Abbas Kiarostami (*****) A.A.L. The Color of Paradise -- Majid Majidi (****½) A.A.L. The Color of Pomegranates -- Sergei Paradjanov (*****) A.A.L. Cool World -- Ralph Bakshi (*) A.A.L. The Contender -- Rod Lurie (***½) A.A.L. The Conversation -- Francis Ford Coppola (*****) A.A.L. Cries and Whispers -- Ingmar Bergman (*****) A.A.L. Crooklyn -- Spike Lee (***½) A.A.L. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- Ang Lee (*****) A.A.L. The Crucible -- Nicholas Hytner (**½) A.A.L. Crumb -- Terry Zwigoff (*****) A.A.L. Cry the Beloved Country -- Darrell James Roodt (**½) A.A.L. |
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Bad Lieutenant -- Abel Ferrara (*****) A.A.L. The Bank Dick -- Edward F. Cline (****) A.A.L. Beauty and the Beast -- Jean Cocteau (*****) A.A.L. Beauty and the Beast -- Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise (*****) A.A.L. Being John Malkovich -- Spike Jonze (*****) A.A.L. Best in Show -- Christopher Guest (****½) A.A.L. The Big Kahuna -- John Swanbeck (****) A.A.L. The Big Lebowski -- Joel Coen (****) A.A.L. Big Trouble in Little China -- John Carpenter (**½) GREGORY FILCE Big Trouble in Little China -- John Carpenter (**) A.A.L. Billy Elliot -- Stephen Daldry (***½) A.A.L. Black and White -- James Toback (***½) A.A.L. The Blair Witch Project -- Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez (****) A.A.L. Blood Simple -- Joel Coen (*****) A.A.L. Blue Velvet -- David Lynch (****) A.A.L. Boiler Room -- Ben Younger (****) A.A.L. A Boy and His Dog -- L.Q. Jones (***½) A.A.L. Boyz N the Hood -- John Singleton (****½) A.A.L. Branded to Kill -- Seijun Suzuki (*****) A.A.L. Brazil -- Terry Gilliam (*****) A.A.L. Breathless -- Jean-Luc Godard (*****) A.A.L. The Bride of Frankenstein -- James Whale (*****) A.A.L. Brief Encounter -- David Lean (***½) A.A.L. Bringing Out the Dead -- Martin Scorsese (*****) A.A.L. Broadway Danny Rose -- Woody Allen (***½) A.A.L. A Bug's Life -- John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton (****) A.A.L. |
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Absolute Power -- Clint Eastwood (***½) A.A.L. The Abyss -- James Cameron (**½) A.A.L. The Age of Innocence -- Martin Scorsese (*****) A.A.L. Airplane! -- Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker, David Zucker (****) A.A.L. Akira -- Katsuhiro Otomo (*****) A.A.L. All About Eve -- Joseph Mankiewicz (*****) A.A.L. All That Jazz -- Bob Fosse (****½) A.A.L. American Movie -- Chris Smith, Sarah Price (*****) A.A.L. American Pop -- Ralph Bakshi (****) A.A.L. The American President -- Rob Reiner (****½) A.A.L. Anastasia -- Don Bluth (****) A.A.L. Anatomy -- Stefan Ruzowitzky (****) SHAUN GRAVOIS Anatomy of a Murder -- Otto Preminger (*****) A.A.L. Annie Hall -- Woody Allen (*****) A.A.L. Antz -- Tim Johnson, Eric Darnell (****) A.A.L. The Apartment -- Billy Wilder (*****) A.A.L. Army of Darkness -- Sam Raimi (***) A.A.L. As Good as It Gets -- James L. Brooks (*****) A.A.L. L'Avventura -- Michaelangelo Antonioni (*****) A.A.L. |
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NEW REVIEWS
Clerks, reviewed by Dane Hitt
Clerks, reviewed by André Lyon
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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FILM CRITICISM: THE CLASSICS |
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Zelig -- Woody Allen (****) A.A.L. |
