reviews.
we’re not huge fans of explicitly stating how a film ‘rates,’ and you’ll probably not see ratings in the body of our review texts.
but we do get that some more casual readers just, well, kinda need them to help make the call on dropping that $12.
with that in mind: if you want them, you’ll find them on this page. here’s a very qualitative scale shamelessly lifted from another site:
★★★★★ = love.
★★★★☆ = blurry like/love limbo.
★★★☆☆ = like.
★★☆☆☆ = dislike.
★☆☆☆☆ = hate.
recent:
metropolitan [stillman, 1990] ★★★★☆
the dictator [charles, 2012] ★★☆☆☆
paris, texas [wenders, 1984] ★★★★★
chico and rita [errando, mariscal and trueba, 2010] ★★★★☆
woody allen: a documentary [weide, 2011] ★★★☆☆
catalogue:
#.
8½ (otto e mezzo) [fellini, 1963] ★★★★★
13 assassins (jûsan-nin no shikaku) [miike, 2011] ★★★★☆
50/50 [levine, 2011] ★★★★☆
127 hours [boyle, 2010] ★★★★☆
2046 [wong, 2004] ★★★☆☆
A.
a dangerous method [cronenberg, 2011] ★☆☆☆☆
a man escaped [bresson, 1955] ★★★★☆
a prophet (un prophéte) [audiard, 2009] ★★★★★
a sad trumpet ballad (balada triste de trompeta) [de la iglesia, 2010] ★★★☆☆
a streetcar named desire [kazan, 1951] ★★★★☆
adventures of tintin, the [spielberg, 2011] ★★☆☆☆
albert nobbs [garcia, 2011] ★☆☆☆☆
all that heaven allows [sirk, 1955] ★★★☆☆
alois nebel [lunák, 2011] ★★★☆☆
american, the [corbijn, 2010] ★★★★☆
american friend, the (der amerikanische freund) [wenders, 1977] ★★★☆☆
animal kingdom [michôd, 2010] ★★★★☆
another earth [cahill, 2011] ★★☆☆☆
another year [m. leigh, 2010] ★★★★☆
antichrist [von trier, 2009] ★★☆☆☆
armadillo [pedersen, 2010] ★★★★☆
artist, the [hazanavicius, 2011] ★★★★☆
attenberg [tsangari, 2010] ★★★☆☆
au hasard balthazar [bresson, 1966] ★★☆☆☆
avengers, the [whedon, 2012] ★★★★☆
B.
badlands [malick, 1973] ★★★★☆
barney’s version [lewis, 2010] ★★★☆☆
battle: los angeles [liebesman, 2011] ★★☆☆☆
beats, rhymes and life: travels of a tribe called quest [rapaport, 2011] ★★★★☆
beauty (skoonheid) [hermanus, 2011] ★★☆☆☆
beginners [mills, 2011] ★★★★☆
bicycle thieves (ladri di biciclette) [de sica, 1948] ★★★★★
biutiful [iñarritu, 2010] ★★★☆☆
black swan [aronofsky, 2010] ★★★★★
blue valentine [cianfrance, 2010] ★★★☆☆
blue velvet [lynch, 1986] ★★★★★
bottle rocket [w. anderson, 1996] ★★★☆☆
bridesmaids [feig, 2011] ★★★★☆
buck [meehl, 2011] ★★★☆☆
C.
carlos (carlos, le jachal: 165 min.) [assayas, 2010] ★★★☆☆
carnage [polanski, 2011] ★★★☆☆
cars 2 [lasseter, 2011] ★★☆☆☆
catfish [schulman and joost, 2010] ★★★★☆
cave of forgotten dreams [herzog, 2010] ★★★☆☆
certified copy (copie conforme) [kiarostami, 2010] ★★★★☆
chico and rita [errando, mariscal and trueba, 2010] ★★★★☆
christmas tale, a (un conte noël) [desplechin, 2008] ★★★☆☆
chronicle [trank, 2012] ★★☆☆☆
company men, the [wells, 2010] ★★★☆☆
concert, the (le concert) [mihăileanu, 2010] ★★★☆☆
contagion [soderbergh, 2011] ★★★☆☆
conviction [goldwyn, 2010] ★★☆☆☆
coriolanus [fiennes, 2011] ★★★★☆
crazy, stupid love [ficara & requa, 2011] ★★★☆☆
curious case of benjamin button, the [fincher, 2008] ★★★☆☆
D.
damsels in distress [stillman, 2011] ★★★★☆
days of heaven [malick, 1978] ★★★★★
declaration of war (la guerre est déclarée) [donzelli, 2011] ★★★★☆
deep blue sea, the [davies, 2011] ★★★★☆
descendants, the [payne, 2011] ★★★★☆
dictator, the [charles, 2012] ★★☆☆☆
drive [winding refn, 2011] ★★★★★
E.
east of eden [kazan, 1955] ★★☆☆☆
eat pray love [murphy, 2010] ★★☆☆☆
elite squad 2: the enemy within [padilha, 2010] ★★★☆☆
essential killing [skolimowski, 2010] ★★★☆☆
eternity [kongsakul, 2011] ★★★★☆
exit through the gift shop [banksy, 2010] ★★★★☆
eye of the storm, the [schepisi, 2011] ★★★☆☆
F.
fast five [lin, 2011] ★★★☆☆
fear and loathing in las vegas [gilliam, 1998] ★★☆☆☆
fighter, the [russell, 2010] ★★★★☆
finisterrae [caballero, 2011] ★★★☆☆
fish tank [arnold, 2009] ★★★★☆
footnote (hearat shulayim) [cedar, 2011] ★★★★☆
four lions [morris, 2010] ★★★☆☆
friends with benefits [gluck, 2011] ★★★☆☆
future, the [july, 2011] ★★★☆☆
G.
gainsbourg (gainsbourg: vie héroïque) [sfar, 2010] ★★★★☆
ghost writer, the [polanski, 2010] ★★☆☆☆
girl with the dragon tattoo, the [fincher, 2011] ★★★★☆
grand illusion (la grande illusion) [renoir, 1937] ★★★★☆
greatest movie ever sold, the [spurlock, 2011] ★★★☆☆
guard, the [mcdonagh, 2011] ★★★★☆
H.
hangover: part ii, the [phillips, 2011] ★★★☆☆
hanna [wright, 2011] ★★☆☆☆
happy, happy (sykt lykkelig) [sewitsky, 2010] ★★★☆☆
happy together (chun gwong cha sit) [wong, 1997] ★★★★☆
hara-kiri: death of a samurai (ichimei) [miike, 2011] ★★★☆☆
harry potter and the deathly hallows [P1] [yates, 2010] ★★★★☆
harry potter and the deathly hallows [P2] [yates, 2011] ★★★★☆
headhunters (hodejegerne) [tyldum, 2011] ★★★☆☆
heartbeats (les amours imaginaires) [dolan, 2010] ★★☆☆☆
heat wave (après le sud) [jauffret, 2011] ★★☆☆☆
hesher [susser, 2011] ★★★☆☆
hobo with a shotgun [eisener, 2011] ★★☆☆☆
house of tolerance (l’apollonide: souvenirs de la maison close) [bertrand, 2011] ★★★★★
how i ended this summer (kak ya provel etim letom) [popogrebsky, 2010] ★★★☆☆
hugo [scorsese, 2011] ★★★☆☆
hunger [mcqueen, 2008] ★★★☆☆
hunger games, the [ross, 2012] ★★★☆☆
I.
i am love (io sono l’amore) [guadagnino, 2010] ★★★★☆
i saw the devil (akmareul boatda) [kim, 2010] ★★★★☆
ice storm, the [a. lee, 1997] ★★★★☆
ides of march, the [clooney, 2011] ★★★☆☆
illusionist, the (l’illusionniste) [chomet, 2010] ★★★★★
in a better world (hævnen) [bier, 2010] ★★★☆☆
incendies [villeneuve, 2010] ★★★★★
inglourious basterds [tarantino, 2009] ★★★★★
inside job [ferguson, 2010] ★★★☆☆
it happened one night [capra, 1934] ★★★★★
J.
j. edgar [eastwood, 2011] ★★☆☆☆
K.
kes [loach, 1970] ★★★☆☆
kid with a bike, the (le gamin au vélo) [j-p. & l. dardenne, 2011] ★★★☆☆
kids are all right, the [cholodenko, 2010] ★★★☆☆
killer inside me, the [winterbottom, 2010] ★★★☆☆
killers on parade (yuhi ni akai ore no kao) [shinoda, 1961] ★★★☆☆
king of comedy, the [scorsese, 1982] ★★★★★
king’s speech, the [hooper, 2010] ★★★☆☆
L.
l’argent [bresson, 1983] ★★★★★[antonioni, 1962] ★★★★★
le havre [kaurismäki, 2011] ★★★★☆
lennonyc [epstein, 2011] ★★★☆☆
les dames du bois de boulogne [bresson, 1945] ★★★☆☆
let me in [reeves, 2010] ★★★★☆
like crazy [doremus, 2011] ★★★☆☆
little white lies (les petits mouchoirs) [canet, 2010] ★★★★★
love and other drugs [zwick, 2010] ★★☆☆☆
M.
m [lang, 1931] ★★★★☆
man from nowhere, the (ajeossi) [j. lee, 2010] ★★★☆☆
margaret [lonergan, 2011] ★★★★☆
margin call [chandor, 2011] ★★★★☆
martha marcy may marlene [durkin, 2011] ★★★★☆
medianeras [taretto, 2011] ★★★☆☆
meek’s cutoff [reichardt, 2011] ★★★★☆
melancholia [von trier, 2011] ★★★★★
metropolitan [stillman, 1990] ★★★★☆
michael [schleinzer, 2011] ★★☆☆☆
midnight in paris [allen, 2011] ★★★★☆
miss bala [naranjo, 2011] ★★★★☆
mission: impossible iv: ghost protocol [bird, 2011] ★★★☆☆
modern times [chaplin, 1936] ★★★★☆
moneyball [miller, 2011] ★★☆☆☆
my own private idaho [van sant, 1991] ★★★★☆
my week with marilyn [curtis, 2011] ★★☆☆☆
N.
nader and simin, a separation (jodaeieye nader az simin) [farhadi, 2011] ★★★★★
naked lunch [cronenberg, 1991] ★★★★☆
never let me go [romanek, 2010] ★★★★☆
norwegian wood (noruwei no mori) [tran, 2010] ★★★★☆
O.
oceans [perrin and cluzaud, 2009] ★★★☆☆
of gods and men (des hommes et des dieux) [beauvois, 2010] ★★★☆☆
on tour (tournée) [amalric, 2010] ★★☆☆☆
once upon a time in anatolia (bir zamanlar anadolu’da) [ceylan, 2011] ★★★☆☆
orator, the (o le tulafale) [tamasese, 2011] ★★★☆☆
our idiot brother [peretz, 2011] ★★★☆☆
outside the law (hors la loi) [bouchareb, 2010] ★★★☆☆
P.
page one: inside the new york times [rossi, 2011] ★★★★☆
paris, texas [wenders, 1984] ★★★★★
paris-manhattan [lellouche, 2012] ★★★☆☆
party girl [ray, 1958] ★★★★☆
passenger, the [antonioni, 1975] ★★★☆☆
paths of glory [kubrick, 1957] ★★★★☆
people vs. george lucas, the [phillipe, 2010] ★★★★☆
pickpocket [bresson, 1959] ★★★☆☆
polisse [maïwenn, 2011] ★★★☆☆
project nim [marsh, 2011] ★★★★☆
project x [nourizadeh, 2012] ★★☆☆☆
R.
rabbit hole [mitchell, 2010] ★★★★☆
raid, the (serbuan maut) [evans, 2011] ★★★★☆
rashomon [kurosawa, 1950] ★★★★★
rebel without a cause [ray, 1955] ★★★☆☆
rebellion (l’ordre et la morale) [kassovitz, 2012] ★★★☆☆
red state [smith, 2011] ★★★☆☆
restless [van sant, 2011] ★★★☆☆
restrepo [hetherington & junger, 2010] ★★★★☆
revanche [spielmann, 2008] ★★★☆☆
rise of the planet of the apes [wyatt, 2011] ★★★★☆
room, the [wiseau, 2003] ☆☆☆☆☆
rules of the game, the (la régle de jeu) [renoir, 1939] ★★★★☆
rushmore [w. anderson, 1998] ★★★★☆
S.
senna [kapadia, 2010] ★★★★☆
seventh seal, the (det sjunde inseglet) [bergman, 1957] ★★★★☆
shame [mcqueen, 2011] ★★★★★
sherlock holmes: a game of shadows [ritchie, 2011] ★★★☆☆
silence of joan, the (jeanne captive) [ramos, 2011] ★☆☆☆☆
silence of love (tous des soleils) [claudel, 2011] ★★☆☆☆
skin i live in, the (la piel que habito) [almodóvar, 2011] ★★★☆☆
skylab, le [delpy, 2011] ★★★★☆
sleeping beauty [j. leigh, 2011] ★★★☆☆
social network, the [fincher, 2010] ★★★★★
somewhere [coppola, 2010] ★★★★☆
source, the (le source des femmes) [mihăileanu, 2011] ★★★☆☆
source code [jones, 2011] ★★★☆☆
snowtown [kurzel, 2011] ★★★★☆
submarine [ayoade, 2011] ★★★★☆
sucker punch [snyder, 2011] ★☆☆☆☆
super 8 [abrams, 2011] ★★★★☆
swell season, the [dapkins, august-perna & mirabella-davis, 2011] ★★★★☆
T.
tabloid [morris, 2011] ★★★☆☆
take shelter [nichols, 2011] ★★★☆☆
taste of cherry (t’am e guilass) [kiarostami, 1997] ★★★★☆
taxi driver [scorsese, 1976] ★★★★★
that obscure object of desire (cet obscur objet du désir) [buñuel, 1977] ★★★★☆
there will be blood [p.t. anderson, 2007] ★★★★★
three [twyker, 2011] ★★☆☆☆
thin red line, the [malick, 1998] ★★★☆☆
this is not a film [mirtahmasb & panahi, 2011] ★★★★☆
thor [branagh, 2011] ★★★☆☆
tinker tailor soldier spy [alfredson, 2011] ★★★★★
tiny furniture [dunham, 2011] ★★☆☆☆
tomboy [sciamma, 2011] ★★★★☆
tomorrow will be better (jutro bedjie lepiej) [kedzierzawska, 2011] ★★★☆☆
touch of evil [welles, 1958] ★★★★☆
transformers 3: dark of the moon [bay, 2011] ★★★☆☆
tree of life, the [malick, 2011] ★★★★★
trip, the [winterbottom, 2011] ★★★★☆
trollhunter (trolljegeren) [øvredal, 2010] ★★☆☆☆
true grit [coen bros., 2010] ★★★★☆
U.
umberto d. [de sica, 1952] ★★★★☆
uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives (loong boonmee raleuk chat) [weerasethakul, 2010] ★★★★☆
under african skies [berlinger, 2012] ★★★☆☆
W.
way back, the [weir, 2011] ★★★☆☆
war horse [spielberg, 2011] ★★★☆☆
warrior [o’connor, 2011] ★★★☆☆
we need to talk about kevin [ramsay, 2011] ★★★★★
weekend [haigh, 2011] ★★★★☆
white ribbon, the (das weisse band) [haneke, 2009] ★★★★☆
win win [mccarthy, 2011] ★★★☆☆
wings of desire (der himmel über berlin) [wenders, 1987] ★★★★★
winter’s bone [granik, 2010] ★★★★☆
woody allen: a documentary [weide, 2011] ★★★☆☆
X.
x [hewitt, 2011] ☆☆☆☆☆
Y.
yellow sea, the (hwanghae) [na, 2010] ★★★★☆
yojimbo [kurosawa, 1961] ★★★★☆
young adult [reitman, 2011] ★★★★☆
[show me chronoblogical].
