Cantet has rich insights into this material, and brings them alive through sensitive acting and powerful filmmaking.

Brando made one of his most indelible impressions in this relentlessly dramatic, ever-controversial tale of loyalty and betrayal in the world of working-class unions.

Exhilarating doses of style, imagination, and sheer energy.

Most moviegoers will leave buzzing about the climactic Battle of Helm's Deep. But in my eyes, this is Gollum's show more than anyone else's, even the special-effects wizards behind the scenes.

The suspense isn't exactly breathtaking, but there are some mighty fine laughs in this clever Claymation cartoon.Family fun for all.

The director's cut of this 2001 cult fantasy is a deliriously subtle exploration of storytelling possibilities, and a deliciously wry teen-pic to boot. Brilliant.

As before, the movie is more impressive for its finely detailed vision of Los Angeles as a futuristic slum than for its story, acting, or message. It's all downhill after the first few eye-dazzling minutes. [2 Oct 1992]

Too much repetition and an unconvincing finale take a toll on the film's overall effectiveness.

The story is surprising, the screenplay is witty, and the animation is wonderfully creative. A super sequel.

This romantic farce has a talented cast and energy to spare, but somehow the ingredients don't burn as brightly as one would expect from such promising ingredients.

Absorbing but disturbing documentary.

A quintessential New York director made this quintessential New York movie in 1973, with Pacino at his best.

Timely, pointed messages about oppression and opportunity come poignantly through in strongly dramatic terms.

The filmmaking is meticulous and the ideas are endlessly thought-provoking.

Harrowing, extremely disturbing at times, but brought to the screen in dazzling pop-art images that make the movie's grim content very much worth watching.

This is a lively, life-affirming documentary no viewer is likely to forget.

Brilliant, poetic, and utterly unique.

Some will find the movie's sexual antics too explicit and unconventional for comfort.

A mix of war film, road movie, and romantic comedy-drama, this peripatetic yarn is less resonant than Ghobadi's beautiful "A Time for Drunken Horses," but it has enough energy to keep your eyes popping and your toes tapping.

The first half is full of verbal and visual surprises, but the later scenes are talky and dull, as if filmmaker Steven Soderbergh had lost interest in his subject and his characters. Which would be understandable, since the story often seems more calculated than heartfelt. [4 Aug 1989, Arts, p.10]

A full-fledged masterpiece.

A conventional dark comedy with moments of unexpectedly biting wit.

It's an ideal match, and Eastwood deserves accolades as both director and star of this powerfully made picture.

The latest installment is packed with surprises and emotion for people who've seen earlier stages of the project, but even newcomers will be fascinated by the vivid glimpses it provides of everything from love and family to political action and the pervasiveness of class distinctions in British life.

As slow-moving as the voyage it portrays,...a surprisingly complex view of contemporary life beneath its good-natured surface.

Anderson fulfills the promise of his inventive "Bottle Rocket" with this quirky, often hilarious comedy, and Murray gives his most uproarious performance since the groundbreaking "Groundhog Day."

Is this misogyny, as some insist, or a critique of misogyny, as others say? Many moviegoers, grossed out by the film's gothic approach to medical matters, won't watch long enough to find out which is the answer. [30 Sept 1988]

Swank gives one of the year's most complex and hard-hitting performances in the demanding central role.