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REVIEWS
The 39 Steps (Alfred Hitchcock, UK, 1935) A
Baby Face (Alfred E. Green, USA, 1933) A–
Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, UK/USA, 1975) A
Berberian Sound Studio (Peter Strickland, UK, 2013) B+
Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Alejandro González Iñárritu, USA, 2014) B
Black Mass (Scott Cooper, UK/USA, 2015) D+
Blade Runner 2049 (Denis Villeneuve, USA, 2017) C
Boardinghouse (John Wintergate, USA, 1982) C+
Calcutta (Louis Malle, France, 1969) C
The Cat's Meow (Peter Bogdanovich, UK/Germany/Canada/USA, 2001) A
Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, USA, 2016) A
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, USA, 1941) A
Climax (Gaspar Noé, France/Belgium, 2019) A–
Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg, Canada/France/Greece/UK, 2022)
The Curse of the Cat People (Gunther von Fritsch & Robert Wise, 1944) A–
Down by Law (Jim Jarmusch, USA, 1986) A
Eyes Without a Face (Georges Franju, France, 1960) A–
Fireworks Wednesday (Asghar Farhadi, Iran, 2006) A–
Go West (Buster Keaton, USA, 1925) A–
Godzilla (Ishiro Honda, Japan, 1954) A
Harakiri (Masaki Kobayashi, Japan, 1962) A
Hard to Be a God (Aleksei German, Russia, 2015) B+
Hector and the Search for Happiness (Peter Chelsom, Germany/Canada/UK/South Africa/USA, 2014) D
I Walked with a Zombie (Jacques Tourneur, USA, 1943) A
The Imitation Game (Morten Tyldum, USA/UK, 2014) D–
It Follows (David Robert Mitchell, USA, 2015) A–
Judex (Georges Franju, France, 1963) A–
Mrs. Miniver (William Wyler, USA, 1942) A
Ms. 45 (Abel Ferrara, USA, 1981) A
Norte, the End of History (Lav Diaz, Philippines, 2014) A
Pickpocket (Robert Bresson, France, 1959) A
Piercing (Nicolas Pesce, USA, 2019) C–
Pom Poko (Isao Takahata, Japan, 1994) A
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, France, 2020) A
Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, USA, 1994) B+
Queen of Earth (Alex Ross Perry, USA, 2015) A
Roman Holiday (William Wyler, USA, 1953) A
Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski, USA, 1968) A
Tár: The Character is the Message (Todd Field, USA, 2022) A–
Touki Bouki (Djibril Diop Mambety, Senegal, 1973) B+
Tramontane (Vatche Boulghourjian, Lebanon/France/Qatar/United Arab Emirates, 2016) B–
Tully (Jason Reitman, USA, 2018) B+
Under the Shadow (Babak Anvari, UK/Jordan/Qatar/Iran, 2016) B
Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, Switzerland/UK/USA, 2014) A–
Us (Jordan Peele, USA/Japan, 2019) B+
Western (Valeska Grisebach, Germany/Bulgaria/Austria, 2018) B+
White Dog (Samuel Fuller, USA, 1982) A
Why Don't You Play in Hell? (Sion Sono, Japan, 2014) B+
Winter Sleep (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey/France/Germany, 2014) A–
The Witch (Robert Eggers, UK/Canada/USA, 2016) B+
The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, USA, 1939) A–
Woman at War (Benedikt Erlingsson, Iceland/France/Ukraine, 2019) B
Baby Face (Alfred E. Green, USA, 1933) A–
Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, UK/USA, 1975) A
Berberian Sound Studio (Peter Strickland, UK, 2013) B+
Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Alejandro González Iñárritu, USA, 2014) B
Black Mass (Scott Cooper, UK/USA, 2015) D+
Blade Runner 2049 (Denis Villeneuve, USA, 2017) C
Boardinghouse (John Wintergate, USA, 1982) C+
Calcutta (Louis Malle, France, 1969) C
The Cat's Meow (Peter Bogdanovich, UK/Germany/Canada/USA, 2001) A
Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, USA, 2016) A
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, USA, 1941) A
Climax (Gaspar Noé, France/Belgium, 2019) A–
Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg, Canada/France/Greece/UK, 2022)
The Curse of the Cat People (Gunther von Fritsch & Robert Wise, 1944) A–
Down by Law (Jim Jarmusch, USA, 1986) A
Eyes Without a Face (Georges Franju, France, 1960) A–
Fireworks Wednesday (Asghar Farhadi, Iran, 2006) A–
Go West (Buster Keaton, USA, 1925) A–
Godzilla (Ishiro Honda, Japan, 1954) A
Harakiri (Masaki Kobayashi, Japan, 1962) A
Hard to Be a God (Aleksei German, Russia, 2015) B+
Hector and the Search for Happiness (Peter Chelsom, Germany/Canada/UK/South Africa/USA, 2014) D
I Walked with a Zombie (Jacques Tourneur, USA, 1943) A
The Imitation Game (Morten Tyldum, USA/UK, 2014) D–
It Follows (David Robert Mitchell, USA, 2015) A–
Judex (Georges Franju, France, 1963) A–
Mrs. Miniver (William Wyler, USA, 1942) A
Ms. 45 (Abel Ferrara, USA, 1981) A
Norte, the End of History (Lav Diaz, Philippines, 2014) A
Pickpocket (Robert Bresson, France, 1959) A
Piercing (Nicolas Pesce, USA, 2019) C–
Pom Poko (Isao Takahata, Japan, 1994) A
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, France, 2020) A
Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, USA, 1994) B+
Queen of Earth (Alex Ross Perry, USA, 2015) A
Roman Holiday (William Wyler, USA, 1953) A
Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski, USA, 1968) A
Tár: The Character is the Message (Todd Field, USA, 2022) A–
Touki Bouki (Djibril Diop Mambety, Senegal, 1973) B+
Tramontane (Vatche Boulghourjian, Lebanon/France/Qatar/United Arab Emirates, 2016) B–
Tully (Jason Reitman, USA, 2018) B+
Under the Shadow (Babak Anvari, UK/Jordan/Qatar/Iran, 2016) B
Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, Switzerland/UK/USA, 2014) A–
Us (Jordan Peele, USA/Japan, 2019) B+
Western (Valeska Grisebach, Germany/Bulgaria/Austria, 2018) B+
White Dog (Samuel Fuller, USA, 1982) A
Why Don't You Play in Hell? (Sion Sono, Japan, 2014) B+
Winter Sleep (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey/France/Germany, 2014) A–
The Witch (Robert Eggers, UK/Canada/USA, 2016) B+
The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, USA, 1939) A–
Woman at War (Benedikt Erlingsson, Iceland/France/Ukraine, 2019) B
FEATURES
The 42nd Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival
The Best Films of 2018
The Best Films of 2019
The Best Films of 2021
The Best Films of 2022
The Cameras Must Stay On: Censorship, Jafar Panahi, and This Is Not a Film
Catching Up with the Films of Summer 2019
The Joys of Slow Cinema: Ash is Purest White and The Wild Pear Tree
Mother of Sighs: The Two Suspirias
Movie Memories from My Pandemic Year
Revisiting Beloved
A Ribbon of Dreams: Dreams and cinema
Specters and Spectacles: The crime serials of Louis Feuillade (excerpt)
The Best Films of 2018
The Best Films of 2019
The Best Films of 2021
The Best Films of 2022
The Cameras Must Stay On: Censorship, Jafar Panahi, and This Is Not a Film
Catching Up with the Films of Summer 2019
The Joys of Slow Cinema: Ash is Purest White and The Wild Pear Tree
Mother of Sighs: The Two Suspirias
Movie Memories from My Pandemic Year
Revisiting Beloved
A Ribbon of Dreams: Dreams and cinema
Specters and Spectacles: The crime serials of Louis Feuillade (excerpt)
