4½ Star Reviews

Film

• About Elly (2009)
• Accused (2005)
• Adam & Paul (2004)
• Adam's Rib (1949)
• Adaptation (2002)
• Adrift (2009)
• An Affair to Remember (1957)
• Afterschool (2008)
• Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1992)
• Airplane! (1980)
• Alexander the Last (2009)
• Alice (1988)
• Alien (1979)
• All About Eve (1950)
• All or Nothing (2002)
• All That Heaven Allows (1955)
• All the President's Men (1976)
• An American Werewolf in London (1981)
• Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
• And Life Goes On... (1991)
• Animal Crackers (1930)
• Animal Kingdom (2010)
• La Antena (2007)
• The Ape (2009)
• Apocalypse Now (1979)
• Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)
• The Arbor (2010)
• The Army in the Shadows (1969)
• Asphalt (1929)
• The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
• The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
• Autumn Sonata (1978)
• L'Avventura (1960)
• The Awful Truth (1937)
• The Baby and the Buddha (2008)
• Back to Normandy (2007)
• Bad Education (2004)
• Bad Timing (1980)
• Badlands (1973)
• Baldwin's Nigger (1968)
• The Band's Visit (2007)
• Barren Lives (1963)
• The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
• The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
• Beautiful City (2004)
• Before Sunrise (1995)
• Before Sunset (2004)
• Being John Malkovich (1999)
• Being There (1979)
• The Bellboy (1960)
• La Belle Captive (1983)
• Belle de Jour (1967)
• The Bench (2000)
• Les Bicyclettes de Belsize (1969)
• The Big Sleep (1946)
• Bigger Than Life (1956)
• Billy Liar (1963)
• Birth (2004)
• The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
• Black Swan (2010)
• Blazing Saddles (1974)
• Bleeder (1999)
• Blindness (2008)
• Blithe Spirit (1945)
• Block-Heads (1938)
• Blood (1989)
• The Blood of a Poet (1930)
• Blue Eyelids (2007)
• Bodysong (2003)
• Boogie Nights (1997)
• The Bothersome Man (2006)
• Le Boucher (1970)
• Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
• La Boulangère de Monceau (1963)
• Born Yesterday (1950)
• Braindead (1992)
• Brazil (1985)
• Breaking the Waves (1996)
• Breathless (2009)
• Brick (2005)
• The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
• Bright Star (2009)
• Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
• Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
• Brokeback Mountain (2005)
• Brother (1999)
• The Brown Bunny (2003)
• Bus 174 (2002)
• Café Lumière (2003)
• Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
• Carrie (1976)
• Casablanca (1942)
• Casque d'Or (1952)
• Un Chant d'Amour (1950)
• The Child (2005)
• Children of Heaven (1997)
• Chinatown (1974)
• The Chorus (1982)
• La Ciénaga (2001)
• The Circle (2000)
• Claire Dolan (1998)
• Clean, Shaven (1993)
• Clerks. (1994)
• Climates (2006)
• A Clockwork Orange (1971)
• The Cloud-Capped Star (1960)
• Cold Fever (1995)
• Cold Souls (2009)
• Colin (2008)
• A Colour Box (1935)
• A Common Thread (2004)
• Composition in Blue (1935)
• Comrades (1986)
• Confidential Report (1955)
• The Consequences of Love (2004)
• Control (2007)
• The Conversation (1974)
• Conversations with Other Women (2005)
• Convict 99 (1938)
• Couscous (2007)
• Cousin (1998)
• Cowards Bend the Knee (2003)
• The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
• The Cuckoo (2002)
• David Holzman's Diary (1967)
• Day of the Dead (1985)
• Days and Nights in the Forest (1970)
• Dead Man (1995)
• Dead Ringers (1988)
• The Death of Mister Lazarescu (2005)
• Decasia (2002)
• Deconstructing Harry (1997)
• Delicatessen (1991)
• Desperate Man Blues (2003)
• The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2005)
• The Devil, Probably (1977)
• Les Diaboliques (1955)
• DiG! (2004)
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
• Do the Right Thing (1989)
• Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
• Dog Days (2001)
• Dogtooth (2009)
• Dogville (2003)
• The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
• Dragonflies (2001)
• The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906)
• Duck Amuck (1953)
• L'Eau Froide (1994)
• 8½ (1963)
• The End of Summer (1961)
• The Entertainer (1960)
• Être et Avoir (2002)
• Eureka (1983)
• Eureka (2000)
• Eva (1948)
• Evil Dead II (1987)
• Exhibit A (2007)
• The Face of Another (1966)
• Face to Face (1976)
• Family Nest (1979)
• Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
• Fear X (2003)
• Felicia's Journey (1999)
• Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
• Flesh and Bone (1993)
• Floating Clouds (1955)
• The Fortune Cookie (1966)
• 42nd Street (1933)
• The Fountain (2006)
• The Four Hundred Blows (1959)
• Four Lions (2010)
• 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
• The Freebie (2010)
• The French Connection (1971)
• The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
• Full Metal Jacket (1987)
• Funny Games U.S. (2007)
• Funny Ha Ha (2002)
• Gallivant (1997)
• Garage (2007)
• Genevieve (1953)
• Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
• The Ghost Train (1941)
• Ghost World (2001)
• The Girlfriend Experience (2009)
• The Gleaners & I (2000)
• Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
• Going Equipped (1987)
• A Good Marriage (1982)
• Good Morning (1959)
• Gosford Park (2001)
• The Graduate (1967)
• La Grande Illusion (1937)
• The Green Ray (1986)
• Gregory's Girl (1981)
• Gumshoe (1971)
• Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
• La Haine (1995)
• Half Nelson (2006)
• Hana-Bi (1997)
• The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
• Happiness (1998)
• Happy Together (1997)
• Hard Eight (1996)
• Harry, He's Here to Help (2000)
• Harvie Krumpet (2003)
• The Headless Woman (2008)
• Heartbeat Detector (2007)
• The Heiress (1949)
• Her Name Is Sabine (2007)
• The High Sign (1921)
• His Girl Friday (1940)
• A History of Violence (2005)
• The Hit (1984)
• Hobson's Choice (1954)
• Hotel Chevalier (2007)
• The House of Mirth (2000)
• How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
• Howards End (1992)
• The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
• Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937)
• Husbands and Wives (1992)
• The Hustler (1961)
• I Am Cuba (1964)
• I Am Love (2009)
• I Know Where I'm Going (1945)
• I, Pierre Rivière (1976)
• Idiocracy (2006)
• I'm All Right Jack (1959)
• I'm Going Home (2001)
• I'm Not There. (2007)
• The Immigrant (1917)
• In a Lonely Place (1950)
• In Bruges (2008)
• In the Company of Men (1997)
• In the Loop (2009)
• The Incredibles (2004)
• Inglourious Basterds (2009)
• Innocence (2004)
• The Innocents (1961)
• Insignificance (1985)
• Interiors (1978)
• Irréversible (2002)
• It Happened One Night (1934)
• It's a Grand Life (1953)
• It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
• It's in the Bag! (1945)
• Jarhead (2005)
• Je t'aime, je t'aime (1968)
• Jean de Florette (1986)
• Jeanne Dielman (1975)
• Junebug (2005)
• Kasaba (1997)
• Keane (2004)
• Killer of Sheep (1977)
• Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
• Kings & Queen (2004)
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
• Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
• Kwaidan (1964)
• Lacombe, Lucien (1974)
• Lady Chatterley (2006)
• The Lady Eve (1941)
• Land and Freedom (1995)
• The Last Picture Show (1971)
• Last Resort (2000)
• Last Tango in Paris (1972)
• Late Autumn (1960)
• Late Spring (1949)
• Laura (1944)
• The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
• Lemming (2005)
• Lenny (1974)
• A Lesson in Love (1954)
• Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
• Lilya 4-Ever (2002)
• Lion's Den (2008)
  
• Little Children (2006)
• The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
• The London Nobody Knows (1967)
• The Long Good Friday (1980)
• Look at Me (2004)
• Lourdes (2009)
• Love (1971)
• Love and Honour (2006)
• Love Exposure (2008)
• Love in the Afternoon (1972)
• Love Liza (2002)
• Lovely by Surprise (2007)
• The Low Down (2000)
• Magnolia (1999)
• Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
• Man Bites Dog (1992)
• A Man Escaped (1956)
• The Man from London (2007)
• The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short (1965)
• The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
• Manhattan (1979)
• Manon des Sources (1986)
• Mary and Max (2009)
• Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
• Mean Streets (1973)
• Medium Cool (1969)
• Memento (2000)
• Memories of Murder (2003)
• The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971)
• Michael Clayton (2007)
• Midnight Cowboy (1969)
• A Mighty Heart (2007)
• The Milky Way (1969)
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
• Modern Life (2008)
• Mon Oncle (1958)
• Monkey Business (1931)
• The Most Beautiful Man in the World (2002)
• Mother (2009)
• Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)
• Mouchette (1967)
• Mulholland Dr. (2001)
• The Munekata Sisters (1950)
• Mutual Appreciation (2005)
• My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (1987)
• My Joy (2010)
• My Voyage to Italy (1999)
• My Winnipeg (2007)
• Mysterious Object at Noon (2000)
• Mysterious Skin (2004)
• Mystery Train (1989)
• Naked Youth (1960)
• The New World (2005)
• Next Stop Wonderland (1998)
• The Night of the Hunter (1955)
• Night on Earth (1991)
• Nights and Weekends (2008)
• Nights of Cabiria (1957)
• Nil by Mouth (1997)
• No End (1985)
• No Man's Land (2001)
• North by Northwest (1959)
• Notorious (1946)
• The Odd Couple (1968)
• Offside (2006)
• O'Horten (2007)
• Oldboy (2003)
• Oliver Twist (1948)
• Once (2006)
• Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
• Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
• A One and a Two... (2000)
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
• Onibaba (1964)
• Only Yesterday (1991)
• Orphans (1998)
• Out of Sight (1998)
• Out of the Blue (2006)
• Paper Man (2009)
• Paranoid Park (2007)
• Paris, Texas (1984)
• Passport to Pimlico (1949)
• Paths of Glory (1957)
• La Peau Douce (1964)
• The Philadelphia Story (1940)
• π (1998)
• Pickup on South Street (1953)
• The Player (1992)
• Please Give (2010)
• The Pleasure of Being Robbed (2008)
• Poetry (2010)
• Pontypool (2008)
• Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
• Pripyat (1999)
• The Proposition (2005)
• Pulp Fiction (1994)
• The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
• Pusher (1996)
• Pusher 3 (2005)
• Quiet City (2007)
• Rachel Getting Married (2008)
• Radio Days (1987)
• Radio On (1980)
• Ratcatcher (1999)
• Red Road (2006)
• The Remains of the Day (1993)
• Repulsion (1965)
• Reservoir Dogs (1992)
• The Return (2003)
• Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)
• Riff Raff (1990)
• Robin and Marian (1976)
• Roger Dodger (2002)
• A Room for Romeo Brass (1999)
• Roxy (2010)
• The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
• Safety Last! (1923)
• Saint Francis, God's Jester (1950)
• Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
• Say Anything... (1989)
• Scarface (1932)
• Scum (1979)
• Seconds (1966)
• Secrets & Lies (1996)
• Serpico (1973)
• The Servant (1963)
• Seul Contre Tous (1998)
• Seven Samurai (1954)
• Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989)
• Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
• Shaun of the Dead (2004)
• Sherlock Jr. (1924)
• The Shining (1980)
• Shirley Valentine (1989)
• The Shop on Main Street (1965)
• Short Cuts (1993)
• A Short Film About Killing (1988)
• Show Me Love (1998)
• Sideways (2004)
• Silent Light (2007)
• Singin' in the Rain (1952)
• A Single Girl (1995)
• Sleep Furiously (2008)
• The Small Back Room (1949)
• Solaris (2002)
• Something Happened (1987)
• The Son (2002)
• Sonatine (1993)
• Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
• South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)
• Springtime in a Small Town (2002)
• The Squid and the Whale (2005)
• Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)
• The Station Agent (2003)
• The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939)
• Stray Dog (1949)
• Sullivan's Travels (1941)
• Summer (2008)
• Summer Hours (2008)
• Summer with Monika (1953)
• Super (2010)
• Superbad (2007)
• Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987)
• Sur Mes Levres (2001)
• Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
• The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
• Swingers (1996)
• Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life (1935)
• Talk to Her (2002)
• A Taste of Honey (1961)
• Ten (2002)
• The Tenant (1976)
• The Thin Blue Line (1988)
• The Thin Red Line (1998)
• 35 Shots of Rum (2008)
• The 39 Steps (1935)
• This Happy Breed (1944)
• This Is England (2006)
• Three Colours: Blue (1993)
• Three Strange Loves (1949)
• 3 Women (1977)
• Time of the Wolf (2003)
• Time Out (2001)
• The Tin Drum (1979)
• To Sleep with Anger (1990)
• Together (2000)
• Top Hat (1935)
• El Topo (1970)
• Topsy-Turvy (1999)
• Touch of Evil (1958)
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
• Trees Lounge (1996)
• The Trial (1962)
• The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)
• Turtles Can Fly (2004)
• 12 Angry Men (1957)
• 2046 (2004)
• 24 City (2008)
• Twentynine Palms (2003)
• 21-87 (1964)
• Two Solutions for One Problem (1975)
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
• The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
• Uncle (1996)
• Under the Sand (2000)
• Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
• Unmade Beds (2009)
• The Vanishing (1988)
• Vera Drake (2004)
• Veronika Voss (1982)
• Vertigo (1958)
• Videodrome (1983)
• La Vie en Rose (2007)
• Vinyan (2008)
• Vital (2004)
• Vodka Lemon (2003)
• Volver (2006)
• Waking Life (2001)
• Waltz with Bashir (2008)
• The War Game (1965)
• Watchmen (2009)
• Waterland (1992)
• The Way to the Stars (1945)
• Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
• Wendy and Lucy (2008)
• When the Wind Blows (1986)
• Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
• Which Way Home (2009)
• Whisky (2004)
• Whisky Galore! (1949)
• White Material (2009)
• The White Ribbon (2009)
• Who Cares (1971)
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
• The Wicker Man (1973)
• The Wild Child (1970)
• Wild River (1960)
• Will It Snow for Christmas? (1996)
• The Wind of Changes (1996)
• The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
• The Wizard of Oz (1939)
• Women of the Night (1948)
• The Wrestler (2008)
• Xiao Wu (1997)
• Yes (2004)
• Yojimbo (1961)
• You Can Count on Me (2000)
• You, the Living (2007)
• Young Islands (2011)
• Your Father's Murderer: A Letter to Zachary (2008)
• A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)

Television

• A Is for Autism (1992)
• Abigail's Party (1977)
• Better Off Ted (2009-2010)
• Blackadder (1983-1999)
• Bloody Kids (1979)
• Bloody Sunday (2002)
• Boardwalk Empire (2010-)
• Cathy Come Home (1966)
• Culloden (1964)
• Dead Like Me (2003-2004)
• Dead Set (2008)
• Death of a Salesman (1985)
• Dinner at Noon (1988)
• Dive (2010)
• The Elephants' Graveyard (1976)
• ER (1994-2009)
• Father Ted (1995-1998)
• 15 Storeys High (2002-2004)
• Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)
• Four Days in July (1985)
• Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me (2008)
• Getting On (2009-)
• Ghosts of the 7th Cavalry (2009)
• Grown-Ups (1980)
• Hancock & Joan (2008)
• Hill Street Blues (1981-1987)
• The History Man (1981)
• Home (2003)
• Huff (2004-2006)
• Human Remains (2000)
• The Insurance Man (1986)
• A Killing in a Small Town (1990)
• The Kingdom (1994)
• A Light Snack (1975)
• M*A*S*H (1972-1983)
• Marion & Geoff (2000-2003)
• The Miners' Strike (2004)
• My New Best Friend (2008)
• The Navigators (2001)
• Nuts in May (1976)
• Our Friends in the North (1996)
• A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
• The Phil Silvers Show (1955-1959)
• Porterhouse Blue (1987)
• Rising Damp (1974-1978)
• The Royle Family (1998-)
• Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
• Scum (1977)
• Seinfeld (1990-1998)
• The Simpsons (1989-)
• Stand Up, Nigel Barton (1965)
• The Steamie (1988)
• Sunset Across the Bay (1975)
• The Sunset Limited (2011)
• Threads (1984)
• The Trip (2010)
• Twin Peaks (1990-1991)
• The Unloved (2009)
• VOTE, VOTE, VOTE for Nigel Barton (1965)
• When the Boat Comes In (1976-1981)
• When the Levees Broke (2006)
• Whistle and I'll come to You (2010)
• World on a Wire (1973)