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Stanley Kauffmann, New Republic

  1. Jiro Dreams of Sushi 2012 Gelb apparently understood that his subject was itself so taking that he wouldn't need filmic embellishments to keep his viewers alert. full review
  2. Chris & Don: A Love Story 2007 The subtitle of the film is 'A Love Story.' The picture makes the worn term fresh, moving. full review
  3. Brokeback Mountain 2005 Ang Lee continues to astonish.
  4. Old Joy 2005 About [Kelly Reichardt's] directing, after praising her simplicity, one has to praise her daring. To make this film took considerable conviction -- and, for an artist, conviction usually entails courage.
  5. Me and You and Everyone We Know 2004 It seems quite possible that Me and You marks the arrival of an artist who may affect -- disturbingly yet helpfully -- films and audiences to come.
  6. Memento 2000 Nolan uses the structure simply as a gimmick to refresh a stale story of revenge, crime, sex, a film noir that never gets any darker than gris.
  7. Eternity and a Day 1998 What had been a realistic work, lyric but realistic, slides into ostentatious symbolism.
  8. Funny Games 1998 The basic puzzle is why this sophisticated director chose this tired formula.
  9. Primary Colors 1998 Sheerly as film, Primary Colors generally sizzles.
  10. Very Bad Things 1998
  11. What Dreams May Come 1998
  12. Chasing Amy 1997 Smith makes it crackle, with various aggressive honesties and wit.
  13. Jackie Brown 1997 The flat, self-exposing dud that fate often keeps in store for the initially overpraised.
  14. Mrs. Brown 1997
  15. Red Corner 1997
  16. The Wings of the Dove 1997
  17. Sling Blade 1996 [Thornton] performance is so good that his directing may be slighted.
  18. Trainspotting 1996 A few patches are subtitled, but the general effect is of watching an opera without having read the libretto.
  19. Walking and Talking 1996
  20. Dead Man 1995
  21. Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam 1995

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