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"[T]here's a rich textural brew of poems, songs, intertitles, a sparsely deployed voiceover and deliberately theatrical acting; but somehow it all gels and feels of a piece."Sight and Sound "In the film's sublime ending, the blinding power of an image brings about the plot's resolution: for one to be saved as one has sinned, could there be any more beautiful moral?Film Comment36.98004

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"[A]t its best, it's a mesmerizing portrait of a man who mesmerized a lot of people, right up to that bloody display of police power on the Paris streets."A.V. Club "In the title role, Vincent Cassel is a relentless force -- a visionary schemer, a virtuoso seducer, a self-styled Robin Hood, a dilettante revolutionary and frequently, or sometimes simultaneously, an unspeakable brute.'Wall Street Journal 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Mesrine, played with rough intensity by Vincent Cassel, was the most famous criminal in French history..."Chicago Sun-Times9.493716

"[A]t its best, it's a mesmerizing portrait of a man who mesmerized a lot of people, right up to that bloody display of police power on the Paris streets."A.V. Club "In the title role, Vincent Cassel is a relentless force -- a visionary schemer, a virtuoso seducer, a self-styled Robin Hood, a dilettante revolutionary and frequently, or sometimes simultaneously, an unspeakable brute.'Wall Street Journal 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Mesrine, played with rough intensity by Vincent Cassel, was the most famous criminal in French history..."Chicago Sun-Times9.493715

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"Cassel is literally and figuratively larger than life as he struts through the films..."Hollywood Reporter 4 stars out of 5 -- [Cassel] most surely finds his footing....Mathieu Amalric offers an interesting counterpoint...Total Film5.502467

"Cassel is literally and figuratively larger than life as he struts through the films..."Hollywood Reporter 4 stars out of 5 -- [Cassel] most surely finds his footing....Mathieu Amalric offers an interesting counterpoint...Total Film5.482919

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3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[T]old with passionate intensity, gloriously and darkly absurd. It centers on a performance by Natalie Portman that is nothing short of heroic..."Chicago Sun-Times 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[A] ballet film that captures both the gossamer pink softness of classical dance and the scarier psychological impulses lying just beneath the serene surface."Washington Post 4 stars out of 4 -- "At the center of this dreamlike story is Natalie Portman's exquisite performance of a troubled ballerina who evolves from timid to seriously unhinged."USA Today "Part tortured-artist drama, BLACK SWAN looks like a tony art-house entertainment. But what gives its a jolt is its giddy, sometimes sleazy exploitation-cinema savvy."New York Times 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Aronfsky treats ballet as one of the bleeding arts. And so does his breathtaking star, Natalie Portman, who delivers an all-stops-out performance that will soon be the stuff of legend."Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 5 -- "With Natalie Portman dominating the action and exhibiting a screen maturity not seen from her before, this all-stops-out Grand Guignol melodrama exhibits more than enough blood, sweat and tears to score nicely beyond the ballet crowd."Box Office "BLACK SWAN is a florid, often lurid, completely enthralling film held in place by a disarming Portman, who rarely leaves the frame." -- Grade: A-A.V. Club "[A] gorgeously shot, visually complex film..."Hollywood Reporter "Darren Aronofsky's backstage ballet thriller BLACK SWAN is lurid and voluptuous pulp fun, with a sensationalistic fairy-tale allure." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly Included in USA Today's "10 Best Films Of 2010" -- "A deeply disturbing psychological thriller..."USA Today Ranked #7 in Rolling Stone's "10 Best Movies Of 2010" -- "[A] fever dream of a ballet thriller..."Rolling Stone Included in Roger Ebert's "The Best Films of 2010" -- "BLACK SWAN uses powerful performances by Natalie Portman and Vincent Cassel to represent archetypal attributes..."Chicago Sun-Times 4 stars out of 5 -- "BLACK SWAN is a film obsessed with movement, colours, sets, sound design, Clint Mansell's clanging score and, of course, performance..."Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "Aronofsky pulls off some astonishing visual flourishes....Like THE WRESTLER, BLACK SWAN also showcases Aronofsky's ability to tease career-best turns out of lead actors, in this case Portman."Empire "[A] film that gives the hair on the back of your neck a serious workout."Sight and Sound 4 stars out of 5 -- "[P]rops to Portman, who's in every scene -- and Winona Ryder, brilliant as the neurotic, toxic former prima ballerina."Uncut5.267202

3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[T]old with passionate intensity, gloriously and darkly absurd. It centers on a performance by Natalie Portman that is nothing short of heroic..."Chicago Sun-Times 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[A] ballet film that captures both the gossamer pink softness of classical dance and the scarier psychological impulses lying just beneath the serene surface."Washington Post 4 stars out of 4 -- "At the center of this dreamlike story is Natalie Portman's exquisite performance of a troubled ballerina who evolves from timid to seriously unhinged."USA Today "Part tortured-artist drama, BLACK SWAN looks like a tony art-house entertainment. But what gives its a jolt is its giddy, sometimes sleazy exploitation-cinema savvy."New York Times 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Aronfsky treats ballet as one of the bleeding arts. And so does his breathtaking star, Natalie Portman, who delivers an all-stops-out performance that will soon be the stuff of legend."Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 5 -- "With Natalie Portman dominating the action and exhibiting a screen maturity not seen from her before, this all-stops-out Grand Guignol melodrama exhibits more than enough blood, sweat and tears to score nicely beyond the ballet crowd."Box Office "BLACK SWAN is a florid, often lurid, completely enthralling film held in place by a disarming Portman, who rarely leaves the frame." -- Grade: A-A.V. Club "[A] gorgeously shot, visually complex film..."Hollywood Reporter "Darren Aronofsky's backstage ballet thriller BLACK SWAN is lurid and voluptuous pulp fun, with a sensationalistic fairy-tale allure." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly Included in USA Today's "10 Best Films Of 2010" -- "A deeply disturbing psychological thriller..."USA Today Ranked #7 in Rolling Stone's "10 Best Movies Of 2010" -- "[A] fever dream of a ballet thriller..."Rolling Stone Included in Roger Ebert's "The Best Films of 2010" -- "BLACK SWAN uses powerful performances by Natalie Portman and Vincent Cassel to represent archetypal attributes..."Chicago Sun-Times 4 stars out of 5 -- "BLACK SWAN is a film obsessed with movement, colours, sets, sound design, Clint Mansell's clanging score and, of course, performance..."Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "Aronofsky pulls off some astonishing visual flourishes....Like THE WRESTLER, BLACK SWAN also showcases Aronofsky's ability to tease career-best turns out of lead actors, in this case Portman."Empire "[A] film that gives the hair on the back of your neck a serious workout."Sight and Sound 4 stars out of 5 -- "[P]rops to Portman, who's in every scene -- and Winona Ryder, brilliant as the neurotic, toxic former prima ballerina."Uncut5.267202

3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[T]old with passionate intensity, gloriously and darkly absurd. It centers on a performance by Natalie Portman that is nothing short of heroic..."Chicago Sun-Times 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[A] ballet film that captures both the gossamer pink softness of classical dance and the scarier psychological impulses lying just beneath the serene surface."Washington Post 4 stars out of 4 -- "At the center of this dreamlike story is Natalie Portman's exquisite performance of a troubled ballerina who evolves from timid to seriously unhinged."USA Today "Part tortured-artist drama, BLACK SWAN looks like a tony art-house entertainment. But what gives its a jolt is its giddy, sometimes sleazy exploitation-cinema savvy."New York Times 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Aronfsky treats ballet as one of the bleeding arts. And so does his breathtaking star, Natalie Portman, who delivers an all-stops-out performance that will soon be the stuff of legend."Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 5 -- "With Natalie Portman dominating the action and exhibiting a screen maturity not seen from her before, this all-stops-out Grand Guignol melodrama exhibits more than enough blood, sweat and tears to score nicely beyond the ballet crowd."Box Office "BLACK SWAN is a florid, often lurid, completely enthralling film held in place by a disarming Portman, who rarely leaves the frame." -- Grade: A-A.V. Club "[A] gorgeously shot, visually complex film..."Hollywood Reporter "Darren Aronofsky's backstage ballet thriller BLACK SWAN is lurid and voluptuous pulp fun, with a sensationalistic fairy-tale allure." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly Included in USA Today's "10 Best Films Of 2010" -- "A deeply disturbing psychological thriller..."USA Today Ranked #7 in Rolling Stone's "10 Best Movies Of 2010" -- "[A] fever dream of a ballet thriller..."Rolling Stone Included in Roger Ebert's "The Best Films of 2010" -- "BLACK SWAN uses powerful performances by Natalie Portman and Vincent Cassel to represent archetypal attributes..."Chicago Sun-Times 4 stars out of 5 -- "BLACK SWAN is a film obsessed with movement, colours, sets, sound design, Clint Mansell's clanging score and, of course, performance..."Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "Aronofsky pulls off some astonishing visual flourishes....Like THE WRESTLER, BLACK SWAN also showcases Aronofsky's ability to tease career-best turns out of lead actors, in this case Portman."Empire "[A] film that gives the hair on the back of your neck a serious workout."Sight and Sound 4 stars out of 5 -- "[P]rops to Portman, who's in every scene -- and Winona Ryder, brilliant as the neurotic, toxic former prima ballerina."Uncut5.267202

3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[T]old with passionate intensity, gloriously and darkly absurd. It centers on a performance by Natalie Portman that is nothing short of heroic..."Chicago Sun-Times 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[A] ballet film that captures both the gossamer pink softness of classical dance and the scarier psychological impulses lying just beneath the serene surface."Washington Post 4 stars out of 4 -- "At the center of this dreamlike story is Natalie Portman's exquisite performance of a troubled ballerina who evolves from timid to seriously unhinged."USA Today "Part tortured-artist drama, BLACK SWAN looks like a tony art-house entertainment. But what gives its a jolt is its giddy, sometimes sleazy exploitation-cinema savvy."New York Times 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Aronfsky treats ballet as one of the bleeding arts. And so does his breathtaking star, Natalie Portman, who delivers an all-stops-out performance that will soon be the stuff of legend."Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 5 -- "With Natalie Portman dominating the action and exhibiting a screen maturity not seen from her before, this all-stops-out Grand Guignol melodrama exhibits more than enough blood, sweat and tears to score nicely beyond the ballet crowd."Box Office "BLACK SWAN is a florid, often lurid, completely enthralling film held in place by a disarming Portman, who rarely leaves the frame." -- Grade: A-A.V. Club "[A] gorgeously shot, visually complex film..."Hollywood Reporter "Darren Aronofsky's backstage ballet thriller BLACK SWAN is lurid and voluptuous pulp fun, with a sensationalistic fairy-tale allure." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly Included in USA Today's "10 Best Films Of 2010" -- "A deeply disturbing psychological thriller..."USA Today Ranked #7 in Rolling Stone's "10 Best Movies Of 2010" -- "[A] fever dream of a ballet thriller..."Rolling Stone Included in Roger Ebert's "The Best Films of 2010" -- "BLACK SWAN uses powerful performances by Natalie Portman and Vincent Cassel to represent archetypal attributes..."Chicago Sun-Times 4 stars out of 5 -- "BLACK SWAN is a film obsessed with movement, colours, sets, sound design, Clint Mansell's clanging score and, of course, performance..."Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "Aronofsky pulls off some astonishing visual flourishes....Like THE WRESTLER, BLACK SWAN also showcases Aronofsky's ability to tease career-best turns out of lead actors, in this case Portman."Empire "[A] film that gives the hair on the back of your neck a serious workout."Sight and Sound 4 stars out of 5 -- "[P]rops to Portman, who's in every scene -- and Winona Ryder, brilliant as the neurotic, toxic former prima ballerina."Uncut5.267202

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3 stars out of 5 -- "Cruel and unflinching....It remains raw and unsettling."Total Film5.217536

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"...Nicole Kidman zings up the already zingy script of BIRTHDAY GIRL....[A] smart and funny love story..."Variety "...The film is brisk and tidy..."New York Times "...The story keeps you guessing right up to the end..."USA Today "...In a fierce black farce, BIRTHDAY GIRL's remixing of traditional genre elements tells you from frame one that a distinctive film sensibility is at work..."Los Angeles Times "...There are some beautifully nuanced scenes....Chaplin and Kidman have a fizzy chemistry..."Sight and Sound "...If you're happy to swing from drama to black comedy to noir this will reward your effort....Tom and Jez Butterworth sustain a winning freshness throughout..."Total Film5.217536

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"...STUCK ON YOU has a fractured fairy-tale charm..." Entertainment Weekly "[C]hewy....Walt's gargantuan optimism gives the movie a soul." New York Times "Damon and Kinnear give winning codependent performances, with Damon playing boyishly bashful to Kinnear's faux worldliness." Los Angeles Times "[T]he situations often are hilarious."USA Today "The movie is funny, but also kind-hearted."Chicago Sun-Times5.158894

"...Prepare to be jolted by the intensity....The performances are as white hot as the subject matter..." Rolling Stone "...Writer-director Mathieu Kassovitz (Cafe au Lait) mines so much tension and pointed dialogue from a low budget and deceptively simple premise..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars USA Today "...Extremely intelligent....The in-your-face lensing and more formal compositions are used to maximum effect..." Variety "...[A] precise and troubling film....Smartly aware that many urban problems are also global..." New York Times "...Raw, vital and captivating....HATE is a visceral fable of a divided society heading blindly for a crash-landing..." Los Angeles Times "...As a filmmaker, Kassovitz has grown since his first film. His black-and-white cinematography camera is alert, filling the frame with meaning his characters are not aware of..." Chicago Sun-Times "For all the comic byplay, Kassovitz keeps the viewer braced for the simmering tension to boil over." Sight and Sound5.158894

"...Buscemi crafts a tantalizing character study that swings from hilarious to harrowing without losing its agile footing..." Rolling Stone "...[Buscemi] creates the finest role of his career....So deft, funny, and light-handed it may not be until the film's shattering final image that you realize you've been wathcing one of the most lived-in portraits of an alcoholic ever made..." -- Rating: A Entertainment Weekly "...Buscemi poignantly conveys the dead-end nature of the lives on display without condescension....Buscemi has come out on top..."Variety "...The film is laced with the kinds of performances and scenes that marked the early work of John Cassavetes....Buscemi also got from himself a terrific performance..." Los Angeles Times "...Buscemi is the house act of American independent films....He is above all able to project the quality of bone-weariness..." Chicago Sun-Times5.158894

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"...Prepare to be jolted by the intensity....The performances are as white hot as the subject matter..."Rolling Stone "...Extremely intelligent....The in-your-face lensing and more formal compositions are used to maximum effect..."Variety "...Writer-director Mathieu Kassovitz (Cafe au Lait) mines so much tension and pointed dialogue from a low budget and deceptively simple premise..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars USA Today "...Raw, vital and captivating....HATE is a visceral fable of a divided society heading blindly for a crash-landing..."Los Angeles Times "For all the comic byplay, Kassovitz keeps the viewer braced for the simmering tension to boil over."Sight and Sound "...[A] precise and troubling film....Smartly aware that many urban problems are also global..."New York Times "...As a filmmaker, Kassovitz has grown since his first film. His black-and-white cinematography camera is alert, filling the frame with meaning his characters are not aware of..."Chicago Sun-Times5.158894

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"...A magical and touching comic romance..." Rolling Stone "...Arch, furiously clever....There is nothing pat or ordinary about IN THE SOUP..."New York Times Rating: B Entertainment Weekly "...Cassel sinks his teeth into IN THE SOUP in his very first scene and never stops chewing....Buscemi is perfectly winning..." Chicago Sun-Times "[T]he wit of the heavily improvised performances survives." Premiere "[S]ly, unassuming....Crushingly poignant." Uncut "[A] likeable, deadpan comedy....[Buscemi] excels as the day-dreaming cinephile..." Sight and Sound4.613364

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"...Oft-shattering....Uneasily lifelike..." -- 4 out of 4 stars USA Today "...A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE is perhaps the greatest of Cassavetes' films..." Chicago Sun-Times "Rowlands, Oscar-nominated for her unforgettable performance...is pushed remorselessly into a full-blown breakdown..." Uncut4.514032

"...[The style] is powerfully seductive, and part of the gamesmanship of INDECENT PROPOSAL is built into its glossy directorial tricks..."New York Times "...Redford is, first of all, a splendid salesman....INDECENT PROPOSAL is in a very old tradition, in which love is put to the test of need and desire and triumphs in the end..."Chicago Sun-Times "...A provocative premise, megawatt star power and high-gloss production values....[Moore's performance] is lively, heartfelt and believable..."Variety "...Swank....INDECENT PROPOSAL creates a chic tableau of naughtiness..."Entertainment Weekly4.514032

"...[The style] is powerfully seductive, and part of the gamesmanship of INDECENT PROPOSAL is built into its glossy directorial tricks..."New York Times "...Redford is, first of all, a splendid salesman....INDECENT PROPOSAL is in a very old tradition, in which love is put to the test of need and desire and triumphs in the end..."Chicago Sun-Times "...A provocative premise, megawatt star power and high-gloss production values....[Moore's performance] is lively, heartfelt and believable..."Variety "...Swank....INDECENT PROPOSAL creates a chic tableau of naughtiness..."Entertainment Weekly4.514032

"...[The style] is powerfully seductive, and part of the gamesmanship of INDECENT PROPOSAL is built into its glossy directorial tricks..."New York Times "...Redford is, first of all, a splendid salesman....INDECENT PROPOSAL is in a very old tradition, in which love is put to the test of need and desire and triumphs in the end..."Chicago Sun-Times "...A provocative premise, megawatt star power and high-gloss production values....[Moore's performance] is lively, heartfelt and believable..."Variety "...Swank....INDECENT PROPOSAL creates a chic tableau of naughtiness..."Entertainment Weekly4.514032

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"Mr. DeMonaco adroitly weaves violence, absurdity and sentiment, even an environmental consciousness, into a modest, appealing fable."New York Times "STATEN ISLAND wrings a few suspenseful and comic pleasures out of a time-bending format that has served the likes of Quentin Tarantino..."Los Angeles Times3.341594

"Mr. DeMonaco adroitly weaves violence, absurdity and sentiment, even an environmental consciousness, into a modest, appealing fable."New York Times "STATEN ISLAND wrings a few suspenseful and comic pleasures out of a time-bending format that has served the likes of Quentin Tarantino..."Los Angeles Times3.322047

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