Critics' Picks
AddThe Lives of OthersA.O. Scott, The New York Times
The Lives of Others is a supremely intelligent, unfailingly honest look at a shadowy period in recent German history. ...
AddPan's LabyrinthA.O. Scott, The New York Times
Pan's Labyrinth is a political fable in the guise of a fairy tale. Or maybe it's the other way around. ...
AddMillion Dollar BabyA.O. Scott, The New York Times
Clint Eastwood's drama about a grizzled boxing trainer and a spunky young fighter is the best movie released by a major Hollywood studio this year. ... Read More
AddAlmost FamousA.O. Scott, The New York Times
As a director [Crowe] has an extraordinary gift for drawing out rounded, complex performances even in supporting roles and for indicating the fine emotional shadings in the relationships among his characters. ... Read More
AddWallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-RabbitA.O. Scott, The New York Times
The stop-motion pooch and his cheese-loving master return in a silly and sublime feature-length adventure. ...
AddMetropolisA.O. Scott, The New York Times
Far from a historical curio, Metropolis arrives, three-quarters of a century late, like an artifact from the future. ... Read More
AddPandora's BoxA.O. Scott, The New York Times
Neither an exposé of social conditions nor a psychological case study and certainly not a moral parable G. W. Pabst's Pandora's Box is a tour de force of cinematic eroticism. ... Read More
AddLetters from Iwo JimaA.O. Scott, The New York Times
Another masterwork from Clint Eastwood's astonishing late period, and one of the best war movies ever. ...
AddThe Triplets of BellevilleA.O. Scott, The New York Times
A tour de force of ink-washed, crosshatched mischief and unlikely sublimity. ... Read More
AddVolverA.O. Scott, The New York Times
Pedro Almodóvar has made yet another picture that moves beyond camp into a realm of wise, luxuriant humanism. ...
