Critics' Picks
AddSeven SamuraiRoger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai (1954) is not only a great film in its own right, but the source of a genre that would flow through the rest of the century. ... Read More
AddAmelieDesson Thomson, Washington Post
There's so much here, and all of it delightful. ... Read More
AddCity of GodSometimes a movie comes along that just floors you, its images burn so deeply. ... Read More
AddLa Strada: Special EditionA.H. Weiler, The New York Times
Signor Fellini has used his small cast, and, equally important, his camera, with the unmistakable touch of an artist. His vignettes fill his movie with beauty, sadness, humor and understanding. ... Read More
AddThe Lives of OthersRoger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The Lives of Others is a powerful but quiet film, constructed of hidden thoughts and secret desires. ... Read More
AddDas BootRoger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Wolfgang Petersen's direction is an exercise in pure craftsmanship. ... Read More
AddSanjuroBosley Crowther, The New York Times
A surprising, fetching, beautifully made film that fitly propounds the lesson of his own professionalism: 'Never send a boy to do a man's work.' ... Read More
AddMMordaunt Hall, The New York Times
[An] important film which rightly deserves its success. ... Read More
AddGrand IllusionRoger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
... the camera doesn't point or intrude, but glides. ... Read More
