J. Hoberman
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Gohatto (1999)"An action film at once baroque and austere, hypnotic and opaque."
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Appleseed: The Beginning (2004)"For all the movie's impressive figure and facial modeling, as well as the superfluid humanoid motion, any depth is purely an illusion."
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Avalon (2001)"Among other things, 'Avalon' may be the first movie that uses contemporary Poland as a special effect."
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"A 1943 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger collaboration so unambiguously satirizing the military mind-set that Prime Minister Winston Churchill tried to have it banned."
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Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)"A New Hollywood movie suffused in Old Hollywood values."
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Trouble in Paradise (1932)"This comedy of jewel thieves is itself the prize sparkler of Lubitsch's enterprising career."
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"Boasts one of the best titles in movie history and a cast to match."
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Mouchette (1967)"Like any genius, Bresson made rules in order to break them."
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Last Year at Marienbad (1961)"The movie is what it is -- a sustained mood, an empty allegory, a choreographed moment outside of time, and a shocking intimation of perfection."
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)"'Aguirre, Wrath of God' is not just a great movie but an essential one"
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Masculine-Feminine (1966)Directed by anyone else, Masculine Feminine (...) would be a masterpiece. For the young JLG it's business as usual."
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The Tenant (1976)"An exercise in urban paranoia and mental disintegration that echoes or anticipates everything from 'Repulsion' and 'Rosemary's Baby' to 'Bitter Moon' and 'The Pianist'."
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Nostalghia (1983)"A glorious visual experience"
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"Unforgettable (...) as horrific an exposure to evil as 'Shoah.'"
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State of Play (2009)"An effectively involving journalism-cum-conspiracy yarn with a bang-bang opening and a frantic closer."
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