Gilda76 reviews
Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford

Sony Pictures, 2000

After more than sixty years Gilda is still scorching her way across Buenos Aires....

+ "Flamin' Mamie"
+ GREAT DELIVERY TIME!
+ Bisexual Film Noir
+ Beautiful Rita
  
  











  



  
Fanny and Alexander (Special Edition Five-Disc Set) - Criterion Collection71 reviews

Criterion, 2004

Such a rich and fulfilling look at family and tragedy...

+ Very good
+ Childhood impressions that shape us
+ Paganism Vs. Puritanism
+ Magical realism meets Dickens
  
  











  



  
The Virgin Spring - Criterion Collection43 reviews
Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg

Criterion, 2006

Extremely powerful film that asks some tough questions about God.

+ Exploration of good and evil
+ "You allowed it to happen!"
+ INGMAR BERGMAN, OPUS 21
  
  











  



  
Andrei Rublev (Criterion Collection Spine #34)90 reviews
Anatoli Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov

Criterion, 1999

The Most Spiritual Film Ever Made

+ A stunning and thought-provoking film - but not for the faint-hearted or those with ADHD
+ THE LOWDOWN ON THE TWO VERSIONS

Tarkovsky digs deep into history itself and reveals hidden truths about the religious experience and the mind of the artist in this epic struggle through the wintry wastelands of medieval Russia. A profound, mystical journey of enlightenment which remains perhaps the most spiritual film ever made.
  
  











  



  
The Loved One64 reviews
Robert Morse, Jonathan Winters

Warner Home Video, 2006

Wonderful Value-Rare Movie

+ Very funny look at dying
+ A gem.
+ The Loved One
  
  











  



  
The Outlaw Josey Wales136 reviews
Sam Bottoms, Matt Clark

Warner Home Video, 2001

Eastwood is the One and Only Josey Wales

+ Outlaw Josey Wales
+ One of the Greatest Westerns Every Filmed!!!!!
+ A good kind of ridiculous
+ Eastwood's near classic Western
  
  











  



  
The King of Comedy97 reviews
Diahnne Abbott, Richard Baratz

20th Century Fox, 2002

An honest look at our own obsessions with fame and fortune...

+ If you like "Curb your enthusiasm" - the king of comedy is for you
+ Good One
+ If you need a reminder that DeNiro is a great actor...
+ MIght be the best contemporary film ever made
  
  











  



  
The Gospel According to St. Matthew46 reviews
Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso

Legend, 2007

A Tragic Christ

+ Good presentation of Pasolini's Gospel of Matthew
+ Easter

Very austere and literal version of Matthew's gospel, from birth to death of Jesus. All speechs are direct from the Gospel. Jesus is rather serious here, the defender of the poor and sick against the rich and self-righteous. Lots of close-ups on Jesus's face. Brilliant use of music.
  
  











  



  
Lilies of the Field81 reviews
Stanley Adams, Pamela Branch

MGM (Video & DVD), 2001

A Charming, Touching Movie

+ Classic Movie, Sidney Poitier
+ Classic movie
+ Classic
  
  











  



  
Easy Living (Universal Cinema Classics)21 reviews
Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold

Universal Studios, 2008

I wish they still made movies like this!

+ The bull of broad street... with a girl... in the sable-est sable coat they ever sabled!
+ "Say What's The Big Deal Anyway?"
+ Easing Living
+ Easy Living
  
  











  



  
King Lear37 reviews
Laurence Olivier, Colin Blakely

Kultur Video, 2000

Makes the Peter Brooks version look bad

+ One of the All-Time Great Lears
+ a royal pleasure
+ What can I say?
+ Definitive
  
  











  



  
Hell in the Pacific36 reviews
Lee Marvin, Toshirô Mifune

MGM (Video & DVD), 2004

Clash of Enemies

+ 40 Years Later, still an awesome movie from legendary director John Boorman.
+ Powerful study & psychological drama but only two stars. Great for most.
+ another side of a great filmaker
+ How to make a movie 101
  
  











  



  
Ugetsu - Criterion Collection50 reviews
Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô

Criterion Collection, 2005

Mizoguchi--a true master of his craft

+ Mysterious Story!
+ Great
+ Ugetsu
+ Magnificent fable of desire and attachment
  
  











  



  
Into Great Silence (Two-Disc Set)86 reviews
The Carthusian Order

Zeitgeist Films, 2007

Be patient with it and it will pull you in to greater peace

+ A Contemplative Retreat
+ A Beautiful Film
+ Be still and know that I am God . . .
  
  











  



  
Once Upon a Time in the West339 reviews
Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale

Paramount, 2003

Majestic Western, one of the greatest Westerns ever made...one of the greatest films ever made...

+ wonderful
+ Leone's Finest Western
+ An Absolutely Awe-Inspiring Western! I Can See Why This One Is So Critically-Acclaimed!!!
+ Masterpiece
  
  











  



  
Rear Window (Collector's Edition)319 reviews
Ross Bagdasarian, Benny Bartlett

Universal Studios, 2001

Restorers' Error

+ No Dream Sequence PLEASE
+ "We've become a race of Peeping Toms"
+ "Hand Me the Binoculars, Please"
  
  











  



  
The Man Who Came to Dinner23 reviews
Bette Davis, Monty Woolley

Warner Home Video, 2006

"SHERRY' MIXED WITH VINEGAR

+ A Misanthrope's Treat!
+ Laugh-a-lot.
+ The Man Who Came To Dinner
+ The Man Who Came To Dinner
  
  











  



  
The Great Dictator (2 Disc Special Edition)79 reviews
Rudolph Anders, Chester Conklin

Warner Home Video, 2003

The Little Tramp speaks! And, oh, what he says!

+ A work of Genius!
+ A Must Have Classic Comedy Film---Better than anything produced today
+ A Great Great Dictator
+ a brilliantly orchestrated dark dramedy (drama/comedy).....
  
  











  



  
Diary of a Country Priest - Criterion Collection28 reviews
Claude Laydu, Jean Riveyre

Criterion, 2004

"All is grace"

+ Simplicity like a burning flame
+ Smile, God Loves You
+ A Spiritual tragedy/triumph
  
  











  



  
The Passion of the Christ (Definitive Edition)1997 reviews
James Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern

20th Century Fox, 2007

BEST MOVIE EVER ABOUT CHRIST; JPII: "BE NOT AFRAID." INCREDIBLE FEELING OF COURAGE & HOPE FROM THIS MOVIE!

+ not what I expected
+ A Very, Very Contraversial Religous Film Indeed!
+ Best gore flick of 2004!