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Screamers - Christian Duguay

Abandoning Philip K. Dick's resource of potential in favor of Hollywood conventionalism in its final third, the film adaptation of "Second Variety" is merely two-thirds competent.

Revanche - Götz Spielmann

Exposing the unforeseen repercussions of a single action, the film is an ingenuous account of the intricate labyrinth of human relationships.

Bigger Than Life - Nicholas Ray

As one of the bleakest American films of the 1950s, it remains a bold meditation on the American Dream, detriments of extremes, and the endurance of pain through faith.

Iron Man 2 - Jon Favreau

Enjoy the greatness on display, because nobody has ever made a good trilogy-closer to a superhero franchise.

Dirty Pretty Things - Stephen Frears

Yawn. Stephen Frears. Yawn. (Repeat)

Four Lions - Chris Morris

Chris Morris' feature length debut is out and is bound to ruffle a few feathers.

Yojimbo - Akira Kurosawa

The film is an immensely successful genre experiment as a liberal political allegory that can also be enjoyed as a purely entertaining duel between the inexorable forces of good and evil.

The White Ribbon - Michael Haneke

The film promotes an insightful psychological examination of the universality of human nature but ultimately seems abridged despite its lengthy running time.

Stalker - Andrei Tarkovsky

Tarkovsky's uncanny ability to capture and manipulate landscape provides the film with a tremendous sense of naturalistic power.

A Single Man - Tom Ford

Boasting a memorable performance from Colin Firth, fashion director Tom Ford's directorial debut looks great, but just doesn't fit quite right

A Zed and Two Noughts - Peter Greenaway

Greenaway's semi-surrealist black comedy is an impressive and instructive exercise in the cinematic and scientific arts.

Eternity And A Day - Theo Angelopoulos

A masterful meditation on time and loss.

Last Year at Marienbad - Alain Resnais

A transcendent collaboration between revolutionary artists, the film is a stunning meditation on the essence and power of form and burgeoning sentimentalities of a transforming world of cinema.

Big Fan - Robert D. Siegel

Siegel's layered and tortuous script is often transfixing, but his directorial amateurism is highlighted through an anxious cutting slideshow.

The Rules Of The Game - Jean Renoir

Overrated but entertaining classic from Jean Renoir.

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