David O. Russell, 2012   (8.7*) This is a surprising romance, better than I expected, largely because the screenplay is refreshingly...

Beasts of the Southern Wild *10* Benh Zeitlin, 2012 Sundance Award This is a mesmerizing and powerful film by debut director Benh Zeitl...

Jan Van Dormeal, 2009 (9.5*)  Belgium-Canada-France-Germany  It's hard to describe this film without making it sound perhaps incohe...

John Madden, 2011    (8.1*) From the director of Shakespeare in Love (1998) comes a more serious film, as a disparate group of seven ...

J.C. Chandor, 2011 (8.2*) Another spooky film about how flimsy and corrupt western capitalism is at the top levels, those megalith...

Lars von Trier, 2011 (8.4*) This is a rarity among films, a science fiction film that has little to do, really, with that aspect of the ...

Duncan Jones, 2011 (7.9*) Interesting science fiction film that leans more toward the intellectual and less action style, which is a ...

Michel Hazanavicious, France-Belgium, 2011 (8.5*) Best Picture (AA, BAA) Having won 114 awards so far, second only to Lord of the ...

George Clooney, 2011 (8.4*) This is an intelligent political thriller with a few unpredictable twists. One would say the acclaim is...

Gore Verbinski, 2011 (8.8*) Academy Award, Best Animated Film I loved this trippy, clever, irreverent film! You know you’re into somet...