All
films reviewed by Leonard Heldreth, unless otherwise noted.
All films
reviewed are available as DVDs or videotapes
from local video stores at time of review.
Home
Cinema Archives
July,
2008
[ I'm not there
| Youth Without
Youth | Romance
and Cigarettes | Slipstream
]
June,
2008
[ Death at a Funeral
| Lust, Caution
| Atonement
| Silk ]
May,
2008
[ The Brave One
| No Country
for Old Men | Sweeney
Todd | Ojibwa
Drum Songs ]
April,
2008
[ Michael
Clayton | The
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford |
Beowulf |
Once
]
March,
2008
[ 3:10 to Yuma
| Sunshine
| Stardust
| Eastern Promises
]
February,
2008
[ Waitress | La
Vie en Rose (La Mome) | Paris
Je T'Aime (I Love Paris)
Renaissance:
Paris 2054 | Paprika
]
January,
2008
[ Sicko
| Ratatouille
| Firefly
and Serenity ]
December,
2007
[ 13
Tzameti | The
Inheritance | Black
Snake Moan | 1408
]
November,
2007
[ The
Perfect Crime | Black
Book | Inland
Empire | Death
Proof ]
October,
2007
[ Disturbia |
The Lives of
Others | The
History Boys | Blades
of Glory ]
September,
2007
[ The Host | The
Aura | Perfume:
The Story of a Murderer | The
Abandoned ]
August,
2007
[ Venus | Little
Children | Little
Miss Sunshine ]
July,
2007
[ The Queen |
Notes on a
Scandal | Volver
]
June,
2007
[ Babel | Children
of Men | Pan’s
Labyrinth | L’Enfant
(The Child) ]
May,
2007
[ The Illusionist
| The Prestige
| The Departed
]
April,
2007
[ Time to Leave
| La Moustache
| Stranger
than Fiction ]
March,
2007
[ Sympathy
for Mr. Vengeance | Oldboy
| Lady Vengeance
]
February,
2007
[ The Devil Wears
Prada | Art
School Confidential | Brick
| Clean ]
January,
2007
[ The Proposition
| Lucky Number
Slevin | Where
the Truth Lies | Pride
and Prejudice ]
December,
2006
[ The Family Stone
| A Prairie
Home Companion | Proof
| Three Times
]
November,
2006
[ Caché
| Marilyn Hotchkiss
Dancing Class and Charm School |
Don’t
Come Knocking | The
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada ]
October,
2006
[ Dot the i |
Memory of a
Killer | The
Ice Harvest ]
September,
2006
[ Match Point
| My Mother’s
Smile | Breakfast
on Pluto | Jarhead
]
August,
2006
[ Thumbsucker
| Milwaukee,
Minnesota | Transamerica
| Winter Passing
]
July,
2006
[ Mrs. Henderson Presents
| Walk the
Line | Casanova
|
The Wild Parrots
of Telegraph Hill ]
June,
2006
[ Crash | Brokeback
Mountain | Capote
]
May,
2006
[ Good Night and Good
Luck | The
Constant Gardener | A
History of Violence ]
April,
2006
[ Wallace & Gromit:
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit |
Tim Burton’s
Corpse Bride | Howl’s
Moving Castle | MirrorMask
]
March,
2006
[ Millions | Broken
Flowers | 5X2
| Junebug
]
February,
2006
[ Being Julia
| 2046 | Goodbye
Dragon Inn ]
January,
2006
[ Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory | 3-Iron
|
Schultze Gets
the Blues | Mysterious
Skin ]
December,
2006
[ Since Otar Left
| Me and You
and Everyone We Know | 6ixtynin9
|
Last Life in
the Universe ]
November,
2005
[ A Very Long Engagement
| Closer |
Undertow |
A Love Song
for Bobby Long ]
October,
2005
[ Kung Fu Hustle
| Layer Cake
| Sin City
| A Talking
Picture ]
September,
2005
[ Red Lights |
Time Out
| Wilbur Wants
to Kill Himself | The
Machinist ]
August,
2005
[ Primer | The
Jacket | White
Noise | Final
Cut ]
July,
2005
[ Bad Education
| The Woodsman
| Birth |
P.S. ]
June,
2005
[ Twilight Samurai
| Stage Beauty
| I (Heart) Huckabees
|
What the #$*!
Do We Know? | Collateral
]
May,
2005
[ Motorcycle Diaries
| Incredibles
| Dirty Pretty
Things | Nine
Queens ]
April,
2005
[ Young Adam |
Kitchen Stories
| Jersey Girl
| De-Lovely
]
March,
2005
[ I’ll Sleep
When I’m Dead | Satoichi,
the Blind Swordsman |
The Son (Le Fils)
| Under the
Tuscan Sun |
Facing Windows
| Springtime
in a Small Town ]
February,
2005
[ The Return |
My Father and
I | I’m
Not Scared |
A Home at the
End of the World ]
January,
2005
[ Rivers and Tides:
Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time | The
Station Agent |
Spring, Summer,
Fall, Winter...and Spring | Mystic
River ]
December,
2004
[ The Triplets of
Belleville | Angels
in America |
The Barbarian
Invasions | Kill
Bill | Love
Actually ]
November,
2004
[ Eternal Sunshine
of the Spotless Mind | Peter
Pan | Hellboy
Fahrenheit
9/11 | Songs
from the Second Floor ]
October,
2004
[ Japanese Story
| The Dreamers
| Flower of
Evil ]
September,
2004
[ American Splendor
| Lost in Translation
| Man on the
Train | Dust
to Dust ]
August,
2004
[ The Weather Underground
| The Fog of
War | The
Endurance | Winged
Migration ]
July,
2004
[ Girl with a Pearl
Earring | Big
Fish | The
Cooler | 21
Grams ]
June,
2004
[ Intolerable Cruelty
| Twin Falls
Idaho | Jackpot
| Northfolk
]
May,
2004
[ Respiro | Russian
Ark | The
Housekeeper | Nowhere
in Africa |
The Sea is Watching
| Better Luck
Tomorrow ]
April,
2004
[ Bend It Like Beckham
| Femme Fatale
| 28 Days Later
| The Swimming
Pool
The Italian
Job | The
25th Hour | Trembling
Before G-d ]
March,
2004
[ The Cuckoo |
The Man Without
a Past | Whale
Rider | Movern
Caller | Love
Liza ]
February,
2004
[ 8 Women | With
a Friend Like Harry | Read
My Lips | The
Piano Teacher ]
January,
2004
[ Heaven | Sex
and Lucia | Real
Women Have Curves | Secretary
| Roger Dodger
]
December,
2003
[ Lost in La Mancha
| Bowling for
Columbine |
The Kid Stays in the Picture | The
Believer ]
November,
2003
[ Spider | The
Good Thief | Punch
Drunk Love | Chicago
]
October,
2003
[ The Hours |
About Schmidt
| Solaris
]
September,
2003
[ Talk to Her
| Amores Perros
| Y Tu Mam Tambin
]
August,
2003
[ The Good Girl
| The Man from
Elysian Fields | All
or Nothing |
Innocence
| Scotland,
Pa ]
July
2003
[ One Hour Photo
| Spirited
Away | Far
fom Home | Adaptation
]
June
2003
[ About a Boy
| Dangerous
Lives of Altar Boys | Igby
Goes Down | Ratcatcher
]
May
2003
[ My
Big Fat Greek Wedding | Possession
| Road to Perdition
| Full Frontal
]
March,
2003
[ Sunshine State
| The Son's
Room | Italian
for Beginners | Up
at the Villa ]
February,
2003
[ Signs | Panic
| Changing
Lanes | Panic
Room ]
January,
2003
[ Big Fat Liar
| Flawless
| Death to
Smoochy | Happiness
| Storytelling
]
December,
2002
[ Monsoon Wedding
| L.I.E. |
Insomnia |
Frailty ]
November,
2002
[ A Beautiful Mind
| Iris | The
Brotherhood of the Wolf | Monster's
Inc ]
October,
2002
[ Cat's Meow |
Gosford Park
| The Devil's
Backbone | In
The Bedroom ]
September,
2002
[ The Shipping News
| Last Orders
| Armelie
| The Vertical
Ray of the Sun ]
August,
2002
[ Royal Tenebaums
| Vanilla Sky
| Bridget
Jones's Diary | Kate
and Leopold ]
July,
2002
[ Sexy Beast |
The Deep End
| Under The
Sand | Lantana
]
The Month of Love: June,
2002
[ The Others |
The Girl on
the Bridge |
The Princess
and the Warrior | In
the Mood for Love ]
May,
2002
[ The Man Who Wasn't
There | Mulholland
Drive | Donnie
Darko ]
April,
2002
[ Tortilla Soup
| Brother
| The Million
Dollar Hotel ]
March,
2002
[ The Anniversary
Party | Series
7: The Contenders | An
Everlasting Piece ]
February,
2002
[ Family Man |
Me Myself I
| Hedwig and
the Angry Inch | Moulin
Rouge ]
January,
2002
[ Theremin—An
Electronic Odyssey | The
Straight Story
Goya in Bordeaux
| You Can Count
on Me | Liebestraum
]
December,
2001
[ Along Came a Spider
| Swordfish
| Snatch |
State and Main
| Shrek ]
November,
2001
[ The Claim |
Memento |
Chocolat |
Spy Kids
]
October,
2001
[ An Affair of Love
| Steam:
The Turkish Bath | Shower
All About
My Mother | 8
1/2 Women ]
September,
2001
[ O Brother, Where
Art Thou? | The
Pledge
The Emperor's
New Groove | Traffic
]
August,
2001
[ Crouching Dragon
Hiden Tiger | Shadow
of the Vampire
The Contender
| Unbreakable
]
July,
2001
[ Way of the Gun
| Return to
Me | Waking
the Dead ]
June,
2001
[ Saving Grace
| Best in Show
| Drop Dead
Gorgeous ]
May, 2001
Is currently Unavailable
April,
2001
[ Center Stage
| Topsy Turvy
| The Cell
]
March,
2001
[ The Iron Giant
| Titan A.E.
| Princes Mononoke
| Chicken Run
]
February,
2001
[ Snow Falling
on Cedars | Frequency
The Whole
Nine Yards | Big
Momma's House ]
January,
2001
[ Rules
of Engagement | Final
Destination | U-571
| Gladiator
]
December, 2000
[ High Fidelity
| American
Psycho | Election
]
November, 2000
[ Erin Brockovich
| Magnolia
| Fight Club
]
October, 2000
[ Girl, Interrupted
| The Green
Mile |
Ghost Dog, The Way of the Samurai ]
September, 2000
[ Bringing
Out the Dead | Dogma
|
Cradle Will
Rock | American
Beauty ]
August, 2000
[ The Talented Mr.
Ripley | Man
on the Moon
Wilde | An
Ideal Husband ]
July, 2000
[ Galaxy Quest
| Sleepy Hollow
| Three Kings
]
June, 2000
[ Being John Malkovich
| The End of
the Affair | Eyes
Wide Shut ]
May, 2000
[ Payback | The
Limey | The
Replacement Killers | Heat
]
April, 2000
[ The Blair Witch
Project | The
Haunting
The Sixth Sense
| Stir of Echoes
]
March, 2000
[ Ma Vie en Rose
| Run, Lola,
Run | Tango
| Tarzan ]
February, 2000
[ Playing by Heart
| The Thirteenth
Floor | eXistenZ
]
January, 2000
[ Tea With Mussolini
| Life is Beautiful
| Bent ]
December, 1999
[ The Matrix
| Analyze
This | Central
Station ]
November, 1999
[ Little
Voice | A
Midwinter's Tale ]
October, 1999
[ I Went
Down | The
General
Lock, Stock,
and Two Smoking Barrels ]
September, 1999
[ Waking
Ned Devine | Dancing
at Lughnasa | The
Butcher Boy ]
August, 1999
[ Gods
and Monsters | Velvet
Goldmine | In
Dreams | Apt
Pupil ]
July, 1999
[ Love
and Death on Long Island | The
Governess | Ever
After ]
June, 1999
[ Lolita
| Chinese
Box | In
the Company of Men ]
May, 1999
[ Blade
| John
Carpenter's Vampires | Dark
City ]
