David Ansen

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Movies
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    L’Enfant
    Blue Valentine
    Waltz with Bashir
    Milk
    The Edge of Heaven
    The Counterfeiters
    No End in Sight
    Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
    Fearless
    The Heart of the Game
    The War Tapes
    United 93
    Akeelah and the Bee
    Inside Man
    Dixie Chicks – Shut Up and Sing
    L.I.E.
    Match Point
    The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
    King Kong
    Brokeback Mountain
    Syriana
    Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
    2046
    Broken Flowers
    The Aristocrats
    Hustle & Flow
    Saraband
    March of the Penguins
    Batman Begins
    Me and You and Everyone We Know
    My Summer of Love
    Howl’s Moving Castle
    Dogtown and Z-Boys
    Cinderella Man
    Mad Hot Ballroom
    Mysterious Skin
    Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
    Kung Fu Hustle
    Gunner Palace
    Downfall
    Head-On
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    Hotel Rwanda
    The Sea Inside
    The Aviator
    Finding Neverland
    Kinsey
    Ray
    Sideways
    Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry
    The Motorcycle Diaries
    Infernal Affairs
    Collateral
    The Manchurian Candidate
    Zatôichi
    Maria Full of Grace
    The Corporation
    The Saddest Music in the World
    Kill Bill: Volume 2
    Touching the Void
    Dig!
    Brothers
    Friday Night Lights
    Bad Education
    Peter Pan
    House of Sand and Fog
    Big Fish
    The Triplets of Belleville
    Bad Santa
    Elf
    Shattered Glass
    Mystic River
    The Station Agent
    Time Out
    School of Rock
    The School of Rock
    Bubba Ho-Tep
    Lost In Translation
    Matchstick Men
    American Splendor
    Freaky Friday
    Seabiscuit
    Dirty Pretty Things
    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
    Blue Car
    Nowhere in Africa
    Lost in La Mancha
    Whale Rider
    Stone Reader
    Adaptation
    Talk to Her
    Frida
    Kandahar: Le soleil derrière la lune
    Bowling for Columbine
    Punch-Drunk Love
    Secretary
    Sunshine State
    Insomnia
    Y Tu Mama Tambien
    Ice Age
    Kissing Jessica Stein
    Monsoon Wedding
    La Stanza del Figlio
    Italian for Beginners
    Ni na bian ji dian
    Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
    Gosford Park
    Monsters, Inc.
    Legally Blonde
    Sexy Beast
    Moulin Rouge!
    Amores Perros
    Wet Hot American Summer
    The Emperor’s New Groove
    Chocolat
    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    Snatch
    Quills
    Best in Show
    Dancer in the Dark
    Almost Famous
    Nurse Betty
    Space Cowboys
    Go
    Small Time Crooks
    Croupier
    American Psycho
    Yi Yi
    Mission: Impossible 2
    The Talented Mr. Ripley
    Topsy-Turvy
    Cradle Will Rock
    Liberty Heights
    Mansfield Park
    All About My Mother
    The Insider
    Fight Club
    Show Me Love
    Stir of Echoes
    The Iron Giant
    The Thomas Crown Affair
    Deep Blue Sea
    Election
    EDtv
    Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
    Hilary and Jackie
    Alice et Martin
    Jackie Brown
    Alien Resurrection
    The Rainmaker
    The Sweet Hereafter
    The Ice Storm
    Better Luck Tomorrow
    The Full Monty
    Contact
    Face/Off
    My Best Friend’s Wedding
    Ulee’s Gold
    Con Air
    Grosse Pointe Blank
    The Devil’s Own
    Donnie Brasco
    Absolute Power
    The Game
    The Edge
    The People Vs. Larry Flynt
    The Portrait of a Lady
    Michael
    Marvin’s Room
    Mars Attacks!
    The Crucible
    Shine
    When We Were Kings
    Get on the Bus
    Sleepers
    The Long Kiss Goodnight
    Big Night
    Fly Away Home
    Tin Cup
    Emma
    Courage Under Fire
    James and the Giant Peach
    Mary Reilly
    Welcome to the Dollhouse
    Lone Star
    Breaking the Waves
    Mother
    Michael Collins
    Dead Man Walking
    Scream
    Heat
    Leaving Las Vegas
    Get Shorty
    To Die For
    Clockers
    Waterworld
    Kids
    Higher Learning
    Cobb
    Interview with the Vampire
    Clerks
    Quiz Show
    Natural Born Killers
    Wyatt Earp
    Reality Bites
    In the Name of the Father
    Three Colors: Red
    Fresh
    Little Women
    What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
    The Pelican Brief
    Mrs. Doubtfire
    Demolition Man
    The Joy Luck Club
    Searching for Bobby Fischer
    Rising Sun
    In the Line of Fire
    The Firm
    Sleepless in Seattle
    Last Action Hero
    Cliffhanger
    Dave
    Benny & Joon
    Indecent Proposal
    Falling Down
    Like Water for Chocolate
    Short Cuts
    Philadelphia
    A Few Good Men
    The Crying Game
    The Bodyguard
    Malcolm X
    Bram Stoker’s Dracula
    A River Runs Through It
    The Last of the Mohicans
    Sneakers
    Bob Roberts
    Single White Female
    Patriot Games
    Sister Act
    The Player
    White Men Can’t Jump
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
    Alien3
    Cape Fear
    Barton Fink
    Dead Again
    L.A. Story
    The Grifters
    Dances With Wolves
    Presumed Innocent
    Arachnophobia
    Dick Tracy
    Volcano
    Die Hard 2
    Beetlejuice
    The Breakfast Club
    In America
    9 to 5
    Apocalypse Now Redux
    Bloody Sunday
    The Wild Bunch
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    Box Office
    $23,123,592,$15,440,333,$11,179,372,$54,589,558,$17,804,565,$18,814,713,$1,433,319,$262,552,893,$68,072,848,$446,446,$254,190,$76,700,659,$18,948,425,$186,003,591,NA,$172,087,$85,638,656,$12,045,362,$556,906,378,$178,062,759,$93,974,620,$15,785,148,$20,205,757,$47,329,961,$6,809,089,$23,563,727,$975,181,$127,392,693,$373,672,993,$8,012,838,$2,766,976,$236,269,142,$13,411,957,$108,539,911,$9,104,327,$1,532,932,$4,854,164,$104,882,445,$607,844,$92,181,574,$11,065,801,$1,017,713,119,$33,882,243,$43,731,621,$213,719,942,$116,650,613,$17,050,017,$123,971,376,$109,706,931,$614,138,$57,663,711,$8,836,958,$220,239,925,$96,105,910,$34,196,922,$12,594,630,$4,605,682,$854,994,$154,118,820,$13,904,795,$693,NA,$61,950,770,$40,350,837,$121,975,011,$16,763,804,$123,218,424,$14,776,760,$76,490,720,$225,097,437,$2,944,752,$156,595,191,$8,701,337,$55,495,563,$131,095,990,NA,$1,239,183,$118,686,937,$65,565,672,$7,986,084,$160,846,332,$148,336,445,$13,904,766,$654,264,015,$476,551,$24,322,180,$1,407,019,$41,062,976,NA,$32,801,173,$64,801,177,$56,298,474,$7,777,790,$58,011,975,$24,675,714,$9,304,609,$3,369,654,$113,758,770,$33,616,692,$383,257,136,$10,013,424,$30,787,356,$11,767,402,$16,350,876,$265,477,$5,204,281,$87,754,044,$579,707,738,$141,774,679,$10,045,893,$184,935,320,$20,908,467,NA,$169,661,687,$152,699,976,$213,525,736,$83,557,872,$17,989,227,$20,789,556,$40,061,153,$47,386,287,$29,364,989,$128,884,132,$2,595,216,$29,934,477,$7,120,568,$34,266,564,$1,196,218,NA,$128,799,509,$7,804,349,$2,986,932,$3,736,868,$4,775,847,$67,953,969,$60,289,912,$101,209,702,$219,331,$21,142,914,$23,335,817,$124,305,181,$164,648,142,$14,902,041,$35,242,897,$3,753,929,$4,912,892,$500,896,$39,673,807,$161,376,069,$45,916,769,$3,263,585,$8,038,061,$7,281,450,$257,938,649,$171,120,329,$245,676,146,$299,288,605,$9,161,691,$224,012,234,$28,084,357,$140,807,547,$124,909,762,$50,068,310,$48,323,859,$27,873,386,$20,300,385,$3,692,836,$119,718,203,$12,803,305,$101,381,197,$7,343,114,$35,999,081,$2,789,985,$5,754,249,$165,615,285,$89,456,761,$12,008,376,$25,143,818,$53,854,588,$22,231,658,$100,860,818,$28,946,127,$12,379,402,$4,569,019,$12,408,986,$3,828,405,$19,145,198,$11,092,559,$39,363,635,$140,041,405,$187,436,818,$32,029,928,$115,101,622,$21,284,514,$13,071,518,$264,218,220,$7,412,216,$38,290,723,$1,007,583,$223,664,608,$3,151,130,$24,822,619,$50,283,563,$25,052,000,$33,351,557,$65,796,862,$3,599,538,$8,094,616,$216,601,214,$10,032,765,$195,268,056,$441,286,195,$58,055,768,$32,901,136,$7,266,383,$107,198,790,$176,997,168,$270,248,367,$227,927,165,$137,298,489,$255,000,211,$63,270,710,$23,261,580,$266,614,059,$40,903,593,$21,744,201,$6,110,979,$77,446,440,$243,240,178,$62,548,947,$411,046,449,$48,169,910,$215,862,692,$43,440,294,$75,505,856,$105,232,691,$4,479,470,$48,017,402,$178,051,587,$139,605,150,$21,706,101,$90,753,806,$16,624,456,$106,285,522,$182,291,969,$6,153,939,$38,016,380,$28,862,081,$13,446,769,$424,208,848,$221,303,188,$53,208,180,$162,738,726,$39,404,261,$117,540,947,$74,714,298,$51,525,171,$5,473,337,$103,300,686,$92,158,064,NA,$638,641
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    L’Enfant
    Blue Valentine
    Waltz with Bashir
    Milk
    The Edge of Heaven
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    Bio:

    David Ansen is an American film critic and journalist. He was the film critic for Newsweek from 1977 to 2013, and is currently a contributing editor for the magazine. He has also written for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Ansen has been a member of the National Society of Film Critics since 1977 and is a frequent guest on film-related television programs. He is the author of several books on film, including The Story of Hollywood: An Illustrated History.
     

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