Production Company(ies)
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios,
 
Distributor
Warner Home Vídeo, Buena Vista Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
 
Filming Location(s)

 
MPAA / Certificate
G
 
Year of Release
1995
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy/Adventure
 
Keyword(s)
starring Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, directed by John Lasseter, written by John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Joe Ranft, Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, comedy, adventure, fantasy, G rating, box office gross $31.3M, reviewed by David Denby, Michael Rechtshaffen, Derek Malcolm, Owen Gleiberman, Nell Minow, Amy Nicholson, Korey Coleman, Sheila Reid, Sean Axmaker, Brian Eggert, Cory Woodroof, Margaret A McGurk, Toy Story, Pixar
 

Cast & Crew

Tom Hanks

Tim Allen

Don Rickles

Jim Varney

Wallace Shawn

Woody

Buzz Lightyear

Mr. Potato Head

Slinky Dog

Rex

Tom Hanks – Woody (Voice)
Tim Allen – Buzz Lightyear (Voice)
Don Rickles – Mr. Potato Head (Voice)
Jim Varney – Slinky Dog (Voice)
Wallace Shawn – Rex (Voice)
John Ratzenberger – Hamm (Voice)

 

John Lasseter

John Lasseter

Ralph Guggenheim

Bonnie Arnold

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
John Lasseter
 
Writer(s)
John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Joe Ranft, Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow
 
Producer(s)
Ralph Guggenheim, Bonnie Arnold

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 Oscar
27 wins & 23 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
 

Top Reviews

David Denby

Michael Rechtshaffen

Derek Malcolm

Owen Gleiberman

Nell Minow

New York Magazine/Vulture

Hollywood Reporter

Guardian

Entertainment Weekly

Common Sense Media

TOY STORY
  All Critics (96) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (96)
  Toy Story takes a number of surprising turns, and though I didn’t fall in love with it — there’s a lot of routine clobbering, scrambling, and zooming about — I remained interested and happy until the end (and children, I think, will adore it).
 
  December 31, 2019
 
  David Denby
  New York Magazine/Vulture
  TOP CRITIC
  With “instant classic” written all over it, Toy Story, the first full-length feature entirely composed of computer-generated animation, is a visually astounding, wildly inventive winner.
 
  November 29, 2018
 
  Michael Rechtshaffen
  Hollywood Reporter
  TOP CRITIC
  The rivalry between Woody the cowboy and Buzz the astronaut is worked out as a direct parallel to any other family quarrels and it is this sense of oneness that gives the film its kick.
 
  March 20, 2018
 
  Derek Malcolm
  Guardian
  TOP CRITIC
  September 7, 2011 | Rating: A
 
  Owen Gleiberman
  Entertainment Weekly
  TOP CRITIC
  Pixar classic is one of the best kids’ movies of all time.
 
  December 29, 2010 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Nell Minow
  Common Sense Media
  TOP CRITIC
  I think I speak for all adults and kids when I say I can’t wait for playtime
 
  October 5, 2009 | Rating: A
 
  Amy Nicholson
  Boxoffice Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  Despite the animation not holding up, Toy Story is a flawless movie. The writing and characters are amazing.
 
  June 17, 2022
 
  Korey Coleman
  Double Toasted
  You don’t have to be a kid to enjoy it, just have a sense of humor.
 
  May 16, 2022
 
  Sheila Reid
  Women in the Life
  … a tight, inventive script that balances strongly etched characters with a tremendous sense of play, and brings it to life with vividly realized characters.
 
  March 20, 2022
 
  Sean Axmaker
  Stream on Demand
  Whenever watching the film, an eternally charming account of the world of toys, imagine that the story told is that of Pixar, the little company who proved, both through their own story and their film, the infinite possibility of imagination.
 
  March 20, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Brian Eggert
  Deep Focus Review
  I always look back to Toy Story as the match that lit my movie-loving fuse.
 
  February 11, 2022
 
  Cory Woodroof
  Lumination Network
  We have seen the future of cartoons, and its name is Toy Story.
 
  August 19, 2021 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Margaret A. McGurk
  Cincinnati Enquirer…

 

Plot
A little boy named Andy loves to be in his room, playing with his toys, especially his doll named “Woody”. But, what do the toys do when Andy is not with them, they come to life. Woody believes that his life (as a toy) is good. However, he must worry about Andy’s family moving, and what Woody does not know is about Andy’s birthday party. Woody does not realize that Andy’s mother gave him an action figure known as Buzz Lightyear, who does not believe that he is a toy, and quickly becomes Andy’s new favorite toy. Woody, who is now consumed with jealousy, tries to get rid of Buzz. Then, both Woody and Buzz are now lost. They must find a way to get back to Andy before he moves without them, but they will have to pass through a ruthless toy killer, Sid Phillips.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The cast of Toy Story includes Tom Hanks as the voice of Woody, Tim Allen as the voice of Buzz Lightyear, Don Rickles as the voice of Mr. Potato Head, and Jim Varney as the voice of Slinky Dog.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Icon Entertainment International, The Ladd Company, B. H. Finance C.V.
 
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
 
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Fort William, Glen Coe, Highland, Scotland, UK
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for brutal medieval warfare
 
Year of Release
1995
 

 
Genre(s)
Biography/War
 
Keyword(s)
starring Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Catherine McCormack, Brendan Gleeson, James Cosmo, directed by Mel Gibson, written by Randall Wallace, biography, war, box office performance, budget, reviewed by K Austin Collins, Colin McArthur, Jay Carr, Adam Mars-Jones, Desmond Ryan, Jami Bernard, Sheila Reid, James Wegg, Fico Cangiano, David Nusair, Mike Massie, Allison Rose, R rating, William Wallace, Princess Isabelle, Longshanks – King Edward I, Murron MacClannough, Hamish Campbell, Campbell, Bruce Davey, Alan Ladd Jr., Dolby SR, Dolby A, DTS, Surround, Dolby Digital, Scope (2.35:1), Paramount Pictures
 

Cast & Crew

Mel Gibson

Sophie Marceau

Patrick McGoohan

Catherine McCormack

Brendan Gleeson

William Wallace

Princess Isabelle

Longshanks – King Edward I

Murron MacClannough

Hamish Campbell

Mel Gibson – William Wallace
Sophie Marceau – Princess Isabelle
Patrick McGoohan – Longshanks – King Edward I
Catherine McCormack – Murron MacClannough
Brendan Gleeson – Hamish Campbell
James Cosmo – Campbell

 

Mel Gibson

Randall Wallace

Bruce Davey

Mel Gibson

Alan Ladd Jr.

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Mel Gibson
 
Writer(s)
Randall Wallace
 
Producer(s)
Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd Jr.

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 5 Oscars
33 wins & 34 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Achievement in Cinematography Winners, Oscar Best Achievement in Directing Winners, Oscar Best Achievement in Makeup Winners, Oscar Best Achievement in Sound Editing Winners, Oscar Best Picture Winners, Oscar Nominees, Oscar Winners
 

Top Reviews

K. Austin Collins

Colin McArthur

Jay Carr

Adam Mars-Jones

Desmond Ryan

Vanity Fair

Sight & Sound

Boston Globe

Independent (UK)

Philadelphia Inquirer

BRAVEHEART
  All Critics (85) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (65) | Rotten (20)
  Though Gibson’s film isn’t smart on this subject or even really aware of it, it has few modern rivals as an example of the ways a movie can rend history into compellingly simplistic myth.
 
  May 27, 2020
 
  K. Austin Collins
  Vanity Fair
  TOP CRITIC
  The ideological project of Braveheart is to valorise both Wallace and the Bruce as Scottish national heroes. This is done in the crudest possible way.
 
  February 6, 2020
 
  Colin McArthur
  Sight & Sound
  TOP CRITIC
  Braveheart is a big, strapping medieval sword-and-arrow movie with more fighting than romance, a surprising abundance of lush and sensuous imagery considering its brutal strife, and Gibson fiercely inciting it to stand up and march.
 
  April 27, 2018
 
  Jay Carr
  Boston Globe
  TOP CRITIC
  In the absence of satisfying moral dilemmas, Braveheart is an action film with an unhappy ending rather than the tragedy it would like to be.
 
  March 1, 2018
 
  Adam Mars-Jones
  Independent (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  As the star of the new, epic-scaled Braveheart, Gibson celebrates yet another man of selfless valor. And as its director, he displays some daring of his own.
 
  February 24, 2014 | Rating: 3/4
 
  Desmond Ryan
  Philadelphia Inquirer
  TOP CRITIC
  A lavish, entertaining spectacle full of manly men, dastardly villains, rousing battles and women who easily see Mel’s hero potential through all that messy hair.
 
  February 24, 2014 | Rating: 3/4
 
  Jami Bernard
  New York Daily News
  TOP CRITIC
  Mel Gibson acts, directs and produces this 173-minute ordeal. He does everything but edit the film which is what is needed most.
 
  May 13, 2022
 
  Sheila Reid
  Women in the Life
  “It’s our wits that make us men.”
 
  May 8, 2022 | Rating: 2/5
 
  James Wegg
  JWR
  Mel Gibson’s sweeping and romantic epic is one of the best war films of all time. [Full review in Spanish]
 
  August 28, 2021 | Rating: 4.5/5
 
  Fico Cangiano
  CineXpress Podcast
  …boasts a frequently captivating opening stretch that effectively establishes the compelling, sympathetic protagonist and his seemingly insurmountable task…
 
  January 25, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
  David Nusair
  Reel Film Reviews
  Awe-inspiring, brutal, and action-packed.
 
  September 10, 2020 | Rating: 10/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins
  Braveheart is beautifully shot, well-acted, and offers an interesting, but an untruthful, story about what many believe to be a great Scotsman.
 
  July 1, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Allison Rose
  FlickDirect…

 

Plot
William Wallace is a Scottish rebel who leads an uprising against the cruel English ruler Edward the Longshanks, who wishes to inherit the crown of Scotland for himself. When he was a young boy, William Wallace’s father and brother, along with many others, lost their lives trying to free Scotland. Once he loses another of his loved ones, William Wallace begins his long quest to make Scotland free once and for all, along with the assistance of Robert the Bruce.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Mel Gibson stars in and directs Braveheart, which won five Academy Awards including Best Picture.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Miramax, A Band Apart Jersey Films,
 
Distributor
Miramax Films
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
1435 Flower Street, Glendale, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for strong graphic violence and drug use, pervasive strong language and some sexuality
 
Year of Release
1994
 

 
Genre(s)
Crime/Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring John Travolta, Samuel L Jackson, Uma Thurman, Ving Rhames, Bruce Willis, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, directed by Quentin Tarantino, written by Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, produced by Lawrence Bender, crime, drama, box office success, budget, reviewed by Adam Nayman, David Stratton, Adam Mars-Jones, Jay Carr, Robert Horton, Kate Muir, Diego Batlle, Quentin Crisp, Brian Eggert, Sarah Brinks, Tony Black, Mike Massie, R rating, hitmen, gangsters, neo-noir, post-modern, pop-culture, dialogue, non-linear storyline, soundtrack, violence, drug use, strong language, sexuality
 

Cast & Crew

John Travolta

Samuel L. Jackson

Uma Thurman

Harvey Keitel

Tim Roth

Vincent Vega

Jules Winnfield

Mia Wallace

Winston Wolf

Ringo

John Travolta – Vincent Vega
Samuel L. Jackson – Jules Winnfield
Uma Thurman – Mia Wallace
Harvey Keitel – Winston Wolf
Tim Roth – Ringo
Amanda Plummer – Yolanda
Quentin Tarantino – Writer, Director
Lawrence Bender – Producer
Roger Avary – Writer

 

Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino

Lawrence Bender

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Quentin Tarantino
 
Writer(s)
Quentin Tarantino, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary
 
Producer(s)
Lawrence Bender

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 Oscar
70 wins & 75 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Writing Winners, Oscar Nominees, Oscar Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Winners, Oscar Winners
 

Top Reviews

Adam Nayman

David Stratton

Adam Mars-Jones

Jay Carr

Robert Horton

The Ringer

At the Movies (Australia)

Independent (UK)

Boston Globe

Film Comment Magazine

PULP FICTION
  All Critics (110) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (101) | Rotten (9)
  Quentin Tarantino’s retro-fetishism was the future of American cinema.
 
  April 6, 2020
 
  Adam Nayman
  The Ringer
  TOP CRITIC
  Pacey, punchy and at times hilarious. It’s quite a movie.
 
  April 24, 2019 | Rating: 5/5
 
  David Stratton
  At the Movies (Australia)
  TOP CRITIC
  Reservoir Dogs still looks like the great American film of the decade, but Quentin Tarantino’s second film as writer-director shows him already deep in the territory of self-parody.
 
  April 24, 2019
 
  Adam Mars-Jones
  Independent (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  It’s hot, it’s cool and — for a movie that sometimes comes at you like a blindsiding fist — it’s unfailingly playful.
 
  April 26, 2018
 
  Jay Carr
  Boston Globe
  TOP CRITIC
  I haven’t seen many people use the word “exquisite” to describe Tarantino’s movies. But they should.
 
  April 10, 2018
 
  Robert Horton
  Film Comment Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  It’s full of perfect Tarantino moments, with meta references, B-movie sleaze and a sheer sense of fun.
 
  October 7, 2016 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Kate Muir
  Times (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  Even though it’s not quite a masterpiece, it does show ample talent from a writer director who, given his short years, may expect a glorious career. [Full review in Spanish]
 
  June 3, 2022 | Rating: 4.5/5
 
  Diego Batlle
  Otroscines.com
  This grim scenario is enlivened by many jokes. In the midst of the violent action, the dialogue is quaintly stilted and peppered with quotations from Ezekiel.
 
  April 21, 2022
 
  Quentin Crisp
  Christopher Street
  Quentin Tarantino’s dialogue provides the basis for the most unforgettable moments in Pulp Fiction.
 
  March 20, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Brian Eggert
  Deep Focus Review
  I always love a good dance scene in a movie and this one really delivers.
 
  March 24, 2021
 
  Sarah Brinks
  Battleship Pretension
  A seminal piece of filmmaking, perfectly capturing its era and a zeitgeist, while also being oddly timeless in terms of its neo-crime, post modern, darkly comic approach.
 
  January 31, 2021 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Tony Black
  Cultural Conversation
  Staying true to the pulp magazine source material, plenty of drugs, alcohol, sex, nudity, cursing, violence, and all manner of criminal elements are included.
 
  September 24, 2020 | Rating: 10/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins…

 

Plot
Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vincent Vega (John Travolta) are two hit men who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames). Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia (Uma Thurman) out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis) is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
No specific tidbit is given about anyone in the cast.
 

 
Quentin-Tarantino.jpg

 
Production Company(ies)
Stanley Kubrick Productions,
 
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG for thematic elements, some violent content, sexual humor and mild language
 
Year of Release
1964
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy
 
Keyword(s)
starring Peter Sellers, George C Scott, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Peter Bull, Tracy Reed, directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern, Peter George, comedy, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Peter Bradshaw, Dave Kaufman, James Powers, Odie Henderson, Joshua Rothkopf, MPAA rating PG, nuclear war, Cold War satire, U.S Air Force General, bomber wing, communists, precious bodily fluids, Stanley Kubrick as producer, Columbia Pictures as distributor, Mono sound mix, Flat aspect ratio, Group Capt Lionel Mandrake, President Merkin Muffley, Dr Strangelove, Gen “Buck” Turgidson, Col “Bat” Guano, Ambassador de Sadesky, Miss Scott
 

Cast & Crew

Peter Sellers

George C. Scott

Keenan Wynn

Slim Pickens

Peter Bull

Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake

President Merkin Muffley

Dr. Strangelove

Gen. “Buck” Turgidson

Col. “Bat” Guano

Peter Sellers – Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake, President Merkin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove
George C. Scott – Gen. “Buck” Turgidson
Keenan Wynn – Col. “Bat” Guano
Slim Pickens – Major T. J. “King” Kong
Peter Bull – Ambassador de Sadesky
Tracy Reed – Miss Scott

 

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Stanley Kubrick
 
Writer(s)
Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern, Peter George
 
Producer(s)
Stanley Kubrick

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 4 Oscars
14 wins & 11 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
 

Top Reviews

Peter Bradshaw

Dave Kaufman

James Powers

Odie Henderson

Joshua Rothkopf

Guardian

Variety

Hollywood Reporter

Movie Mezzanine

Time Out

DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB
  All Critics (92) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (90) | Rotten (2)
  Age has not withered that final queasy nightmare of the mushroom clouds, set to Vera Lynn’s hopeful We’ll Meet Again – underscoring how the certainties of the second world war ceased to hold their meaning in the nuclear age.
 
  May 15, 2019 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Peter Bradshaw
  Guardian
  TOP CRITIC
  Nothing would seen to be farther apart than nuclear war and comedy, yet Kubrick’s caper eloquently tackles a Fail-Safe subject with a light touch.
 
  April 22, 2019
 
  Dave Kaufman
  Variety
  TOP CRITIC
  Kubrick has shown before that he is a director of rare gifts. Dr. Strangelove brings them into full realization.
 
  January 31, 2019
 
  James Powers
  Hollywood Reporter
  TOP CRITIC
  Of the many films considered great satire, only Dr. Strangelove holds up as a masterpiece with none of its bite removed.
 
  August 7, 2014 | Rating: A
 
  Odie Henderson
  Movie Mezzanine
  TOP CRITIC
  By a whopping margin, this is Kubrick’s most radical film and greatest dramatic gamble.
 
  May 13, 2014 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Joshua Rothkopf
  Time Out
  TOP CRITIC
  Black comedy Kubrick classic for smart teens+.
 
  December 22, 2010 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Nell Minow
  Common Sense Media
  TOP CRITIC
  Probably Kubrick’s biggest gamble, resulted in a classic that has aged finely. [Full review in Spanish]
 
  September 23, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Fico Cangiano
  CineXpress Podcast
  Few satires are stranger or sharper, and there are few funnier films that come from a weirder and braver starting point than Dr Strangelove.
 
  August 4, 2021 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Matt Neal
  Movies Ate My Life
  I think this is a film I will need to see again especially for the Sellars performances. But I really hope the opening scroll is correct and nothing like this can ever actually happen.
 
  March 24, 2021
 
  Sarah Brinks
  Battleship Pretension
  While still politically relevant, the Cold War audiences of the ’60s were better primed to welcome the irony.
 
  August 24, 2020 | Rating: 8/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins
  Dr. Strangelove is one of [Stanley Kubrick’s] very best movies.
 
  August 10, 2020
 
  Allen Almachar
  The MacGuffin
  Stanley Kubrick’s classic black comedy, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, remains a genius political satire.
 
  August 5, 2020 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Danielle Solzman
  Solzy at the Movies…

 

Plot
Paranoid Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper of Burpelson Air Force Base, believing that fluoridation of the American water supply is a Soviet plot to poison the U.S. populace, is able to deploy through a back door mechanism a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union without the knowledge of his superiors, including the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Buck Turgidson, and President Merkin Muffley. Only Ripper knows the code to recall the B-52 bombers and he has shut down communication in and out of Burpelson as a measure to protect this attack. Ripper’s executive officer, RAF Group Captain Lionel Mandrake (on exchange from Britain), who is being held at Burpelson by Ripper, believes he knows the recall codes if he can only get a message to the outside world. Meanwhile at the Pentagon War Room, key persons including Muffley, Turgidson and nuclear scientist and adviser, a former Nazi named Dr. Strangelove, are discussing measures to stop the attack or mitigate its blow-up into an all out nuclear war with the Soviets. Against Turgidson’s wishes, Muffley brings Soviet Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky into the War Room, and get his boss, Soviet Premier Dimitri Kisov, on the hot line to inform him of what’s going on. The Americans in the War Room are dismayed to learn that the Soviets have an as yet unannounced Doomsday Device to detonate if any of their key targets are hit. As Ripper, Mandrake and those in the War Room try and work the situation to their end goal, Major T.J. “King” Kong, one of the B-52 bomber pilots, is working on his own agenda of deploying his bomb where ever he can on enemy soil if he can’t make it to his intended target.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
There is no mention of anything goofy, funny, or odd about the film Dr. Strangelove on Fresh Kernels.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Hell’s Kitchen Films, Universal Pictures,
 
Distributor
Universal Pictures, Argentina Video Home
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Kilmainham Jail, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for language and politically-geneRated violence
 
Year of Release
1994
 

 
Genre(s)
Biography
 
Keyword(s)
starring Daniel Day-Lewis, John Lynch, Emma Thompson, Pete Postlethwaite, Corin Redgrave, Beatie Edney, directed by Jim Sheridan, written by Terry George and Jim Sheridan, biography, box office performance, budget, reviewed by David Ansen, Gene Siskel, Kenneth Turan, John Hartl, Terrence Rafferty, Desmond Ryan, Graeme Tuckett, Candice Russell, Sue Heal, David Sterritt, MPAA rating R, IRA, Guildford Four, miscarriage of justice, humanist focus, scorching performances, impassioned, meticulously observed, politically charged, Fugitive, emotionally powerful, true story, wrongful imprisonment, father-son relationship, British history, English soldiers in Ireland, British police, British government, Hollywoodized, court room finale, emotionally disturbing, powerful, engaging, phenomenal cast, captivating, flawless film
 

Cast & Crew

Daniel Day-Lewis

Pete Postlethwaite

Emma Thompson

John Lynch

Corin Redgrave

Gerry Conlon

Giuseppe Conlon

Gareth Peirce

Paul Hill

Robert Dixon

Daniel Day-Lewis – Gerry Conlon
Pete Postlethwaite – Giuseppe Conlon
Emma Thompson – Gareth Peirce
John Lynch – Paul Hill
Corin Redgrave – Robert Dixon
Beatie Edney – Carole Richardson

 

Jim Sheridan

Terry George

Jim Sheridan

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Jim Sheridan
 
Writer(s)
Terry George, Jim Sheridan
 
Producer(s)
Jim Sheridan

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 7 Oscars
7 wins & 41 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
 

Top Reviews

David Ansen

Gene Siskel

Kenneth Turan

John Hartl

Terrence Rafferty

Newsweek

Chicago Tribune

Los Angeles Times

Seattle Times

New Yorker

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
  All Critics (50) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (47) | Rotten (3)
  Jim Sheridan tells his gripping tale with a fury that stokes up an audience the way early Costa Gavras movies used to do.
 
  February 15, 2018
 
  David Ansen
  Newsweek
  TOP CRITIC
  Daniel Day-Lewis is remarkable.
 
  February 28, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
  Gene Siskel
  Chicago Tribune
  TOP CRITIC
  In the Name of the Father is a model of this kind of engaged, enraged filmmaking, a politically charged Fugitive that uses one of the most celebrated cases of recent British history to steamroller an audience with the power of rousing, polemical cinema.
 
  February 28, 2014
 
  Kenneth Turan
  Los Angeles Times
  TOP CRITIC
  At every point, Day-Lewis is at the center of the story, and he carries the film with an impassioned performance. It helps that it’s a great part.
 
  February 28, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
  John Hartl
  Seattle Times
  TOP CRITIC
  The picture turns into a kind of stylized morality play about the right and the wrong ways for Irishmen to respond to distorted portraits of their character, and it’s terrifically effective.
 
  February 28, 2014
 
  Terrence Rafferty
  New Yorker
  TOP CRITIC
  Day-Lewis, so intricately repressed in The Age of Innocence, here offers a role reversal in an unreserved and emotional performance that throws caution and inhibition to the winds.
 
  February 28, 2014 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Desmond Ryan
  Philadelphia Inquirer
  TOP CRITIC
  In The Name Of The Father is a gritty, compelling and engrossing film. Day-Lewis is extraordinary, of course.
 
  June 3, 2022
 
  Graeme Tuckett
  Stuff.co.nz
  In the Name of the Father is a deeply stirring film that lessens the moral authority of the I.R.A., English soldiers in Ireland, the British police and the British government.
 
  February 28, 2014
 
  Candice Russell
  South Florida Sun-Sentinel
  This is a stirring and exceptionally well acted, though controversial, dramatisation of Gerry Conlon’s book about the grave miscarriage of justice suffered by the Guildford Four.
 
  February 28, 2014 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Sue Heal
  Radio Times
  Day-Lewis outdoes his acclaimed performance in My Left Foot, making Gerry a character of palpable realness and complexity.
 
  February 28, 2014
 
  David Sterritt
  Christian Science Monitor
  In this powerful, Oscar-nominated movie, Jim Sheridan infuses a fact-based social injustice drama with a more intimate family tale of estranged father and son, splendidly played by Daniel Day-Lewis and Peter Postlethwaite.
 
  March 25, 2009 | Rating: A-
 
  Emanuel Levy
  EmanuelLevy.Com
  March 4, 2008 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Cole Smithey
  ColeSmithey.com…

 

Plot
Young Belfastian Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis) admits that he was in London at the time of the incident. He also admits that he is not a model citizen, having committed a petty robbery while in London. He does however profess his innocence when it comes to the bombing of the Guildford Pub in London in 1974, the event which killed several people inside. A self-professed non-political person, he and his three co-accused, dubbed the Guildford Four, are thought to be provisional members of the I.R.A. Their self-professed innocence is despite each having signed a statement of guilt which they claim were signed under duress. Their case includes having provable alibis for the time frame of the bombing. And eventually, Joe McAndrew (Don Baker), a known I.R.A. member, admits to the bombing. Dubbed the Maguire Seven, seven others, primarily members of Gerry’s extended family including his father Giuseppe (Pete Postlethwaite), are accused of being accessories to the bombing. Following on the work initiated by Giuseppe, Gerry works on a campaign to prove their collective innocence, this work with the assistance of compassionate lawyer Gareth Peirce (Dame Emma Thompson). As Gareth works on this campaign, she is faced with obstacle after obstacle placed by Robert Dixon (Corin Redgrave), who led the initial investigation and questioning of the four accused on behalf of the Police.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Daniel Day-Lewis delivers yet again with this film, and like I said, he is a dedicated actor who always gives his all in a performance.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
M K2 Productions, C E D Productions, France 3 Cinéma
 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Place Monge, Paris 5, Paris, France
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for some sexuality
 
Year of Release
1993
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)

Cast & Crew

Juliette Binoche

Benoît Régent

Florence Pernel

Hélène Vincent

Philippe Volter

Julie Vignon-de Courcy

Olivier

Sandrine

La journaliste

L’agent immobilier

CAST & CREW
– Juliette Binoche as Julie Vignon-de Courcy
– Benoît Régent as Olivier
– Florence Pernel as Sandrine
– Hélène Vincent as La journaliste
– Philippe Volter as L’agent immobilier
– Hugues Quester as Patrice
– Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
– Producer: Marin Karmitz

 

Krzysztof Kieslowski

NA

Marin Karmitz

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Krzysztof Kieslowski
 
Writer(s)
NA
 
Producer(s)
Marin Karmitz

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
21 wins & 18 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Adam Mars-Jones

Lisa Nesselson

Jonathan Kiefer

Hal Hinson

Desson Thomson

Independent

Variety

Salon.com

Washington Post

Austin Chronicle

BLUE
  All Critics (46) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (45) | Rotten (1)
  Most viewers of Three Colours Blue will be too busy trying to follow the plot, slight as it is, to feel they are grappling in any way with the heritage of the French Revolution.
 
  November 14, 2017
 
  Adam Mars-Jones
  Independent (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  Boasts a riveting central performance by a carefully controlled, lovingly lit Juliette Binoche.
 
  December 17, 2008
 
  Lisa Nesselson
  Variety
  TOP CRITIC
  Even in such a visually sumptuous work, Kieslowski is brave enough to tell us — through blackouts, blurred focus and commanding stillness — not to look, but simply to listen.
 
  June 12, 2002
 
  Jonathan Kiefer
  Salon.com
  TOP CRITIC
  Krzysztof Kieslowski’s penetrating, hypnotic meditation on liberty and loss.
 
  January 1, 2000
 
  Hal Hinson
  Washington Post
  TOP CRITIC
  The rehabilitation of a human spirit after painful tragedy is given stunning, aesthetic dimension.
 
  January 1, 2000
 
  Desson Thomson
  Washington Post
  TOP CRITIC
  Blue is a movie that engages the mind, challenges the senses, implores a resolution, and tells, with aesthetic grace and formal elegance, a good story and a political allegory.
 
  January 1, 2000 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Marjorie Baumgarten
  Austin Chronicle
  TOP CRITIC
  A devastating look at freeing oneself from grief.
 
  July 27, 2020
 
  Allen Almachar
  The MacGuffin
  Blue is a definite great start to the trilogy!
 
  April 26, 2020 | Rating: 8/10
 
  Rachel Wagner
  rachelsreviews.net
  Kieslowski crafts a tone poem about the beauty of grief, and how Julie’s submission to the crystal-clear sorrow of her emotions leads her on a deeply moving process of rebirth
 
  November 1, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
 
  PJ Nabarro
  Patrick Nabarro
  The film is lifted by the force and inventiveness of its images, while Binoche holds the centre with her sad, enigmatic presence.
 
  November 28, 2017
 
  Quentin Curtis
  Independent on Sunday
  The saturated hues are calming, protective, but also isolating; the rest of the world fades away when she’s enveloped in the blue of the water.
 
  January 13, 2017
 
  Sean Axmaker
  GreenCine
  The story of how to become a new, better, more whole self… There is nothing less tragic than that.
 
  September 5, 2013 | Rating: 10/10
 
  Tim Brayton
  Antagony & Ecstasy…

 

Plot
After a tragic car accident claims the lives of her husband and daughter, Julie withdraws from her relationships and locks herself in her apartment, but eventually meets up with an old friend who could draw her back to reality in Three Colors: Blue.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
NA
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Strong Heart, Demme Production Orion Pictures,
 
Distributor
Orion Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Bimini Airport, South Bimini Island, Bimini Islands, Bahamas
 
MPAA / Certificate
R
 
Year of Release
1991
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama/Crime
 
Keyword(s)
starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald, Brooke Smith, directed by Jonathan Demme, written by Thomas Harris, Ted Tally, drama, crime, mystery, thriller, R rating, box office gross $130.7M, reviewed by Kathy Huffhines, Jim Emerson, Michael H Price, Harper Barnes, Bill Cosford, David Denby, Danilo Castro, Warren Sonbert, Paul McKie, Lawrence Toppman, Michael MacCambridge, Candice Russell, Clarice Starling, Dr Hannibal Lecter, Jack Crawford, Jame “Buffalo Bill” Gumb, Dr Frederick Chilton, Catherine Martin, Ronald M Bozman, Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, Orion Pictures, Dolby Stereo, Dolby SR, Surround, Flat (1.66:1)
 

Cast & Crew

Jodie Foster

Anthony Hopkins

Scott Glenn

Ted Levine

Anthony Heald

Clarice Starling

Dr. Hannibal Lecter

Jack Crawford

Jame “Buffalo Bill” Gumb

Dr. Frederick Chilton

Jodie Foster – Clarice Starling
Anthony Hopkins – Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Scott Glenn – Jack Crawford
Ted Levine – Jame “Buffalo Bill” Gumb
Anthony Heald – Dr. Frederick Chilton
Brooke Smith – Catherine Martin

 

Jonathan Demme

Thomas Harris

Ronald M. Bozman

Edward Saxon

Kenneth Utt

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Jonathan Demme
 
Writer(s)
Thomas Harris, Ted Tally
 
Producer(s)
Ronald M. Bozman, Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 5 Oscars
69 wins & 51 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Achievement in Directing Winners, Oscar Best Picture Winners, Oscar Best Writing Winners, Oscar Nominees, Oscar Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Winners, Oscar Winners
 

Top Reviews

Kathy Huffhines

Jim Emerson

Michael H. Price

Harper Barnes

Bill Cosford

Detroit Free Press

Orange County Register

Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Miami Herald

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
  All Critics (145) | Top Critics (48) | Fresh (138) | Rotten (7)
  Throughout the movie, Demme gets across more terror than a dozen Friday the 13ths by showing not the horrifying thing itself but the faces of people looking at horror.
 
  March 23, 2022 | Rating: 8/10
 
  Kathy Huffhines
  Detroit Free Press
  TOP CRITIC
  The Silence of the Lambs is something exceedingly rare and invaluable in movies these days: an accomplished, intelligent — and genuinely scary — thriller.
 
  March 23, 2022
 
  Jim Emerson
  Orange County Register
  TOP CRITIC
  Scott Glenn’s low-key portrayal keeps things anchored in normalcy and provides a scale against which the depths of Hopkins’ malice and Foster’s troubled nature can be measured.
 
  March 23, 2022 | Rating: 7/10
 
  Michael H. Price
  Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
  TOP CRITIC
  The Silence of the Lambs is the stuff that nightmares are made of. It is, in a sense, a horror movie, but one that deserves comparison with such great works of psychological terror as The Shining, Psycho and Rosemary’s Baby.
 
  March 23, 2022
 
  Harper Barnes
  St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  TOP CRITIC
  It’s a tough little B-movie, but there’s more to gross you out in one of Harris’ paragraphs than in all of Demme’s two hours.
 
  March 23, 2022 | Rating: 3/4
 
  Bill Cosford
  Miami Herald
  TOP CRITIC
  A shockingly powerful thriller.
 
  March 23, 2022
 
  David Denby
  New York Magazine/Vulture
  TOP CRITIC
  It is a freak occurrence of the right director, the right script, and the right cast making something that transcends genre and reshapes popular culture.
 
  May 17, 2022 | Rating: 10/10
 
  Danilo Castro
  Next Best Picture
  Grand Guignol is too mild an expression for a work in which every scene is an exercise in repulsion. But I couldn’t wait for what happened next and would have to admit that this is an excellent, if morally reprehensible, film.
 
  March 23, 2022
 
  Warren Sonbert
  Bay Area Reporter
  The Silence of the Lambs is one of the most intoxicating and absorbing thrillers ever made.
 
  March 23, 2022
 
  Paul McKie
  Winnipeg Free Press
  As played by Anthony Hopkins in the performance of his film career, the amoral psychiatrist dominates the picture — a remarkable feat, since Jodie Foster is the top-billed star and also does a superb job.
 
  March 23, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Lawrence Toppman
  Charlotte Observer
  The other thing that gives Silence its special charge is Hopkins’ powerfully ingratiating performance as the formidable villain. Every second he’s on the screen, you can’t help but feel uncomfortable.
 
  March 23, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
  Michael MacCambridge
  Austin American-Statesman
  A bone-chiller of superior intensity.
 
  March 23, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
  Candice Russell
  South Florida Sun-Sentinel…

 

Plot
F.B.I. trainee Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) works hard to advance her career, while trying to hide or put behind her West Virginia roots, of which if some knew, would automatically classify her as being backward or white trash. After graduation, she aspires to work in the agency’s Behavioral Science Unit under the leadership of Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn). While she is still a trainee, Crawford asks her to question Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Sir Anthony Hopkins), a psychiatrist imprisoned, thus far, for eight years in maximum security isolation for being a serial killer who cannibalized his victims. Clarice is able to figure out the assignment is to pick Lecter’s brains to help them solve another serial murder case, that of someone coined by the media as “Buffalo Bill” (Ted Levine), who has so far killed five victims, all located in the eastern U.S., all young women, who are slightly overweight (especially around the hips), all who were drowned in natural bodies of water, and all who were stripped of large swaths of skin. She also figures that Crawford chose her, as a woman, to be able to trigger some emotional response from Lecter. After speaking to Lecter for the first time, she realizes that everything with him will be a psychological game, with her often having to read between the very cryptic lines he provides. She has to decide how much she will play along, as his request in return for talking to him is to expose herself emotionally to him. The case takes a more dire turn when a sixth victim is discovered, this one from who they are able to retrieve a key piece of evidence, if Lecter is being forthright as to its meaning. A potential seventh victim is high profile Catherine Martin (Brooke Smith), the daughter of Senator Ruth Martin (Diane Baker), which places greater scrutiny on the case as they search for a hopefully still alive Catherine. Who may factor into what happens is Dr. Frederick Chilton (Anthony Heald), the warden at the prison, an opportunist who sees the higher profile with Catherine, meaning a higher profile for himself if he can insert himself successfully into the proceedings.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Anthony Hopkins’ performance as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs is considered one of the greatest movie villains of all time by the American Film Institute.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Mandeville Films, Walt Disney Pictures,
 
Distributor
BV International Pictures [no], Buena Vista Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
 
Filming Location(s)
Shepperton Studios, Studios Road, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG for some action violence, peril and frightening images
 
Year of Release
1991
 

 
Genre(s)
Fantasy
 
Keyword(s)
starring Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers, Angela Lansbury, directed by Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, written by Linda Woolverton, fantasy, G rating, box office gross $219.0M, reviewed by Jonathan Romney, Duane Byrge, Michael Sragow, John Hartl, Dave Kehr, Andrew Pulver, Jack Fleischer, Mike Massie, Brian D Johnson, Rachel Wagner, Christopher James, Leigh Paatsch, Disney, animated, musical, enchanted, love story, Beast, Belle, Mrs Potts, Lumiere, Cogsworth, Gaston, enchanted servants, castle, wicked enchantress, hideous, spell, love, isolation, village girl, headstrong, arrogant, young prince, castle’s servants, enchanted, elegant, romantic, musical numbers, Don Hahn, BV International Pictures, Buena Vista Pictures, Surround sound mix
 

Cast & Crew

Paige O’Hara

Robby Benson

Richard White

Jerry Orbach

David Ogden Stiers

Belle

Beast

Gaston

Lumiere

Cogsworth

Paige O’Hara – Belle (Voice)
Robby Benson – Beast (Voice)
Richard White – Gaston (Voice)
Jerry Orbach – Lumiere (Voice)
David Ogden Stiers – Cogsworth, Narrator (Voice)
Angela Lansbury – Mrs. Potts (Voice)

 

Gary Trousdale

Linda Woolverton

Don Hahn

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
 
Writer(s)
Linda Woolverton
 
Producer(s)
Don Hahn

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 2 Oscars
15 wins & 76 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures Winners, Oscar Nominees, Oscar Original Score Winners, Oscar Original Song Winners, Oscar Winners
 

Top Reviews

Jonathan Romney

Duane Byrge

Michael Sragow

John Hartl

Dave Kehr

Sight & Sound

Hollywood Reporter

New Yorker

Seattle Times

Chicago Tribune

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
  All Critics (118) | Top Critics (39) | Fresh (111) | Rotten (7)
  If this is very much a film of good and bad bits, that is because of the way the armies of animators have been marshalled…the music, however, is the film’s most consistent feature.
 
  February 6, 2020
 
  Jonathan Romney
  Sight & Sound
  TOP CRITIC
  In these sterile, technological days when creations of architecture, movies and other splendors are inferior to the classics of past ages, this artisan-crafted masterpiece is perhaps the closest we’ll ever come to a Gothic cathedral.
 
  November 29, 2018
 
  Duane Byrge
  Hollywood Reporter
  TOP CRITIC
  It’s got storytelling vigor and clarity, bright, eclectic animation, and a frisky musical wit.
 
  November 20, 2013
 
  Michael Sragow
  New Yorker
  TOP CRITIC
  It’s exceptionally difficult to make an audience care for animated characters unless they’re mermaids or anthropomorphized animals or insects, yet the Disney animators, with a big assist from the vocal talents of a superb cast, have pulled it off.
 
  November 20, 2013 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
  John Hartl
  Seattle Times
  TOP CRITIC
  Beauty and the Beast is certainly adequate holiday entertainment for children and their more indulgent parents… But the film has little of the technical facility, vivid characterization and emotional impact of Disney past.
 
  November 20, 2013 | Rating: 3/4
 
  Dave Kehr
  Chicago Tribune
  TOP CRITIC
  There’s no doubting the craftsmanlike elegance of the film, summoning up with relish the spirit of classic fairytale Disney of the 50s and 60s…
 
  May 3, 2012 | Rating: 3/5
 
  Andrew Pulver
  Guardian
  TOP CRITIC
  This is pure Disney at its peak, regardless of innovations.
 
  March 22, 2021
 
  Jack Fleischer
  Battleship Pretension
  A creative masterwork that once again proves that animation isn’t just for kids.
 
  September 10, 2020 | Rating: 10/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins
  Beauty and the Beast, an instant classic of Disney animation, offers more excitement, magic and hilarity than any of its live-action competitors released so far.
 
  October 11, 2019
 
  Brian D. Johnson
  Maclean’s Magazine
  Every aspect is perfect.
 
  May 8, 2019 | Rating: A+
 
  Rachel Wagner
  rachelsreviews.net
  The animation still pops. Each song lodges itself in your brain. The imagination jumps off the page. Most importantly, Belle and Beast’s love story inspires swoons and tears.
 
  October 30, 2018 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Christopher James
  AwardsCircuit.com
  The end result both saved and revitalised the studio’s animation division: a sublime combination of masterful storytelling and magnificent musical interludes (overseen by legendary screen composer Alan Menken).
 
  September 20, 2018 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Leigh Paatsch
  Herald Sun (Australia)…

 

Plot
Disney’s animated classic takes on a new form, with a widened mythology and an all-star cast. A young Prince, imprisoned in the form of a Beast (Dan Stevens), can be freed only by true love. What may be his only opportunity arrives when he meets Belle (Emma Watson), the only human girl to ever visit the castle since it was enchanted.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The voice cast of Beauty and the Beast includes Paige O’Hara as Belle, Robby Benson as the Beast, Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Potts, and Jerry Orbach as Lumiere.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Cristaldifilm Les Films, Ariane Rai 3
 
Distributor
HBO, Miramax Films
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Cefalù, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
 
MPAA / Certificate
PG
 
Year of Release
1990
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi, Jacques Perrin, Agnese Nano, Leopoldo Trieste, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, written by Giuseppe Tornatore, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Tim Pulleine, Adam Mars-Jones, Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Mark Kermode, Peter Bradshaw, Robbie Collin, Dennis Harvey, Matt Brunson, Patrick Gamble, Mike Massie, Allen Almachar, Bruce C Steele, PG, Italian, Mino Barbera, Franco Cristaldi, Giovanna Romagnoli, producer, cinema, projectionist, Sicilian village, love, filmmaking, nostalgia, youth, movies, audience score, Tomatometer, critic reviews, audience reviews, best Netflix series, horror movies, MCU movies, TV premiere dates, renewed and cancelled TV shows, careers, licensing, critic submission, feedback, Fandango
 

Cast & Crew

Salvatore Cascio

Philippe Noiret

Marco Leonardi

Jacques Perrin

Agnese Nano

Salvatore ‘Toto’ Di Vita

Alfredo

Salvatore ‘Toto’ Di Vita – Teenager

Salvatore ‘Toto’ Di Vita – Adult

Elena Mendola

Salvatore Cascio – Salvatore ‘Toto’ Di Vita – Child
Philippe Noiret – Alfredo
Marco Leonardi – Salvatore ‘Toto’ Di Vita – Teenager
Jacques Perrin – Salvatore ‘Toto’ Di Vita – Adult
Agnese Nano – Elena Mendola
Leopoldo Trieste – Father Adelfio

 

Giuseppe Tornatore

Giuseppe Tornatore

Mino Barbera

Franco Cristaldi

Giovanna Romagnoli

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Giuseppe Tornatore
 
Writer(s)
Giuseppe Tornatore
 
Producer(s)
Mino Barbera, Franco Cristaldi, Giovanna Romagnoli

 

Film Festivals
Cannes
 
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 Oscar
25 wins & 32 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Winners, Oscar Winners
 

Top Reviews

Tim Pulleine

Adam Mars-Jones

Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

Mark Kermode

Peter Bradshaw

Sight & Sound

Independent (UK)

metro.co.uk

Observer (UK)

Guardian

NUOVO CINEMA PARADISO
  All Critics (80) | Top Critics (29) | Fresh (72) | Rotten (8)
  Cinema Paradiso itself possesses enough command and self-conviction to demonstrate that movies can still manage to manifest an alternative universe.
 
  January 11, 2020
 
  Tim Pulleine
  Sight & Sound
  TOP CRITIC
  [Salvatore Cascio’s] adorabilty-quotient can be a bit hard to take, but this is one of the better pieces of screen moppetry in recent years.
 
  December 6, 2018
 
  Adam Mars-Jones
  Independent (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  A cinema-lover’s delight.
 
  September 6, 2017
 
  Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
  metro.co.uk
  TOP CRITIC
  Recent changes to cinema which have seen the projectionist’s art sidelined in the digital age add a further layer of poignancy to the magical memories.
 
  December 16, 2013 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Mark Kermode
  Observer (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  Cinema Paradiso is much loved, though I have occasionally been the man in the Bateman cartoon: the reviewer who confessed to finding Cinema Paradiso a bit sugary and the kid really annoying.
 
  December 12, 2013 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Peter Bradshaw
  Guardian
  TOP CRITIC
  Tornatore may have hit a sticky wicket with his subsequent work, but he knew what he was doing here: warning us about the irrational lure of the filmed past, which is to say cinema itself, then ushering us grandly to our seats.
 
  December 12, 2013 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Robbie Collin
  Daily Telegraph (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  …by all accounts this is one case in which Miramax’s meddling appears to have actually improved a film…
 
  May 21, 2021
 
  Dennis Harvey
  48 Hills
  The theatrical version is a movie of extraordinary passion. In the Director’s Cut, it’s still an excellent film, just not a transcendent one.
 
  January 24, 2021 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Matt Brunson
  Film Frenzy
  A celebration of cinema’s communal experience, this lovingly crafted ode to the joys projected upon the silver screen is a touching celebration of moviegoing.
 
  October 23, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Patrick Gamble
  CineVue
  Although charming, its substance isn’t overwhelmingly deep, serving more as a lighthearted, idealized, nostalgic coming-of-age tale than a stirring emotional investment.
 
  August 31, 2020 | Rating: 8/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins
  Ask me what it is about movies I love so much, and I’ll tell you to see Cinema Paradiso for your answer.
 
  August 5, 2020
 
  Allen Almachar
  The MacGuffin
  It’s another clean, colorful community with an unreal sense of vitality, everyone playing a comfortable role in the neat storyline.
 
  May 20, 2020
 
  Bruce C. Steele
  OutWeek…

 

Plot
A boy who grew up in a native Sicilian Village returns home as a famous director after receiving news about the death of an old friend. Told in a flashback, Salvatore reminiscences about his childhood and his relationship with Alfredo, a projectionist at Cinema Paradiso. Under the fatherly influence of Alfredo, Salvatore fell in love with film making, with the duo spending many hours discussing about films and Alfredo painstakingly teaching Salvatore the skills that became a stepping stone for the young boy into the world of film making. The film brings the audience through the changes in cinema and the dying trade of traditional film making, editing and screening. It also explores a young boy’s dream of leaving his little town to foray into the world outside.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Philippe Noiret, who played Alfredo in the film, was actually a last-minute replacement for the original actor who was fired after just one day of filming.
 

 
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