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Sherlock, Jr.
(1924)
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Herman Shumlin
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It is packed with laughable incidents, ridiculous tricks that will cause roars of real belly-laughs, and will send them home just a bit ashamed at having laughed so much, just as it did this reviewer.
Posted Feb 23, 2024
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A Star Is Born
(2018)
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Melinda Newman
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In his confident directorial debut, Cooper is equally revelatory. Doing his own gruff singing and playing, he’s entirely credible...
Posted Jan 26, 2024
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9 Muses of Star Empire
(2012)
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Jeff Benjamin
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Despite a few typos on the translated captions, the documentary's message is clear: "9 Muses of Star Empire" is ultimately an examination of how humans treat each other — while following dreams in the Korean entertainment biz.
Posted Jan 26, 2024
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If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
(2021)
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Larisha Paul
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The music of the album lends itself as an emotion-evoking guide...
Posted Jan 26, 2024
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As I AM: The Life and Times of DJ AM
(2015)
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Paul Cantor
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No matter where you go, there you are. That's the central theme of As I AM: The Life and Times of DJ AM, a documentary on Adam Goldstein, who battled addiction, obesity and depression...
Posted Jan 26, 2024
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Katy Perry: Part of Me
(2012)
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Mara Reinstein
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While Part of Me reveals a number of personal moments, the most endearing are the silly ones...
Posted Jan 26, 2024
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Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
(2015)
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Frank DiGiacomo
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There's something claustrophobic and foreboding about the combination, and Cobain, tossed aloft by moshing video extras, looks like a rag doll about to be ripped apart.
Posted Jan 26, 2024
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Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of
(2015)
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Steven J. Horowitz
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It's when the Boys contemplate the future that the film really compels...
Posted Jan 26, 2024
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Happier than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles
(2021)
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Sydney Urbanek
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As with everything else that Eilish does by way of visual accompaniment, there's simply too much at work conceptually to dismiss Happier Than Ever as a mere gift to fans.
Posted Jan 26, 2024
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Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
(2012)
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Phil Gallo
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Drew DeNicola and Olivia Mori's finely detailed documentary...
Posted Jan 26, 2024
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Broadway Idiot
(2013)
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Phil Gallo
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Hamilton smartly integrates some superb concert footage of the band on its American Idiot tour — a great reminder of how powerful that record is and how well it connected with fans. It provides a sharp contrast to how different the Broadway experience is.
Posted Jan 26, 2024
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Hitsville: The Making of Motown
(2019)
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Mara Reinstein
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The catalogue serves as the beating heart and soul of Motown's story -- and hold together a glossy Showtime documentary that's more love letter than kiss-and-tell.
Posted Jan 26, 2024
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David Foster: Off the Record
(2019)
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Mara Reinstein
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Arrogance and a self-congratulatory attitude permeates throughout David Foster: Off the Record, rendering the documentary almost impossible to glean any insight…
Posted Jan 26, 2024
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Captain January
(1924)
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Billboard Staff
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Sentimental lush, but sentimental slush handled with a deft, sparing hand.
Posted Dec 21, 2023
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Destiny
(1921)
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M.H. Shapiro
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Any ordinarily good Hollywood product will probably please and prove more enjoyable to the average patron than this importation which taxes one too much to remember what it is all about.
Posted Dec 20, 2023
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The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
(1918)
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Billboard Staff
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It is powerful, it is convincing, it is a picture worthy of the history-making age which has produced it. It moves one to tears, it stirs one's patriotism and it brings a prayer to one's lips.
Posted Dec 05, 2023
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Blind Justice
(1915)
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Billboard Staff
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The photography is far above the average, the direction skillfully handled and uniquely artistic.
Posted Sep 08, 2023
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Earthbound
(1920)
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Marion Russell
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This gripping, tension-holding piece of screen fiction will accomplish -- and without preaching -- great good thru the medium of cinema.
Posted Mar 28, 2023
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200 Motels
(1971)
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Nat Freedland
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... Despite the occasional moments of daffy brilliance we'd expect with any product associated with Frank Zappa, 200 Motels is a chaotic bum-trip.
Posted Mar 28, 2023
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Songwriter
(1984)
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Edward Morris
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Nelson and Kristofferson do quite well imparting interest in the frail script they have to work with. But it is Rip Torn who comes close to stealing the show...
Posted Mar 28, 2023
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Trapeze
(1956)
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Tom Parkinson
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An insistence for accuracy --presumably by Lancaster-- is evident.
Posted Mar 28, 2023
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Sunday in New York
(1963)
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Jack Maher
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... A genuinely amusing feature based on the perennial question, "Should she? or Shouldn't she?"
Posted Mar 28, 2023
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The Jazz Singer
(1980)
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Vicki Pipkin
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... A safe vehicle for any newcomer to the widescreen because the storyline has universal appeal. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 28, 2023
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A Star Is Born
(1976)
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Nat Freedland
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... In a way this lavish epic could be titled Funny Girl meets Rock 'N' Roll.
Posted Mar 24, 2023
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Give My Regards to Broad Street
(1984)
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Paul Grein
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It's congenial but dumb, with an inane plot and gaudy visuals linking a series of musical numbers.
Posted Mar 24, 2023
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Our Latin Thing
(1972)
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Jim Melanson
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... A rich collage of the salsa rhythms that permeate the Latin community from children playing sticks on cans in the streets to Ray Barreto "working it out" on the conga at the Cheetah with other Fania artists.
Posted Mar 24, 2023
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Fiddler on the Roof
(1971)
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Joe Taras
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It would be difficult to select a high spot in the film, but the memory of the staging and effects used in "Tevye's Dream" linger on.
Posted Mar 24, 2023
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Elvis - Aloha From Hawaii
(1973)
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Phil Gelormine
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But the flavor of this pineapple lies in Presley's flashy performance.
Posted Mar 24, 2023
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Odds Against Tomorrow
(1959)
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Howard Cook
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Lewis manages some interesting effects to create musical tension to parallel the action by switching from the small group to big orchestra.
Posted Mar 24, 2023
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American Hot Wax
(1978)
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Roman Kozak
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In between there are some fine moments that capture the spirit of the music.
Posted Mar 24, 2023
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Quadrophenia
(1979)
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Dick Nusser
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It is unabashedly a period piece, fashioned for the screen in the same straightforward, cinema verite style much in vogue among British filmmakers of the 1960s.
Posted Mar 24, 2023
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Lady Sings the Blues
(1972)
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Jeff Bates
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Lady Sings the Blues is, in every sense, Diana Ross' picture.
Posted Mar 24, 2023
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Grease
(1978)
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Ed Harrison
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Grease, both film and soundtrack, delivers and is sure to be one of the summer's biggest hits.
Posted Mar 24, 2023
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The Black Pirate
(1926)
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Roy Chartier
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Fairbanks plays the part of the duke in his accustomed brisk and agile manner. Billie Dove does well what little she has to do as the heroine, and Donald Crisp, as a humorous and friendly old Scotch pirate, supplies the comedy relief.
Posted Mar 22, 2023
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The Devil Horse
(1926)
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Roy Chartier
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Yakima Canutt, as Dave Carson the scout, does some fancy horsemanship with Rex and it is a he-man bit of work he does.
Posted Mar 21, 2023
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The Dixie Handicap
(1924)
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H.E. Shumlin
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It comes under the heading of hokum, of the old-style race track melodramatic genre, but, with the above-noted exceptions, it has been well done.
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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Peter Pan
(1924)
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H.E. Shumlin
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As far as I am concerned the picture version of James Barrie’s famous play is one of the most enjoyable pictures which has ever graced the motion picture screen.
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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The Beautiful and Damned
(1922)
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Marion Russell
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We do not know what is the reason why the consensus of opinion among the critics seemed to be unfavorable toward this picture... It seemed to be such a perfect reflection of life as it is lived by the younger generation of today.
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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A Blind Bargain
(1922)
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Marion Russell
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That the picture has been perfectly handled we must admit, for the intensity of the suspense is felt by the beholder, and the story, gruesome as it is, holds one fascinated till the climax. But the sensation is not a pleasant one.
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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Lorna Doone
(1922)
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Marion Russell
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The old-fashioned story which has no doubt been read by our grandmothers, and, perhaps, our great-grandmothers, has been lovingly transformed to the screen.
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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Peg O' My Heart
(1923)
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Marion Russell
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King Vidor proved his directorial ability by sustaining the interest of the story, which was also greatly assisted by the illuminating subtitles.
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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The Last of the Mohicans
(1920)
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W. Stephen Bush
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The cast was singularly inept to say the least.
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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The Love Light
(1921)
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Marion Russell
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Never has [Mary Pickford] had a role that so completely fitted her alluring personality.
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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The Flapper
(1920)
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Marion Russell
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Devoid of plot or substance, the story will, nevertheless, hold attention by reason of the delicious nonsense and humorous pranks indulged in by the youthful heroine.
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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Underworld
(1927)
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Roy Chartier
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Many things combine to make Underworld an absorbing, spellbinding picture. The acting, direction, titles, photography, camera angles, story and action are a few of them.
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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The Patent Leather Kid
(1927)
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Roy Chartier
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Indubitably a good picture, but it could have been a much more pleasing work had about 1,000 or 1,500 feet been cut out of the first part.
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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Love, Honor and Obey
(1920)
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Henry Irving Margolies
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It is a photoplay cleverly and masterfully directed, bringing out in the picture all that the author had brought out in the book.
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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Way Down East
(1920)
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W. Stephen Bush
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Mr. Griffith has the eye of a landscape painter of the first flight.
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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The Dragon Painter
(1919)
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Marion Russell
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Sessue Hayakawa and [Tsuru] Aoki are a talented couple and have screen technique at their finger tips. A lively intelligence is evident in all their work.
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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Lotus Blossom
(1921)
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Marion Russell
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Lady Tsen Mei registers well for the silver sheet and gave an intelligent performance.
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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