Index of Film Reviews

All reviews are Short Takes unless otherwise indicated. Films in boldface are especially recommended. Those with an asterisk after the title belong to my personal top ten.

1915

• The Birth of a Nation

1920

• The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1924

• Ballet mécanique
• Sherlock, Jr.

1925

• The Battleship Potemkin

1926

• Ménilmontant

1929

• Pandora's Box

1931

• City Lights

1933

• 42nd Street

1934

• The Gay Divorcee
• The Scarlet Empress

1935

• Top Hat

1936

• Swing Time

1938

• The Lady Vanishes

1939

• Le Jour se lève
• The Rules of the Game *
• The Wizard of Oz *

1940

• The Shop Around the Corner

1941

• Citizen Kane
• The Lady Eve
• The Maltese Falcon

1942

• Casablanca
• Cat People

1943

• I Walked with a Zombie
• Stormy Weather

1944

• The Curse of the Cat People
• Gaslight
• Meet Me in St. Louis

1945

• The Bells of St. Mary's
• Brief Encounter
• Children of Paradise
• Detour
• Mildred Pierce
• The Naughty Nineties
• Rome, Open City
• The Southerner

1946

• The Best Years of Our Lives

1947

• Nightmare Alley

1948

• The Red Shoes
• Unfaithfully Yours

1949

• The Third Man

1950

• Rashomon
• Summer Stock

1951

• The African Queen
• Strangers on a Train

1952

• Singin' in the Rain

1953

• The Band Wagon
• Duck Amuck
• The Earrings of Madame de...
• Tokyo Story

1954

• A Star Is Born

1955

• The Night of the Hunter

1956

• Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• The Red Balloon
• The Searchers

1957

• The Curse of Frankenstein
• The Seventh Seal
• Throne of Blood

1958

• Horror of Dracula

1959

• Hiroshima mon amour

1960

• L'avventura *
• Black Sunday
• Les Bonnes femmes
• Breathless (extended review)
• Le Petit soldat (extended review)
• Shoot the Piano Player

1961

• La notte
• A Woman Is a Woman (extended review)

1962

• The Avengers, Season 2, Episode 1: "Mr. Teddy Bear" (extended review)
• Vivre sa vie (My Life to Live) (extended review)

1963

• The Avengers, Season 3, Episode 12: "Don't Look Behind You"
• Les Carabiniers (extended review)
• Charade
• Contempt (Le Mépris) (extended review)
• 8½
• La Jetée
• The Servant

1964

• Band of Outsiders (extended review)
• Dr. Strangelove
• Une Femme Mariée (A Married Woman) (extended review)
• A Fistful of Dollars
• The Gospel According to St. Matthew
• Woman in the Dunes

1965

• Alphaville (extended review)
• The Avengers, Season 4, Episode 4: "Death at Bargain Prices"
• The Avengers, Season 4, Episode 13: "Too Many Christmas Trees"
• Doctor Zhivago
• The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

1966

• Alfie
• The Battle of Algiers
• Blow-Up
• Cul-de-Sac
• Georgy Girl
• Lord Love a Duck
• Made in U. S. A. (extended review)
• A Man and a Woman
• A Man for All Seasons
• Morgan!
• The Professionals
• Seconds

1967

• The Graduate
• The Stranger
• Weekend * (extended review)

1968

• Pretty Poison

1969

• Medium Cool

1970

• The Conformist
• Deep End

1971

• McCabe & Mrs. Miller *

1972

• Aguirre, the Wrath of God
• The Candidate
• The Godfather *
• Sisters

1973

• Don't Look Now

1974

• Chinatown
• The Godfather, Part II
• Lacombe, Lucien
• The Towering Inferno

1975

• Jaws *
• Nashville

1976

• Taxi Driver

1977

• The American Friend
• Andy Warhol's Bad
• Annie Hall

1978

• The Deer Hunter

1979

• All That Jazz
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture

1980

• Altered States
• Used Cars

1981

• An American Werewolf in London
• Blow Out

1982

• E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial
• Koyaanisqatsi
• Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
• Personal Best
• Tootsie *

1983

• First Name: Carmen
• Terms of Endearment

1984

• Bizet's Carmen
• The Cotton Club
• Ghostbusters
• The Killing Fields
• Stranger Than Paradise
• This Is Spinal Tap

1985

• Into the Night
• Lost in America
• Ran

1986

• Blue Velvet
• The Paper Chase (TV series) [1978-1979, 1983-1986]
• Robin Williams: A Night at the Met
• Round Midnight

1987

• General Hospital [1978-1987]
• RoboCop

1988

• Bull Durham
• Dangerous Liaisons

1989

• Casualties of War
• Do the Right Thing
• The Fabulous Baker Boys *

1990

• Henry & June

1991

• Prime Suspect, Season 1
• Rhapsody in August

1993

• Carlito's Way *

1995

• Before Sunrise

1998

• Great Expectations
• Out of Sight

1999

• The Matrix
• Oklahoma!

2000

• The House of Mirth
• In the Mood for Love
• Songs from the Second Floor
• Wonder Boys

2001

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone [Film 1]
• Mulholland Dr.

2002

• The Bourne Identity
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [Film 2]

2003

• X2: X-Men United

2004

• Before Sunset
• The Bourne Supremacy
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [Film 3]
• The Practice: The Final Season [2003-2004] (extended review)

2005

• Brokeback Mountain
• Hard Candy
• Sin City (part of a larger essay)

2006

• Casino Royale
• Children of Men
• Pan's Labyrinth

2007

• American Gangster (extended review)
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (extended review)
• Atonement (extended review)
• Away from Her (extended review)
• Becoming Jane (extended review)
• The Counterfeiters (extended review)
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (extended review)
• 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (extended review)
• Juno (extended review)
• There Will Be Blood (extended review)
• La Vie en rose (La Môme) (extended review)
• The Visitor (extended review)

2008

• The Dark Knight (extended review)
• John Adams (extended review)
• Quantum of Solace
• Rachel Getting Married
• Recount

2009

• Bright Star (extended review)
• Capitalism: A Love Story (extended review)

2010

• The American (extended review)
• Black Swan
• Fair Game
• The Runaways
• Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

2011

• The Adjustment Bureau
• Beginners
• Bridesmaids
• Captain America: The First Avenger
• Contagion
• The Deep Blue Sea
• The Descendants
• Drive
• Green Lantern
• Hanna
• The Help
• The Ides of March
• Margin Call
• Melancholia
• Midnight in Paris
• Mildred Pierce
• Shame
• Take Shelter
• The Tree of Life
• X-Men: First Class
• Young Adult

2012

• Anna Karenina
• Arbitrage
• Argo
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
• Compliance
• Django Unchained
• Flight
• Game Change
• The Hunger Games
• The Impossible
• Killer Joe
• Killing Them Softly
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Looper
• Magic Mike
• The Master
• Les Misérables
• Prometheus
• Rust and Bone (extended review)
• The Sessions
• Skyfall
• Zero Dark Thirty

2013

• The Blacklist, Season 1, Episode 1: "Pilot" (extended review)
• Man of Steel
• Nebraska
• The Past
• Under the Skin
• The Wolverine

2014

• The Blacklist, Season 1, Episode 11: "The Good Samaritan Killer"
• The Blacklist, Season 1, Episode 12: "The Alchemist"
• The Imitation Game
• Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (part of a larger essay)
• Still Alice

2015

• Carol
• Creed
• Ex Machina
• 45 Years
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Spectre
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens