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DAN JARDINE

"To paraphrase Martin Scorcese, films are contemporary society's altar. We go to the movies with the same devotion that past generations preserved for their churchgoing. We enter the darkness, seeking the light. The best movies provide pseudo-religious experiences: they transform us.

<B>Quote:</B> "There is no wisdom without leisure."
--ancient Hebrew epigram"

Agrees with the Tomatometer 84% of the time.

Biography: A little mystery in a blossoming relationship like this is a good thing.
Favorites: Top 10 of 1999: 1. The Straight Story 2. The War Zone 3. Being John Malkovich 4. Magnolia 5. American Beauty 6. Fight Club 7. Eyes Wide Shut 8. The Insider 9. The Talented Mr. Ripley 10. The Red Violin Faves from 1998: Life is Beautiful, Shakespeare in Love, Slam, The Butcher Boy, Smoke Signals, The Celebration, Saving Private Ryan, Out of Sight, Red Violin (Canadian release), The Truman Show, Primary Colors. Favorite Films from 1997: Titanic, The Sweet Hereafter, When We Were Kings, Rosewood, Kolya, Shall We Dance?, Good Will Hunting, The Ice Storm, As Good as it Gets, She's So Lovely Favorite Films of All Time: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Schindler's List, Taxi Driver, It's a Wonderful Life, Seven Samurai, Casablanca, Deer Hunter, Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Dr. Strangelove, Manchurian Candidate, A Clockwork Orange Favorite Directors: Kubrick, Scorcese, Spielberg, Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Coen Brothers.

Publications: All Movie Guide, Apollo Guide, Cinemania, Daily-Reviews, Jacksonville Film Journal, TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)

Critics' Group: Online Film Critics Society, Cinemarati

Total Reviews: 861
Total QuickRatings: 148

Location: Victoria, BC, Canada

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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

" The film is an unforgettable study of the erosive effect that the love of money can have on flawed men's characters." — All Movie Guide

Posted Apr 12, 2002

Fresh
5/5

Fresh
100%

Scarface (1932)

" a potent, uncompromising and de-romanticized portrait of the gangster life" — All Movie Guide

Posted Jun 27, 2002

Fresh
5/5

Fresh
93%

Dracula (1931)

" The brilliant opening act is overwhelmingly creepy and full of subtle perversity." — All Movie Guide

Posted Sep 25, 2001

Fresh
5/5

Fresh
100%

City Lights (1931)

" A paean to our finest impulses: perhaps Chaplin's finest effort." — All Movie Guide

Posted Sep 25, 2001

Fresh
96/100

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97%

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

" I fell in to a burning ring of fire" — Apollo Guide

Posted Sep 2, 2003

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95/100

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100%

The Godfather (1972)

" Heartbreakingly paradoxical: exquisite filmmaking, tragic self-annhiliation." — Apollo Guide

Posted Oct 28, 2001

Fresh
95/100

Fresh
90%

La Jetée (1962)

" Eisenstein stripped back to the studs. Powerful, haunting, unforgettable." — Cinemania

Posted Sep 8, 2006

Fresh
95/100

Fresh
95%

The Bicycle Thief (1948)

" Devastating. Brilliant. Perhaps the most influential film of all time." — Apollo Guide

Posted Jul 15, 2007

Fresh
95/100

Fresh
100%

Citizen Kane (1941)

" A cinematic phantasmagoria, this film is a movie lover's wet dream." — Apollo Guide

Posted Jan 1, 2000

Fresh
94/100

Fresh
90%

Hunger (2008)

" An astonishing film. Transcendant." — Apollo Guide

Posted Feb 3, 2009

Fresh
94/100

Fresh
70%

Dogville (2003)

" As deeply insightful as it is deeply disturbing, Dogville will challenge you both intellectually and emotionally. The first great film of '04." — Cinemania

Posted Feb 27, 2004

Fresh
94/100

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100%

Fanny and Alexander (1982)

" One of the Great Films by one of the Great Filmmakers." — Apollo Guide

Posted Jul 30, 2007

Fresh
94/100

Fresh
97%

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1973)

" A seminal film without which we almost cerainly would not have with us either Apocalypse Now or much of the ouevre of Terence Malick." — Cinemania

Posted Oct 20, 2006

Fresh
94/100

Fresh
91%

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

" Real horrorshow, that." — Apollo Guide

Posted Jan 1, 2000

Fresh
94/100

Fresh
93%

Andrei Rublev (1969)

" A virulent assault on all that is wrong with Mother Russia, both past and present. One of the most significant movies of its (and all) time." — Cinemania

Posted Feb 17, 2005

Fresh
94/100

Fresh
93%

Persona (1966)

" Not a movie, but a Film. And a Great Film it is. As good as any." — Cinemania

Posted Jul 14, 2006

Fresh
94/100

Fresh
95%

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

" The film has great themes ... fascinating characters expertly acted, a compelling plot and brilliant direction by one of the masters of the epic, David Lean." — Apollo Guide

Posted Jan 1, 2000

Fresh
94/100

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100%

Seven Samurai (1954)

" And it's not just that the story is compelling. It is unforgettable." — Apollo Guide

Posted Jan 1, 2000

Fresh
94/100

Fresh
100%

Rashomon (1950)

" a game-shifter that challenges all we think we know about truth" — Apollo Guide

Posted Aug 25, 2009

Fresh
94/100

Fresh
100%

The Third Man (1949)

" The Third Man is full of greatness: the cinematography is remarkable; dark, quirky, angular, it accurately reflects the characters’ stories." — Apollo Guide

Posted Jan 1, 2000

Fresh
94/100

Fresh
97%

The Rules of the Game (1939)

" Snarky, biting, hilarious: Equal parts Calvin Ball and Catch-22." — Cinemania

Posted Apr 4, 2004

Fresh
93/100

Fresh
97%

Wings of Desire (1987)

" What Wim Wenders has done in his most transcendent film is not merely praise assenting angels, but embrace descending ones – we humans – as well." — Apollo Guide

Posted Oct 29, 2003

Fresh
93/100

Fresh
98%

Raging Bull (1980)

" Filmed in a gritty, naturalistic style in luminescent black and white, Martin Scorsese's tortuous film is a fascinating exploration of a diseased man's soul." — Apollo Guide

Posted Jan 1, 2000

Fresh
93/100

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98%

Annie Hall (1977)

" That this Woody Allen film is of such raw-nerved honesty is admirable. That it is also so incessantly funny is remarkable." — Apollo Guide

Posted Jan 1, 2000

Fresh
93/100

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98%

Taxi Driver (1976)

" Its themes of urban decay, anomie and violence which infuse the impending sense of doom at the heart of this film still hang like black clouds over many cities today." — Apollo Guide

Posted Jan 1, 2000

Fresh
93/100

Fresh
98%

The Godfather Part II (1974)

" The Mother of All Sequels: a film at once both greater and lesser than its predecessor" — Apollo Guide

Posted Oct 30, 2001

Fresh
93/100

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100%

Even Dwarfs Started Small (1971)

" Gobsmackingly good. A great and terrible film." — Apollo Guide

Posted May 1, 2007

Fresh
93/100

Fresh
82%

Red Beard (1965)

" Remarkable imagery and an engrossing, Dostoyevskian screenplay." — Apollo Guide

Posted Oct 1, 2002

Fresh
93/100

Fresh
100%

The 400 Blows (1959)

" Truffault's masterpiece. Timeless and true, heartbreakingly sad." — Apollo Guide

Posted Aug 25, 2009

Fresh
93/100

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100%

Night and Fog (1955)

" Provokes contemplative self-inquiry, and moves us beyond our initial and immediate emotionally simplistic knee-jerk horror and disgust." — Apollo Guide

Posted Sep 5, 2003

Fresh
93/100

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100%

Tokyo Story (1953)

Click here to read article — Apollo Guide

Posted Oct 30, 2006

Fresh
93/100

Fresh
100%

Tokyo Story (1953)

" One of the most quietly powerful studies of the gradual and inevitable erosion of the family in a rapidly changing world." — Apollo Guide

Posted Aug 25, 2004

Fresh
93/100

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Tokyo Story (1953)

" Rife with a pervasive sense of loss, Tokyo story offers little comfort and promises great sorrow. This is a profoundly moving film." — Cinemania

Posted Apr 5, 2004

Fresh
93/100

Fresh
94%

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

" This great American fable is buoyed by its unwavering faith in the wealth of the human spirit." — Apollo Guide

Posted Jan 1, 2000

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93/100

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100%

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

" It's the stuff that dreams are made of." — Apollo Guide

Posted Jan 1, 2000

Fresh
93/100

Fresh
91%

The General (1927)

" There’s no point sitting on the fence on this one. Buster Keaton's The General is a work of genius." — Apollo Guide

Posted Jan 1, 2000

Fresh
92/100

Fresh
93%

Memento (2001)

" Nolan's sophomore effort is a near peerless psychological thriller." — Cinemania

Posted Jul 10, 2009

Fresh
92/100

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96%

Chungking Express (1994)

" A near-perfect fusion of form and style, content and substance. One of the great movies of its decade." — Apollo Guide

Posted Oct 27, 2003

Fresh
92/100

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91%

The Elephant Man (1980)

" Has the look and texture of an authentic document, elevated by the hand of a artist with a singular vision" — Cinemania

Posted Jun 7, 2006

Fresh
92/100

Fresh
91%

The Deer Hunter (1978)

" The actors in the principal roles are so convincing and the movement of this story, told on such a grand scale, is so compelling that its greatness is undeniable." — Apollo Guide

Posted Jan 1, 2000

Fresh
92/100

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100%

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

" Dr. Strangelove is one of the most hilarious and desperate satires in the history of cinema." — Apollo Guide

Posted Jan 1, 2000

Fresh
92/100

Fresh
100%

Quai des Orfèvres (1947)

" A riveting noir-ish mystery that is unforgettable in just about every way." — Apollo Guide

Posted Feb 14, 2004

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92/100

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The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

" What really solidifies the greatness of The Grapes of Wrath is Ford’s ability to blend the personal and political without causing damage to either characters or themes." — Apollo Guide

Posted Oct 30, 2006

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92/100

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The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

" Like a grand Biblical epic, John Ford's film is a triumph on both the political and personal levels." — Cinemania

Posted Jul 29, 2004

Fresh
92/100

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91%

Trouble in Paradise (1932)

" What sticks with you long after the movie is over is the terrific, European cosmopolitan humour, and unrelenting sexiness of it all" — Cinemania

Posted Apr 28, 2006

Fresh
92/100

Fresh
91%

Trouble in Paradise (1932)

" This is, without a single word of hyperbole, one of the most taut scripts and perfectly-executed pieces of comic direction in the history of film." — Apollo Guide

Posted Mar 16, 2004

Fresh
91/100

Fresh
94%

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

" Captures the visual grandeur and thematic complexities of the novel well, while moving gracefully from moments of the intensely personal to epic scenes of staggering enormity." — Apollo Guide

Posted Dec 20, 2003

Fresh
91/100

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95%

The Straight Story (1999)

" Simple, linear and symmetrical." — Apollo Guide

Posted Jan 1, 2000

Fresh
91/100

Fresh
71%

Dead Man (1996)

" Quite exquisite. Beautiful, really." — Apollo Guide

Posted Sep 26, 2006

Fresh
91/100

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95%

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

" The one QT film that always manages to rope a knot in my stomach and keep a firm grip, pulling, twisting, tightening and re-tying it." — Cinemania

Posted Mar 9, 2004
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La JetéeOffsite

94/100

PersonaOffsite

93/100

Tokyo StoryOffsite

92/100

The Elephant ManOffsite

91/100

Dead ManOffsite

90/100

NetworkOffsite

88/100

SunriseOffsite

87/100

There Will Be BloodOffsite

86/100

Manufactured LandscapesOffsite

85/100

BrazilOffsite

84/100

SalvadorOffsite

83/100

The TrialOffsite

82/100

Kung Fu HustleOffsite

81/100

Floating WeedsOffsite

80/100

The Life Aquatic With Steve ZissouOffsite

79/100

MurderballOffsite

77/100

Team America: World PoliceOffsite

76/100

CandyOffsite

75/100

Hotel RwandaOffsite

74/100

The CounterfeitersOffsite

73/100

Flags of Our FathersOffsite

72/100

Half NelsonOffsite

71/100

The DamnedOffsite

70/100

Air Guitar NationOffsite

69/100

FridaOffsite

68/100

Over the HedgeOffsite

67/100

Beyond the CallOffsite

66/100

SchizopolisOffsite

65/100

You Gotta Stay HappyOffsite

63/100

Snakes on a PlaneOffsite

62/100

Pacino - An Actor's VisionOffsite

61/100

Seven ThievesOffsite

60/100

Everything's Gone GreenOffsite

59/100

Colma: The MusicalOffsite

58/100

Blood DiamondOffsite

57/100

The Tracey FragmentsOffsite

56/100

Expo: Magic of the White CityOffsite

55/100

FidoOffsite

53/100

American GunOffsite

52/100

Lady in the WaterOffsite

50/100

Deja VuOffsite

49/100

Event HorizonOffsite

48/100

United 93Offsite

47/100

Sea WifeOffsite

46/100

America: Freedom To FascismOffsite

36/100

DreamgirlsOffsite

33/100

Agent Cody BanksOffsite

Best Reviewed

Best Reviewed

5/5

ScarfaceOffsite

5/5

The Treasure of the Sierra MadreOffsite

5/5

DraculaOffsite

5/5

City LightsOffsite

96/100

The Passion of Joan of ArcOffsite

95/100

The Bicycle ThiefOffsite

95/100

La JetéeOffsite

95/100

The GodfatherOffsite

95/100

Citizen KaneOffsite

94/100

RashomonOffsite

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Worst Reviewed

19/100

Dead Man on CampusOffsite

22/100

Robo WarriorsOffsite

24/100

RingmasterOffsite

25/100

Meet the DeedlesOffsite

25/100

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