Critic consensus:A paradigm-shifting classic of American cinema, Bonnie and Clyde packs a punch whose power continues to reverberate through thrillers decades later.

Numbered reviews:1. It is...the beauty of the screen images against the ugliness of the events that gives the film a constant and poignant sense of irony.
2. It is a film that took considerable risks, but somehow or another, all the gears clicked at the right time, and director Arthur Penn wound up with a national masterpiece he was never able to equal.
3. It should readily be apparent that there is something special about the production, with its brash, vivid style, indelible performances by movie icons, and bold mixture of violence and comedy, romance and tragedy.
4. It is a cheap piece of bald-faced slapstick comedy that treats the hideous depredations of that sleazy, moronic pair as though they were as full of fun and frolic as the jazz-age cutups in Thoroughly Modern Millie.
5. The film set new standards for screen violence but it alternated its scenes of mayhem with lyrical interludes and jaunty slapstick sequences accompanied by spirited banjo music.
6. Memorable and breathtaking.
7. A film of enormous aesthetic and historical importance. American filmmaking turned a corner with its release, and it can never now turn back.
8. You'll never root for the bad guys more than you will here.
9. With its weird landscape of dusty, derelict towns and verdant highways, stunningly shot by Burnett Guffey in muted tones of green and gold, it has the true quality of folk legend.
10. Dated in some ways, still shocking and powerful in others.


Critic consensus:Smart, affectionate, and unabashedly sincere, Sound City pairs a great soundtrack with a well-argued ode to one of rock 'n' roll's most fondly remembered bygone eras.

Numbered reviews:1. Given Dave Grohl's reputation for versatility and good taste, the film's sturdy sense of forward motion may come as no surprise.
2. An exhilarating history of the studio that spawned countless rock classics, not to mention a welcome reminder to aspiring musicians to step away from the laptop once in a while.
3. The film is an exhilarating exploration of the creative process.
4. It's a sprawling documentary that laments what's been lost in analog recording without ignoring the benefits of technology.
5. Loving doc about a legendary recording studio is one of the very best-and quite essential-movies about rock music ever made.
6. Grohl treats us to just more than an hour celebrating the history of Sound City, the Van Nuys dump where a clutch of rock's great records were bashed out-but the movie's 107 minutes long.
7. Grohl has ... created both a fascinating account of the process of analogue recording and a tender tribute to the rock bands of yesteryear.
8. A rich, kaleidoscopic, rock music documentary.
9. A cocky, affectionate and very musical documentary that may make its central point a few times too often.
10. A total blast to watch, sustaining momentum with a sharp admiration for the thrilling highs and lows of the complex and its rich history with some of the biggest artists around.


Critic consensus:A good-hearted film about a difficult topic, 50/50 maneuvers between jokes and drama with surprising finesse.

Numbered reviews:
1. A picture with a commercial sensibility and a quippy streak, yet one honest enough to transcend the usual.
2. A funny, thoughtful film, less about surviving cancer than about the agonizing process of growing up.
3. The fear, anger, and despair of terminal illness barely pierce the movie's easygoing vibe, which becomes something of a problem in the second half, but for the most part this is fresh, sincere, and inquisitive.
4. Just like the many bits of advice that are so convincingly strewn throughout 50/50, it emphatically validates one of the most enduring ones: Laughter is indeed the best medicine, especially when the stakes are so high.
5. The picture could be so much better than it is, and yet it's also the kind of movie that makes you want to grade on the curve, adding extra points for good intentions.
6. 50/50 is sentimental but never too much. Not with this cast. It's irreverent about cancer and that could be inspirational. And it's surely one of the most enjoyable movies I've seen all year.
7. This ambitious comedy may appear benign on the surface but it's likely to stay with you and develop into something more than you might have thought. And in this case that's a good thing.
8. There's a better than even chance that you'll find it both funny and touching.
9. 50/50 is crude and funny, and it demands that you laugh. And you will.
10. ...what makes this "chuckles n' chemo" film so watchable is that it is, at its core, a fish out of water tale.