Critic consensus:Like many anthologies, New York, I Love You has problems of consistency, but it isn't without its moments.

Numbered reviews:1. Sometimes-edgy shorts collection captures Big Apple's verve.
2. The result, as is always the case with short story collections, is a mixed bag, although unlike Paris Je T'Aime, the duds outnumber the winners this time.
3. The results are, well, formulaic, hobbled by weak dialogue and absent any sense of texture.
4. Yknow a collection of Gotham-themed shorts by international directors is in serious trouble when the most entertaining segment is directed by Hollywood uber-hack Brett Ratner.
5. This collage of vignettes breathes life into New York's edgy lovers.
6. Sharply uneven and inferior to Paris je t'aime, on which it is modeled, this bland anthology lacks the gritty, insightful, multi-ethnic elements found in the quintessentially New York movies of Lumet, Scorsese, Woody Allen and Spike Lee.
7. Predictably, not all of these 11 short films fully connect, but after a few early duds, New York's stronger sequences present themselves, making this an affair to remember if not quite cherish.
8. New York, I Love You is so bad it made me think about moving to Detroit instead.
9. A variety of wry, sentimental, mildly erotic tales that come over as pieces O Henry might have submitted to Playboy.
10. How easily you'll weather the film depends on your taste for poetic, obtuse cinema, often without too much of a rhyme or reason.


Critic consensus:Held aloft by remarkable performances from John Lithgow and Alfred Molina, Love Is Strange serves as a graceful tribute to the beauty of commitment in the face of adversity.

Numbered reviews:1. Here's a movie filled with the joy and sadness, the frustrations and pleasures, of real life.
2. The two leads are magnificent in this affecting look at what happens after a happy ending.
3. A slice-of-life glimpse at relationships, unwanted house guests and maintaining one's humanity. Molina and Lithgow are as comfy as well-worn bathrobes.
4. This is not a strident film; it's about subtle performances.
5. By the end, when love is in the air again, we realize the title is meant ironically. Love isn't strange, after all. It's something for which we all hope, to which we're all entitled, and which almost all of us have the power to achieve.
6. The movie seems to teeter on the brink of tragedy with its earnest tone and somewhat fragile characters, but there is lightness in every breath of dialogue.
7. An unforgettable portrait, set to a dazzling soundtrack of Chopin piano pieces, of the sense of loss we all feel when we are obliged to move into unfamiliar and uncomfortable surroundings.
8. "Love Is Strange" is beautifully acted and bittersweet. It's a gentle reminder that modern love, like a houseplant, needs sunlight, space and attention to grow.
9. Gentle and bittersweet, it's about love in its many permutations.
10. A sweet, random little nothing of a comedy


Critic consensus:If audiences walk away from this subversive, surreal shocker not fully understanding the story, they might also walk away with a deeper perception of the potential of film storytelling.

Numbered reviews:
1. A fascinating and perplexing exploration of everything that lies just under the surface of all of us.
2. It feels as "out there" as ever, and there hasn't been any movie since quite comparing to it, besides David Lynch' further adventures into mind-f**king.
3. Weird for weird's sake isn't enough; there has to be something more.
4. Blue Velvet is David Lynch in peak form, and represents (to date) his most accomplished motion picture. It is a work of fascinating scope and power that rivals any of the most subversive films to reach the screens during the '80s.
5. Lynch's fourth feature film still stands as a bona fide masterpiece, one of the few such films that actually was appreciated in its time and has perfectly weathered the 17 years since.
6. There is no denying the sheer audacity of Blue Velvet's visuals or storyline. It's quintessential David Lynch, and Dennis Hopper at his most manic.
7. Kinkiness is its salient quality, but Blue Velvet has deadpan humor too, as well as a straight-arrow side that makes its eccentricity all the crazier. There's no mistaking the exhilarating fact that it's one of a kind.
8. It's Dennis Hopper sucking on an oxygen mask like Darth Vader in Snoop Dogg's green room - In other words, it's classic Hopper!
9. Even some fifteen years after the release of Blue Velvet its vision remains wildly adamant relative to the stride of other works of contemporary noir. There have been many films about suburban crime, but none as dangerously imposing as this.
10. I found it to be brilliant and all, but it's just not a film I would watch willingly again.