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Boxoffice Staff Boxoffice Magazine Apr 22, 2024 Occasional veins of genuine humor and potentially fine cast are completely bogged down in a maze of overdrawn, overlong and trite situations. Go to Full Review The Mad Miss Manton (1938) 84% 63%

Boxoffice Staff Boxoffice Magazine Apr 16, 2024 [Adheres] to routine as a gangster melodrama in every respect. Go to Full Review Queen of the Mob (1940) 56% - -

Boxoffice Staff Boxoffice Magazine Apr 25, 2023 The story is definitely above average -- a murder mystery, of course -- and brimming over with action and suspense. Go to Full Review Phantom of Chinatown (1940) 80% 46%

Boxoffice Staff Boxoffice Magazine Feb 7, 2023 [A] deeply moving, tense and absorbing package... Go to Full Review Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) 89% 88%

Boxoffice Staff Boxoffice Magazine Jan 31, 2023 Because emphasis is placed on incidents and episodes, the story is woefully lacking in narrative qualities and many of the other normal factors. Go to Full Review Back to Bataan (1945) 86% 62%

Boxoffice Staff Boxoffice Magazine Dec 29, 2022 Both as scenarist and megaphonist, Sturges again distinguishes himself by displaying a comprehensive understanding of the elements that go into the making of a potential hit. Go to Full Review The Lady Eve (1941) 99% 87%

Boxoffice Staff Boxoffice Magazine Aug 23, 2022 The cast... is virtually flawless with star Sidney Poitier sharing top acting honors with Claudia McNeil. Go to Full Review A Raisin in the Sun (1961) 91% 87%

Boxoffice Staff Boxoffice Magazine Feb 17, 2022 Mile. Varda was responsible for direction, screenplay, adaptation and dialog, no small feat for anyone, and, in the main, she's admirably succeeded, indicating indeed that she's a talent to be watched with no little anticipation. Go to Full Review Cleo From 5 to 7 (1961) 93% 89%

Boxoffice Staff Boxoffice Magazine Oct 14, 2021 Grant and Miss Russell are swell. Ditto the script and the direction of Howard Hawks. Go to Full Review His Girl Friday (1940) 99% 90%

Boxoffice Staff Boxoffice Magazine May 24, 2021 Superlatives are in order when describing the opulent production, brilliant dialogue, sterling acting and atmosphere of crisp sophistication. Go to Full Review The Women (1939) 94% 88%

John P. McCarthy Boxoffice Magazine Apr 20, 2021 3.5/5 What starts out as an audaciously polemical, radically inventive film project ultimately feels more like the most elaborate and earnest art history lecture ever delivered. Go to Full Review Rembrandt's J'Accuse (2008) 100% 77%

Charles Martin Boxoffice Magazine Mar 13, 2021 3.5/5 It is an emotional and rewarding film for anyone who's ever struggled to find their place in their family and the world. Go to Full Review Face (2002) 63% 35%

Boxoffice Staff Boxoffice Magazine Feb 12, 2021 From infants to octogenarians and every age and class in between, theatregoers should applaud this diverting musical comedy, so loaded with top-grade light entertainment that is almost certain to launch a new cycle of extravaganzas. Go to Full Review Babes in Arms (1939) 90% 70%

Boxoffice Staff Boxoffice Magazine Jan 27, 2021 The story is a hackneyed nightclub romance about an un-and-coming male singer, his devoted girl friend and his scheming patroness. Go to Full Review Sepia Cinderella (1947) 60% - -

Boxoffice Staff Boxoffice Magazine Jan 27, 2021 Every tried and true gag situation since the days of Mack Sennett was incorporated into the script of this hilarious hodge-podge. Go to Full Review Mr. Washington Goes to Town (1941) 100% - -

Boxoffice Staff Boxoffice Magazine Jan 26, 2021 Modest but frequently effective. Go to Full Review Miracle in Harlem (1948) 83% - -

Boxoffice Staff Boxoffice Magazine Dec 11, 2020 A moving canvas of Jewish life in the Russia of days gone by. Go to Full Review Tevye (1939) 92% 71%

Boxoffice Staff Boxoffice Magazine Dec 2, 2020 There is entirely too much reliance on borrowed, familiar material. Go to Full Review Son of Ingagi (1940) 60% 29%

Boxoffice Staff Boxoffice Magazine Dec 2, 2020 The cast, largely comprising night-club entertainers, delivers competently and there are a few welcome and well-done musical interludes. Go to Full Review Mystery in Swing (1940) - - - -

Boxoffice Staff Boxoffice Magazine Oct 29, 2020 Action is lively, oldtime songs are well sung and the costumes and settings are above average. Go to Full Review Isn't It Romantic? (1948) 13% - -