"T"   All Films Watched 2000-2010
All films are rated on a scale of **** (A+), *** 3/4 (A), *** 1/2 (A-), *** 1/4 (B+), *** (B), ** 3/4 (B-), ** 1/2 (C+), ** 1/4 ( C), ** (C-) , * 3/4 (D+), * 1/2 (D), * 1/4 (D-), * (F) 
Links are to longer reviews on site.  A film defined as 70 min.+  visual event.  
The year included with the film is the year I watched each film.
 (V) =  TV, Video or DVD    ( +) = repeat viewing      (W/O)= walked out
TAARE ZAMEEN PAR  (2008, d. Aamir Khan; India) ** 3/4
TABOO (Gohatto)  (2000, d. Nagisa Oshima)    **  
TADPOLE   (2002, d. Gary Winick)  *** 1/4 
TADPOLE    (2002, d. Gary Winick)    *** 1/4 
TAE GUK GI:  THE BROTHERHOOD OF WAR  (2004, d. Kang Je Gyu) Overly melodramatic Korean war film. Good, bloody battle scenes, if edited too fast.  ** 1/2
TAHAAN - A BOY WITH A GRENADE (2009,  d. Santosh Sivan) * 3/4
TAILOR OF PANAMA, THE  (2001, d. John Boorman)    ** 3/4  
TAIS-TOI!  (2004, d. Francis Veber) Depardieu 100 lbs. lighter & on his game has true chemistry with Jean Reno in this fast paced buddy/chase comedy.  ***
TAKE CARE OF MY CAT   (2002, d. Jeong Jae-eun)    **   
TAKING CHANCE (2009,  d. Ross Katz) V. Emotionally devastating TV movie about the consequences of war on the homefront. *** 1/2
TAKING LIVES  (2004, d. D.J. Caruso) I intended to hate this predictable & implausable thriller; but its atmosphere & good acting (Hawke!) won me over.  ** 3/4
TAKING SIDES  (2003, d. István Szabó) Umteenth film in a row Harvey Keitel chews scenery; but Stellan Skarsgard superb. Thoughtful, morally ambiguous.  ** 3/4
TAKING WOODSTOCK (2009,  d. Ang Lee)  Very interesting oblique look at the '60s & seminal event. Henry Goodman deadpan excellent; but Staunton is fabulous. *** 1/4
TAKVA - A MAN'S FEAR OF GOD  (2007, d. Ozer Kiziltan) *** 1/4
TALE OF TWO SISTERS  (2004, d. Kim Ji-woon) Boring, pointless, confusing "ghost" story mostly about hysteria, but with a few shocks.  * 1/4
TALHOTBLOND (2009,  d. Barbara Schroeder) *** 1/4
TALK TO HER    (2002, d. Pedro Almodóvar)    ***   
TALK TO ME ABOUT LOVE (Parlami d'amore)  (2008, d. Silvio Muccino) ***
TALK TO ME  (2007, d. Kasi Lemmons) *** 1/4
TALLADEGA NIGHTS  (2006, d. Adam McKay) Finally a really funny stupid satire. Sasha Baron Cohen a revelation!  ***
TAMARA DREWE  (2010, d. Stephen Frears) Silly English countryside contempo comedy. What happened to Frears, he used to be such a good director.  **
TAN DE REPENTE  (2003, d. Diego Lerman) Lesbian road film, B&W, like early Godard or Greg Araki, with sweetly life affirming aftertaste.  *** 1/4
TANGLED  (2010, d. Greno & Howard) V.  3D animated musical loosely based on Rapunzel. Terrible songs & clichés abound; but I'm not the intended aud. * 3/4
TAO OF STEVE, THE   (2000, d. Jenniphr Goodman)    ** 3/4    
TAPAS  (2007, d. José Corbacho & Juan Cruz) V. ***
TAPE   (2001, d. Richard Linklater)    *** 1/4   
TARGET FOR RAGE  (2004, d. Michael Watkins) V. High tension 1997 film based on N. Calif. school massacre with excellent acting by Schroder, Winkler & Prinze. ** 3/4
TARNATION  (2004, d. Jonathan Caouette) Highly charged personal life docu done as experimental film. Revealing of a screwed up family life, but aroused my sympathy.  ***
TASTE OF OTHERS, THE   (2001, d. Agnes Jaoui)    *** 1/4
TATTOO   (2002, d. Robert Schwentke)  ***
TATTOOED (Tatuado)  (2005, d. Eduardo Raspa) ** 3/4
TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE  (2007, d. Alex Gibney) Horrific, difficult docu: American torture of prisoners since 9/11. *** 1/4
TAXIDERMIA  (2006, d. György Pálfi) ** 3/4
TBILISI-TBILISI  (2005, d. Zakareishvili Levan;  Georgia) ** 1/2
TBS [NOTHING TO LOSE]  (2008, d. Pieter Kuijpers) *** 1/4
TCHAO PANTIN (2009,  d. Claude Berri) *** 1/4
TE DOY MIS OJOS  (2004, d. Iciar Bollain) Excellent womans picture about a wife dealing with an abusive husband. Fabulous acting by Laia Marull and Luis Tosar!  *** 1/2
TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE  (2004, d. Parker & Stone) Surprisingly funny and relevant puppet comedy, trenchant satire on Bruckheimer films.  ***
TEAR THIS HEART OUT (Arráncame la vida)  (2008, d. Roberto Sneider, Mexico) *** 1/4
TEARS OF APRIL (2009,  d. Aku Louhimies) *** 3/4
TEARS OF THE SUN  (2003, d. Antoine Fuqua) White man's burden as American soldiers save day in Nigeria.  Good direction...horrendous script.  * 1/2
TEDDY BEAR  (2008, d. Jan Hrebejk) *** 1/4
TEETH  (2001, d.   Gabriele Salvatores)  ***   
TEHROUN  (2010, d. Nader T. Homayoun)  ** 1/2
TEKNOLUST   (2002, d.  Lynn Hershman-Leeson)
TELL NO ONE (Ne le dit à personne)  (2007, d.Guillaume Canet) *** 1/4
TELL THEM WHO YOU ARE  (2004, d. Mark Wexler) Fascinating, very personal docu about prickley liberal cinematographer by his rebellious son.  *** 1/2
TELSTAR (2009,  d. Nick Moran) ***
TEMPEST, THE  (2010, d. Julie Taymor) As expected, visually stunning. But I kept phasing out of opaque Shakespearian narrative. Still, loved Ben Whishaw's Ariel.  ** 1/2
TEMPESTA  (2006, d. Tim Disney) * 3/4
TEMPLE GRANDIN (2010, d. Mick Jackson) V. Superb perf by Claire Danes sets this one apart.  Moving, fascinating true study of autism.  *** 1/2
TEMPTATION OF ST. TONY, THE (2010, d. Veiko Ounpuu; Estonia)  3/4*
TEMPTATIONS   (2002, d. Zoltan Kamondi)  * 1/2
TEN CANOES  (2006, d. Rolf de Heer; Australia) ** 1/2
TEN WINTERS (Dieci inverni)  (2010, d. Valerio Mieli) ***
TEN, THE  (2007, d. David Wain) *** 1/4
TENDERNESS (2010, d. John Polson) V. Jon Foster is quite good as young psychopath in this subtle, slow folie a deux drama with touch of terror. *** 1/4
TERMINAL, THE  (2004, d. Stephen Spielberg) Logistic triumph, great cinematography; but a mediocre script. Hanks is turning into the male Meryl Streep. ** 1/2
TERMINATOR 3 RISE OF THE MACHINES  (2003, d. Jonathan Mostow) Good script, great f/x, one of the most satisfying action thrillers of recent years.  *** 1/4
TERMINATOR 4 (2009,  d. McG) I love the "Terminator" world, including the tv-show contrib to the mythos. This film worked, consistent and thrilling.  *** 1/4
TERRIBLY HAPPY (2009,  d. Henrik Ruben Genz) ** 3/4
TERRORIST, THE   (2000, d. Santosh Sivan)    *** 1/4 
TESIS  (2003, d. Alejandro Amenabar 1995) Thriller about snuff films on campus.  Amenabar at 23 was already an accomplished creepmeister!  *** 1/2
TESSERACT, THE  (2004, d. Oxide Pang) Complex, stylish thriller about a dope smuggling deal which goes wrong.  ***
TESTIMONY OF TALIESIN JONES, THE   (2001, d. Martin Duffy)  ***
TESTOSTERONE  (2004, d. David Moreton) Nicely done thriller about obsessive love, made in Argentina with a fine cast. Looks splendid, but some editing decisions detract.  ** 3/4
TESTOSTERONE  (2005, d. David Moreton)V.+ Murky gay doings in Buenos Aires with an attractive (!) cast & a story of lust and longing which doesn't work.  ** 1/2
TÊTE DE TURC  (2010, d. Pascal Elbé)  ** 3/4
TETRO (2009,  d. Francis Ford Coppola) Visually ravishing with creative films & operas within the film. But the narrative is too over-the-top operatic for my tastes. ** 3/4
TEXAS  (2006, d. Fausto Paravidino) ***
THANK YOU FOR SMOKING  (2006, d. Jason Reitman) Clever satire with a great cast. Slightly oversold as the best thing since sliced bread. ***
THAT EVENING SUN (2010, d. Scott Teems) Fine film, if a downer.  Holbrook is wonderful; but I felt for McKinnon's villain, too, surely not intended.  *** 1/4
THAT MAN:  PETER BERLIN  (2005, d. Jim Tushinski) Interesting docu about male porn object of the '70s. Nicely made with excellent interviews. *** 1/4
THEATER OF WAR  (2008, d. John Walter) ** 1/2
THEM (Ils)  (2007, d. David Moreau and Xavier Palud) ** 3/4
THEN SHE FOUND ME  (2008, d. Helen Hunt) Enjoyable, if predictable, romantic dramidy.  ** 3/4
THERE GOES MY BABY  (2003, d. Floyd Mutrux) V. American Graffiti lite: high-school grad night set in L.A. during Watts riots. Good music, bad acting.  ** 1/2
THERE WILL BE BLOOD  (2007, d. Paul Thomas Anderson) Respect the filmmaking more than loved the film.  *** 1/4
THESE FOOLISH THINGS  (2007, d. Julia Taylor-Stanley) **
THEY KILLED SISTER DOROTHY  (2008, d. Daniel Junge) Shocking docu about miscarried justice in the Brazil rainforests.  *** 1/4
THEY  (2004, d. Robert Harmon)V. Atmospheric but shlocky horror flick about some college students who had night terrors as kids & now they're being harvested by "they".  ***
THEY   (2002, d. Robert Harmon)    ** 1/2   
THEY'VE GOT KNUT  (2003, Germany  d. Stefan Krohmer) A tedious film about a group of leftists who meet in a Tyrol ski cabin for fun times & relating.  **
THICKER THAN WATER  (2007, d. Arni Olafur Asgersson) *** 1/4
THIEF OF PARIS, THE  (2003, d. Louis Malle) V. Very cool, young Belmondo in solid period piece.  Malle obviously influenced by Bresson at this stage. ***
THIEVES AND LIARS  (2006, d. Matta & Marichal) ***
THING ABOUT MY FOLKS, THE   (2005, d. Raymond De Felitta) Touching family comedy written & acted by Paul Reiser with the great Peter Falk.  ***
THINGS BEHIND THE SUN  (2001, d. Allison Anders)    ** 1/2    
THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE  (2007, d. Susanne Bier) Fine direction, fantastic acting (del Toro & Barry)  *** 1/4
THINK IT OVER  (2003, d. Katerina Evangelakou) Forgetable romantic comedy: family where daughter is pregnant by her much younger almost step brother.  *
THIRD PERSON SINGULAR NUMBER  (2010, d. Mostofa Sarwar Farooki; Bangldesh)   **
THIRD WAVE, THE:  A VOLUNTEER STORY (2009,  d. Alison Thompson) Inciteful docu of volunteers who went to small Sri Lankan town destroyed by 2004 tsunami. *** 1/4
THIRTEEN DAYS   (2000, d. Roger Donaldson)    ***    
THIRTEEN  (2003, d. Catherine Hardwick) Hard to watch, authentic, gritty drama about "good" teen girl going bad. Wood & Hunter truly great!  *** 1/4
THIRTY DAYS OF NIGHT (2009,  d. David Slade) V. Hyper-violent vampire film with ridiculous script, some bad overacting, but also a scary Arctic atmosphere. **
THIS CHARMING GIRL  (2005, d. Lee Yoon-ki) Tedious, pointless film about a quietly suffering S. Korean girl wounded inside by sexual abuse.  ** 1/4
THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED  (2006, d. Kirby Dick) V. Amusing indictment of rating system. Predictable.  *** 1/4
THIS GIRL'S LIFE  (2004, d. Ash)V. Extraordinarily powerful film about a girl in the internet porn biz. Great perfs by James Wood, Kip Pardue and esp. Juliette Marquis. *** 1/4
THIS IS ENGLAND  (2007, d. Shane Meadows) *** 1/4
THIS IS IT (2009,  d. Kenny Ortega) Valuable testament to MJ's talent. The show would have been great, and what is on screen is fascinating & near great.  *** 1/4
THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG   (2002, d. Bille Eltringham)  ** 3/4
THIS WAY OF LIFE (2010, d. Thomas Burstyn) V. Docu of New Zealand half-breed family's way of life living off land. Beautiful, but marred by unknowns & accents. ** 3/4
THOMAS IN LOVE   (2001, d. Pierre-Paul Renders)    *** 3/4    
THOSE HAPPY DAYS (Ces jours heureux)  (2006, d. Nackache & Tolédano) OK summer camp romantic comedy. Got better as it went along. ** 1/2
THOSE WHO REMAIN (Ceux qui restent)  (2008, d. Anne Le Ny) ** 3/4
THOUSAND CLOUDS OF PEACE, A  (2004, d. Julio Hernandez) Pretentious B&W gay reverie about a teen boy's troubles coming out. Mala Noche from the chicken's POV. ** 3/4
THREE BLIND MICE  (2008, d. Matthew Newton)  ***
THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA, THE  (2005, d. Tommy Lee Jones)  ***
THREE DANCING SLAVES  (2005, d. Gaël Morel) Three attractive brothers and their somewhat eliptical stories. Morel should quit directing & return to acting. ** 1/4
THREE DAYS WITH THE FAMILY  (2010, d. Mar Col)  ** 3/4
THREE MARIAS  (2003, Brazil/Italy  d. Aluizio Abranches) Stylish drama of family feud and revenge.  A nothing story gorgeously told.  ** 1/2
THREE MONKEYS (2009,  d. Nuri Bilge Ceylan; Turkey) *** 1/2
THREE OF HEARTS  (2005, d. Susan Kaplan) Interesting docu about a 3-way "marriage" between two gay men & a straight woman. Fascinating outcome. *** 1/4
THREE ON THE ROAD (Baciami Piccina)  (2007, d. Roberto Cimpanelli) ***
THREE TIMES  (2006, d. Hou Hsiao-hsien) **
THUMBSUCKER  (2005, d. Mike Mills) ** 1/2
THUNDER SOUL  (2010, d. Mark Landsman)  ***
TIC CODE, THE   (2000, d. Gary Winick)    ** 1/2    
TIGERLAND   (2000, d. Joel Schumacher)    *** 1/2    
TILL HUMAN VOICES WAKE US  (2004, d. Michael Petroni)V. My low expectations for this moody romance (man & ghost) were exceded. Bravo Guy Pearce!  ***
TILLMAN STORY, THE  (2010, d.  Amir Bar-Lev) Muckraking docu of army coverup: one heroic family's quest for truth. Not innovative filmmaking; but infuriating. *** 1/4
TILSAMMANS  (2004, d. Lukas Moodysson) V.+ Undeminished a 2nd time. The best film about the leftist collectives of the '70s ever made. ****
TIME CHANGER  (2003, d. Rich Christiano) Offensive Christian propaganda film disguised as a SF time travel story.  0*
TIME FOR DRUNKIN HORSES, A  (2000, d. Bahman Ghobadi)    ** 1/2    
TIME MACHINE, THE   (2002, d. Simon Wells)    * 1/2  
TIME OF FAVOR   (2002, d. Joseph Cedar)    ** 1/4  
TIME OF FEAR (Salve Geral) (2009,  d. Sergio Rezendi; Brazil) ***
TIME OF THE WOLF  (2004, d. Michael Haneke) Contextless, disturbing apocolyptic drama of society's breakdown in rural France. Strong stuff.  ***
TIME OUT    (2002, d. Laurent Cantet)    *** 1/4      
TIME REGAINED   (2000, d. Raoul Ruiz)    **    
TIME TO DIE (Pora Umierac)  (2008, d. Dorota Kedzierzawska) ***
TIME TO LEAVE  (2006, d. François Ozon) ****
TIME TRAVELERS WIFE, THE (2009,  d. Robert Schwentke) Glossy, but cheesy romantic melodrama with SF twist. Well cast; but tries too hard to tearjerk and only jerks.  ** 1/4
TIMECODE   (2000, d. Mike Figgis)    ***    
TIMECRIMES  (2008, d. Nacho Vigalondo) ** 1/2
TIMELINE  (2003, d. Richard Donner) Workmanlike, if eliptical, historical time-travel story, looked good...but the acting and direction mostly sucked.  * 3/4
TIMES AND WINDS  (2008, d. Riha Erdem) *** 1/4
TIN MINE, THE  (2006, d. Jira Maligool; Thailand)  ** 3/4
TITAN A.E.   (2000, d. Don Bluth & Gary Goldman)    * 1/4
TO BE AND TO HAVE  (2003, France  d. Nicolas Philibert) Pastoral documentary about a year in the life of a one-room school in rural France.  ***
TO BE OR NOT TO BE  (2003, d. Ernst Lubitch) V. Polish WWII farce with some clever, if unrealistic, fantasy writing.  No trace of the Lubitch touch.  **
TO GET TO HEAVEN YOU FIRST HAVE TO DIE (Bihisht Faqat Baroi Murdagon)  (2007, d. Djamshed Usmonov) ***
TO SERVE & PROTECT  (2004, d. Jean de Segonzac) V. Competent '98 tv movie about a family of Dallis cops & a serial killer targeting them. James Franco's 1st role. ** 3/4
TOGETHER (Tillsammans)   (2001, d. Lukas Moodysson)  ****
TOGETHER  (2003, China/S. Korea  d. Chen Kaije) Audience pleaser about a young violin prodigy facing life in Beijing.  *** 1/4
TOI ET MOI (You and Me) (2010, d.  Julie Lopes-Curval) V.+ Started watching & recognized I'd seen before.  Not quite as fun as I remembered.  ** 1/2
TOKYO NOISE   (2002, d.  Petri, Roed, Soderberg) **
TOKYO SONATA (2009,  d. Kiyoshi Kurosawa) Excellent screwed-up family drama & morality tale which is more Kore-eda + Cantet  than Kurosawa. *** 1/2
TOKYO!  (2008, d. Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, Joon-ho Bong) ** 1/2, * 3/4, ** 1/2
TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS  (2005, d. Dave Moore) V.  *** 1/4
TOMORROW MORNING (Sutra ujutro)   (2006, d. Oleg Novkovic; Serbia) * 3/4
TON OF LUCK, A  (2006, d. Rodrigo Triana; Columbia) ** 1/4
TONY MANERO  (2008, d. Pablo Larrain) ** 1/2
TOPP TWINS, THE:  UNTOUCHABLE GIRLS  (2010, d. Leanne Pooley)  ** 3/4
TORREMOLINOS 73  (2004, d. Pablo Berger) Fun satire about an ordinary couple making home pornos for the Scandinavian market. Candela Peña a standout!  ***
TORTILLA SOUP   (2001, d. Maria Ripoll)  ** 1/4
TOTAL LOSS  (2000, d. Dana Nechushtan) ** 
TOTALLY PERSONAL (Sasvim Licno)  (2005, d. Nedzad Begovic)  ** 3/4
TOTALLY SEXY LOSER  (2003, d. Jason Schafer) Low budget, very realistic DV comedy about a man afraid to commit (fine Chad Lindsey) in a doomed affair.  ***
TOUCH OF PINK   (2004, d. Ian Iqbal Rachid) Witty, skillful comedy much like The Wedding Banquet: gay man's Muslim family unaware he's gay.  ***
TOUCH OF SPICE, A  (2004, d. Tassos Boulmetis) Large scale but intimate picaresque à la Junot:  a Turkish-Greek family, a boy's coming of age with a heavy food metaphor.  ** 3/4
TOUCH  (2003, d. Paul Schrader) V.+ Nice cast, esp. Skeet Ulrich; I hadn't remembered it at all until the stigmata scene which stuck. ** 1/2
TOUCHING EVIL  (2006, d. var.) V. Eerie English detective miniseries created by Paul Abbott and Russell Davis with fine cast (Robson Green!) *** 1/4
TOUCHING THE VOID  (2004, d. Kevin Macdonald) V. Recreated docu (with interviews with original mountain climbers.) Suspenseful, nicely shot, but more fiction than doc? *** 1/4
TOUGH ENOUGH  (2006, d. Detlev Buck) *** 1/2
TOUR, THE  (2009,  d. Goran Markovic; Serbia) ** 1/4
TOURNEUSE DE PAGES, LA  (2006, d. Denis Dercourt) *** 1/4
TOUT CONTRE LÉO  (2003, d. Christophe Honoré) French tv "afternoon special": 12 yr. old boy whose older brother gets AIDS. Frank, well acted. ** 1/2
TOUT UN HIVER SANS FEU  (2005, d. Greg Zglinski; Switzerland)  ** 3/4
TOWN IS QUIET, THE   (2001, d. Robert Guédiguian)    ** 1/2    
TOWN, THE (2010, d.  Ben Affleck) Nobody has ever directed Ben Affleck as well as Ben Affleck. Remarkable down & dirty crime flick that has it all.  *** 3/4
TOY STORY 3 (2010, d. Lee Unkrich) Best of recent Pixar films, splendid action sequences plus emotionally rich evocation of passing childhood. *** 3/4
TRACKER, THE  (2004, d. Rolf de Heer) Spare, well shot drama of white power in Australia in 1922.  The Aboriginal hero was the best thing in the film.  ***
TRAFFIC  (2004, d. Eric Bross, Stephen Hopkins) V. 3 part mini-series: new story, many threads, volently cross-cut, high tension, good acting.  ***
TRAFFIC   (2000, d. Steven Soderbergh)    *** 1/2    
TRAINING DAY   (2001, d. Antoine Fuqua)    *** 1/4  
TRAINWRECK: MY LIFE AS AN IDOIT  (2007, d. Todd Harrison Williams) ***
TRAITOR  (2008, d. Jeffrey Nachmanoff) Superior, if predictable, terrorism thriller with superb perfs by Cheadle and Guy Pearce.  *** 1/4
TRANSAMERICA  (2005, d. Duncan Tucker)  *** 1/4
TRANSFORMERS  (2007, d. Michael Bay) ** 1/4
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN (2010, d. Michael Bay) Nobody ever accused Bay of subtlety & nuance. So glad Cameron kicked his ass.  1/4*
TRANSPORTER 2, THE  (2005, d. Louis Leterrier) ** 1/2
TRANSPORTER, THE  (2005, d. Louis Leterrier) V.  ** 3/4
TRANSPORTER, THE   (2002, d. Cory Yuen)    ** 1/2   
TRANSSIBERIAN  (2008, d. Brad Anderson) ***
TRAP, THE  (2008, d. Srdan Golubovic; Serbia) *** 3/4
TRAPPED  (2003, d. Luis Mandoki) V. Greg Iles is one of my fave authors; but his own screenplay for his worst book was lame. Still, worked as thriller. ** 1/2
TREASURE PLANET  (2003, d. Ron Clements, John Musker) Disney animated Oscar nom based on Treasure Island.  I slept through part of it.  * 1/2
TRECE CAMPANADAS  (2003, d. Xavier Villaverde) Brilliantly made Hitchcockian thriller/ghost story.  *** 1/2
TREELESS MOUNTAIN (2009,  d. So-Yong Kim) ** 1/2
TREMBLING BEFORE G-D   (2001, d. Sandi Simcha DuBowski)    *** 1/4
TRIALS OF DARRYL HUNT, THE  (2006, d. Stern & Sundberg) Almost perfect docu about failure of justice in N. Carolina.  *** 3/4
TRIANGLE (Tie Saam Gok)  (2008, d. Tsui Hark, Johnnie To, Ringo Lam) ** 1/4
TRICK IN THE SHEET, THE (L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo) (2010, d. Alfonso Arau) ** 1/2
TRICKS (2009,  d. Andrzej Jakimowski; Poland) ***
TRILOGY:  AFTER LIFE  (2003, France/Belgium  d. Lucas Belvaux) Melodrama about the morphine addict & her flic husband running parallel to previous.  ***
TRILOGY:  AN AMAZING COUPLE  (2003, France/Belgium   d. Lucas Belvaux  100)  Edgy romantic comedy farce of events running parallel to above.  ***
TRILOGY:  ON THE RUN  (2003, France/Belgium  d. Lucas Belvaux) Thriller noir about prison escapee terrorist, taut and well played.  *** 1/2
TRIMPIN: THE SOUND OF INVENTION (2009,  d. Peter Esmonde) ** 1/2
TRIP TO KHARABAKH  (2006, d. Levan Tutberidze) ***
TRIP, THE  (2002, d. Miles Swain)  ** 3/4 
TRIPLE AGENT  (2004, d. Eric Rohmer) Cerebrial, talky, involving pre-WWII thriller about a White Russian general and his Greek wife.  ***
TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE, THE  (2003, d. Sylvaine Chomet) Stylish 2-D animation feature, weird story: Tour de France race gone very wrong.  Not my cuppa'.  ***
TRISTAN + ISOLDE  (2006, d. Kevin Reynolds) Formula period romance with a charismatic perf by James Franco and a better than average script.  ** 3/4
TRISTRAM SHANDY:  A COCK AND BULL STORY  (2005, d. Michael Winterbottom) ***
TRIUMPH OF LOVE   (2002, d. Clare Peploe)    **   
TRIXIE   (2000, d. Alan Rudolph)    **  1/4
TROLLYWOOD  (2004, d. Madeleine Farley) Poorly edited and photographed doc. about the homeless in my neighborhood of L.A.  * 3/4
TRON: LEGACY  (2010, d. Joseph Kosinski) Visually stunning, of course (incredible strides since the '80s); but bombastic & video-gamey with silly, predictable plot. ** 1/2
TROPIC THUNDER  (2008, d. Ben Stiller) One of the funniest, most clever set ups of the movie biz ever. Often silly; but it worked for me.  *** 1/4
TROPICAL MALADY  (2005, d. Apichatpong Weerasethakul) Very strange, beautiful film which starts as a simple gay friendship film & ends as an allegory.  ** 3/4
TROTSKY, THE  (2010, d. Jacob Tierney)  *** 1/4
TROUBLE EVERY DAY    (2002, d. Claire Denis)    ** 1/4   
TROUBLE THE WATER  (2008, d. Deal & Lessin) Docu with amateur video work, but a strong personalized message about Katrina lessons.  ***
TROUBLED WATER (2009,  d. Erik Poppe) *** 3/4
TROY  (2004, d. Wolfgang Peterson) Much better than expected...a psychologically apt script and some great battles and superb acting (esp. Peter O'Toole).  *** 1/2
TRUE ADOLESCENTS (2009,  d. Craig Johnson) *** 1/2
TRUE GRIT  (2010, d. Joel & Ethan Coen) A remarkably pure, fun western from the Coens, one of my faves from them, quite remarkable performances.  *** 1/2
TRUE LOVE  (2005, d. Michael J. Saul)V. ***
TRUE STORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, THE  (2005, d. Jim Lindsay) V. Quite informative History Channel 2 1/4 hr. opus, better than the recent feature. ***
TRULY HUMAN  (2001, d. Ake Sandgren)  *** 3/4
TRUST THE MAN  (2006, d. Bart Freundlich) Enjoyable adult relationship comedy which peters out last 1/3.  ***
TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE, THE    (2002, d. Jonathan Demme)    * 1/4  
TRUTH AND LIES  (2003, d. Piergiorgio Gay)  Italian film about a man discovers the truth about his Fascist father.  ***
TRY TO REMEMBER  (2003, d. Zabout Breitman)  Moving & pathos filled love story set in rehab hospital.  Young woman with Alzheimer's.  *** 1/4
TSAR  (2010, d. Pavel Lungin)  ** 1/2
TSATSIKI, MUM AND THE POLICEMAN  (2000, d. Ella Lemhagen)  *** 
TSOTSI  (2005, d. Gavin Hood; South Africa) ****
TU VERRAS, ÇA TE PASSERA  (2003, d. Fabrice Cazeneuve) Superb coming out "afternoon special" tv movie, frank and truthful as only the French can do.  *** 1/4
TUCK EVERLASTING   (2002, d. Jay Russell)    ** 1/2   
TULLY   (2002, d. Hillary Birmingham)    *** 1/2   
TULPAN  (2008, d. Sergei Dvortsevoy; Kazakhstan) *** 1/4
TULSE LUPER SUITCASES 1, THE  (2004, d. Peter Greenaway) Ambitious multi-media project, visual jumble, I just couldn't take it for long.  W/O
TUNNEL, THE  (2001, d. Roland Suso Richter)  *** 1/2 
TUPAC: RESURRECTION  (2004, d. Lauren Lazin) V. Superbly made docu about life & death of 2Pac Shakur, ultimately too hagiographic.  *** 1/4
TURISTAS  (2010, d. Alicia Scherson)  ***
TURN LEFT, TURN RIGHT  (2004, d. Johnny To, Wai Ka-fai) Exhillerating romantic comedy in the Lelouchian And Now My Love mode.  *** 1/4
TURNING GREEN (2009,  d. Michael Aimette & John Hoffman) An American teenager in Ireland goes entrepreneur as porn king. Donal Gallery as the kid is worth watching. **
TURNING PAIGE   (2002, d. Robert Cuffley)  **
TURTLES CAN FLY  (2005, d. Bahman Ghobadi) Powerful, wrenching drama about damaged Kurdish children in a refugee camp just before Gulf War 2.  *** 1/4
TUXEDO, THE   (2002, d. Kevin Donovan)    *     
TV JUNKIE  (2006, d. Michael Cain) ***
TV SET, THE  (2007, d. Jake Kasdan) Spot on satire of tv network/show running goings on.  Great cast, nifty, truthful script.  *** 1/4
TWELVE (2010, d. Joel Schumacher) Gossip Girl + Less Than Zero. Over-use of narration to novelize doesn't work; but acting & direction first rate. ***
TWELVE AND HOLDING  (2006, d. Michael Cuesta) *** 1/2
TWENTY THOUSAND STREETS UNDER THE SKY  (2006, d. Simon Curtis) V. BBC romantic period '30s drama from 3 points of view. Bryan Dick!  ***
TWICE UPON A TIME (Désaccord parfait)  (2007, d. Antoine De Caunes) ** 1/2
TWILIGHT DANCER  (2006, d. Mel Chionglo) * 1/4
TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON, THE (2009,  d. Chris Weitz) Lugubrious, short on action compared to 1st, disappointing even with low expectations. Lautner is *hot*, though. **
TWILIGHT SAMURAI, THE  (2004, d. Yoji Yamada)  A masterpiece set in same era as Last Samurai.  Intimate, truthful and emotionally fulfilling.  ****
TWILIGHT  (2008, d. Catherine Hardwicke) Paradigmic film with vampirism as metaphor for teenage insecurities. Strangely beautiful & involving. *** 1/4
TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE (2010, d. David Slade) Interesting love triangle, lovely to look at with some 1st class action...but mid-section drags & motivations suspect. ** 3/4
TWIN SISTERS  (2004, d. Ben Sombogaart) 20th cent, epic of 2 twins separated at 6 yr., one German, one Dutch. Beautifully made in every department.  ****
TWIST OF FATE  (2004, d. Kirby Dick) V. Downer docu about angry men who were molested as teenagers by a Catholic priest in Toledo OH. Incendiary, but sort of boring. ** 1/2
TWIST  (2004, d. Jacob Tierney) A very bleak, but truthful digital variant on Oliver Twist characters as Toronto street hustlers.  Great acting, but unremitting.  ** 3/4
TWISTED LOVE (shorts)
TWISTED ROOTS  (2010, d. Saara Saarela)  ***
TWISTED  (2004, d. Philip Kaufman) Utterly predictable, unlikely policier thriller.  Ashley Judd fares well; but the film is pretty bad.  * 3/4
TWO DAYS  (2003, d. Sean McGinly) Hip, funny - a 30-something actor (Paul Rudd at the top of his game) who has a documentary made about his suicide.  *** 1/4
TWO DRIFTERS  (2006, d. João Pedro Rodrigues) ** 3/4
TWO FAMILY HOUSE   (2000, d. Raymond De Felitta)    ** 1/2    
TWO FOR THE MONEY  (2005, d. D.J. Caruso) ** 1/2
TWO FRIENDS  (2003, d. Scimone, Sframeli) Slice of life drama about 2 roommates, one a mafia hit-man, the other an ordinary joe. Droning, boring.  **
TWO GREAT SHEEP  (2005, d. Liu Hao) Visually stunning Chinese shaggy sheep story about collectivism gone nuts. I was a little bored.  ** 1/2
TWO IN THE WAVE  (Deux de la vague) (2010, d. Emmanuel Laurent) V. *** 1/2
TWO LOVERS  (2008, d. James Gray) ***
TWO SONS OF FRANCISCO (Dois Filhos de Francisco)  (2005, d. Breno Silveira; Brazil) ** 3/4
TWO TOWNS OF JASPER   (2002, d. Whitney Dow, Marco Williams)  ** 1/2
TWO WEEKS NOTICE   (2002, d. Marc Lawrence)    **   
TYCOON: A NEW RUSSIAN  (2003, d. Pavel Languine) Fascinatingly dense, overdone haunting satire about the rise and fall of a modern Russian Oligarch. *** 1/4