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L.A. Confidential - This film might really suck if it weren't for the script's ability to emulated a great novel and for the wonderful cast.

La Couquille et la Clergyman - Often considered the first surrealist film.

The Ladykillers - This is a fun, fun movie.

Ladyporn - Does something that I don't think I've ever seen before. I'm sure it's been done before, but in my past film-going experience, I just haven't come across it.

Lagaan - One of the most fun and pleasurable film-going experiences I've had all year.

Lakeboat - It is one of the most exciting and interesting Mamet pieces to be filmed.

La mujer de mi hermano - Every moment in the film is like eye candy.

La Souriante Madame Beudet - Lauded as the first feminist film ever made.

Last Dance - A dismal failure seemingly helmed by a neophyte.

The Last Dance - Using the visuals of some older couples dancing, the film takes this opportunity to delve into a voice over narrative that communicates ideas and thoughts on romance, marriage and a life lived together. It's pure poetry.

Last Days - Here everything is blurred: reality, sexuality, responsibility and the meaning of existence.

The Last Days of Disco - The main thing about "The Last Days of Disco" is that it makes you want to dance. I never felt so constrained in a theater seat in my life.

The Last Hope - Embarrassing, stagnant and devoid of anything remotely resembling humanity.

The Last Kiss - Straight people. I don't get it. Seriously, this Italian film seemed pretty typical to me.

Last Night - It's not about the coming of the millennium; It's about the end of the world. It takes the simple premise of "the world is going to end in 6 hours and everybody knows it" and runs with it.

The Last Real Cowboy - Beautifully filmed, perfectly acted and wonderful for almost it's entire running time, the film gets shot in the foot at it's end. What a pity.

The Last Romantic - There's something very innocent, honest and hopeful that makes it stand out in the crowd.

The Last Samurai - Fascinating, unique, eminently engrossing, the film takes us on a journey unlike any other we've seen in American cinema.

Last Year at Marienbad - It's crystaline clarity of vision defies it's web of verbal confusion.

Latter Days - It's cute, funny, sweet, honest, real, heart-breaking, life-affirming and one of the most romantic gay films I have ever seen.

L'Aubererge Espagnole - I loved this film.

The Laughing Boy - It's masturbatory tomfoolery at best, vapid conceit at worst.

Laura - Classic film noir mystery about the murder of a socialite.

Laurel Canyon - A wonderful twist on the "fish out of water/culture shock" film that we've seen for over 30 years.

Lava - This one is like someone sucking off Guy Ritchie for 90 minutes.

La Vie promise - It took me two viewings to finally piece together exactly what the story of the main character really is all about.

Layer Cake - The best thing about the film is that it doesn't really try to emulate the others.

Leaving Las Vegas - This is quite possibly the best film adaptation of a novel since "Slaughterhouse Five."

Le Belle et la Bete - As film ages, it often becomes context and with "Le Belle et la Bete," context is almost all that is left.

Le Cercle Rouge - There's not much here to latch onto.

Le Divorce - It's the fucking upper class that makes me want to slap someone. I hate rich people.

Legs - Set to a pulsing song but likable by Massive Attack, "legs" is a visual dissertation on the titular limbs.

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - Just dark enough to be edgy and just honest enough to be compelling without ever becoming either too weird or too saccharine.

Lethal Force - Purposefully hilarious, "Lethal Force" is a creative, well-executed spoof of cult action films.

Let It Snow...- It's a delightful little heterosexual love story that we can all enjoy.

Levelland - Remember the Summer of '42? This is supposed to be the Summer of 2002!

Levity - It's sad when a film with as much talent as "Levity" somehow misses the mark.

L'Homme Blesse - This film may be homoerotic, but it is not flattering to homosexuals.

Liberty Heights - What could be another outstanding look at America of the past, through the eyes of Baltimore, becomes a sort of water- down, befuddled version of this ideal.

Liberty in Restraint - Filmmaker Michael Ney thinks he is making great art but, unlike Graydon, he is not.

L.I.E. (Long Island Expressway) - a surprisingly frank and bold film about pedophilia. Watching it, I must have laughed 20 times.

Life - A good comedy which also has something to say.

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - Finally, Wes Anderson Gets it right.

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers - In this film one cannot tell where reality ends and filmmaking and fantasy begins.

Life as a House - The film wants desperately to be the "next 'American Beauty.'" I'm surprised they didn't hire Thomas Newman to do the score.

Life is Beautiful - Those seeking a artistic and monumental cinematic experience will find utter Nirvana.

A Life Less Ordinary - Well, it's no "Trainspotting," but Danny Boyle's first mainstream film is enjoyable none-the-less.

Life of Brian - 25 years later, I didn't laugh once at "Life of Brian." It just wasn't funny.

The Life of David Gale - Is a film that has an opportunity to create controversy and conversation about the death penalty.

The Life of Reilly - It doesn't matter what is missing here really, because what is here is simply jaw-dropping.

Life or Something Like It - Ladies and gentlemen: Angelina Jolie's lips. And a platinum dye job. That's really the star of this film.

Lila Says - A sweet, subtle and beautiful movie that we become easily captivated.

Lilya 4-Ever - The message is blatant: The Capitalist system, which spawned the worldwide proliferation of companies like McDonald’s, turns teenage girls into prostitutes and human beings into slaves.

The Limey - I love the way Steven Soderbergh made "The Limey." Even if the plot is threadbare. Even if the ending can be seen coming a mile away. Even if the film is horribly short. I still love it.

Line Describing a Cone - Perhaps the most original performance art film ever created.

The Lion King - The film is of high quality and the songs are, for the most part, at least passable, the plot itself is quite deplorable.

Lisa Picard is Famous - One of the most putrid, hideous, vile and homophobic pieces of pure Grade-A shit to be splattered across the cinema screen since "Cruising" or "Boys in the Band."

Little Indian Big City - The film isn't really for children. There is some talk of divorce and plenty of sexual situations.

Little Otik - One of those indescribable films that is as horrible and troubling as it is revolutionary and bedazzling.

Live from Shiva's Dancefloor - Timothy "Speed" Levitch has perhaps the most quirky, intelligent and important philosophical mind at work in American today.

The Living End - Could quite possibly be the best American film on the subject of AIDS ever made.

Living in Missouri - Is a ultra-low-budget character study about a man who has not matured.

Living Out Loud - Awesome, adult, romantic comedy.

Loggerheads - Slowly evolves and begins to sink its hooks into you.

LOL - A film that just doesn't live up to the promise he showed in his earlier work.

The Lonely Lady - Pia Zadora earns her cult status easily here in a film that is trashy, silly, sophomoric and (unintentionally?) funny.

Lonesome Cowboys - Was the last film Warhol was to shoot himself, behind the camera as director.

The Longest Yard - Fun and harmless.

Look Back in Angora - Does have some highlights for diehard fans of Wood.

Loser - If you're idea of a good time is watching cutie Biggs get shat upon for 90 minutes, then perhaps this is the film for you. If you're not a cinematic scat freak, then perhaps it is not.

Lost at the Pershing Point Hotel - The film suddenly becomes meaningful, deep, romantic, strange and troubling.

Lost in La Mancha - If you are into film at all, this film will captivate you.

Lost in Space - It goes totally off the map and becomes a convoluted mess.

Lost in Translation - It's enough to make me feel inadequate as a writer on the subject of film.

The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra - Has a wonderful sense of the genre and pokes gentle fun.

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu -an interesting overview of her life, but it serves only as a preliminary point for her story.

Love Actually - Santa's got two lists, and most of the stories in "Love Actually" are on his "Naughty" one!

Love Liza - This is a pretty damn good example of what indie film is all about.

Lovely and Amazing - For a long while it seemed more like "Boring and Irritating."

Love in the Time of Money - It's all been done before.

Love Object - Takes a modern story of lust, sex and revenge, much like "Fatal Attraction" and twists it up in ways that are even more creepy, imaginative and intriguing than that landmark film.

Loving Jezebel - It's easy to like "Loving Jezebel," even though it is nothing new, even if it is just a typical story.

Love the Hard Way - My jaw hit the floor when I found out that this awful film was made by a 50 year German man and not a rich 19 year old using daddy's credit card.

Low Self-esteem Girl - This film has nothing, NOTHING, going for it.

Lucia Lucia - Isn't the best movie out there but it will certainly tide you over until the next Almodovar film comes to the states.

Luck - At about 4/5 of the way through the movie, all of this turns to shit.

Lullaby - Is as sadly beautiful as the dysfunctional family it presents.

Lumiere and Companie - The remarkable pieces, from this diverse group of filmmakers, is astounding viewing.

Luther - The first "religious" film I've ever seen that had me interested and - even more importantly thinking - all the way through.

Lynch Shorts - The copy was pretty bad, but you could still see that it was pretty unique stuff.


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