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Mark Chalon Smith

Mark Chalon Smith's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) 95% EDIT “On purely critical terms, the Anatole Litvak-directed movie is a potboiler, a melodrama thick with message. Still, it’s straight-ahead storytelling and a coiled, hard-eyed performance by Robinson hold viewers’ interest.” – Los Angeles Times Dec 24, 2025 Full Review Born Yesterday (1950) 95% EDIT “Born Yesterday is a good film, but not a great one; it’s weakened by patriotic moralizing so thick-tongued it often slows the screwball pace to a walk.” – Los Angeles Times Oct 13, 2025 Full Review The Young and the Damned (1950) 91% EDIT “Bunuel knew that poverty can't be prettied up, that it needs to be shown as a dehumanizing cycle.” – Los Angeles Times Jul 18, 2020 Full Review Ikiru (1952) 98% EDIT “It illuminates a reeling society while telling a story of deep human emotion.” – Los Angeles Times Jun 12, 2020 Full Review Desk Set (1957) 100% EDIT “[I]t's still a witty, often diverting romantic comedy that further demonstrates how well the duo fit.” – Los Angeles Times Jan 25, 2019 Full Review Round Midnight (1986) 100% EDIT “Watching Dale and Francis grow close is a subdued experience that evolves in quiet ways.” – Los Angeles Times Dec 12, 2018 Full Review Ivan's Childhood (1963) 100% EDIT “While the emotional weight of Ivan is clear from the first frames -- Tarkovsky doesn't stray from making us feel the pain of Ivan's world -- there is that sense of music the director is so intent on conveying.” – Los Angeles Times Aug 4, 2015 Full Review The Mirror (1975) 100% EDIT “No tidy resolutions, no easy steps from here to there. But what The Mirror lacks in simple logic it makes up for in satisfying emotions.” – Los Angeles Times Aug 4, 2015 Full Review Scarface (1932) 98% EDIT “Scarface is one of best of the early gangster movies; its wit and building velocity speeds it past Little Caesar and keeps pace with Public Enemy.” – Los Angeles Times Jul 30, 2014 Full Review The Rules of the Game (1939) 97% EDIT “On the surface, a lace of flirtations, insinuations and rejections compose the basic plotting. But Renoir uses flashes of accelerating drama to amplify his bigger points.” – Los Angeles Times Jun 3, 2014 Full Review King Kong (1933) 97% EDIT “The story, like Frankenstein and Dracula, has taken on the significance of a modern folk tale, layered with obvious moralizing and as familiar as personal history.” – Los Angeles Times Oct 5, 2013 Full Review Woman in the Dunes (1964) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Teshigahara's direction and Segawa's camera-work often render the mundane startling and new, a claim that only good films can make.” – Los Angeles Times Mar 4, 2013 Full Review The Duellists (1977) 74% 3/5 EDIT “Scott gets strong performances from his supporting cast (Quick is sensual and effective) and is able to salvage the movie through the alchemy of the striking visuals.” – Los Angeles Times Jun 3, 2012 Full Review
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