 | | | A completely charming movie. Following the lead of George Cukor's THE WOMEN (1939) DIRECTOR Francois Ozon shows us a wholly feminine world where men are referred to but not seen. 8 Femmes is a murder mystery and a musical of sorts starring ... (See full description) |
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 | | | How's THIS for cynical? A nasty little drunkard (Eddie Albert) whose father is a political big-shot in a southern state joins the guard as ceremonial resume filler. When WWII breaks out he winds up a Captain commanding men in battle in Euro... (See full description) |
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 | | | 1991 was a banner year in cinema, similar to 1939, 1950 and 1974. No movie is supposed to win more than one major award at the Cannes festival. Despite strong competition jet black comedy BARTON FINK caused a mini-scandal when it won both t... (See full description) |
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 | | | Wonderful overlooked movie directed by Don Siegel (INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, DIRTY HARRY) Bizarre gothic war/western set in the Deep South during the Civil War. Clint Eastwood plays John McBurney, a severely wounded Union soldier di... (See full description) |
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 | | | Stephane Audran and Jean-Louis Trintignant star in this classic landmark film. Socialite Frederique encounters young Why in Paris, she seduces her and whisks her off to St.Tropez. When Paul meets Why, he too charms her and comes between the... (See full description) |
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 | | | Memorable critique of Hollywood's warped dream factory. a melancholic and mysterious psychodrama adapted from Clifford Odets's play. High contast B&W cinematography adds punch to this jet-dark, cynical movie. When matinee idol Charlie Cas... (See full description) |
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 | | | BOYS DON'T CRY is smart, funny, fast-paced, sexy and a beautiful love story. Hillary Swank delivered the Oscar winning performance of a lifetime as a skinny likeable Jimmy Stewart type fella named Brandon Teena, who is actually a woman name... (See full description) |
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 | | | This three DVD ultimate collectors edition contains EVERYTHING. (Disc Three includes the 94-minute cut for BRAZIL including the changes that Gilliam refused to make.) Influential and controversial film that is 100 times MORE shocking toda... (See full description) |
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 | | | Paying homage to Alfred Hitchcock, Francois Truffaut spins a suspenseful story of a woman (Jeanne Moreau) tracking down and killing the five men who accidentally murdered her fiance on their wedding day... (See full description) |
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 | | | Sam Peckinpah's absolutely insane ultra-violent follow-up to THE WILD BUNCH. I have no idea what section to put this in. is it an exploitation film? An art film? A western? A crime drama? Tough to say... (See full description) |
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 | | | Bleak, ironic Bertrand Blier black comedy that set the tone for much of his career. Gérard Depardieu stars. Cheerfully amoral and not for everyone (Blier can be pretty offensive at times) Reminiscent of later Luis Buñuel (and of later Blier... (See full description) |
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 | | | Directed by Mel Chionglo. If you like your social drama gritty this ought to fit the bill. Concerns a male prositute and his girlfriend, a prostitute. and his mother; a prostitute of course. "BURLESK KING is set amid the gay underbelly of ... (See full description) |
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 | | | Intriguging film blessed by roles for three actresses I happen to really like: Nastassja Kinski, Sarah Polley and Milla Jovovich. Inspired by Thomas Hardy's "The Mayor of Casterbridge," this... (See full description) |
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 | | | Joins CARRIE and THE SHINING as artistically first-rate movies adapted from Steven King novels. This was Cronenberg's first 'mainstream' film and remains one of his most accessible. The quiet, intense and emotionally touching thriller is fa... (See full description) |
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 | | | Gripping suspense based on the three-character play by Ariel Dorfman, who co-wrote the screenplay. I imagine that every time Polanski tried to describe this set-up to people they said, "Oh, like THE NIGHT PORTER," and he would sputter, "It'... (See full description) |
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 | | | Truly unique. I consider this a great film, but I don't have much company. I have never seen a film critically savaged like DOGVILLE. For some reason this movie was UNIVERSALLY condemned as "anti-American." WTF? A work of art may be "anti-A... (See full description) |
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 | | | Lots to look at with Emmanuele Beart and Penelope Cruz in one movie. Jacques Weber (CYRANO DE BERGERAC), Penelope Cruz, and Emmanuelle Beart (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) star in this period drama, set in 17th Century Spain. When nobleman Don Juan... (See full description) |
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 | | | This was one of the more controversial major films of the last decade. Set during the Paris student riots of 1968, the story (adapted by film critic Gilbert Adair from his novel) is a Henry James-esque literary stand-by... bright young man ... (See full description) |
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 | | | Remarkable movie that practically invented the modern naturalistic yet surreal small-town drug/crime genre. Both Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch's best work. "Bob (Dillon) is a high-functioning junkie who masterminds small-town pharmacy robberi... (See full description) |
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 | | | Directed by Shekhar Kapur. This movie is in the drop-dead wonderful section primarily for Cate Blanchett's performance.... (See full description) |
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