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Filmbantha

Favorite films

  • A Clockwork Orange
  • Peppermint Candy
  • Come and See
  • City Lights

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  • The Ipcress File

    ★★★½

  • The Fool

    ★★★½

  • The Other Bank

    ★★★

  • We Are the Flesh

    ★★★½

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  • La Cérémonie

    La Cérémonie

    ★★★½

    Class divide take centre stage in this slow burn thriller from Claude Chabrol about a maid keeping a secret from her new employers, the owners of an isolated manor in the French countryside. Sandrine Bonnaire stars as Sophie la bonne, the aforementioned maid with a past shrouded in secrecy, and her friendly relationship with her new boss, Catherine Lelievre (Jacqueline Bisset) begins to sour when Sophie strikes up a friendship with the local post office clerk Jeanne (Isabelle Huppert).

    This…

  • Zenith

    Zenith

    ★★½

    Zenith starts off well with an introduction to a dingy, near-future where people are losing the ability to feel certain emotions and the majority of people now communicate using only a basic form of language. The plot is driven by an investigation into a conspiracy theory involving secret organisations that rule the world and the protagonist uses information left by his late father to aid him on his quest. There are some fascinating ideas scattered throughout the story and the…

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  • The Miracle Worker

    The Miracle Worker

    ★★★★½

    100 Essential Films That Deserve More Attention #49

    We can try to imagine living in a world where we are unable to see or hear but this frightening concept is always short-lived for anyone who can open their eyes and uncover their ears. This unfathomable condition is an affliction that befell Helen Keller and left her in isolation from those around her when she became ill at just nineteen months old. Only one person, Annie Sullivan, who was half blind…

  • Sorcerer

    Sorcerer

    ★★★★

    100 Essential Films That Deserve More Attention #46

    After making his mark on the American cinematic landscape with The French Connection and The Exorcist, director William Friedkin boldy decided to tackle a loose remake of Henri-Georges Clouzot's thrilling French masterpiece, The Wages of Fear, which was also based upon the novel by Georges Arnaud. His magnificent vision of the existential thriller involved months of filming in South American jungles in a move that bears similarities to Herzog's ambitious and wonderful…