A gut-punch to masculinity in the midst of the collapsing nuclear family.
The million dollar question: at the moment of imminent disaster, would you stand and defend your everything headstrong,…
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India Song 1975
An esoteric ghost story narrated by the souls of those looking on at a distance, their lifeless bodies occupying dead space in an open room.
Poetically detached, Duras illuminates her…
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The Mirror 1997
Non-Narrative attributes applied to Narrative Filmmaking. What Akerman or Frampton would have done, targeted for urban intellectuals projected in the struggling arthouse theater. Instead, Panahi employs these strategies for emotional…
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Cœur fidèle 1923
Finally an easily digestible (Pre-Soviet montage) French Impressionist film that isn't over three hours! Epstein does not hold back with his stylistic flourishes. Romantic and ornate texture with melodramatic weight…
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Children of Paradise 1945
Jacques Prévert just might be the finest of all the screenwriters, Children of Paradise his crowning achievement. The extraordinary depth given to each character large or small, the utmost attention…
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The Sorrow and the Pity 1969
An incredible feat of historical documentation built on the ashes of moral grey. Ophuls builds off of small conversations to create a confounding mosaic of ambiguous beliefs and ideals. He…
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News from Home 1976
Non-Fiction on Non-Fiction: a Mark Rothko portrait of living alone in a stranger's land.
Reminiscent of Michael Snow's Wavelength in many ways. There's a stubborn didacticism to the objectivity of…
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The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928
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Those who’ve read enough of my reviews have likely heard me mention a college film course previously. To clarify, I did not go to school for anything remotely related…
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