howard hawks is a first-rate artist; marilyn monroe and jane russell are beautifully fierce heartbreakers; technicolor is the pinnacle of american pop-art. it's really hard to overstate how visually clever…
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953
"Don't you know that a man being rich is like a girl being pretty? You wouldn't marry a girl just because she's pretty, but my goodness, doesn't it help?"
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953
“Don’t you know that a man being rich is like a girl being pretty? You might not marry a girl just because she’s pretty, but, my goodness, doesn’t it help?”…
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Bāhubali: The Beginning 2015
[disappears down a tollywood / bollywood k-hole forever, to everyone's delight]
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What's Up, Doc? 1972
This fizzy screwball highball is made of equal parts Howard Hawks and Chuck Jones. “Daffy girl, square professor, everything works out all right," in Bogdonovich’s formulation.
In Last Picture Show,…
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What's Up, Doc? 1972
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Acutely Screwball on the surface, but rummaging around in its mechanics is a loose New Hollywood virus overtaking and causing havoc, upending expectation through stark pessimism, impending doom, and…
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The Matrix Resurrections 2021
The most audacious, fascinating and surprising sequel I think I have ever seen. But one would hope for and expect nothing less from a filmmaker who has always seemed to…
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Knives Out

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Documentaries about Movies

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The Dream Operators: Documentaries About Movie Studios and Producers

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1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

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