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Recent reviews

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  Paths of Glory 1957

  ★★★★ Watched 13 Jan 2023 1

  Kubrick's early films are just as portentous and weighty as his later work, but there is a raw emotional core to Paths of Glory that I sorely miss later in his career.

  It wouldn't be unfair to accuse this movie of being naive and heavy-handed. There are undoubtedly moments that fall flat, and Kirk Douglas doesn't always sell his righteous conviction. Overall though, I think it all hangs together beautifully.

  The cast is top-notch, the standouts being Timothy Carey and…

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  Sorcerer 1977

  ★★★½ Added

  Watched this directly back-to-back with The Wages of Fear (Clouzot, 1953), of which Sorcerer is a remake. It was my second time seeing both, and an interesting exercise in contrast and comparison.

  Both movies are based on a book that I haven't read, so it's unclear to me what Friedkin is pulling from each source material. However, small differences between the original film and the remake have a huge impact. Clouzot's masterpiece delivers on incredible suspense while also offering richer…