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The Fire Within
Directed by Louis Malle Synopsis from the Criterion website: “After garnering international acclaim for such seminal crowd-pleasers as The Lovers and Zazie dans le métro,Louis Malle gave his fans a shock with The Fire Within (Le feu follet), a penetrating … Continue reading
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Revolutionary Road
Directed by Sam Mendes, based on the novel by Richard Yates Synopsis from IMDB: “April and Frank Wheeler are a young, thriving couple living with their two children in a Connecticut suburb in the mid-1950s. Their self-assured exterior masks a … Continue reading
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Lights in the Dusk
By Aki Kaurismaki Synopsis from IMDB: Koistenin is a sad sack, a man without affect or friends. He’s a night-watchman in Helsinki with ideas of starting his own business, but nothing to go with those intentions. He sometimes talks … Continue reading
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The Man Without A Past
By Aki Kaurismaki Synopsis from IMDB: The second part of Aki Kaurismäki’s “Finland” trilogy, the film follows a man who arrives in Helsinki and gets beaten up so severely he develops amnesia. Unable to remember his name or anything from … Continue reading
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Shock Corridor
Written and Dircected by Samuel Fuller Synopsis (from IMDB.com) Johnny Barrett, an ambitious journalist, is determined to win a Pulitzer Prize by solving a murder committed in a lunatic asylum and witnessed only by three inmates, from whom the police … Continue reading
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Written on the Wind
Written on the wind is a great melodrama directed by Douglas Sirk. Sirk was a major inspiration to many directors including Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and even Todd Haynes. Sirk made many melodramas, dealing with relationships, and all the emotions of … Continue reading
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Directed by David Fincher Starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is one of the year’s most anticipated Hollywood movies: it combines fairytale-like situations with everyday issues like acceptance … Continue reading
Slumdog Millionaire at the Golden Globes
In addition to my last post, I would also like to add that Slumdog Millionaire won several Golden Globes. The Golden Globes are awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press – a group of international journalists in the greater LA area. … Continue reading
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Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire is one of the most talked about movies of the year. Directed by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later), it has been on both viewers and critics top 5 lists lately. I saw this at the Garneau Theater … Continue reading
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