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Bridge of Spies
Steven Spielberg's entertaining true life account of a chapter in the Cold War concerns a crucial negotiation by a brave attorney (Tom…
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Death by Hanging
You want radical? Look no further. Nagisa Oshima's near-legendary issue drama makes a wickedly frightening protest against the death penalty, but then…
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Gilda
This adult film noir masterpiece showcases the most glamorous pin-up dream girl of the 1940s. Rita Hayworth, a young Glenn Ford and…
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The Last Detail
Jack Nicholson found his personal favorite role in this fine road picture: Navy signalman Buddusky, charged with escorting sad-sack prisoner Randy Quaid…
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The Wrong Man
Alfred Hitchcock's true-life saga of a man wrongly accused may be Hitchcock's most troublesome movie -- all the parts work, but does…
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Hawaii
Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow and Richard Harris bring James Michener's true saga to life -- but it's the story of the…
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Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
This is my film review and it FREAKS ME OUT! Girlie-art legend Russ Meyer and then- tyro critic Roger Ebert fashion the…
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The Southerner
Looking to discover a top-quality film that honors lasting values? Jean Renoir gives Zachary Scott and Betty Field as Texas sharecroppers trying…
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Curse of the Faceless Man
Everybody sing!: An Italian boy from Napoli, got petrified by the scenery. Now his face is white and his arms are long.…
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I Confess
What's it all about, Alfie? The master of suspense goes in an unusual direction with this murder mystery with a Catholic background.…
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The Undesirable (1914)
What? Not another Hungarian silent film from 1914 -- how many can the market bear? Actually, the rarity and high quality of…
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Ex Machina
Is this not the most brilliant screenplay from 2015? Alex Garland assembles a perfect fable about robots, artificial intelligence and the hubris…
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Let There Be Light: John Huston’s Wartime Documentaries
When John Huston went to war he took his mission seriously... as an artist. He made four wartime docus for the army.…
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Wind Across the Everglades
The Audubon Society battles plumage poachers in the Everglades, circa 1900. Legendary director Nicholas Ray suffered an on-location meltdown filming this early…
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From the Terrace
This is as sexy as Hollywood pix got in 1960. John O'Hara's novel about class snobbery and the drive for success posits…
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Figures in a Landscape
Where was Leonard Pinth Garnell when we needed him? Joseph Losey is often accused of pretension but in this case he may…
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Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things
Hey, let's dig up a rotting corpse, just for fun! A group of crazy Florida theater students plays a group of crazy…
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
Where do I get my Big Brother campaign pin and yard poster? Michael Radford's elaborate Orwell adaptation sticks closely to the original…
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The American Friend
Wim Wenders goes neo-noir in this wonderfully moody character-driven crime tale. Soulful art framer Bruno Ganz is the patsy in a murder…
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Bitter Rice
Forget the proletarian messages, this Italian Neorealist classic is really an exploitation film about ogling brazen, buxom babes in short-shorts, up to…
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Hitler’s Children
RKO's morale-building wartime thriller adds an element of sexual perversion to its story of Nazi crimes against children, thus creating one of…
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Everest 3-D
At last, an adventure movie that does without action-epic superhero BS. It's simply You Are There with a dozen likeable, determined climbers…
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The Look of Silence
Joshua Oppenheimer's documentary feature takes his earlier The Act of Killing one step further. An Indonesian optometrist dares to interview death squad leaders…
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The Complete Lady Snowblood
The bloody adventures of a swordswoman dedicated to murderous revenge provided Quentin Tarantino with a major inspiration. Director Toshiyo Fujita's impeccable images…
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Four Men and a Prayer
It's the John Ford film you never heard of, not because it's bad, but because it's a little confused. Richard Greene, David…
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The Captive City
Robert Wise's taut noir suspenser about the Mafia takeover of a small city is like an underworld Invasion of the Body Snatchers.…