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8½ (1963) – Maybe Nine ruined this story for me, but at least this version is authentically Fellini. I still have a special hatred for artists making art about artists making art, though.
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The Rose (1979) – Janis Joplin Jackie Jormp-Jomp Mary Rose Foster lived hard and died a sad, early death. Someday, there’ll be a properly authorized biopic of Janis’s story, and I won’t watch it. Now...
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Throne of Blood (蜘蛛巣城, 1957) – The films of Akira Kurosawa are available for streaming on Hulu this weekend. Do yourself a favor and watch some of them. And then, when you are done with that, help me...
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The Imposter (2012) – A very well-made documentary wherein the director makes no attempt to interject himself into the story. In his place is the very self-satisfied investigator who goes on at length...
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Stage Fright (1950) – Ah, now there’s the Hitchcock I love. Don’t ever go away, mid-century Hitchcock.
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The Birth of a Nation (1915) – Well, three hours was certainly ambitious, to say the least. I keep hearing that I should judge this movie according to the standards of its own time and not those of...
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The French Connection (1971) – It’s easy to note, with such hindsight, that The French Connection employs all the most worn-out cliches of cop dramas (except that no one calls Doyle a “loose cannon”),...
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Suspiria (1977) – I want that house, I don’t care how many people I have to gruesomely murder to acquire it.
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Baraka (1992) – Absolutely breathtaking imagery, but not quiiite as good as Samsara from only a couple of years ago, which I guess is good, since it means the people and technology involved are...
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The Ten Commandments (1956) – Almost four hours. Four. Hours. Four, as in the number. Hours: the measure of time. Yul Brenner, you’re better than this, or at least you were.
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