Category: Classics & Hitchcock
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The Law
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Read more: The LawWhen men were men…
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Midnight Cowboy
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Read more: Midnight CowboyMovies have been often characterized as innovative, ground-breaking, trend-setting or wildly original, and these terms can be overused, but I cannot emphasize enough what a bold and courageous experiment in cinema was Midnight Cowboy. It is hard to comprehend that it has been 54 years since this Oscar-winning film was released, but May of this…
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Dodes’Ka-Den
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Read more: Dodes’Ka-DenThis film has been referred to as ‘minor Kurosawa’, and if those two terms ever belonged together , then I would seriously begin to doubt the explosive potential of combining elemental sodium and water. Much as a dark sunspot shines bright as a star when seen against the backdrop of space, this film shines just…
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Our Man in Havana
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Read more: Our Man in HavanaIntelligence services for any nation have in common an innate need for secrecy regarding their actions and a defensive posture regarding their activities and justification for same. Any probe of their budgets or actions are generally met with a mixture of contempt and silence, answers to the questions often arriving decades later when the department…
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Simon of the Desert
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Read more: Simon of the DesertLeave it to Bunuel to craft a film depicting lunacy in crystalline form that manages to both indict religion in general, and invite sympathy for the insanely devout. Considering the question of faith and its value, it helps to simplify the environment around the intellectual exercise that will provide the context. History has documented the…
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Cat People (1942 Val Lewton)
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Read more: Cat People (1942 Val Lewton)Cat People was one of the biggest hits of 1942. It competed favorably with Casablanca in the box office. The reason in part is because Cat People is the anti-vamp film. A more realistic title for the film might be Fear of a War Bride.
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Repulsion (1965)
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Read more: Repulsion (1965)Polanski has warned you – don’t buy the loaf.
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Nothing Sacred
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Read more: Nothing SacredWe agree to the lie because it’s more fun that way.
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Design For Living
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Read more: Design For LivingSex should be truly democratic.
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Becket
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Read more: BecketA decidedly off-balance historical character study, Becket concerns the friendship between Thomas Becket and King Henry II.