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HUD
Over forty years after it was first released, Martin Ritt’s not only hasn’t aged a bit, it has actually grown in stature.
FLOATING WEEDS
Once again, it is easy to become enveloped in this world as it plays out as it must, without tidy resolutions or soothing homilies.
FORBIDDEN GAMES (Jeux Interdits)
All that we are, then, is how we manage in the face of death.
SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE
As one essay I read stated, Bergman has moved from “Does God exist?” to “Does love exist?”
PHANTOM OF LIBERTY, THE (Le fantôme de la liberté)
At the very least, Luis Bunuel’s The Phantom of Liberty is an inspired cinematic treat because it begins with Goya’s The Third of May,
THE PAWNBROKER
Before Rod Steiger became an unmerciful ham in such legendary howlers as The Amityville Horror and The Specialist, he was a talent of towering strength.
ONIBABA
Few among you are likely to watch a Japanese film that doesn’t feature either copious amounts of kung fu or a large, fire-breathing lizard, but…
