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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.

By Matt Cale: March 13, 2006
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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.

By Matt Cale: March 13, 2006
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FORBIDDEN GAMES (Jeux Interdits)

All that we are, then, is how we manage in the face of death.

By Matt Cale: March 13, 2006
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INHERIT THE WIND

Evolution gives bigoted superstition a well-deserved stomping.

By Matt Cale: March 13, 2006
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HUSTLER THE

One of the finest character studies of the cinema.

By Matt Cale: March 13, 2006
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3 WOMEN

It’s what we say when we think no one is listening.

By Matt Cale: March 11, 2006
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SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE

As one essay I read stated, Bergman has moved from “Does God exist?” to “Does love exist?”

By Matt Cale: March 10, 2006
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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,

By Matt Cale: March 10, 2006
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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.

By Matt Cale: March 10, 2006
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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…

By Matt Cale: March 9, 2006