Not as complete as The Decameron was, this lust-filled, sex-crazed medieval fantasy will probably knock you out with its comic outrageousness.
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Canterbury Tales, The (1972)
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Mr. Bachmann and His Class (2021)
This is pedagogy as cinema—an unobtrusive and highly-rewarding documentary centering on a veteran teacher and his ethnically-diverse students in a small town in Germany, earning every compelling bit of its nearly four-hour runtime.
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Story of Women (1988)
A brilliant Isabelle Huppert headlines Chabrol’s true-story WWII drama about French women who had to deal with illegal abortion and prostitution, while bearing the brunt of legal and moral injustices.
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Decameron, The (1971)
Pasolini’s first film in his unofficial ‘Trilogy of Life’ is wildly provocative and blasphemous where religion and sex meet at the crossroads of art.
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Tales from Earthsea (2006)
Arguably Studio Ghibli’s weakest film, Goro Miyazaki’s debut feature is poorly-paced with a story that doesn’t sparkle, despite the beautiful, otherworldly visuals.
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War Horse (2011)
Some may find this terribly mawkish, but Spielberg is still the undisputed master of emotional manipulation, and I say this with gratitude, because it reminds me of the magic of moviemaking.
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Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, The (2011)
Spielberg’s first animated feature is ‘Indiana Jones’ meets ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ in one of the year’s most entertaining movies.
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Holy Man, The (1965)
A con-man who pretends to be an all-powerful spiritual guru is at the centre of Ray’s modest if stinging social commentary on the naivety of succumbing to blind faith.
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Gospel According to Matthew, The (1964)
Powerful, poetic and sublime, this could be Pasolini’s magnum opus and arguably the greatest film about the life of Jesus Christ.
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Repentance (1984)
One of the most significant works of Georgian cinema, this anti-totalitarian film previously banned by the Soviets deals with its serious themes through a potent mix of acute symbolism and surrealist absurdity.
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