A skimpy storyline and uninteresting lead characters mar this artistic antecedent to ‘Moulin Rouge’ and ‘La La Land’.
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One from the Heart (1982)
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Into the Abyss (2011)
Herzog’s take on capital punishment from a humanistic standpoint – haunting, hopeful, and strange.
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Swallow (2019)
Haley Bennett’s hypnotic performance as a pregnant woman with a new compulsion for eating hard and sharp objects gives this polished feature debut a nuanced edge.
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Full Metal Jacket (1987)
The duality of being a U.S. Marine—to train to kill but also be expendable—is captured with cold, hard irony in Kubrick’s clinical take on the (Vietnam) war movie.
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Saboteur (1942)
Light Sleeper (1992)
Schrader’s terrific work here treads familiar thematic ground as his ‘Taxi Driver’, but make no mistake, this character study on guilt and salvation is stylistically a different animal.
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Kingmaker, The (2019)
If politics can be beguiling, then this documentary about Imelda Marcos entertainingly captures the ups and downs of The Philippines’ larger sociopolitical history with aplomb.
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Temple of Doom, The (1984)
A fun, thrilling if sometimes disturbing ride, but it is not as substantial as ‘Raiders’ or ‘Crusade’.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Arguably the most iconic and memorable action-adventure film ever made and a textbook example of how Hollywood filmmaking can go so right.
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Last Samurai, The (2003)
The best parts of this decent Hollywood-style samurai epic are the heart-to-heart conversations between Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe, backed by a lush, emotional score by Hans Zimmer.
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