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Review of Little Caesar (1931)

By Art S (1,002) on 16 Sep 2012

One of the earliest gangster flicks of the talkie era, Little Caesar is a much bleaker film than the likes of Scarface and the various Jimmy…

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Review of The Sacrifice (1986)

By Art S (1,002) on 08 Sep 2012

Tarkovsky's final film is also the last of his features for me to see, although I'd seen some making of footage of The Sacrifice in Chris Marker's…

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Review of The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959)

By Art S (1,002) on 07 Sep 2012

It has some beautiful color and seems a clear forerunner to Temple of Doom. However, it's also quite draggy for some pretty long stretches…

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Review of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

By Art S (1,002) on 24 Aug 2012

It will take more than one viewing the completely understand it, but when you do, it is beautiful…

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Review of The Palm Beach Story (1942)

By Art S (1,002) on 20 Aug 2012

Joel McCrea and Claudette Colbert play Tom and Gerry Jeffers who are in love but about to get a divorce (making this likely to be one of those…

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Review of Room 237 (2012)

By Art S (1,002) on 18 Aug 2012

Although they are not conspiracy theorists (OK, mostly not conspiracy theorists -- one of them believes that Kubrick staged the moon landing),…

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Review of Comanche Station (1960)

By Art S (1,002) on 18 Aug 2012

The Classic Boetticher formula proves successful and entertaining yet again. Great little twist at the end, too…

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Review of Melancholia (2011)

By Art S (1,002) on 17 Aug 2012

This sums up my life and my dream of peace and salvation! A great vision and a great direction by Lars Von Trier…

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Review of Hard Boiled (1992)

By Art S (1,002) on 16 Aug 2012

Not for the squeamish or faint-of-heart, John Woo pulls out all the stops as he directs reckless cop Chow Yun-Fat to take on an unscrupulous…

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Review of Le Corbeau (1943)

By Art S (1,002) on 16 Aug 2012

Very good. Gets better and better throughout…

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Review of The Descendants (2011)

By Art S (1,002) on 15 Aug 2012

I've enjoyed Alexander Payne's films (Sideways, Election, etc.) so I picked this up even though I am generally over-saturated with George Clooney…

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Review of Moonrise (1948)

By Art S (1,002) on 13 Aug 2012

This is the first Frank Borzage film I've seen and I'm told it is atypical of his usual hazy romantic fare -- but to me the gauzy romance is…

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Review of Vertigo (1958)

By Art S (1,002) on 08 Aug 2012

Is this the greatest movie of all time (as recently voted by critics in the 2012 Sight and Sound poll)? I watched it again to find out…

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Review of Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)

By Art S (1,002) on 06 Aug 2012

See it for its visual qualities and forgive the melodrama and pretentiousness…

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Review of We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

By Art S (1,002) on 02 Aug 2012

Builds-up very nicely in fragmented scenes, but feels somehow incomplete…

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Review of Tabloid (2011)

By Art S (1,002) on 26 Jul 2012

Errol Morris takes his interrotron into less weighty territory (after Fog of War and Standard Operating Procedure tackled politics and deceit…

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Review of La Chienne (1931)

By Art S (1,002) on 10 Jul 2012

This is renoir's slightly more humanist take on the same material fritz lang used for 'scarlet street…

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Review of Shoeshine (1946)

By Art S (1,002) on 29 Jun 2012

De Sica's brand of Italian Neo-Realism hardly seems naturalistic these days with its well planned shots, scripted melodramatic action, and…

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Review of Shoeshine (1987)

By Art S (1,002) on 29 Jun 2012

De Sica's brand of Italian Neo-Realism hardly seems naturalistic these days with its well planned shots, scripted melodramatic action, and…

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Review of You Can't Take It with You (1938)

By Art S (1,002) on 27 Jun 2012

The Best Picture winner back in 1938, Frank Capra's You Can't Take It With You meanders around until it's second hour, where the true struggle…

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