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Review of Caché (2005)

By Ivan D (347) on 18 May 2010

Here in Cache, Michael Haneke wasn't anymore a sardonic satirist and a media violence critic, but now a true filmmaker with a story to tell…

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Review of Broken Flowers (2005)

By Ivan D (347) on 18 May 2010

Bill Murray's talent of giving a character a sense of internal turmoil physically shown in his subtle facial expressions was used to masterful…

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Review of Dead Man (1995)

By Ivan D (347) on 16 May 2010

Dead Man's opening sequence contains old formulas from the Western genre: man arriving in a sleepy town, being alienated, townspeople disgusted…

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Review of Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)

By Ivan D (347) on 12 May 2010

After the disappointing Curse of Michael Myers, the seemingly tired franchise was back into top form here in Halloween H20…

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Review of Blue Velvet (1986)

By Ivan D (347) on 08 May 2010

For a David Lynch film, this is surprisingly straightforward compared to his other works, though it still has some handful of Lynchian grotesques…

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Review of Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

By Ivan D (347) on 08 May 2010

Woh Busta Rhymes doing some kung fu with Michael Myers. Seriously…

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Review of How Green Was My Valley (1941)

By Ivan D (347) on 07 May 2010

John Ford was known then and today as a delicate director of films in the western genre, but How Green Was My Valley, his Oscar Best Picture…

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Review of Nosferatu (1922)

By Ivan D (347) on 05 May 2010

I was quite disappointed in this silent picture about the lack of technical filmmaking that F.W…

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Review of Gimme Shelter (1970)

By Ivan D (347) on 04 May 2010

One word could actually summarize the experience of watching such documentary: Harrowing…

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Review of Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

By Ivan D (347) on 04 May 2010

Highly controversial in its time, but also extremely influential…

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Review of Gimme Shelter (1986)

By Ivan D (347) on 04 May 2010

One word could actually summarize the experience of watching such documentary: Harrowing…

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Review of Gimme Shelter (2013)

By Ivan D (347) on 04 May 2010

One word could actually summarize the experience of watching such documentary: Harrowing…

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Review of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

By Ivan D (347) on 01 May 2010

Whoever's idea it was to take a really creepy and scarey movie like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and make a comedy sequel about chili cook-offs…

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Review of Rope (1948)

By Ivan D (347) on 01 May 2010

Murders in Hitchcock films were usually accompanied by logical motivations, but here in Rope, it was done for the sake of quenching some sociopathic…

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Review of Double Indemnity (1973)

By Ivan D (347) on 28 Apr 2010

One of the definitive films to embody the film noir genre as a whole…

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Review of Double Indemnity (1944)

By Ivan D (347) on 28 Apr 2010

One of the definitive films to embody the film noir genre as a whole…

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Review of Frenzy (1946)

By Ivan D (347) on 27 Apr 2010

The master's favorite theme of mistaken identity brought into the disturbing premises of the serial killer sub-genre…

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

By Ivan D (347) on 26 Apr 2010

A film that has brilliantly shown two major classes of an American family, contrasts their daily lives, then puts their differing cultures…

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Review of Man Bites Dog (1992)

By Ivan D (347) on 25 Apr 2010

Unlike the earlier film I reviewed Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Man Bites Dog made the killings even much more trivial, treating the…

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Review of Seven Chances (1925)

By Ivan D (347) on 24 Apr 2010

When I read the simplified plot summary of the film, I thought it's one of those Buster Keaton small scale comedies, with all the cute romantic…

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