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Review of The Circus (1928)

By Robby R (128) on 12 Oct 2011

What I've come to notice about Chaplin's films is how the man can play with the audience in a way that has never been seen in any film since…

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Review of A Little Princess (1995)

By Robby R (128) on 02 Oct 2011

Dead Poets Society for kids, but better. Whimsical and imaginative with a head-strong protaganist worth looking up to…

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Review of Miller's Crossing (1990)

By Robby R (128) on 24 Sep 2011

Superb drama with great acting and direction...and of course it's the story which which makes it as good good as it is...one of the best gangster…

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Review of White Material (2010)

By Robby R (128) on 06 Sep 2011

Claire Denis is quickly becoming one of my favorite directors…

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Review of Wild Strawberries (2012)

By Robby R (128) on 05 Sep 2011

Examination of life film from Bergman that is kind of dated in its ruminations but is one of the standards when it comes to Art Films…

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Review of Wild Strawberries (1957)

By Robby R (128) on 05 Sep 2011

Examination of life film from Bergman that is kind of dated in its ruminations but is one of the standards when it comes to Art Films…

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Review of Topkapi (1964)

By Robby R (128) on 25 Aug 2011

As a big fan of Jules Dassin's other heist movie, Rififi, I was interested to see how this spoof of the genre would play out…

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Review of Rabbit Hole (2010)

By Robby R (128) on 21 Aug 2011

Supposedly brooding domestic tragedy/drama that delivers nothing new, just a lot of brooding cliched, so called powerful scenes that are just flat…

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Review of Leaves of Grass (2009)

By Robby R (128) on 07 Aug 2011

In desperate need of a tonal stylist, this wacked-out black comedy is all over the place…

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Review of Inside Job (2010)

By Robby R (128) on 31 Jul 2011

Great crash course in the financial crisis of 2008 that should get your blood boiling…

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Review of Twentieth Century (1934)

By Robby R (128) on 31 Jul 2011

One of the earliest screwball comedies is part backstage and part road movie with John Barrymore supplying a manic, hilarious, dastardly theatre…

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Review of Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)

By Robby R (128) on 09 Jul 2011

One of the most unique filmmakers who is virtually a silent comedian is also master of the mis en scene as shown off here in a leisurely paced,…

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Review of A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)

By Robby R (128) on 05 Jul 2011

Really endearing love story about two solitary, damaged people that doesn't sugar coat anything but deals with the harsh circumstances of post-war…

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Review of His Girl Friday (1940)

By Robby R (128) on 02 Jul 2011

KaurismÃ¤ki must be twisting in his tomb watching this one…

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Review of The Awful Truth (1937)

By Robby R (128) on 28 Jun 2011

Fun screwball comedy from Cary Grant and Irene Dunne that popped up on TCM as I started my whole project to fill in my blind spots regarding…

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Review of The Night of the Hunter (1955)

By Robby R (128) on 26 Jun 2011

One of the most unique horror movies of the studio era; with gothic experssionistic cinematography, it plays like a nightmarish fable…

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Review of Nobody Knows (2004)

By Robby R (128) on 20 Jun 2011

Achieves the almost impossible by not making this material sentimental and actually comes up short in depicting the day to day monotony, but…

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Review of Repo Men (2010)

By Robby R (128) on 18 Jun 2011

Wow don't fall behind on your payments talk about ouch…

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Review of Victim (1961)

By Robby R (128) on 03 Jun 2011

A good crime story and considered a daring film for the time it was released…

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Review of 49th Parallel (1941)

By Robby R (128) on 03 Jun 2011

I'm typically a fan of the works of Powell and Pressburger, but I can't say that 49th Parallel has particularly aged well…

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