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Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)

Coming to a screen bigger than your TV.

Filmmaker(s): Mike Judge

Slacker duo Beavis and Butt-Head wake to discover their TV has been stolen. Their search for a new one takes them on a clueless adventure across America, during which they manage to accidentally become America's most wanted.

21 May Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)

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Missed Baywatch I'm constantly amazed at how quickly some fresh, edgy cinematic ideas go stale. This was strange enough it its time to be noticed: the placement of the narrative stance within the sixth grade. Having played its small role in advancing the scope of narrative irony,...

Published May 21, 2023

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Tagged: 1990s, f1996, p2004

Miss Marple: At Bertram’s Hotel (1987)

Filmmaker(s): Michael Tuchner

Crime

Mystery

There's a murder at the elegant hotel where Miss Marple is staying and international adventurer Bess Sedgwick is the prime suspect.

21 May Miss Marple: At Bertram’s Hotel (1987)

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The Space as a Character This is the sixth or seventh in the series that I have seen. BBC has a policy of putting different creative crew in charge of each one, so they vary significantly. I found the “Alien” and “Batman” franchises to be a...

Published May 21, 2023

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Tagged: 1980s, f1987, p2003

Moulin Rouge! (2001)

No laws. No limits. One rule. Never fall in love.

Filmmaker(s): Baz Luhrmann

Drama

Romance

Music

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.

21 May Moulin Rouge! (2001)

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Glorious Absinthe Prostitution This film is crafted of many common narrative elements: The rich cad versus the poor lad for the girl (with the conceit that love is unavailable to the wealthy 'unreal' class) The girl who must renounce her love to save her lover (only to lose...

Published May 21, 2023

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Tagged: 2000s, f2001, p2001

Alicia (1994)

Filmmaker(s): Jaume Balagueró

Horror

Fantasy

After her first menstruation, Alicia is kidnapped and led by fly-men into a surreal and dirty underworld ruled by a disgusting being.

21 May Alicia (1994)

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Stillborn This is purely personal, but I have a few wickets through which a film must pass for me to willingly splice it into my imagination. I’m only talking here about films that present themselves as art. — It has to be competent, which for me can...

Published May 21, 2023

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Tagged: 1990s, f1994, p2005

Aladdin (1992)

Imagine if you had three wishes, three hopes, three dreams and they all could come true.

Filmmaker(s): Ron Clements, John Musker

Princess Jasmine grows tired of being forced to remain in the palace, so she sneaks out into the marketplace, in disguise, where she meets street urchin Aladdin. The couple falls in love, although Jasmine may only marry a prince. After being thrown in jail, Aladdin becomes embroiled in a plot to find a mysterious lamp, with which the evil Jafar hopes to rule the land.

21 May Aladdin (1992)

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Sweet Arabian Skins This, to my mind, is a terrific concoction. It has no story to speak of. Oh, there's some motion and noise but they are only there to give us something to look at while the three main notions unfurl, all of which are...

Published May 21, 2023

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Tagged: 1990s, f1992, p2009

The Basketball Diaries (1995)

The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist.

Filmmaker(s): Scott Kalvert

Drama

Crime

A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

17 May The Basketball Diaries (1995)

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Visions of the Other Side Unless you are just filling space until you die, you're going to want something out of experiences like this. The idea is supposed to be that someone can guide us to alternative worlds and report back with something useful or at...

Published May 17, 2023

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Tagged: 1990s, f1995, p2003

The Barbershop (1894)

Filmmaker(s): William K.L. Dickson, William Heise

Drama

“Interior of Barber Shop. Man comes in, takes off his coat; sits down, smokes; is handed a paper by attendant, who points out a joke; both laugh. Meantime the man in the chair is shaved and has his hair cut. Very funny.” (Edison's Latest Wonders, 1894)

17 May The Barbershop (1894)

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The Choreography of Layers The history of anything involves trying to discover the accidents of convention that stuck. Movies could have taken off from any of a number of the already mature arts: especially painting. It turned out — much the worse I fear — to...

Published May 17, 2023

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Tagged: 1890s, f1894, p2004

The Barber (2002)

Darkness can do strange things to a man

Filmmaker(s): Michael Bafaro

Horror

Crime

Mystery

In the small town of Revelstoke, Alaska, local barber Dexter is surprised to learn that the body of Lucy Waters has been discovered. Having killed this woman, days ago, he hoped her body wouldn't be found until spring. Through the eyes of a serial killer, we discover the chilling layer of a weary town whose only concern is another long, dark winter.

17 May The Barber (2002)

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Hair, Cut "Fargo" without the go, "Albino Alligator" without the wrinkles, "The Gardener" without Angie, "Invisible Man" made visible, "Insomnia" without the light and most of all, "Twin Peaks" with only one peak. McDowell has built a career of his role in "Clockwork Orange:" a demented brilliance...

Published May 17, 2023

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Tagged: 2000s, f2002, p2003

The Band Wagon (1953)

Get Aboard!

Filmmaker(s): Vincente Minnelli

Music

Comedy

Romance

A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

17 May The Band Wagon (1953)

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42nd Street in the Rain The colour musical film is a strange beast. Hollywood explored many of its possibilities. And people did buy lots of tickets. But until very recently, musicals were all but dead. That’s because they were never able to create a self sustaining...

Published May 17, 2023

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Tagged: 1950s, f1953, p2005

The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)

Selfhood begins with a walking away, and love is proved in the letting go.

Filmmaker(s): Rebecca Miller

Drama

Jack Slavin is an environmentalist with a heart condition who lives with his daughter, Rose, on an isolated island. While Jack fights against developers who wish to build in the area, he also craves more contact with other people. When he invites his girlfriend, Kathleen, and her sons, Rodney and Thaddius, to move in, Rose is upset. The complicated family dynamics makes things difficult for everyone in the house.

17 May The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)

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Overdeveloped Oh man, how sad. It is a sad story of failure that itself is a failure. It is placed in a world where the unnatural is impinging on the natural and that is called undesirable. And it itself is so unnatural, so manufactured and manipulative...

Published May 17, 2023

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Tagged: 2000s, f2005, p2006