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David Locke is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern Africa, but he makes little progress with the story. When he discovers the body of a stranger who looks similar to him, Locke assumes the dead man's identity. However, he soon finds out that the man was an arms dealer, leading Locke into dangerous situations. Aided by a beautiful woman, Locke attempts to avoid both the police and criminals out to get him.

16 Feb The Passenger (1975)

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Dying Authentically, Inside Out watched this again because of the recent loss of Maria Schneider. She was at times important to some influential film experiences by actively supporting passivity, and thus was a sort of transition archetype. And it reminded me once again of the...

Published February 16, 2024

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Tagged: 2010s, f1975, p2011

Brand Upon the Brain! (2006)

Filmmaker(s): Guy Maddin

Comedy

Guy and his sister grow up on an island. His domineering mother keeps watch over everything from the tip of a lighthouse, his eccentric father experiments in the basement laboratory. Then there are the orphans, on whose heads the adoptive parents later find puzzling wounds. Another brother and sister pair is sent to the island: the Lightball Kids, two detectives that are meant to bring light into the darkness. The brothers and sisters are all yanked into the emotional roller coaster of first love, while something cryptic comes to light in the parents' house.

16 Feb Brand Upon the Brain! (2006)

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Jalapeno Water the problem: Maddin is an impressive filmmaker. He is important and has made at least two films that are important to me. But he is not a very interesting person. So when he applies his mastery to making a personal film - a...

Published February 16, 2024

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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (2009)

There's A Storm Coming

Filmmaker(s): Daniel Alfredson

After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must prove her innocence. In doing this she plays against powerful enemies and her own past.

16 Feb The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (2009)

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Invisible Ink found this trilogy a drudge, getting more tedious in the later chapters. Yes, it is another all-powerful conspiracy story with a dogged detective who triumphs. The only attraction I can see is the border that is straddled here. Our girl is alternately powerful and...

Published February 16, 2024

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Edge of Darkness (2010)

Some secrets take us to the edge.

Filmmaker(s): Martin Campbell

As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emma's own mysterious life.

19 Feb Edge of Darkness (2010)

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Knowledge Aforehand this contains not only spoilers for this film, but the original teleplay as well. I’ve had the opportunity to see this close to the extraordinary original. In a fascinating superposition, both are by the same director. The original is one of the best long...

Published February 19, 2024

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Tagged: 2010s, f2010, p2011

Schizopolis (1996)

Come early! Come often!

Filmmaker(s): Steven Soderbergh

Comedy

A man works for the unpleasant guru of a Scientology-like movement.

22 Feb Schizopolis (1996)

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Duals am glad that Soderbergh is making films, even if every other one is a glossy mess. Like many filmmakers, he lives in and loves the medium. Unlike most of them, he experiments in film with things that matter — and he does it while...

Published February 22, 2024

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Tagged: 1990s, f1996, p2011

A Film with Me in It (2008)

A black comedy about screenwriting and slightly fatal accidents

Filmmaker(s): Ian Fitzgibbon

Comedy

A dissolute scriptwriter and a dejected actor become unwittingly drawn into a labyrinthine mess when several people experience bizarre accidental deaths in their flat. Though the men didn't deliberately cause any of the incidents, they fear that they will be unfairly pegged as murderers if they relay information to the cops, and promptly set about disposing of the corpses in gruesome ways.

22 Feb A Film with Me in It (2008)

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Interesting and Uninteresting Muddles again, we have a script concept that is promising enough to matter. Once again, we have an inept film built on that idea, inept because the writer wanted to be in it. The overall shape is an ordinary, explicit fold: one buddy...

Published February 22, 2024

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Tagged: 2000s, f2008, p2011

Chloe (2009)

If the one you love was lying to you, how far would you go to find out the truth?

Filmmaker(s): Atom Egoyan

A doctor hires an escort to seduce her husband, whom she suspects of cheating, though unforeseen events put the family in danger.

23 Feb Chloe (2009)

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The Son about film and how it works is made easier when you have two films that in some way are similar. Here we had an original French film that was really quite effective. It powerfully gave us the inner dance of two conflicting souls...

Published February 23, 2024

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The Oxford Murders (2008)

There is no way of finding a single absolute truth

Filmmaker(s): Álex de la Iglesia

Crime

At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.

23 Feb The Oxford Murders (2008)

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Talk Around Her is simply a fact that no film can stand by itself. Even when you deeply lose yourself in the experience, the cognitive machinery you use is different than in daily life — more toward directed dreamstate. Added to that is the knowledge...

Published February 23, 2024

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The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)

An unsolved crime. A love story. An unwritten ending.

Filmmaker(s): Juan José Campanella