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Tampopo (1985)
The first Japanese Noodle Western.
Filmmaker(s): Jūzō Itami
Comedy

In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.

20 Feb

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New New Wave about other movies both fascinate and challenge me. The French "new wave" consisted of three types of ideas. They had notions about explicitly acknowledging the camera. That's such an ordinary notion these days that it is impossible to appreciate. And in any...


Published February 20, 2025
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Paprika (2006)
Filmmaker(s): Satoshi Kon
Animation
Science Fiction
Thriller

When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it and recover it before damage is done: Paprika.

20 Feb

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His Own Mirror happens when you see a wonderful film, a truly wonderful one, and you are disappointed because the very last one you saw was from the same filmmaker and was very much better? I should have watched some trash first. The better film I'm...


Published February 20, 2025
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The God of Ramen (2013)
Filmmaker(s): Takashi Innami
Documentary

Every day, people would queue for over two hours for a bowl of ramen. What’s the celebrated chef’s secret ingredient? There is no secret ingredient. In fact, as most fans of Taishoken believe, it’s the charisma of owner Kazuo Yamagishi that attracted people from all around Japan to his modest shop. His personality and love for his craft, combined with a precise mélange of flavours, combined to create perfection in each ramen bowl. This heart-warming documentary is not just for noodle fans, but for anyone who loves to be inspired by passionate people.

19 Feb

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Optional Demigods is a tricky one. This documentary is centred on a fellow who is celebrated as the best chef, in precisely the stance we have with ‘Jiro Dreams of Sushi’. That film predates the release of this but not the beginning of filming. Jiro...


Published February 19, 2025
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A Complete Unknown (2024)
The ballad of a true original.
Filmmaker(s): James Mangold
Drama
Music

New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music.

19 Feb

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Fragrant Mustard Carnaval was famous in his early years for not just serially adopting a persona, but pulling the whole environment including us into that construction. In the period of the movie he made up a Woody Guthrie past, with hobo and Carnaval, sometimes circus....


Published February 19, 2025
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Flow (2024)
Share in the beauty of togetherness.
Filmmaker(s): Gints Zilbalodis
Animation
Fantasy
Adventure

A solitary cat, displaced by a great flood, finds refuge on a boat with various species and must navigate the challenges of adapting to a transformed world together.

05 Feb

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Flow of Worlds with many long form projects, you have the world and somewhat separately you have characters moving through that world. In the noir form we have here some innocent characters are selected, seemingly at random, to be tossed by world forces for our...


Published February 5, 2025
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Moana 2 (2024)
The ocean is calling them back.
Filmmaker(s): David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, Dana Ledoux Miller
Animation
Adventure
Family
Comedy

After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys alongside Maui and a new crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she's ever faced.

30 Jan

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Lacks Discovery readers know that the original ‘Moana’ is on my list of fours, films that I believe are important, effective, and added to my life. At the time, I attributed much of that to what Lin Manual calls ‘the swell’ where a musical hook...


Published January 30, 2025
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Darkest Hour (2017)
Never never never surrender
Filmmaker(s): Joe Wright
Drama
History

In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.

29 Jan

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Tunnels, Crossings a scene in this, where Churchill takes ‘the tube’ so that he can meet the citizens. It is the turning point in this story where he is emboldened to fight the Germans agains the odds. It is — if to be lived —...


Published January 29, 2025
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Stand by Me (1986)
For some, it's the last real taste of innocence, and the first real taste of life.
Filmmaker(s): Rob Reiner
Crime
Drama

After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. On the way, Gordie, Vern, Chris and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, as they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.

27 Jan

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What Happened to Lardass? first duty of a filmmaker is to worry about how to transport the viewer into the special world they have in mind. The hard way to do this is by devising a very strong narrative. Expert filmmakers then worry about the...


Published January 27, 2025
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57 Minutes (2023)
Rewind the past. Avenge the future.
Filmmaker(s): Rusty Cundieff
Thriller
Science Fiction
Action

When a tech blogger lands an interview with a tech guru and stops an attack on him, he finds a mysterious ring that takes him back 57 seconds into the past.

27 Jan

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Circuit-Face are three layers to this thing. The first is our standard pop noir where an ordinary yobbo is plucked from life for in this case changing the world and winning the girl. There’s some silly science in there. Nothing interesting. Standard noir Voiceover narration. The...


Published January 27, 2025
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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
If adventure has a name, it must be Indiana Jones!
Filmmaker(s): Steven Spielberg
Adventure
Action

When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.

27 Jan

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Masculinity Fades in my several thousand comments, a contemporary comment is missing for this popular movie. I’ve seen this now again after more than 40 years. It has not aged well. In its time, it was a phenomenon, created by the two biggest filmmakers in...


Published January 27, 2025
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