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X-Men (2000)
Trust a few. Fear the rest.
Filmmaker(s): Bryan Singer
Adventure
Action
Science Fiction

Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.

30 Sep

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Missed a Chance One nice thing about this is the casting of McKellan and Stewart. Despite the latter's adventures with the stupid StarTrek, he is an intelligent actor, as is McKellan. They tower over the amateurs in this film as their characters should. About bad acting,...


Published September 30, 2024
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Tango (1998)
Tango: do not ever leave me
Filmmaker(s): Carlos Saura
Drama
Romance

A dangerous love affair inspires a director to create the most spectacular and boldly seductive dance film ever made.

05 Dec

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Making Film Dance I love this stuff. This film has weaknesses, but the ambition is so grand one can forgive, at least in deciding to watch. The general problem is mixing film and dance. Rarely, oh so rarely is it done well. The stock choices are two:...


Published December 5, 2023
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The Falls (1980)
Filmmaker(s): Peter Greenaway
Science Fiction
Comedy

The exploration of the effects of an unexpected catastrophe, known as VUE (violent unknown event) through the bios of 92 survivors.

27 Jul

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Borges Meets Hitchhiker's Guide How Greenaway surprises. Here is an early work that is rich in ways that in later works seem submerged. The concept: A 'Violent Unexplained Event' occurs at 11:41 PM GMT, 14 June, People experience physical changes, often transitioning to birds. 92 new languages...


Published July 27, 2023
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Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
Filmmaker(s): Louis Malle
Drama

An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 1899 play "Uncle Vanya" played out by a company of actors. The setting is their run down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play is shown act by act with the briefest of breaks to move props or for refreshments. The lack of costumes, real props and scenery is soon forgotten.

05 Mar

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Four Layers There's no shortage of intelligent work in film. But here we have one of the most complexly referential things I've ever seen. Simple self-reference points to itself. Common self-reference points to the viewer defining the experience. But Mingus used to say why have three threads...


Published March 5, 2023
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Snake Eyes (1998)
Believe everything except your eyes.
Filmmaker(s): Brian De Palma
Thriller
Crime
Mystery
Drama

All bets are off when shady homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. It's up to him and lifelong friend, Naval intelligence agent Kevin Dunne to uncover the conspiracy behind the killing. At every turn, Santoro makes increasingly shocking discoveries that even he can't turn a blind eye to.

13 May

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The Eye That Lies This is a wonderful experience. Never mind that the acting is poor and the story weak — that was never the point. This film was made because DePalma knows how to make his camera dance and wanted to make a film based...


Published May 13, 2022
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Good Will Hunting (1997)
Some people can never believe in themselves, until someone believes in them.
Filmmaker(s): Gus Van Sant
Drama

When professors discover that an aimless janitor is also a math genius, a therapist helps the young man confront the demons that are holding him back.

13 May

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Snark Hunting I admire films that shoot high and miss. But it really rankles me when a film pretends to shoot high, avoids doing so because of lack of talent, and lies to us in the process. There's great drama in the mere existence of an idiot...


Published May 13, 2022
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