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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)
Filmmaker(s): Wes Anderson

A rich man learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes. He sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.

Shifting of Equalities We have all watched as Wes moved more and more toward where he finds his soul as a storyteller — a constant movement toward what we have here, powerful enough to earn a place on my list of ‘fours’. Depending on when you...


Published December 3, 2024
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In the Mood for Love (2000)
Feel the heat, keep the feeling burning, let the sensation explode.
Filmmaker(s): Wong Kar-wai

In Hong Kong of 1962, Mrs. Chan and Mr. Chow, a journalist, move into neighbouring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite—until a discovery about their respective spouses creates an intimate bond between them.

Repetition, Secrets, Space Start with your typical Hong Kong Kung Fu movie. A normal director will simply film that. But not this guy. What drives kung fu movies is not the bozos doing the fighting, but the masters behind them who use them as surrogates. But then,...


Published December 2, 2024
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Talk to Her (2002)
Filmmaker(s): Pedro Almodóvar

Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.

The Manifold Fluidity of the Dance When a film's reason for being is to build layers, the opening shot must be a promise, an anchor in the shifting seas of perspective and a springboard for the narrative. In twenty seconds, I knew that this time Almodovar...


Published December 2, 2024
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Heaven (2002)
When you take justice into your own hands, what are the consequences?
Filmmaker(s): Tom Tykwer

Cate Blanchett stars as Philippa, a British teacher living in Turin, Italy, who has seen many friends, including her husband, fall victim to drug overdoses. Philippa has repeatedly contacted the police with information about Turin's biggest drug dealer but, complicit in his dealings, they have completely ignored her. So Philippa decides to dole out her own form of justice with a homemade bomb -- setting her off on a journey from young widow to fugitive on the run.

UnderItalian All movies are about other movies, never life. Kieslowski made a career out of making films that take a national filmmaking style and twisting them to new purposes, letting us know he is doing so in the process. ‘Three Colors' was as much about French filmmaking...


Published December 2, 2024
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The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
"If you're sad, and like beer, I'm your lady."
Filmmaker(s): Guy Maddin

In Depression-era Winnipeg, a legless beer baroness hosts a contest for the saddest music in the world, offering a grand prize of $25,000.

Bone Carpet Sometimes a film takes time to penetrate. Sometimes the apparently hackneyed becomes profound after handling. It has happened to me, and once it happened to me in front of you. Some time back, I saw this movie. It deviates in several ways. I thought each...


Published December 2, 2024
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Tanner on Tanner (2004)
Off the record, on camera.
Filmmaker(s): Andrew Blake

Sixteen years ago, Jack Tanner's bid for the White House ended at the 1988 Democratic convention. Now the former congressman is the subject of a documentary film directed by his daughter Alex focusing on the toll paid by failed contenders.

Woven Folds, Flattened Levels I keep my own list of films worth watching and from that I draw a smaller list of "number fours," films that everyone should see before they die. The rules of this short list provide for only two films from any year...


Published December 2, 2024
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2046 (2004)
Are you still in the mood for love?
Filmmaker(s): Wong Kar-wai

Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.

Gloved Hand If Welles, Tarkovsky and Kurosawa are the three past masters. Greenaway, Medem and Kar- Wai are the three greatest living filmmakers. All three weave incredibly deep and personal stories which bleed into the act of their creating the film. Each create striking images that...


Published December 2, 2024
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The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes (2004)
Filmmaker(s): Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay

Dark fairytale about a demonic doctor who abducts a beautiful opera singer with designs on transforming her into a mechanical nightingale.

Man's Machine, God's Tune It is a matter of abstraction. Always has been, in everything I suppose. But especially in film. The business is one of sharpening some edges and making others recede so as to cut us in some way. It is a dangerous business...


Published December 2, 2024
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Hidden (2005)
Filmmaker(s): Michael Haneke

George, host of a television show focusing on literature, receives videos shot on the sly that feature his family, along with disturbing drawings that are difficult to interpret. He has no idea who has made and sent him the videos. Progressively, the contents of the videos become more personal, indicating that the sender has known George for a long time.

Our Camera From the very first, we know that a hidden story within this film will merge with the film. After 4 minutes of looking at the movie, we realise we are looking at a movie within the movie, a tape. As the film proceeds, it...


Published December 2, 2024
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Inland Empire (2006)
A woman in trouble.
Filmmaker(s): David Lynch

An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.

Kieslowski Films Joyce I saw this during a period of extreme emotional stress, probably the best possible mode. It was also surrounded by my listening to "Big Fish," Lynch's book, read by himself. The contrast is astonishing: Lynch's banal aphorisms in the book with rich, multilayered...


Published December 2, 2024
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