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Geoff Murphy – UTU (1983)
Utu is the Maori word for “Retribution,” which sums up the chief motivating factor of this New Zealand-produced drama. Set…
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Francesco Rosi – Il momento della verità AKA The Moment of Truth (1965)
Quote:In the sporting world, bullfighting remains the epitome of contradiction, where grace begets gore and patience rewards ego. Such unsettling…
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Jean-Claude Brisseau – À l’aventure (2009)
Quote:In cinematic enfant terrible Jean-Claude Brisseau’s latest outing, “A l’aventure,” the explicit eroticism of his recent oeuvre topples over into…
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Claude Jutra – Mon oncle Antoine AKA My Uncle Antoine (1971)
All Movie.com Plot Synopsis by Hal EricksonWith Mon Oncle Antoine, actor Jean Duceppe established himself as Canada’s principle purveyor of…
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Alfred Hitchcock – Lifeboat (1944)
Several survivors of a torpedoed ship find themselves in the same boat with one of the men who sunk it.In…
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Michael Glawogger – Die Ameisenstraße AKA Ant Street (1995)
Quote:In the middle of Vienna stands an old tenement building, and time has left its mark both on the house…
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Roy Del Ruth – Taxi! (1932)
Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling against a consolidated juggernaut rally around hot-tempered Matt…
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Claude Autant-Lara – Marguerite de la nuit AKA Marguerite of the Night (1955)
Quote:Truffaut and Godard gave a bad name to the “quality” French cinema that preceded them. This film was one of…
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Chantal Akerman – Demain On Demenage aka Tomorrow We Move (2004)
FilmLinc wrote:The late Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman brings us an intellectual comedy about a mother and daughter who find themselves…
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