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May 17th, 2013: Easy Rider (1969)

2 Comments Posted in Arthouse, Buddy Flick, Drama, Movie of the Day, Road Trip Tagged Deep South, Dennis Hopper, cameos, Mexico, drugs, hippies, rednecks, Bridget Fonda, Los Angeles, Jack Nicholson, LSD, Toni Basil, cemetery, Karen Black, prostitutes, farmers, brothel, motorcycle, Carrie Snodgress, Laszlo Kovacs, Peter Fonda, Terry Southern, lawyers, Phil Spector, Dan Haggerty, ACLU, cocaine, New Orleans, commune, Mardi Gras

May 6th, 2013: Return to Glennascaul

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on an Urban Legend, Black and White, Ghost, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Short Tagged abandoned house, Best Short Subject Nominee, Dublin, ghost story, haunted house, hitchhiking, Ireland, Orson Welles

April 29th, 2013: My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Comedy, Drama, Movie of the Day, Romance Tagged arranged marriage, before they were famous, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Britain, Channel Four Films, class issues, Daniel Day-Lewis, immigrants, laundromat, mistress, Pakistanis, poverty, racism, racists, Roshan Seth, Saeed Jaffrey, Shirley Anne Field, Stephen Frears, Stephen Marcus, Working Title Films

March 28th, 2013: Pan’s Labyrinth

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1 Comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Coming of Age, Drama, Fantasy, Guerrillas, Monster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller, War Movies Tagged Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Foreign Language Picture Nominee, Best Makeup, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, co-production, Doug Jones, dream worlds, evil stepfather, fairy, fairy tale, faun, Guillermo Del Toro, labyrinth, Mexico, pregnancy, Spain, Spanish Civil War, stepfather, tyrannical officer

March 27th, 2013: Reservoir Dogs (1992)

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Crime, Heist, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged before they were famous, cops, diamond heist, diner, double cross, Edward Bunker, Harvey Keitel, Laurence Tierney, Los Angeles, Michael Madsen, Miramax, mix-tape soundtrack, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Steve Buscemi, Steven Wright, the declining years, Tim Roth, torture, undercover

March 17th, 2013: The Secret of Kells

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Animation, Arthouse, Coming of Age, Family, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged Belgium, Best Animated Feature Nominee, Brendan Gleeson, co-production, fairies, France, Ireland, Middle Ages, monastery, monks, teens, Vikings

March 10th, 2013: Grave of the Fireflies

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Animation, Anime, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Movie of the Day, War Movies Tagged bombing, homefront, horrors of war, Japan, Studio Ghibli, World War Two

March 8th, 2013: The Honeymoon Killers

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2 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Arthouse, Black and White, Con, Crime, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller, True Crime Tagged child death, con artist, controlling mother, cult, Doris Roberts, double cross, Drive-In, grindhouse, insanity, Leonard Kastle, low-budget, mother, mother-daugther relationship, New York City, nurse, pregnancy, Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco

February 28th, 2013: Brand Upon the Brain

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5 Comments Posted in Arthouse, Black and White, Independent, Movie of the Day, Silent Tagged Canada, children of famous people, cross dressing, Guy Maddin, Isabella Rossellini, island, lighthouse, mad scientist, sororicide

February 27th, 2013: The Wind (1928)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Silent, Tragedy, Women's Picture Tagged ex-pat director, Frances Marion, insanity, jealousy, Lillian Gish, location shooting, marriage of convenience, MGM, Montagu Love, National Film Registry, prarie, studio interference, Victor Sjostrom

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