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May 25th, 2012: The Hidden Fortress (1958)

Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Action, Adventure, Arthouse, Black and White, Chanbara, Event Film, Jidaigeki, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original Tagged Akira Kurosawa, comedic working class, Japan, peasants, Samurai, samurai swords, Takashi Shimura, Toho, Toshiro Mifune

May 22nd, 2012: Z (1969)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Political Thriller, Thriller Tagged assassination, assassination attempt, Best Actor (Cannes), Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing, Best Foreign Language Picture, Best Picture Nominee, car accident, car attack, coma, conspiracy, Costa-Gravas, coup, doctor, France, Greece, hospital, informer, Irene Pappas, it's not over, Jacques Perrin, Jean-Louis Trintignant, journalist, Jury Prize (Cannes), Palme D'Or Nominee, paramilitary group, political group, politician, reluctant witness, surgery, Yves Montand

May 16th, 2012: Machete (2010)

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Leave a comment Posted in Revenge, So-Bad-It's-Good, Arthouse, Adaptation, Movie of the Day, Based on a Sketch Tagged Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Robert Rodriguez, Jeff Fahey, Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Alba, Don Johnson, Cheech Marin, Robert De Niro, Steven Seagal

May 11th, 2012: The Leopard (1963)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Epic, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged "Cast of Thousands", Alain Delon, aristocracy, ball, Burt Lancaster, class issues, Claudia Cardinale, decline, France, Garibaldi, Italy, Luchino Visconti, noble, revolution, revolutionaries, Sicily, Terrence Hill, Titanus

OSS117: Cairo, Nest of Spies

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Comedy, Espionage, Fish-Out-of-Water, Period Film, Quick Reviews, Reviews, Satire, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged Canal+, CineCinema, double cross, Egypt, France, Gaumont, Jean Dujardin, M6 Films, Mandarin Films, Michel Hazanavicius, musical interlude, Nazis, OSS117, princess, Soviets, Suez Canal, World War II Veterans, World War Two

May 9th, 2012: Miller’s Crossing (1990)

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Crime, Drama, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller Tagged "Looks like I'm just gonna have to Yojimbo it", 20th Century Fox, Albert Finney, alcoholic, Barry Sonnenfeld, before they were famous, Carter Burwell, double cross, Ethan Coen, Frances McDormand, Gabriel Byrne, hit man, homage, J.E. Freeman, Joel Coen, John Turturro, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, Michael Badalucco, Michael Jeter, Mike Starr, mob, mob war, mobsters, moll, Sam Raimi, Steve Buscemi, tommy gun

May 1st, 2012: The Man with a Movie Camera aka Living Russia, or The Man with a Camera (1929)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, Documentary, Movie of the Day, Propaganda, Silent Tagged "a day in the life", industry, Soviet, Soviet Union, workers

April 29th, 2012: Rumba (2008)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black Comedy, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Slapstick Tagged amnesia, amputation, Belgium, Canal+, car accident, Centre National de la Cinématographie, dance, dancers, English teacher, France, grade school, gym teacher, MK2 Productions, Normandy, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone, rumba, short term memory loss, teachers, TPS Star, wheelchair, whimsy

April 26th, 2012: Titus (1999)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Play, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Political Thriller, Revenge, Tragedy Tagged Alan Cumming, Angus Macfadyen, Anthony Hopkins, Best Costume Design Nominee, Britain, cannibalism, Colm Feore, double cross, Goths, Harry Lennix, insanity, Italy, Jessica Lange, Julie Taymor, Queen, rape, Rome, William Shakespeare

April 19th, 2012: The Holy Mountain (1973)

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4 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black Comedy, Fantasy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Satire Tagged Alejandro Jodorowsky, allegory, art, artists, enlightenment, gore, guru, head film, Mexico, mountain climbing, mountains, mystics, reinvention, spirtual journey, surreal

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