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September 24th, 2014: The Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei)

Sep24 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller Tagged "Old Person Looks Back", abusive relationship, Best Foreign Language Picture Nominee, character study, divorcee, father, feudal system, Hiroyuki Sanada, Japan, keeping up appearances, Meiji Restoration, narration, Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV), poverty, Rie Miyazawa, Samurai, senile parent, seppaku, Shochiku Company, widower, Yoji Yamada

August 8th, 2014: La Strada (1954)

Aug8 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, Drama, Movie of the Day, Neo-Realism, Road Trip, Tragedy Tagged "simple" people, acrobats, Anthony Quinn, Best Foreign Language Picture, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Carlo Ponti, circus, clowns, Dino De Laurentiis, Federico Fellini, Giulietta Masina, homage, Italy, location shooting, love triangle, murder, Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica, poverty, Richard Basehart, strongman

December 30, 2013: Santa Claus (1959)

Dec29 by retrozombi

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on Myths, Comedy, Demons, Family, Fantasy, Holiday, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Christmas, Merlin, Mexico, poverty, Santa Claus, spoiled rich kids

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

Apr29 by Professor Mortis

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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

August 9th, 2011: Once Were Warriors

Aug9 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Addicition, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Coming of Age, Drama, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day Tagged abusive relationship, alcoholic, bar fight, Cliff Curtis, domestic violence, Lee Tamahori, low-budget, Maori, New Zealand, New Zealand Film Commission, poverty, racists, rape, street gang, Temuera Morrison

July 19th, 2011: Angela’s Ashes

Jul19 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Biopic, Coming of Age, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day Tagged Alan Paker, alcoholic, Best Original Score Nominee, Emily Watson, Ireland, John Williams, poverty, Robert Carlyle, Scott Rudin Productions, traumatized children

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