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CloseThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
rvbranham: “perhaps the best anti-war films ever, & 1 of the best color films ever, & not even necessarily powell's best, just one of many many high points...”
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Jean-Luc Godard
rvbranham: “another superlative reel in the æternal j.-l. godard movie”
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Wes Anderson
rvbranham: “again, again...perfection perfected.”
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Terry Gilliam
rvbranham: “"we're all in this together!"”
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David Cronenberg
rvbranham: “in a perfect world this would have been a bofo box office hit.”
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Steven Soderbergh
rvbranham: “revolution as drama, as farce, as tragedy...”
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Richard Linklater
rvbranham: “school's out, so it's sex+drugs+rock-&-roll+epic hangovers to pay for it. manages a piss-take on nostalgia without pissing on its characters.”
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David Maysles, Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin
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Steven Soderbergh
rvbranham: “saw this after the uk miniseries that inspired it. & soderberg's version is infinitely better, w/ the velocity of altman & fritz lang at their finest.”
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CloseLa ronde
Max Ophuls
rvbranham: “classic elegant & heartfelt ophuls, his gliding camera dancing around the erotic dancers. anton walbrook! simone signoret!!! simone simon!!”
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Jean-Pierre Melville
rvbranham: “another great melville noir, with alain delon & yves montand & gian maria volonté. melville created a cool (yet classic) style that stays cool.”
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder
rvbranham: “in true science fictional genius fassbinder beat the bros wachowsky to the matrix by decades. having a masterwork decades after yr death? genius!!!”
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CloseW. C. Fields—Six Short Films
Monte Brice, Clyde Bruckman, Edwin Middleton…
rvbranham: “six odes to the joys of misanthropy, & classic slapstick to boot.”
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Carl Th. Dreyer
rvbranham: “one of the best vampire movies, not so much scary as slightly creepy & surreal. vampyr & passion of joan of arc assure carl dreyer's place in history.”
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CloseUnder the Roofs of Paris
René Clair
rvbranham: “another great rené clair, with troubadours & gangsters—arguably the first screwball comedy... (bonus short paris qu dort (1925) is a treat, too)”
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CloseThe Thief of Bagdad
Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell and Tim Whelan
rvbranham: “korda (w.lots o help fr. michael powell, & a bit of hindrance fr. pederast ludwig berger) directed & prod. the best fantasy ever. sabu & conrad veidt!”
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CloseBefore the Rain
Milcho Manchevski
rvbranham: “balkan region's uncivil wars as seen thru the eyes of a photo agency rep (the late great katrin cartlidge), a war photographer, & a macedonian monk.”
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Abbas Kiarostami
rvbranham: “a marvelous drive thru tehran's hilly suburbs—& perhaps the best film ever to deal with suicide. (also a dance of the devout & secularist, go figure.)”
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CloseThe Tales of Hoffmann
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
rvbranham: “without powell & pressburger there'ld be no u.k. cineman(after all, hitchcock bolted to hollywood). a gorgeous fantasia on offenbach's opera”
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Alfonso Cuarón
rvbranham: “under-rated cuarón debut, a comedy involving a don juan, mixed up medical records, & a chase thru mexico city. emmanuel lubezki's camerawork is great.”
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Catherine Breillat
rvbranham: “breillat's movie starts as a tart depiction of sibling rivalry & 2 girls' comings of age, but takes genuinely scary & disturbing turns.”
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Jane Campion
rvbranham: “jane campion's debut, a genuis comedy depicts truly fuckedup sibling rivalry & a family in the nile, australian-style. (& this was booed at cannes?!)”
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CloseStraw Dogs
Sam Peckinpah
rvbranham: “a fascist masterpiece?, dunno but it is pekinpah at his most uncompromising gnarliest — & dustin hoffman, susan george & david warner are great.”
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CloseStagecoach
John Ford
rvbranham: “john ford & john wayne in the western that sealed the deal. & claire travor & john carradine are great too. amazing how much fun this still is.”
Blu-Ray Spine #516 Learn more »
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