Category: the classics
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‘The Lovers’: The Vagaries of Love
‘The Lovers’ was as much of a headache as it was a pick-me-up for its director, Louis Malle, and its star, Jeanne Moreau.
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‘Mr. Klein’ is Joseph Losey At His Best
On Losey’s chilling 1976 thriller.
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Lovefool
On ‘The Heartbreak Kid.’
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‘La Main du Diable’ is a Nightmare
‘La Main du Diable’ was made during an especially dark moment in France’s history.
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‘Massacre Gun’ is a By-the-Book Yakuza Thriller
But it’s steadily generous to the senses.
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‘Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles’ is an Endurance Test with Big Rewards
Not a minute of ‘Jeanne Dielman”s three and a half hours feels inessential.
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The Youthful Chaos of ‘Stolen Kisses’
François Truffaut employs on his young protagonist the unmistakable sort of sympathy one might give themselves when reflecting on what they were scared of, what their failings were, when they were younger and searching for a sense of self.
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Firestarting
On ‘The Human Voice.’
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I Feel It All
On ‘Daisies’ and ‘Valerie and Her Week of Wonders.’
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‘A Page of Madness’ is a Movie in a Dream State
‘A Page of Madness’ is disorienting from the outset.
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‘Memories of Murder’ is an Exemplary Police Procedural
Writer-director Bong Joon-ho, doing masterful work in what was surprisingly only his second feature film, assiduously avoids offering a familiar “one bad apple” argument.
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‘The Long Good Friday’ is a Perfect Gloomy Mob Drama
Bob Hoskins, masterful, manages to make us care about a man who is for all intents and purposes ruthless and blackhearted.
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