Countless other characters pass out and in of this rare charmer without much fanfare, nonetheless thanks into the film’s sly wit and fully lived-in performances they all leave an improbably lasting impression.
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Even more acutely than either from the films Kieślowski would make next, “Blue” illustrates why none of us is ever truly alone (for better worse), and then mines a powerful solace from the cosmic thriller of how we might all mesh together.
The previous joke goes that it’s hard for your cannibal to make friends, and Hen’s bloody smile of a Western delivers the punchline with pieces of David Arquette and Jeremy Davies stuck between its teeth, twisting the colonialist mindset behind Manifest Destiny into a bonafide meal plan that it sums up with its opening epipgrah and then slathers all over the display screen until everyone gets their just desserts: “Consume me.” —DE
A sweeping adventure about a 14th century ironmonger, the animal gods who live in the forest she clearcuts to mine for ore, along with the doomed warrior prince who risks what’s left of his life to stop the war between them, Miyazaki’s painstakingly lush mid-career masterpiece has long been seen being a cautionary tale about humanity’s disregard for nature, but its true power is rooted less in protest than in acceptance.
In the a long time due to the fact, his films have never shied away from difficult subject matters, as they tackle everything from childhood abandonment in “Abouna” and genital mutilation in “Lingui, The Sacred Bonds,” for the cruel bureaucracy facing asylum seekers in “A Period In France.” While the dejected character he portrays in “Bye Bye Africa” ultimately leaves his camera behind, it can be to cinema’s great fortune that the real Haroun didn't do the same. —LL
Seen today, steeped in nostalgia to the freedoms of the pre-handover Hong Kong, “Chungking Specific” still feels new. The film’s lasting power is especially impressive inside the face of such a fast-paced world; a world in which nothing could be more beneficial than a hot concrete offer from someone willing to share the same future with you — even if that offer is published over a napkin. —DE
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The Taiwanese master established himself since the true, uncompromising heir to Carl Dreyer with “Flowers of Shanghai,” which arrives within the ‘90s much how “Gertrud” did from the ‘60s: a film of such luminous beauty and singular style that it exists outside with the time in which it was made altogether.
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Along with giving many viewers a first glimpse into city queer lifestyle, this landmark documentary about New York City’s underground ball scene pushed the Black and Latino gay communities into the forefront for your first time.
More than just a breakneck look inside the porn marketplace mainly because it struggled to obtain over the hump of home video, “Boogie Nights” is usually a story about a magical valley of misfit toys — action figures, to be specific. All of these horny weirdos have been cast out from their families, all of them are looking for surrogate relatives, and all of them have followed the American Dream into the same ridiculous place.
A movie with transgender leads played by transgender actresses, this film established sensual sex a whole new gold standard for casting LGBTQ movies with LGBTQ performers. In accordance with Wide variety
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