January 2017
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Once a Thief (1965, Dir. Ralph Nelson): The opening of Once a Thief is a literal hoot and a holler that catapults us back to San Francisco of the mid-sixties. Within…
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Cruel Gun Story, aka Kenjū zankoku monogatari (1964, Dir. Takumi Furukawa): You’re 36 years old. Old enough that you should know what your future holds. — Cruel Gun Story At first…
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Stanley Kubrick's early heist film honors the conventions of noir cinema, while announcing his arrival as a one-of-a-kind filmmaker.