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Captain America: Civil War (2016, Dir. The Russo Brothers): When the Marvel cinematic universe kicked into high gear almost a decade ago, few would have predicted that the guy with the…
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The Summer of Frozen Fountains (2015, Dir. Vano Burduli): However much we might want to deny it, one of the attractions of foreign cinema is catching the whiff of the exotic. Go ahead…
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Microbe and Gasoline (2015, Dir. Michel Gondry): Michel Gondry’s career has led him through music videos, surreal cult classics (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), and even a stab at Hollywood blockbusters…
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Purple Rain (1984, Dir. Albert Magnoli): Now that we’re just beginning to process the untimely passing of the Artist formerly known as Prince Rodgers Nelson, we can brace ourselves for memorializing aplenty in the months…
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Paths of the Soul (2015, Dir. Zhang Yang): “It’s true, I have no religious beliefs. However, the shooting, as well as the movie, was a process of rediscovering myself and…
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All These Sleepless Nights (2016, Dir. Michal Marczak): “It’s so easy to heighten emotions and add story points and beats to make the story more dramaturgically interesting. But then you’re…
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The Hateful Eight (2015, Dir. Quentin Tarantino): You only need to hang mean bastards, but mean bastards you need to hang. — Kurt Russell, The Hateful Eight “You got it?”…
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Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015, Dir. J.J. Abrams): Warning: Some spoilers ahead. J.J. Abrams and Star Wars have been destined to meet since that scene in his Star Trek reboot…
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Sicario (2015, Dir. Denis Villeneuve): You should move to a small town, somewhere the rule of law still exists. You will not survive here. You are not a wolf, and…
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The Assassin (2015, Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien): In the original story, the bluebird is a peacock, an exotic pet kept by the King of Jibing. Wishing it would sing, the Queen…
