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A
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Borom Sarret (1963) |
"
Sembene's early short film encapsulates everything that is angry, witty, pellucid, and healthily, uncynically skeptical about his cinema."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 21, 2010
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A
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67%
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Cremaster 4 (1995) |
"
Barney's outlandish mise-en-scène, forever emphasizing the organic, the amorphous, the massive, the adhesive, and the fluorescent in quite literal ways, also retains those very qualities in my memory."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted May 19, 2010
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A
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75%
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Cremaster 1 (1996) |
"
Barney's outlandish mise-en-scène, forever emphasizing the organic, the amorphous, the massive, the adhesive, and the fluorescent in quite literal ways, also retains those very qualities in my memory."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted May 19, 2010
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A
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83%
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Cremaster 5 (1997) |
"
Barney's outlandish mise-en-scène, forever emphasizing the organic, the amorphous, the massive, the adhesive, and the fluorescent in quite literal ways, also retains those very qualities in my memory."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted May 19, 2010
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A
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77%
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Cremaster 2 (1999) |
"
Barney's outlandish mise-en-scène, forever emphasizing the organic, the amorphous, the massive, the adhesive, and the fluorescent in quite literal ways, also retains those very qualities in my memory."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted May 19, 2010
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A
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65%
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Cremaster 3 (2003) |
"
Barney's outlandish mise-en-scène, forever emphasizing the organic, the amorphous, the massive, the adhesive, and the fluorescent in quite literal ways, also retains those very qualities in my memory."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted May 19, 2010
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A
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69%
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Synecdoche, New York (2008) |
"
Brazen and witty and starkly serious...Synecdoche stands in relation to Kaufman's best previous screenplays in the same way that David Lynch's INLAND EMPIRE stood in relation to Mulholland Drive."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Nov 11, 2008
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A
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100%
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The Third Man (1949) |
"
If The Third Man is a tragedy, it isn't just the tragedy of a hobbled city, scribbled with ruins and parsed into zones of occupation that can't communicate and don't cooperate."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Sep 13, 2008
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A
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96%
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Boyz n the Hood (1991) |
"
Singleton strips his art of almost all ambiguity in the service of thematic and emotional and political transparency.... A tragic purgation of pity, anger, and fear."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Oct 26, 2006
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A
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73%
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Skammen (Shame) (1968) |
"
Shame draws the rutted map of war's psychology, in bold and grievous strokes recognizable to any audience, and liable to frighten and humble them all."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 6, 2006
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A
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90%
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The Corporation (2004) |
"
It's the Lord of the Rings of modern documentaries: epic, vivid, wise, well-paced, expansive%u2014the kind of movie that makes you want to do more with your life."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 6, 2006
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5/5
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83%
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Kuroi Ame (Black Rain) (1989) |
"
A stunning, humane, but difficult film about the human aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Mar 1, 2005
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5/5
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97%
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The Thin Man (1934) |
"
Elegant, frisky, funny, sly... what else are you looking for, exactly?"
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Oct 22, 2004
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A
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97%
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Maria Full of Grace (2004) |
"
From the standpoints of technique, interpretation, cultural sensitivity, and narrative integrity, Maria Full of Grace is an astute and unforgettable work."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Oct 17, 2004
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5/5
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93%
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Persona (1966) |
"
There are so many stunning monologues and unforgettable set-pieces in Persona that even at a modest 80 minutes, it feels fuller on the surface than most movies twice the length."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 28, 2004
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A+
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100%
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Modern Times (1936) |
"
Finds the comedy in the dashing of hopes, though it has both the verve to be funny for funny's sake when it feels the urge and the fortitude not to tidy up every dark stroke."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 28, 2004
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5/5
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100%
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On the Waterfront (1954) |
"
Not a flawless film, but so very fine that you'll remember what works--the terrific lead performance, the great support from Cobb and Saint, the evocative photography, the expertly chosen locations--more than what doesn't."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 28, 2004
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5/5
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100%
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Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey (1932) |
"
Sublimely creepy, and a surrealist surprise from this usually ascetic director."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 13, 2004
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5/5
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100%
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Mary Poppins (1964) |
"
Even better than you remember, better than anyone could have hoped, better than almost any other movie of its kind."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Jul 31, 2004
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5/5
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100%
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Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) |
"
If there never were another satire of war, you'd think this one would have single-handedly stopped the whole mad business."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Jul 29, 2004
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5/5
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97%
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La Grande illusion (Grand Illusion) (2012) |
"
You don't know war films can be like this until you see it: elegant, humane, seriocomic, deeply wounded, with a sublime regard for life that exceeds all borders."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Jul 27, 2004
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A
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82%
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The Travelling Players (O thiasos) (1976) |
"
I was aglow after The Travelling Players, which honestly strikes me, in all its alienation and opacity, as a thrilling and important and good motion picture."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Jun 20, 2004
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5/5
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96%
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Breathless (À bout de souffle) (By a Tether) (1961) |
"
Who doesn't like Breathless? It's some kind of free-wheeling comic experiment in cool, and it works the whole way."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Apr 20, 2004
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5/5
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89%
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Viskningar och Rop (Cries and Whispers) (1972) |
"
The most haunting death story in the movies, exquisitely photographed, like a reverie just before the afterlife."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Apr 20, 2004
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A
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93%
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Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004) |
"
Character arcs leap, plunge, spiral, and tie themselves into knots, yet somehow they still emerge as definable arcs, with real emotional punch... A rare and precious thing."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Apr 16, 2004
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A
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82%
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Monster (2004) |
"
A stunning and deceptively sophisticated picture...squarely in the tradition of Brecht. Monster deserves to keep winning awards, but the film is the real treasure."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Jan 27, 2004
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5/5
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99%
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Metropolis (1927) |
"
One of the all-time greats - one of those movies you finally watch and realize how much everyone's been stealing from it for 75 years."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Jan 23, 2004
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A
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100%
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Holiday (1938) |
"
Spellbinding without being a mystery, ravishing without being ornate, heartachy despite being a lovely comedy, and full of surprise gestures and unexpected flights of feeling."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Dec 15, 2003
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5/5
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100%
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The Godfather (1972) |
"
Is it really possible that this bears repeating? The Godfather is extraordinary."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Dec 8, 2003
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5/5
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98%
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Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) (Nosferatu the Vampire) (1922) |
"
The best, eeriest, most formally clever retelling of one of cinema's favorite stories."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Oct 11, 2003
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A+
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91%
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Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) |
"
Hannah is a masterpiece, a triumph of aesthetic balances like nothing the writer-director achieved previously or since, and a pinnacle of American moviemaking."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 17, 2003
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5/5
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98%
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Sunset Boulevard (1950) |
"
A virtually unimpeachable fugue for all manner of Hollywood deaths, those of people, minds, careers, dreams, and baboons."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 17, 2003
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5/5
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94%
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Andrei Rublev (1973) |
"
One of cinema's stunning achievements. If God ever watched a movie, he might well pick this one."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 17, 2003
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5/5
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100%
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Sherman's March (1986) |
"
Piquant, hilarious social tapestry of the American South, warmly and creatively extrapolated from a filmmaker's romantic despair."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 17, 2003
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5/5
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100%
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Laura (2005) |
"
Did Hollywood ever produce a more seductive mystery or a creepier romance? I wouldn't change a line, a frame, or a performance in this film."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 17, 2003
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5/5
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100%
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The Scarlet Empress (Catherine the Great) (1934) |
"
A thrilling historical pageant, featuring one of the most mind-blowing mises-en-scenes ever created for a film, plus iconic performances by Dietrich, Jaffe, and Dresser."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 17, 2003
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5/5
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94%
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Le Rayon vert (The Green Ray) (Summer) (2011) |
"
Also known as The Green Ray; by any name, this rose would smell as sweet. An all-time-great film that feels like a romance even though, I suppose, it isn't."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 17, 2003
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5/5
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100%
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Pinocchio (1940) |
"
Clearly the high-water mark of Disney's animated features; very nearly the high-water mark of American commercial film."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 17, 2003
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5/5
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76%
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Poison (1991) |
"
A mysterious, funny, sexy, and scary triptych; each film works beautifully on its own, and even better in relation to the others."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 17, 2003
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5/5
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100%
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The Crying Game (1992) |
"
A spindly, absorbing thriller about politics, ethics, sexuality, and the looseness of identity."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 17, 2003
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5/5
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77%
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Happy Together (Chun gwong cha sit) (1997) |
"
Possibly Wong Kar-Wai's best film, playing probing variations on the theme of strained companionship."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 16, 2003
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5/5
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90%
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The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) |
"
A domestic drama that is every bit the equal of Welles' Citizen Kane."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 16, 2003
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5/5
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98%
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Vertigo (1958) |
"
What can one say? Exquisitely controlled, framed, scored, acted, and edited. A peerless triumph."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 16, 2003
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5/5
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91%
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The Awful Truth (1937) |
"
Episodic but sublime screwball comedy, with Grant and Dunne at their most alluring."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 16, 2003
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5/5
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67%
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New York, New York (1977) |
"
One of the best of all movie musicals, and one of the best of all Scorsese. Extraordinary."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 16, 2003
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5/5
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76%
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Cape Fear (1991) |
"
Exquisitely overwrought, with maximum tension and brilliant acting, especially by Juliette Lewis."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 16, 2003
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5/5
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98%
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Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (Aguirre, the Wrath of God) (1972) |
"
One of the pre-eminent achievements in world cinema, as far as I'm concerned."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 15, 2003
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5/5
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95%
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L'année dernière à Marienbad (Last Year at Marienbad) (1961) |
"
It's become a punchline for early-60s artiness, but hey - this is still an entrancing piece of work."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 15, 2003
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5/5
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71%
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Naked Lunch (1991) |
"
One of Cronenberg's most difficult but deliriously clever and emotionally insinuating films."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 15, 2003
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5/5
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60%
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The Last of England (2005) |
"
One of the most emotionally shattering and formally inspired movies of the 1980s."
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Nick's Flick Picks
Posted Aug 15, 2003
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