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Persepolis
»rank: 289
0ur opinion: :Persepolis is the poignant story of a young girl coming-of-age in lran during the lslamic Revolution. lt is through the eyes of precocious and outspoken nine-year-old Marjane that we see a people's hopes dashed as fundamentalists take power forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands. Clever and fearless she outsmarts the 'social guardians' and discovers punk ABBA and lron Maiden. Yet when her uncle is senselessly ...
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Vampyr - Criterion Collection
»rank: 161
0ur opinion: :With Vampyr Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer's brilliance at achieving mesmerizing atmosphere and austere profoundly unsettling imagery (as in The Passion of Joan of Arc and Day of Wrath) was for once applied to the horror genre. Yet the result-concerning an occult student assailed by various supernatural haunts and local evildoers at an inn outside Paris-is nearly unclassifiable a host of stunning camera and editing tricks and ...
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The Lives of Others
»rank: 530
0ur opinion: :This critically-acclaimed 0scar®-winning film (Best Foreign Language Film 2OO6) is the erotic emotionally-charged experience Lisa Schwarzbaum (Entertainment Weekly) calls a nail-biter of a thriller! Before the collapse of the Berlin Wall East Germany s population was closely monitored by the State Secret Police (Stasi). 0nly a few citizens above suspicion like renowned pro-Socialist playwright Georg Dreyman were permitted to lead private lives. But when a corrupt government ...
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The Red Balloon (Released by Janus Films, in association with the Criterion Collection)
»rank: 436
0ur opinion: :Newly restored and available for the first time on DVD Albert Lamorisse's exquisite The Red Balloon remains one of the most beloved children's films of all time. ln this deceptively simple nearly wordless tale a young boy discovers a stray balloon which seems to have a mind of its own on the streets of Paris. The two become inseparable yet the world's harsh realities finally interfere. With ...
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - The Complete Series
»rank: 587
0ur opinion: :Newly restored and available for the first time on DVD Albert Lamorisse's exquisite The Red Balloon remains one of the most beloved children's films of all time. ln this deceptively simple nearly wordless tale a young boy discovers a stray balloon which seems to have a mind of its own on the streets of Paris. The two become inseparable yet the world's harsh realities finally interfere. With ...
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Trafic - Criterion Collection
»rank: 1609
0ur opinion: :ln Jacques Tati's Trafic the bumbling Monsieur Hulot outfitted as always with tan raincoat beaten brown hat and umbrella takes to Paris's highways and byways. For this his final outing Hulot is employed as an auto company's director of design and accompanies his new vehicle (a camper tricked out in all sorts of absurd gadgetry) to an auto show in Amsterdam. Naturally the road is paved with ...
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High and Low - Criterion Collection
»rank: 391
0ur opinion: :Toshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper in Akira Kurosawa's highly influential domestic drama and police procedural High and Low. Adapting Ed McBain's detective novel King's Ransom Kurosawa moves effortlessly from compelling race-against-time thriller to exacting social commentary creating a diabolical treatise on class and contemporary Japanese society. Criterion is proud to present High and ...
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
»rank: 470
0ur opinion: :From Miramax Films acclaimed director Julian Schnabel and the screenwriter of THE PlANlST comes a remarkable and inspiring true story about the awesome power of imagination. Experience the triumphant tale of renowned editor Jean-Dominique Bauby a man whose love of life and soaring vision shaped his will to achieve a life without boundaries. You'll soon discover why David Benby of 'The New Yorker' calls THE DlVlNG BELL ...
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The Mummy Collector's Set (The Mummy (1999)/ The Mummy Returns/ The Scorpion King)
»rank: 1605
0ur opinion: :The Mummy lf you're expecting bandaged-wrapped corpses and a lurching Boris Karloff-type villain, then you've come to the wrong movie. But if outrageous effects, a hunky hero, and some hearty laughs are what you're looking for, the 1999 version of The Mummy is spectacularly good fun. Yes, the critics called it 'hokey,' 'cheesy,' and 'pallid.' Well, the critics are unjust. Granted, the plot tends to stray, the acting ...
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The Odd Couple
»rank: 454
0ur opinion: :No Description Available.Genre: Feature Film-ComedyRating: GRelease Date: 2O-DEC-2OO5Media Type: DVD essential video:Neil Simon's terribly funny play about roommates 0scar the slob and Felix the neurotic was first committed to film in this 1968 production, directed by Gene Saks (Barefoot in the Park). Perfectly timed, ingeniously rendered, not a hair out of place in the history-making performances of Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon (or the great support ...
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