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  • The Sicilian Clan

    ★★★

  • The Passion of Anna

    ★★★★

  • The Ox-Bow Incident

    ★★★★½

  • The Secret of Santa Vittoria

    ★★★½

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  • Scandal

    Scandal

    ★★★★

    Greatest Auld Lang Syne scene ever

  • The Birds

    The Birds

    ★★★

    There is something uncanny about Hitchcock referencing La Dolce Vita

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  • An Autumn Afternoon

    An Autumn Afternoon

    ★★★★★

    Ozu Walks His Audience Down the Aisle: The Ultimate Swan Song 

    Chishu Ryu’s character sits at a bar with his son. A few days earlier, he had mentioned that the barmaid looks identical to Ryu’s late wife. Upon seeing the lady. Chishu’s son remarks that the woman doesn’t look anything like his mother. Ryu responds, “not if you look closely, but there’s a resemblance.” This can be taken as the perfect representation of the relation between ‘An Autumn Afternoon’ and…

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