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Taxi Driver 1976
every woman who loves this movie is hot and has excellent taste. every man who loves this movie is insane and should be shot on sight in the national interest
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Vanya on 42nd Street 1994
i think the reason most film adaptations of chekhov don’t quite work is because they take the text far too seriously. despite his reputation as a father figure in the russian literary canon, chekhov’s humor is inherently silly at times. (sorry to break it to you, jeremy strong.) what makes his work so great isn’t just his profound observations of the individual and the society that shapes them, but the delicate balance he achieves by weaving that powerful commentary with the…
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James Baldwin: From Another Place 1973
some interesting and illuminating moments in this but what really moved me were the images of baldwin immersing himself fully in the culture of a foreign land, a country that likely felt more like home to him than his native one. and there’s a shot toward the end where he smiles, and i mean really smiles—from ear to ear, eyes crinkling at the corners, gapped teeth on full display—that is just so breathtakingly beautiful.
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