One sign of a good film is if it needledrops a piece of music you typically don't care for and it manages to make you emotional from the way it's used. In this case, "Fire and Rain" by James Taylor.
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Enter the Dragon 1973
The kung fu tournament may be held on Opium Lord Pussy Island and adhere to strict rules + regulations, but make no mistake, Lee is the gravitational force who all others pulled into his orbit are at the mercy of.
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That Obscure Object of Desire 1977
"Mateo, you don't understand women."
...neither did 77 year old Luis Buñuel.
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Moonlight 2016
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Those last five minutes offer the most subtly resonant instance of catharsis ever put on screen. A lifetime of longing and internal anguish overcome by a single gesture of outward vulnerability. The serene magnitude of a man liberating that little boy he has always been and finally accepting himself for who he is. No matter what Chiron's and Kevin's futures entail, I keep coming back to the refrain from Frank Ocean's "Godspeed:"
This love will keep us through blinding of the eyes
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