Pulp Fiction is often remembered as one of the most revolutionary and innovative feature films ever made, despite not really being about anything for a good majority of the running time. Oddly enough, this is a particular characteristic that has only rendered Quentin Tarantino’s film into one of the most celebrated feature films ever made. In a sense, the fact that Pulp Fiction seems to elude this traditional classification might be part of why this film has remained such a…
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The Heroic Trio 1993
While superhero films continue to dominate in popularity in contemporary American cinema, one can only see too many of them before they start feeling like you’ve seen one and then you’ve seen them all. That’s what makes The Heroic Trio stand out among everything else you’ll see – for it may be Hong Kong filmmaker Johnnie To’s greatest film, and simply put, it’s maybe the best superhero movie ever made. Every minute of The Heroic Trio feels like it’s making…
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The Swimming Pool 1977
Bulgaria under recovery after WWII. This is a whole movie where you really get a sense of how veterans have been treated following the war, into nothing more than idols for the small screen while their actual lives are in complete disarray. Yet we're also observing this whole scenario from the people who make a living by means of making them all presentable to the media, and exploiting them in turn. So many people here are all behaving in such…
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Schramm 1993
Not sure what else I would expect from watching a Buttgereit after the two Nekromantik films though I also couldn't help but feel as if I wanted to rewatch those again over this one. Make no mistake, Schramm features some of the most upsetting imagery you might ever find yourself seeing on the screen which shouldn't be a surprise given the fact that Buttgereit has made his reputation based on such transgressions in Nekromantik, but I also can't say there's…
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It's a Wonderful Life 1946
When they say movies have the power to save lives, this is exactly what they mean.
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