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Blade Runner 1982
“Wake up—time to die.”
Blade Runner is the quintessential cross section of two genres: science fiction and film noir. While these two are not paired together as often as other genre couplings like romance and comedy or action and drama, films like this one are diamonds in the rough of the cinema landscape.
Blade Runner sits as number one on my list of Tech Noir Classics and the reason being: it’s flawless.
“The light that burns twice as bright burns…
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Pickup on South Street 1953
“Are you waving the flag at me?”
Pickup on South Street is one of the best noirs ever made. The story hooks you from the very beginning with unexpected twists and turns that have you questioning every character in the process. As the story progresses, people’s true characters unravel and you find yourself feeling invested and affectionate towards the scoundrel hero and his friends.
“I’m just a guy keeping my hands in my own pockets.”
Everything about this film makes…
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Hard Eight 1996
It’s hard to believe this movie was made in ‘96 because it stands so far apart from many of the other movies that came out at the time. It doesn’t play into the 90s editing trends or cinematography tropes in the slightest. It’s also hard to believe that a movie this good could be someone’s directorial debut at Sundance at the age of 26. What were you doing at 26? What was I? Anyone who saw this knew that P.…
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Elvis 2022
Bio-pics can often be flat, shallow and forgettable pieces in the cinema landscape (think Bohemian Rhapsody or Being the Ricardos in recent years), but Baz Luhrmann creates a fantastic work of art that not only represents key historical moments of Elvis’s biography, but also truly entertains and engages you into investing in the artist’s life. The big success is this movie makes you feel like you really get to know Elvis as a person, complete with his depth, experiences, talent and…
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There Will Be Blood 2007
PTA knows how to craft something magnificent and have fun doing it. This movie was such an enjoyable watch on the big screen—seeing every detail from production design and costumes to cinematography was really something special on 35mm.
Daniel Day Lewis is indisputably one of the greatest actors of the age. There were times when this movie felt like a one man show despite its excellent performances by the supporting cast. This man is just a master and his work…
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Casablanca 1942
Casablanca is a masterpiece—the most perfectly crafted movie to come out of Hollywood to date.
It all begins, as always, with the writing. The story here hooks you from the very beginning. Desperate people in a desperate place during a desperate time in our world’s history, yet this movie is able to tell a story of love engulfed by war that makes your heart wrench.
“Go ahead. Shoot. You’ll be doing me a favor.”
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