Teenage burnout Samson has murdered his girlfriend and left her naked body lying on the bank of a river just outside their small California town. He not only doesn't run away, he brings his friends to gawk at her dead body. Gradually, word of the crime spread through his circle of friends, and for a long time, nobody called the cops. I remember reading up about this case several years back. At the time this happened, a lot of articles…
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Smooth Talk 1985
Suspended between carefree youth and the harsh realities of the adult world, a teenage girl experiences an unsettling sexual awakening in this haunting vision of innocence lost. Based on Joyce Carol Oates’s celebrated short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?,” the narrative debut from Joyce Chopra features a revelatory breakout performance by Laura Dern as fifteen-year-old Connie, an actress who seems perfectly suited to this role. She is a chameleon who looks 12 in one shot and…
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Tokyo Olympiad 1965
Kon Ichikawa's 1965's Tokyo Olympiad remains one of the greatest documentaries ever made about sports. Supervising a vast team of technicians using multiple cameras, Ichikawa captured the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo in glorious widescreen images, using cutting-edge telephoto lenses and slow motion to create a poetic perspective of the drama. Tokyo Olympics is a wonderful documentary that remains a historical document not just of an event but also of a time and place and a culture.
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The Runner 1984
A postrevolutionary Iranian film about a young orphan fending for himself on the streets of a port in the city. The boy takes odd jobs like collecting empty bottles and shining shoes while passing time with friends racing each other alongside moving trains. Its a powerful neorealism film which was inspired by the directors own childhood.
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