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Superman 1978
Superman was the first movie we ever owned and that I ever watched, a VHS tape my parents got me when I was 3 or 4 (and they still have it, just checked!). Almost certainly the movie I’ve watched the most times, countless times at any rate. Not just my superhero movie obsession but my movie obsession at large has its roots right here.
While probably not a perfect movie on paper, it’s got so many timeless elements I can…
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The Bridges of Madison County 1995
Meryl Streep acts and yearns so incredibly that even I was out here swooning for Clint Eastwood…wow what a beautiful film
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Salaam Bombay! 1988
Insanely bleak and sad, but also a beautifully real-feeling portrait of children’s lives in the slums of Bombay/Mumbai…jeez Mira Nair this was your directorial debut?!?
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Leila and the Wolves 1984
Kinda brilliant really. Based on real events, depicts the undervalued contributions of Palestinian and Lebanese women for the resistance during the decades surrounding the Nakba and the Lebanese civil war. Having real (and often bleak) archival footage scattered throughout works really effectively too just when someone (not me but someone) might want to argue that things are being overplayed or overdramatized.
First time this is getting shown in US theaters since it came out over 40 years ago!! Very cool PFS
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A Face in the Crowd 1957
Absurdly ahead of its time on how a gross Trump-like figure could capture the hearts of Americans using charisma and media theatrics, even if Lonesome Rhodes’ rise to power and corruption is a bit more tragic rather than a given. Hopefully the ending is as prescient as the rest of it. I had no idea Andy Griffith could put out a performance this incredibly energetic and complex.
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