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  Moonlight 2016

  ★★★★★ Added

  Steve's Film Studies ~ ENGLISH ~ Drama
  'Moonlight' Directed by Barry Jenkins
  WHY SEE THIS FILM FOR ITS CINEMATOGRAPHY ?
  1. RT 98/79% "Moonlight uses one man's story to offer a remarkable and brilliantly crafted look at lives too rarely seen in cinema."
  www.rottentomatoes.com/m/moonlight_2016
  2. IMDB 7,4/10 Three Oscars, one Golden Globes and numerous regional awards.
  3. "How 'Moonlight' Uses Cinematography to Wreck Us Emotionally"
  nofilmschool.com/james-laxton-cinematography-moonlight

  PART OF BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY LIST : boxd.it/8UMwa

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  Cold War 2018

  ★★★★★ Added

  Steve's Film Studies ~ POLISH ~ Drama - Romance - Music - War
  ‘Zimna wojna’ Directed by Paweł Pawlikowski
  WHY SEE THIS FILM FOR ITS CINEMATOGRAPHY ?
  1. RT 92/81% "With a brilliantly stark visual aesthetic to match its lean narrative, Cold War doesn't waste a moment of its brief running time -- and doesn't skimp on its bittersweet emotional impact"
  www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cold_war_2018
  2. IMDB 7,6/10 Cannes and numerous regional awards.
  3. "Oscar-nominated DP Lukasz Żal discusses his aesthetic influences, stylistic choices, and the intimate nature of working on such a personal film."
  filmschoolrejects.com/cinematography-of-cold-war/

  PART OF BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY LIST : boxd.it/8UMwa

Popular reviews

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  Grand Illusion 1937

  ★★★★★ Added

  Steve's Film Studies ~ FRENCH ~ Drama History War
  ‘La Grande Illusion’ Directed by Jean Renoir
  WHY SEE THIS FILM ?
  1. RT 97/92% "Jean Renoir's Grand Illusion is a masterful anti-war statement, bringing humane insight and an undercurrent of ironic humor to an unusual relationship between captor and captive." www.rottentomatoes.com/m/la_grande_illusion
  2. IMDB 8,1/10 Numerous regional awards.
  3. "An explicitly anti-war film, La Grande Illusion advocates human solidarity across national and class barriers: the French and German aristocrats bond over…

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  The Postman 1994

  ★★★★★ Added

  Steve's Film Studies ITALIAN Comedy Drama Romance
  "Il postino" Directed by Michael Radford
  WHY SEE THIS FILM ?
  1. RT 93/94% "Il Postino movingly explores themes of love and friendship through sensitively depicted -- and beautifully acted -- relationships in 1950s Italy." www.rottentomatoes.com/m/il_postino_the_postman
  2. IMDB 7,7/10 One Oscar, Golden Globes and numerous regional awards.
  3. "Together, they make this good-hearted little film into a quiet meditation on fate, tact, and poetry. " www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-postman-il-postino-1995
  4. "The movie is calm, and kind,…