kurtz's - Kurtz' Top 30 that survived a big clearout List
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Squaddie's-eye-view of the Belfast Troubles. Impressive. How we survived the seventies is anyone's guess.- Director:
- Yann Demange
- Cast:
- Jack O'Connell, Sam Reid, Sean Harris
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Early Antonio Campos, early Ezra Miller. Not really date night fare.
- Director:
- Antonio Campos
- Cast:
- Ezra Miller, Marta Miller, Jeremy Allen White
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Amelie (2001)Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
The UK's favourite French film. Every home should have one- Director:
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Cast:
- Audrey Tautou, Franck-Olivier Bonnet, Mathieu Kassovitz
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Actual perps pop up in a movie about their failed heist. Very meta.
- Director:
- Bart Layton
- Cast:
- Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka, Eric Borsuk
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Shares the look of the director's "Euphoria" series. Irresponsible fun, and it looks just brilliant.
- Director:
- Sam Levinson
- Cast:
- Odessa Young, Abra, Suki Waterhouse
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Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)La vie d'Adèle - Chapitres 1 et 2
Blimey...!- Director:
- Abdellatif Kechiche
- Cast:
- Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche
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Border (2018)Gräns
Trolls have difficulty integrating. Genuinely odd scenes abound. Quite a lot of sniffing.- Director:
- Ali Abbasi
- Cast:
- Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Jörgen Thorsson
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UK urban parable with tons of charm. Loses its way in last half hour.
- Director:
- Sally El Hosaini
- Cast:
- James Floyd, Elarica Johnson, Fady Elsayed
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Burning (2018)Beoning
The world's most shambolic investigator attempts to unravel a mysterious disappearance. Visually great.- Director:
- Chang-dong Lee
- Cast:
- Ah In Yoo, Steven Yeun, Jong-seo Jeon
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A Very Long Engagement (2004)Un Long Dimanche De Fiancailles
Labyrinthine plot with tons of Frenchness. Despite the cover it's a WW1 movie, and a good one.- Director:
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Cast:
- Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Jodie Foster
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Marky Mark Wahlberg tries to put an end to a losing streak whilst dealing patiently with his dysfunctional family and romancing Amy Adams. Good value.
- Director:
- David O. Russell
- Cast:
- Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams
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Of Freaks and Men (1998)Pro urodov i lyudey
The look is 1930's cinema but there is a powerful message here about desire and exploitation. Disturbing and definitely on the kinky side.- Director:
- Aleksey Balabanov
- Cast:
- Sergey Makovetskiy, Dinara Drukarova, Anzhelika Nevolina
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Guilty of Romance (2011)Koi no tsumi
Lurid tale of hard-won female empowerment, director Sion Sono's male gaze dominates,though.- Director:
- Sion Sono
- Cast:
- Miki Mizuno, Makoto Togashi, Megumi Kagurazaka
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Just joyous! A welcome antidote to Ru Paul and co, with songs that really rock!
- Director:
- John Cameron Mitchell
- Cast:
- John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask
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Terrific early Denis Villeneuve French-Canadian film showing the corrosive and lasting effects of Middle-East conflicts.
- Director:
- Denis Villeneuve
- Cast:
- Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette
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