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  • Pirate Radio

    Pirate Radio

    Like watching Tipper Gore dance to the music of Fleetwood Mac, there are few things less Rock ‘n’ Roll than...

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  • Whatever Works

    Whatever Works

    Whatever Works is centered around an aging quantum physicist named Boris and played by that guy from Curb Your Enthusiasm....

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  • Antichrist

    Antichrist

    Lars Von Trier’s latest film is a relentless hailstorm of violence, cruelty and despair. It is, undeniably, his most controversial...

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  • A Serious Man

    A Serious Man

    A story of mid-life anxieties, cultural and personal antipathies, and the incompatibility between ancient traditions and modern moral dillemas.

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  • The Great Escape: Madness and Isolation in Film

    The Great Escape: Madness and Isolation in Film

    We are entering a world that is a nice place to visit, but we wouldn’t want to live there. Death,...

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  • Drag Me To Hell (Director’s Cut)

    Drag Me To Hell (Director’s Cut)

    I’m tempted to say this film is Sam Raimi’s return to form, but his career is not that easy to...

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  • Whip It!

    Whip It!

    The movie has a self-aware quality that is more than a little charming and plays like The Mighty Ducks meets...

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  • The Seventh Seal

    The Seventh Seal

    The Seventh Seal is a great place to start with Bergman, an abstract, timeless classic that depicts a medieval knight’s...

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  • The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T

    The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T

    As bizzarre as this movie is, the most surprising thing about the film is the brilliant sense of comic timing...

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  • Crimes and Misdemeanors

    Crimes and Misdemeanors

    A modern response to Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment, Crimes and Misdemeanors is a film where religion, philosophy, art, and love...

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