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Around the World in 24 Frames 11.20.09: The Great Films of the 2000's - The Honorable Mentions
(11.20.2009)
The 2000's was an insane decade...Come in while I examine the first part of the Great Films of the past 10 years from around the globe: These are the Honorable Mentions. |
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Around the World in 24 11.13.09: Bicycle Thieves
(11.13.2009)
Neorealism begins here, in a tale about a man, his son and his bicycle. |
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Around The World in 24 Frames 11.06.09: Floating Weeds
(11.06.2009)
The Final part of our Ozu retrospective: Ozu in color! |
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Around the World in 24 Frames 10.30.09: Late Spring
(10.30.2009)
It's Late Spring by Yasujirō Ozu. If you love movies, you will read this. |
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Antichrist Review
(10.23.2009)
Does Lars Von Trier's new film deserve the title of "Most Controversial Film of 2009"? Will "Chaos Reign"? Read on to find out... |
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Around the World in 24 Frames 10.23.09: Tokyo Story
(10.23.2009)
Part One as I examine the films of Japan's master craftsman, Yasujirō Ozu and his penultimate masterpiece - As well as an impromptu review of Where The Wild Things Are... |
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Around the World in 24 Frames 10.16.09: The Exterminating Angel
(10.16.2009)
The final chapter in my Luis Buñuel retrospective: One of the cooler titles in film history and a plot that won't allow you to leave. Come on in like the good sheep you are. |
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Around the World in 24 Frames 10.09.09: Belle De Jour
(10.09.2009)
We dive right into part four of Luis Buñuel's filmography by examining his, mine, and everyone's fetishes. Let's see who likes whipped cream and who likes the whips...I like Ruby Slippers. Read on to find out! |
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Around the World in 24 Frames 10.02.09: Viridiana
(10.02.2009)
Luis Buñuel's delightful warning about how charity can bite you in the you-know-what. |
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Around the World in 24 Frames 09.25.09: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
(09.25.2009)
Part Two of an examination in the mind of Luis Buñuel, as he tricks his own characters (and us in the process) into thinking they will have a chance to eat. Also - Len has the AUDACITY to declare 2009 as the best year for movies this decade! With proof! The AUDACITY!!! |
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Around the World in 24 Frames 09.18.09: Un Chien Andalou
(09.18.2009)
Part One of a retrospective of surrealist master Luis Buñuel - perhaps the most famous short film ever made. Let's get into the eyeball-slicing action... |
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Around The World in 24 Frames 09.11.09: Contempt
(09.11.2009)
The conclusion of my retrospective of the French New Wave: Godard in COLOR! |
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Around the World in 24 Frames 09.04.09: Shoot The Piano Player
(09.04.2009)
Truffaut introduces the "Dramedy" to the world... |
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Around the World in 24 Frames 08.28.09: My Life to Live
(08.28.2009)
Godard shows the world the unlimited power of a movie camera by stripping it down to its bare essential function - to look. |
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Around the World in 24 Frames 08.21.09: Jules and Jim
(08.21.2009)
François Truffaut's take on a love triangle kicks the French New Wave into high gear... |
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Around the World in 24 Frames 08.14.09: Breathless
(08.14.2009)
Jean-Luc Goddard's debut film. That's all you need to know. |
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Around the World in 24 Frames 08.07.09: Les Diaboliques
(08.07.2009)
The French New Wave (didn't) start here; Don't give away the ending or I'll KILL YOU! (tm, Eminem) |
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Around the World in 24 Frames 07.31.09: Stroszek
(07.31.2009)
...We've got a 1080 out here...a truck on fire...We have a man on the lift, we're unable to find the switch to turn off the lift...We can't stop the dancing chicken. If you send us an electrician out here, we'll be standing by. Over. |
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Around the World in 24 Frames 07.24.09: Yojimbo
(07.24.2009)
As we complete a three-part retrospective on the films of Akira Kurosawa, Arthouse Archibald rants about health care in the U.S. and declares Toshirō Mifune as the prototype of the Modern Action Movie Star... |
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Around The World in 24 Frames 07.17.09: Rashomon
(07.17.2009)
Part Two of a retrospective look at the films of Akira Kurosawa explores how truth can be interpreted as subjective and not literal... |
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