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François Truffaut's fascinating 1969 film, based on a real-life, 18th-century behavioral scientist's efforts to turn a feral boy into a civilized specimen, is an fantastically gripping movie.

Truffaut himself plays Dr. Itard, a specialist in the teaching of the deaf. Itard takes in a young lad (Jean-Pierre Cargol) found to have been living like an animal in the woods all his life and names him 'Victor'. Initially branded an "idiot" and uneducable by local townspeople, Victor is helped immensely by Dr. Itard through his humane treatment.

The beautifully shot black and white movie is superb and an absolute must-see.

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Arsenic and Old Lace

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Frank Capra's wonderful hilarious romp. Cary Grant, Peter Lorre, Raymond Massey, and Jack Carson are all at their best in film based on a broadway show. Cary Grant discovers that his two kind old aunts have killed thirteen men and hidden their bodies about the house.

Updated Jan 31, 2007

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The Naked Civil Servant (1977)

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This is an fabulously great film with a wonderful performance by John Hurt in the role of Quentin Crisp, a flamboyant English homosexual in the days when being such was anything but comfortable.

Quentin Crisp grew up in an era where homosexuality was not an option as a life style, Still, he managed to make it in a world that was decidedly unfriendly to those like him. Witty and self assured, he lived his life as he wanted, despite the hardships he faced due to his self professed homosexuality.

An absolutely must-see.

Updated Jan 29, 2007

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Tipping the Velvet (2002) [DVD]

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We saw this series on the BBC recently and it was just wonderful. Smitten by music hall life, and by the beautiful male impersonator Kitty Butler (Keeley Hawes), Nan Astley (Rachael Stirling) leaves her family’s Whitstable oyster parlor and follows her heart to London. There she finds unimaginable joy—and misery—as she explores the secret side of fin de siècle life.

This is one of the best BBC series and television does not get better than this.

Updated Jan 26, 2007

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The Killing (1956)

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In collaboration with Jim Thompson, Stanley Kubrick delivers the perfect film noir. In 'Killing', Jim Thompson concoct a story about a desperate gang of lowlifes led by a grim and determined Sterling Hayden. Together they devise and execute a complex racetrack robbery, but inner tensions and the iron fist of fate work against them. The cast is uniformly superb, with Hayden, Jay C. Flippen, Timothy Carey, Marie Windsor, and Elisha Cook Jr. fleshing out characters torn between grandiose ambition and petty desire.

This film is the perfect introduction to film noir - the strange narrative structure and Kubrick's bouncing back and forth in time makes this movie an absolute must-see.

Updated Jan 25, 2007

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Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski: A Film Legacy

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I have seen all the movies from this collection and each is absolutely fascinating. 'Fitzcarraldo' and 'Nosferatu, the Vampyre' are brilliant. I would love to see 'Mein Liebster Feind' which is set in the 1950s, when Werner Herzog was 13, he was sharing an apartment with Klaus Kinski, an ego-maniacal live-wire. In an unabated, 48 hour fit of rage, Kinski destroyed every piece of furniture in sight. From this chaos, a beautiful albeit volatile partnership was born. In 1972, Herzog cast Kinski in Aguirre, The Wrath of God. Four more films would follow. In this personal documentary, Herzog traces the often violent up and downs of their relationship, revisiting Munich apartment where they first met - and thrashed, and the various locations of their films.

This collection is an absolute must for any Klaus Kinski and Werner Hertzog. (via nolaicycle)

Updated Jan 24, 2007

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Red River

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For those of us who didn't think John Wayne could act, he's pretty good in this epic western by Howard Hawkes. He is a man set on revenge after his adopted son, Montgomery Clift, takes his herd of cattle away from him, because of his tyrannical rule of his men. This is a beautifully shot, intense, and atmospheric movie. One of the ones that made us love westerns.

Updated Jan 24, 2007

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Happy Feet (2006)

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BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR

In the cold land of Antarctica, the Emperor Penguins each express their true love with a special heartsong of their own that expresses their very being. However, the misfit Mumble cannot sing, but instead has an extraordinary talent to tap dance with almost magical energy and expression. Nevertheless, the deeply conformist leadership of the colony fearfully blames the young penguin's unorthodox ways for the lean fishing that threatens them all. Defiant in the face of unjust rejection, Mumble and his true friends set out to find the true cause of the famine. Through the motley crew's trials and perils, Mumble learns many things about his frozen world, not the least of which being that his toe tapping talent may be what he needs to save his people.

Entertainment at its best but warning!!... May cause toe-tapping.

Updated Jan 23, 2007

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The Illusionist (2006)

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ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

A fabulous movie not to be missed! Director Neil Burger's screen adaptation of Steven Millhauser's short story 'Eisenheim the Illusionist'. Eisenheim (Edward Norton) is a magician in early 1900's Vienna, who falls in love with a woman well above his social standing. When she becomes engaged to a Crown Prince, Eisenheim uses his powers to free her and undermine the stability of the royal house of Vienna.

A spellbinding film with perfect acting and beautifully shot.

Updated Jan 23, 2007

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Deliverance (1972)

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I finally saw this movie in its entirety yesterday and it is one terrifying movie - next to it "Pulp Fiction" seems like a fairy tale. The story is about outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock which takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country. They want to see the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake

The movie stars Jon Voight as Ed Gentry, Burt Reynolds as Lewis Medlock, Ned Beatty as Bobby Trippe and Ronny Cox as Drew Ballinger.

This is a powerful and disturbing film in which the acting is first rate and the 'Dueling Banjos' remains one of the most memorable music. A bit of trivia is that to minimize costs, the production wasn't insured, the actors did their own stunts. (For instance, Jon Voight actually climbed the cliff) and to save costs and add to the realism, local residents were cast in the roles of the hill people.

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