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VANISHING POINT
“Vanishing Point” is a 1971 action-thriller film directed by Richard C. Sarafian. The movie follows Kowalski (played by Barry Newman), a car delivery driver tasked with driving a 1970 Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco in record time. Along the way, he encounters various obstacles that test his skills and sanity. The movie opens…
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COLD WAR
“Cold War” is a 2018 Polish film directed by Paweł Pawlikowski, who co-wrote the screenplay with Janusz Glowacki and Piotr Borkowski. Set in Poland post-World War II, the film explores the intense and turbulent relationship between two musicians, Wiktor and Zula, who come from different backgrounds but are united by their shared love of music.…
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PRIME CUT
“Prime Cut” is a 1972 action-crime film directed by Michael Ritchie, starring Lee Marvin and Gene Hackman. The film follows Marvin’s character, Nick Devlin, a Chicago mob enforcer sent to Kansas City to collect a debt from Hackman’s character, Mary Ann, a corrupt meatpacking tycoon who uses his business as a front for his human…
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WALKABOUT
“Walkabout” is a 1971 drama directed by Nicholas Roeg and adapted from the novel of the same name by James Vance Marshall. The film tells the story of two teenage siblings, a girl (Jenny Agutter) and a boy (Luc Roeg), who are stranded in the Australian Outback after their father goes mad and tries to…
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BLOW OUT
“Blow Out” is a 1981 suspense film directed by Brian De Palma that weaves together elements of political conspiracy, crime, and the power of media. The story follows Jack Terry (played by John Travolta), a talented sound technician who accidentally records a disturbing sound while working on a low-budget horror film. Jack becomes embroiled in…
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THE WHITE RIBBON
“The White Ribbon” is a 2009 drama directed by Michael Haneke that delves into a rural German village’s deep-rooted secrets and societal tensions on the eve of World War I. The critically acclaimed film unfolds a chilling examination of the darker aspects of human nature, exploring the origins of evil and the consequences of repressed…
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CLOSE
“Close” is a 2022 coming-of-age drama directed by Lukas Dhont and written by Dhont and Angelo Tijssens. The film takes place in rural Belgium and follows two 13- boys, Léo (played by Eden Dambrine )and Rémi (played by Gustav De Waele), whose unusually close friendship is thrown into chaos when their peers notice their intimacy,…
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THE 10TH VICTIM
“The 10th Victim” is a 1965 thriller-science fiction action film set in a dystopian future where a highly popular and deadly game called “The Big Hunt” has become a global phenomenon. Directed by Elio Petri, the movie takes us on a captivating journey filled with intrigue, danger, and unexpected alliances. In this not-so-distant future, society…
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AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
“An American Werewolf in London” is a horror-comedy film directed by John Landis in 1981. The story follows David Kessler (David Naughton) and his friend Jack Goodman (Griffin Dunne), two American college students who embark on a backpacking trip across the picturesque countryside of England. While wandering through the remote moors late at night, David…
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SACRED HOUSES: FILM FORUM, NEW YORK CITY.
“Sacred Houses Series”This month, we would like to pay homage to the esteemed Film Forum in New York City, as we continue to celebrate and honor notable movie theaters around the globe. Film Forum is a cinema located in New York City. Over the years, it has become one of the premier destinations for cinephiles,…
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