Tired of the same old movie recommendations everywhere you go?
Feel like you’ve more or less seen all the good stuff?
And you would be utterly wrong.
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The plot, nor any form of conventional storytelling, is hardly the point here.
The musical scenes have an energy that just about singes the screen.
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Charley Varrick(1973)
Walter Matthau, action star?
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Yes, there was a time in the Nixon era when such a thing was possible.
The hangdog star plays a wise-cracking bank robber who sticks up a Mafia-run New Mexico bank.
By the way, the woman takes her entire extended family with her, in a station wagon.
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Caan is swaggering macho dynamite as a guy who knows that he can’t win and doubles down anyway.
The ending is haunting and note-perfect.
Every gorgeous frame, every line of dialogue, feels fresh and revelatory.
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We won’t say anything else except this: Have a box of tissues ready before you press play.
Is he telling the truth?
When a love story is this beautiful and weird, does it even matter?
Mark Tillie
Now,thatwasn’t great.
The story is mature, the direction by Massy Tadjedin is expert, and the acting is superb.
Knightley’s final scene just might leave you gutted.
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The movie takes us perilously close to the terror and tragedy of her experience.
(Chastain’s manicures alone!)
Like the gladiatorial wheelchairs wielded by these aggressive athletes, the film packs an unexpected wallop.
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And what a stunning debut for both actresses!
Hope Davis gives an adorably exasperated performance as a lonely-heart Boston nurse looking for Mr.
Right after getting dumped.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw in ‘Beyond the Lights’.Suzanne Tenner/Relativity Media
Critics went crazy, though the movie was too small to get much distribution at the time.
It turns out the younger man is also Meryl’s son.
Luckily it’s also fun, so you won’t mind when you inevitably have to rewatch it.
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This unforgettable documentary about the wave-riding clan becomes an exploration of family bonds and the American dream.
However, when he provides her with new housing, her feelings start to change.
Macdonald expertly conveys the transition from prickly to smitten, and Rispoli exudes an innocent dreamer’s charm.
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And in a career defined by her subtle, pained grace, Williams delivers her most heartrending work yet.
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Holly Horner
Takashi Seida
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Thierry Valletoux
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JoJo Whilden
Daniel Smith
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Atsushi Nishijima
Jack Rowand
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Ryszard Lenczewski
Claire Folger
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Lena Herzog
Lynn Alston
James Levine
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