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Civil War (2024)
It is necessary for any photojournalist to maintain a level of remote objectivity in the face of visceral trauma, and yet as Alex Garland sets media crew on a gruelling odyssey across a dystopian, divided America in Civil War, it seems that the camera lens is but a fragile filter keeping them from total psychological…
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La Strada (1954)
Federico Fellini may hold deep affection for the clowns of commedia dell’arte, but just as integral to La Strada’s tale of survival and wonder is the hardship that haunts a post-war Europe, extinguishing the laughter which only barely lingers in the childlike joy of one tragically naïve circus performer.
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Whether Terry Gilliam’s mischievous storyteller in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a hero, a liar, or both, he is undoubtedly a man who can reach the hearts of those who listen, constructing magnificently surreal worlds of aliens and gods that place him right alongside history’s greatest mythical figures.
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I Vitelloni (1953)
The young, juvenile men of I Vitelloni’s coastal town are frozen in an eternal youth of idle recreation, lazily hoping for the day that the world might finally give their lives greater purpose, and playfully pursuing empty pleasures that Federico Fellini strings into nostalgic vignettes of celebration and struggle.
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Monkey Man (2024)
It is a rare thing to witness a first-time director meld such handsomely stylised action with mystical symbolism, yet Monkey Man proves Dev Patel to be just as skilled behind the camera as he is in front of it, crafting a Hindu allegory that envisions one underground fighter’s righteous delivery of divine justice upon India’s…
