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Thursday, October 16, 2008

74. Hungarian director Árpád Bogdán’s debut film "Boldog új élet (Happy New Life)" (2007): More than a look at an orphan’s loneliness

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D ebut films reveal a director’s inherent creative attempts to seduce the viewer much more than what is evident in their later body of work....
Friday, October 03, 2008

73. Swedish maestro Ingmar Bergman's "Tystnaden (The silence)" (1963): A demanding movie directed at a mature viewership

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T he Silence was the first Bergman film I ever saw, way back in 1973 as part of a film society screening in Chennai. India. I loved the ...
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Sunday, September 21, 2008

72. South African filmmaker Gavin Hood’s film “Tsotsi” (Thug) (2005): Adaptation of an important African novel on redemption and self discovery

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T he film is an adaptation of the acclaimed anti-apartheid playwright Irish/South African Athol Fugard’s novel Tsotsi . Director Gavin Hood...
Sunday, August 24, 2008

71. Indian director Feroz Abbas Khan's Hindi/English film "Gandhi, my father" (2007): A super-human father and his prodigal son

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“He is the greatest father you can have, but he is the one father I wish I did not have”— Harilal Gandhi, son of Mahatma Gandhi “The grea...
Sunday, August 03, 2008

70. US film director Stanley Kubrick's "Paths of Glory" (1957): Rich in content and relevance

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The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow’r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave, Awaits alike th’inevitable hour. The pa...
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Sunday, July 27, 2008

69. Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s US/Mexican/French film "Babel" (2006): Lack of empathy or a problem of communication?

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T here is a revival of interest worldwide in making feature films that comprise several disparate stories that link up with a common though...
Sunday, July 20, 2008

68. Georgian (former Soviet) filmmaker Tengiz Abuladze’s “Monanieba (Repentance)” (1984): Can you bury past evils?

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And art made tongue-tied by authority And folly, doctor-like, controlling skill And simple truth miscall’d simplicity And captain good a...
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Monday, June 30, 2008

67. Russian (former Soviet) director Elem Klimov's "Agoniya (Agony)" (1981): An intriguing film

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T here is much that would intrigue a viewer of Agoniya . Many may not be aware that this film was considered “worthless” in the Soviet Un...
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Sunday, June 15, 2008

66. German filmmaker Christian Petzold’s “Yella” (2007): Life beyond death

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G ermany’s Christian Petzold belongs to the new breed of European directors that loves to make films layered with meaning for the astute vi...
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Thursday, May 29, 2008

65. Alfred Hitchcock's "Marnie" (1964): Unusual Hitchcock—where marriage is preferred over jail by a strong-willed woman

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T his is NOT the stuff that director Hitchcock usually dealt with. The subject and the treatment of the subject are different from most of ...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

64. Russian (former Soviet) director Grigory Kozintsev’s "Korol Lir" (King Lear) (1971): An unsung masterpiece on "civilization heading to doom"

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T ime and again people have asked me which movie is my all time favorite. I have often said without much hesitation: the Russ...
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Saturday, April 26, 2008

63. Spanish director Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo’s feature debut “La noche de los girasoles (The night of the sunflowers)” (2006): A fascinating thriller

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H ere's a thriller with an interesting title that seems to query: Where do sunflowers face in the night? “ When the sunflower pla...