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Monday, November 29, 2010

107. Canadian director Neil Diamond’s documentary film “Reel Injun” (2009): A documentary that helps a viewer re-evaluate what cinema makes the viewer believe to be true

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W ho is the real Native Indian of North America or, if you prefer, the American Indian? The images that many will recall of the Native India...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010

106. Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s “Safar e Gandehar” (Kandahar) (2001): An ode to a tragedy called Afghanistan

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T ime magazine selected Makhmalbaf’s Kandahar as one of the top 100 films of all time. If one judges quality of cinema solely by the story...
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Tuesday, October 05, 2010

105. French director Pierre Granier-Deferre’s “Le Chat” (The Cat) (1971): True love which the wrecking balls of change cannot demolish

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T he Cat will remain one of my all time favourite French films. It is realistic. It is endearing. It is more complex than a...
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

104. The late Argentine director Fabián Bielinsky’s “El Aura” (The Aura) (2005): A mind–bending thriller that takes you beyond guns, women and lucre

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A rgentine director Fabián Bielinsky (1959-2006) died months after making The Aura following a heart attack at the age of 47. The Aura wa...
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Sunday, August 08, 2010

103. Australian director Peter Weir’s Australian film “The Last Wave” (Black Rain) (1977): Australian cinema at its best, connecting dreams and reality

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T oday, many filmgoers associate Peter Weir with his touching US movie Dead Poets’s Society . I, too, love Dead Poet’s Society for the mess...
Thursday, July 22, 2010

102. US director Elia Kazan’s “The Visitors” (1972) (USA): Remarkable and disturbing cinema that forces the viewer to introspect

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T he Visitors is a remarkable film on a dark subject that becomes even more significant if you are aware of the dark side of the ...
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Friday, June 18, 2010

101. Chilean director-in-exile Raúl (Raoul) Ruiz’ French/Swiss film “Ce jour-là “(That Day) (2003): More sense than meets the eye

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R aúl (Raoul) Ruiz, for me, is the most fascinating Latin American filmmaker alive, who is directing films today. It does not matter that he...
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Friday, April 30, 2010

100. Australian director Andrew Dominik’s US film “The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford” (2007): A psychological maze

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I confess that this movie made me fall asleep after the first half hour. When I woke up, certain images from the film persist...
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Saturday, April 03, 2010

99. Japanese director Yojiro Takita’s “Okuribito” (Departures) (2008): Amazing grace of handling dead bodies

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M any viewers would be touched by the tale of an aspiring cellist, who accidentally becomes a mortician (an undertaker or a funeral direct...
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Thursday, March 11, 2010

98. Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s “Darbareye Elly” (About Elly) (2009): A vignette of modern Iranian society

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W hen a country such as Iran puts restrictions on its citizens' creativity, it is not surprising that great works of art emerge with a c...
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