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Monday, November 26, 2012

135. Turkish director Semih Kaplanoglu’s film “Süt” (Milk) (2008): The Turkish "artist as a young man"

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S emih Kaplanoglu is one of the finest Turkish filmmakers—and one who has a very distinct and intriguing style of film-making.  His cinem...
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Saturday, October 13, 2012

134. US film director Mike Nichols’ debut film “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (1966): Nichols’ finest work to date

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I t is nearly half a century since Mike Nichols made his first feature film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf...
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Tuesday, October 02, 2012

133. Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar’s English film “Agora” (2009): An admirable subject for a remarkable feature film

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O ften good movies should be evaluated both by its subject and by the interesting manner the director and the rest...
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Sunday, September 02, 2012

132. Spanish director José Luis Cuerda’s film “La lengua de las mariposas” (Butterfly Tongues/Butterfly) (1999): Touching and thought-provoking cinema

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C uerda? Who is that? When you read about modern cinema from Spain most critics seem to talk of Luis Buñuel, Carlos ...
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Sunday, August 12, 2012

131. U.S. director Arthur Penn’s “The Missouri Breaks” (1976): Re-evaluation of a Western trashed by many film critics

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T he Missouri Breaks deserves more attention than it has received over the years. Apart from the fact that it contains one of...
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

130. Korean filmmaker Chang-dong Lee’s “Shi” (Poetry) (2010): Learning to look at apples anew

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G ood Korean cinema often involves very little verbal talk. The visuals often do the talking, which is not common for mo...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

129. Chadean filmmaker Mahamet-Saleh Haroun's “Un Homme Qui Crie” (A Screaming Man) (2010): A subtle perspective from African cinema on an unusual father and son relationship

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“ Be careful not to cross your arms over your chest,   assuming the sterile attitude of a spectator,   because life i...
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