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  Whiplash 2014

  

  David Wallace ★★★★★

  The exhilarating impression imparted on me from a January 2015 screening of Damien Chazelle's "Whiplash" stayed all year, and after a rewatch in the early winter I had the conviction…

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  Elgar: Portrait of a Composer 1962

  

  David Robson ★★★★½

  "The times are cruel and gloomy...no soul, no romance, and no imagination."

  It's difficult to imagine any other director taking this assignment from BBC's Monitor and going as hard as…

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  Pulp Fiction 1994

  

  Christof ★★★★★

  Whether you like it or not, it's impossible to deny the vast influence Pulp Fiction had. Countless films that came after it tried to copy its unique blend of eccentric…

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  Simple Men 1992

  

  Bruno Savill De Jong ★★★½

  "You mean the angry, dangerous, psychotic ex-husband?"
  "Now just hold on. Jack may be dangerous, he may be psychotic, but I don't think he's angry."

  I have a certain tolerance…

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  Ikarie XB 1 1963

  

  Ethan Lyon ★★★½ 2

  1st Jindřich Polák

  To my Western eyes, this is best understood as a big-budget episode of Star Trek. Shot in lustrous black and white widescreen, Ikarie's plot shares that same…

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  A Painter 2013

  

  PedroBarriga ★★½

  Over the course of a weekend, a reclusive painter faces many unwelcome guests: an intrusive journalist, a group of admirers, and his own son.

  An interesting and gorgeous-looking short debut.…

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  Following 1998

  

  J ★★★½ 2

  When observation becomes involvement, emotions brim from the measured formulation of fixation. There is an arcane switch from Looking to Knowing, where in Looking there is safe distance, while in…

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  The Traveler 1974

  

  Steven Flores

  A brilliantly-rich yet engaging coming-of-age story about a boy scheming his way to go to a football game in Tehran.