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  I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman 2015

  ★★★★ Watched 20 Jan 2016

  Marianne Lambert's intimate documentary portrait I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman beautifully captures the essence of Akerman's cinema and life by incorporating judiciously chosen film clips with a very limited selection of interviews.

  Akerman herself is the film's most vital subject. She appears in the startling first shot recreating the iconic final shot of News from Home aboard the Staten Island Ferry, with the modern lower Manhattan skyline replacing the twin towers of Akerman's film. She gleefully…

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  Dial M for Murder 1954

  ★★★★ Rewatched 29 Mar 2013

  Film Forum, 3D Version - Alfred Hitchcock used 3D more creatively than almost anyone in the classic 1953-54 3D period, emphasizing depth by placing all kinds of objects--desks, lamps, bottles, books--in front of or behind the characters to make the theatrical setting feel real and lived-in. Hitchcock avoids any gratuitous use of objects being thrust toward the viewer, saving it for maximum impact at the moment when Grace Kelly reaches her hand back toward the camera during her attempted murder. A routine stage murder mystery in 2D becomes a completely different experience in 3D.

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