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Acquarello

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The Decalogue (1989) 100% EDIT “A profound observation on the trials and tribulations of everyday life, reflected in complex ways -- direct and abstruse -- but all fundamentally, and infallibly, human.” – Strictly Film School May 1, 2021 Full Review EDIT “A haunting portrait of a national soul struggling against the rootlessness, estrangement, and transience cultivated by its turbulent and irreconcilable past.” – Strictly Film School Jul 2, 2020 Full Review Ankur (1974) 100% EDIT “Shyam Benegal creates a sublime and provocative examination of hypocrisy, economic disparity, and the social status of women in Ankur.” – Strictly Film School Mar 20, 2012 Full Review Grand Illusion (1937) 97% EDIT “La Grande Illusion is a sublimely poignant and lucidly insightful commentary on the social legacy of the Great War in Europe.” – Senses of Cinema Feb 8, 2012 Full Review The Strange Case of Angelica (2010) 85% EDIT “Provides de Oliveira with a broad canvas to explore his recurring themes of doomed love, the relationship between image and reproduction, and cultural extinction.” – Strictly Film School Oct 19, 2010 Full Review A City of Sadness (1989) 100% EDIT “A City of Sadness compassionately articulates the suppressed, silent despair of a people repeatedly victimised as they search for inclusion and cultural identification.” – Senses of Cinema Jul 30, 2010 Full Review Go Go Tales (2007) 70% EDIT “Ferrara creates a polarizing and blunt, yet astute and unexpectedly compassionate allegory for the inextinguishable creative spirit in all its chaos, volatility, isolation, hope, and exhilaration.” – Strictly Film School Apr 23, 2009 Full Review Film About a Woman Who... (1974) EDIT “Life elevated, or reduced, to the hyperbolic artifice of hackneyed drama, to clichd cinematic constructions.” – Strictly Film School Jul 21, 2006 Full Review Three Times (2005) 86% EDIT “Three Times presents a series of vignettes, each chronicling a series of understated encounters between two lovers played by same actors Chang Chen and Shu Qi, as their destinies weave through complex socio-political terrain.” – Strictly Film School Dec 24, 2005 Full Review Capote (2005) 89% EDIT “” – Strictly Film School Oct 8, 2005 Full Review The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005) 93% EDIT “Cristi Puiu's The Death of Mr. Lazarescu is a thoughtful and incisive slice-of-life comedy on the impersonalization (and desensitization) of institutional health care.” – Strictly Film School Sep 27, 2005 Full Review Eros (2004) 33% EDIT “Distilling the essence of the innate intimacy in their unspoken ritual, Wong retains the imbued sensuality of In the Mood for Love and 2046 to create an equally understated and voluptuous tale of transfigured desire.” – Strictly Film School Aug 9, 2005 Full Review The Best of Youth (2002) 94% EDIT “” – Strictly Film School Jul 12, 2005 Full Review Clean (2004) 73% EDIT “A sincere, well-intentioned, and technically proficient, but uncharacteristically trite and formulaic portrait of a drug-addicted, washed up celebrity and recent widow.” – Strictly Film School Mar 22, 2005 Full Review 2046 (2004) 87% EDIT “” – Strictly Film School Dec 19, 2004 Full Review Saraband (2003) 91% EDIT “Rather than a nostalgic swan song, Bergman has created another provocative chapter in his enduring expositions into the most fundamental human need for connection.” – Strictly Film School Dec 18, 2004 Full Review The Religion Hour (My Mother's Smile) (2002) 83% EDIT “...a richly textured, incisive, and provocative examination of outmoded faith, breakdown of family, and spiritual desolation.” – Strictly Film School Jun 22, 2004 Full Review Born Into Brothels (2004) 95% EDIT “Perhaps the singularly most humbling and remarkably inspiring film I have ever seen in a long time on selflessness, compassion, instilling hope, and human decency.” – Strictly Film School Jun 15, 2004 Full Review Persons of Interest (2004) 90% EDIT “"A potent denunciation of abuse of power, state-sanctioned discrimination, and unchallenged fear mongering."” – Strictly Film School Jun 15, 2004 Full Review The Corporation (2003) 89% EDIT “The film provides an intelligent and incisive discourse on the need for moral and ethical responsibility, vigilance, awareness, and informed activism.” – Strictly Film School Jun 15, 2004 Full Review Deadline (2004) 92% EDIT “...unsentimental, yet profoundly moving tale of moral idealism, public service, and personal conscience.” – Strictly Film School Jun 15, 2004 Full Review From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) 64% EDIT “A provocative and haunting portrait of disconnection, repression, emotional violence, and intimacy.” – Strictly Film School May 22, 2004 Full Review Genealogies of a Crime (1997) 67% EDIT “A sublime and effervescent exposition on the interconnection between art and life, the foibles of rationalized, amoral behavior, and the innate recursiveness of human history.” – Strictly Film School May 18, 2004 Full Review Tilai (1990) EDIT “a distilled, lucid, and incisive cautionary tale of obdurate pride, self-righteous rationalization, and archaic traditions.” – Strictly Film School Apr 20, 2004 Full Review Since Otar Left (2003) 96% EDIT “A refreshingly optimistic, humorous, captivating, and deeply humanist portrait of perseverance and family.” – Strictly Film School Oct 22, 2003 Full Review
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