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The Crocodile

Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Tom Basden

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Ivan is a struggling actor who hasn't yet achieved the recognition he feels he deserves. But all...

The Human Ear

Alexandra Wood

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A man turns up at Lucy's door claiming to be the brother she hasn't seen in 10 years. But why has he...

This is Living

Liam Borrett

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Alice and Michael met six years ago. Three years later their daughter Lily was born. Now, in a...

The Roman Forum

David Watkin

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There can be few more historic places in the world. Caesar was cremated there. Charles V and...

Girls Trip (2017)

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When four lifelong friends- Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith and Tiffany Haddish-...

Alan Rudolph recommended Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (Mr.Hulot's Holiday) (1953) in Movies (curated)

"At a film festival conference a few decades past, I was asked by a solemn journalist which French director has had the most influence on me. I expressed undying appreciation of Truffaut, Godard, Renoir, but stated that the most accurate answer was that Jacques Tati left an indelible mark when I saw this film as a boy. The French hated that answer—Tati was out of favor at the time. Funny how that works. This film remains one of the most hilarious, affectionate, politely barbed creations. For me it’s a cinematic standard for human comedy."

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Atom Egoyan recommended 8 1/2 (1963) in Movies (curated)

8 1/2 (1963)

1963 | International, Comedy, Drama

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"For all the splendors in this masterpiece, it’s another scene of actors watching a film within the film that left an impression on me. Guido is in a theater watching rushes of various actresses auditioning for the part of his mistress, while his wife (Anouk Aimée)—trying to contain her conflicted emotions—finally gets up to leave. This sequence was the basis for 8½ Screens, an art installation I did for the opening of TIFF Bell Lightbox, the home of the Toronto International Film Festival. There’s a clip of it on YouTube."

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