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Zac Clark recommended Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) in Movies (curated)

"As the son of an Episcopal priest, I have a semi-complex relationship with religion. I’ve remained fairly agnostic throughout most of my life, but I admire the seed of the Christian myth—that there can exist in the world a love that gives and asks nothing in return. No movie crystallizes this idea better than Bresson’s Au hasard Balthazar, which rips my heart out every time I watch it. The Christian ideal exists in humanity fleetingly, but by casting a donkey as his Christ surrogate, Bresson evokes the saintly disposition to which we should all aspire as effectively as (if not more so than) Roberto Rossellini does in The Flowers of St. Francis."

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Emma @ The Movies (1786 KP) rated Hidden Figures (2016) in Movies

Sep 25, 2019

Hidden Figures (2016)

2016 | Biography, Drama, History

8.3

(59 Ratings)

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I missed the Unlimited screening for Hidden Figures, but I finally went to see it this month. It is a truly amazing film. Pleasantly surprised would be an understatement, but I'm not talking about the film, I'm talking about the viewers. I had kind of expected the viewing age to average out at over the 40 mark. But by the start of the film there were a couple of parents with their children who were certainly under the age of 12. They were explaining things to them and before the film started they were chatting about all sorts of things that would be touched on during it... honestly, it restored a little faith in humanity.

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Another Mother's Son (2017)

9.0 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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Based on the true story of Louisa Gould, the drama is set during World War II on the Nazi-occupied...

The Great Divide

Ben Fisher and Art by Adam Markiewicz

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

Book

In the near future, humanity awakens to the horrifying reality that the faintest touch from...

Dystopia

Katie (868 KP) rated The Howl (1970) in Movies

May 21, 2020

The Howl (1970)

1970 | Comedy, International

6.0

(1 Ratings)

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Tina Aumont (1 more)

Some impactful imagery

Likely animal cruelty (0 more)

To break, broke, broken

This film is so many things. Sad, darkly beautiful, surreal, humorous, grotesque... I could go on. It’s certainly a lot to take in and a lot to consider. Some moments so visceral it’s painful to watch. With its commentary on humanity and society and its impactful imagery it is a film I will not soon forget.

If it weren't for the probably unsimulated animal cruelty depicted in the film I would give it a fairly high score. If you can endure that there are moments of the film worth seeing. But I don’t blame a person for steering clear of it.