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Lev Kalman recommended Female Trouble (1974) in Movies (curated)

Female Trouble (1974)

1974 | Comedy, Crime

8.0

(4 Ratings)

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"My personal theory is that the Hays Code didn’t just forbid certain behaviors and images, it also subtly suggested the way that they might one day be allowable. Eventually filmmakers and studios figured out it wasn’t so much that you absolutely couldn’t show homosexuality, drug use, prostitution, child abuse, and mass murder. They just couldn’t seem fun. Or even funny. John Waters joyfully violates this deeper unspoken code. That’s why his films, especially Female Trouble, burn with the raw power of a Public Enemy or Baby Face."

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The Godfather (1972)

9.3 (52 Ratings) Rate It

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When the aging head of a famous crime family decides to transfer his position to one of his...

John Berendt recommended Collected Stories in Books (curated)

Collected Stories

Gore Vidal, Tennessee Williams | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry

(0 Ratings)

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"Tennessee Williams’s short stories are eclipsed by his plays, but they are by no means outclassed. His ear for dialogue, his eye for character and his dramatic gifts are as powerful in his stories as they are in his plays. Like the plays, the stories are flavored with a connoisseur’s taste for the strange and bizarre, including cannibalism, incest, rape, castration, nymphomania, alcoholism and murder. My favorite among the stories is the fiendish “Desire and the Black Masseur,” but there are many, many runners-up."

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Josh Sadfie recommended Cruising (1980) in Movies (curated)

Cruising (1980)

1980 | Drama, Mystery

7.0

(4 Ratings)

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"A murder mystery set in the gay leather bars of NYC in the '80s. Truly a mysterious film wherein the audience gets lost in the fabric of the story as the character does. Pacino doesn’t like to talk about this film, but it’s maybe his greatest performance. The gay community in NYC didn’t know whether to support or repel this film, which saw spells of people showing up near location banging pots and pans, bouncing light off mirrors and renting apartments next door to blast music."

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BobbiesDustyPages (1259 KP) rated The Kingdom in Books

Sep 14, 2020

The Kingdom

Jess Rothenberg | 2019 | Fiction & Poetry

8.1

(7 Ratings)

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Okay... I literally never hear this book mentioned and I have no clue why it was so FREAKING GOOD! It was so much different then I thought it was going to be, I'm a huge fan of interview formats in books... no idea why but it was a pleasant surprise when I found it in here.

The very Disneyland meets Westworld, with the court case and murder mystery was just so much fun and all the sprinkling of fairytales throughout the story loved it!

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Sonofdel (6291 KP) rated Prime Suspect 1973 in TV

Sep 29, 2019

Prime Suspect 1973

2017 | Crime, Drama, Thriller

7.3

(13 Ratings)

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superb acting and great characters, good storyline (0 more)

A good insight into how Jane Tennison became so hard and ruthless

I am a massive fan of the prime suspect series and i was a little wary of this at first. Its as dark as the original series and its got good characters and plot. What starts of as a simple murder investigation escalates into a lot more and its good to see the developement of Jane Tennison from a probationer policewoman. Well worth a watch.

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Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated A Shot in the Dark (1964) in Movies

Aug 27, 2019

A Shot in the Dark (1964)

1964 | Classics, Comedy, Drama

7.8

(5 Ratings)

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Peter sellers (4 more)

Herbert Lom

Burt kwork

Elke somner

Henry Mancini music

No pink panther (0 more)

Been watching on Netflix as a follow up to the pink panther but not a sequel it's not bad a movie Peter is excellent as clouseau this time investigating a murder in usual bumbing style. Plus the introductions of Herbert Lom and Burt kwork who would later both appear in the pink panther sequels. Also Henry Mancini theme is up there with the pink panther theme overall good film Shane no pink panther

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Rear Window (1954) in Movies

Aug 22, 2019

Rear Window (1954)

1954 | Classics, Drama, Mystery

8.3

(23 Ratings)

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Watching You Through The Window

Rear Window- is one of my favoirte alfred hitchcock films.

Its myesterious, thrilling, chilling, suspenseful, dramatic and will have you keeep guesting until the end.

A newspaper photographer with a broken leg passes time recuperating by observing his neighbors through his window. He sees what he believes to be a murder, and decides to solve the crime himself. With the help of his nurse and girlfriend, he tries to catch the murderer without being killed himself.

I would highly reccordmend this film.