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Hard to be a God

Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky

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Anton is an undercover operative from future Earth, who travels to an alien world whose culture has...

Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

6.8 (4 Ratings) Rate It

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Adaptation of the Ray Bradbury novel about a future society that has banned all reading material and...

Mary Ellen Mark recommended La Dolce Vita (1960) in Movies (curated)

La Dolce Vita (1960)

1960 | Comedy, Drama

8.0

(4 Ratings)

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"I saw this film when it first came out in the very early ’60s. It’s a chronicle of a decadent society full of Fellini’s incredibly inventive and imaginative imagery. It’s the story of a Roman journalist struggling between producing something meaningful in his life and drifting along a path of total emptiness. I was very young when I saw the film. I was completely inspired by the combination of such beautiful photography and the sad and powerful story."

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Phil Rosenthal recommended The Lady Eve (1941) in Movies (curated)

The Lady Eve (1941)

1941 | Classics, Comedy, Romance

10.0

(1 Ratings)

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"Preston Sturges at his best. This was the first of his films I ever saw, in a revival at the Regency in New York, and it was a revelation. You’ve never heard dialogue so funny or move so fast. Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda are hysterical, and it has maybe my favorite line ever in a movie—Fonda asks a fancy old society lady at a dinner party if he’s missed anything. She says, “The fish was a poem.”"

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Steve Buscemi recommended Salesman (1969) in Movies (curated)

Salesman (1969)

1969 | Documentary

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"Okay, back to black and white, a (real) documentary from the talented Maysles Brothers and Charlotte Zwerin about door-to-door Bible sellers. I probably shouldn’t say this, but Richard Linklater sent me a bootleg copy he made when he screened it at the Austin Film Society in the late eighties. I loved the handheld camera work and how each salesman is depicted as a nuanced, dramatic character. Deeply moving, but not without a sense of humor."

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Matt Dentler recommended Slacker (1991) in Movies (curated)

Slacker (1991)

1991 | Classics, Comedy, Drama

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"A society on the brink of defiance and revolution, and a generation that’s sick and tired of being sick and tired. In some years and some countries, they riot. In 1990 America, they talk it out. Easily one of the most influential American films of the last twenty-five years, Richard Linklater’s exploration of bored youth is mesmerizing. This film would help its titular term become a phenomenon, as well as put Austin, Texas, on the cultural map."

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Darren Fisher (2474 KP) rated Ghost Story in Books

Dec 10, 2020

Ghost Story

Peter Straub | 1989 | Mystery, Paranormal, Thriller

6.8

(5 Ratings)

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Classic Chiller!

Classic chiller from Peter Straub. An epic tale about a group of ageing men who form The Chowder Society, a place where they share ghosts stories between them, and are united by a terrible secret from the past. Expertly written, solid characters, and genuinely creepy, this is Peter Staub on top form. Essential reading!
Note: If you enjoy this I seriously recommend his equally fantastic ghost story Full Circle (aka Julia/ The Haunting of Julia).