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Point of No Return (The Assassin) (1993)

6.7 (3 Ratings) Rate It

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She is society's worst nightmare, an antisocial misfit convicted of murder and sentenced to die. But...

Dana Calvo recommended Boyhood (2014) in Movies (curated)

Boyhood (2014)

2014 | Drama

6.8

(9 Ratings)

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"One of the first movies I saw on a date after my marriage fell apart. My date and I, both single parents, were glued to the performances of Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette–parents doing the best they can with the tools they have, all while the clock of their son’s childhood ticks on. I know other people were amazed at Richard Linklater’s feat of filming over twelve years. But I would have been sold on the story if there were twelve different actors: I loved the longitudinal look at how the decisions or mistakes that parents make can define their son’s childhood. And, like The Ice Storm, Boyhood never loses touch with our constituency: the boy."

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William Friedkin recommended Le samouraï (1967) in Movies (curated)

Le samouraï (1967)

1967 | Crime, Film-Noir

8.8

(8 Ratings)

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"The ultimate existential gangster film. Hypnotic, detailed, ritualistic, it has influenced  films like John Woo’s The Killer and the more recent Drive. Alain Delon  gives his most memorable performance as an ice-cold assassin above such mundane  concerns as moral conscience. Though violent in its subject matter, Jean-Pierre  Melville’s film is also cool, meticulously lit, and classically framed. It  operates in a kind of dream state. It’s the opposite of the fevered emotional style of  most gangster films. The pauses and silences help make it the visual equivalent of Harold  Pinter’s dialogue. This is my favorite Melville film, and the extras are among  Criterion’s finest, including an interview with John Woo and one with Melville himself."

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