“The Maries, and ‘Daisies’ itself, are quintessential fruits of the Czech New Wave, deconstructing social hierarchies while embodying the free-flowing, iconoclastic ethos that roused and buoyed 1960s Czechoslovak cinema.”
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“‘Z’ is thoughtful, provocative, impassioned entertainment, stylish and teeming with conviction.”
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“‘Greed’ is like the gold within the soil, a gem that must be mined from its sullied context.”
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“As the artist who painstakingly moved her hand-cut figures frame-by-frame, Reiniger’s presence is impossible to ignore while watching her films.”
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“Communication — or the lack thereof — is key to ‘Black Moon.’”
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“It is, quite simply, one of the most engaging and most charming movies ever made.”
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“In both ‘T-Men’ and ‘Raw Deal,’ Alton and Mann take what is already a heightened genre and somehow intensify its formal qualities.”
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“The moments of realization transcend the typical viewing experience.”
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“Fellini’s films often flourished with acute ruminations on life and society, but rarely would his work achieve this degree of pure emotion.”
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“Answers don’t come easy, but they do come if you’re looking for them.”
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“The film goes beyond strict and narrow generic classification and touches upon something universal, something profound about undying affection and the unreliability of reality.”
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“Maybe the best way to counter ridiculousness is with ridiculousness.”
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“He may be suggesting that emotional and social anxiety is widespread and prevalent, but the key distinction is that not everyone can translate these uncertainties into comedy gold.”
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“‘L’Atalante’ is a movie defined by it moments, images and emotive strength, not its ostensible plot.”
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Marshall Shaffer Reflects on a Full Month of FilmStruck
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“If Ozu has taught us anything, it’s that life doesn’t get any easier. But life does go on.”
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