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Post by countjohn on Mar 30, 2024 2:21:34 GMT
Ehh, I think The Innocents is held in pretty high esteem by legit horror fans (not just people who like a couple slasher franchises). If I'd name a Kerr movie in this thread I'd go with Black Narcissus. Feels like it should be more of a first tier classic, I'd never heard of it until I really got into Kerr 6-7 years ago. One of the very best of the late 40's and feels so modern. I think it's one that grows on you and you have to watch multiple times so it might not jump out to someone right away as much.
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Post by oneflyr on Mar 30, 2024 18:55:32 GMT
Way too many to count, but The Best Years of Our Lives. It seems well regarded among those who have seen it but it deserves to be hailed as one of the masterpieces of the medium well ahead of stuff like Casablanca.
And speaking of the Archers, A Canterbury Tale.
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Post by paulgallo on Mar 30, 2024 23:26:04 GMT
So many...
Lang's Fury, Lubitsch's To Be or Not to Be, Bunuel's Los Olvidados, Welles' The Trial, Wenders' Alice in the Cities, Losey's Monsieur Klein, Kieslowski's The Double Life of Veronique, Kusturica's Underground, Solondz's Happiness, Almodovar's Talk to Her, Singh's The Fall, Petzold's Phoenix
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 30, 2024 23:43:33 GMT
So many... Petzold's PhoenixIndeed - I can never believe that film isn't mentioned for great recent female performances...........great recent endings .........and the weird thing is that it's on TUBI and only 10 years old........ .there's no real reason for that one to be underseen....... or under-discussed really........
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Post by ibbi on Mar 31, 2024 10:42:07 GMT
Tess. It's a masterpiece and arguably Polanski's best film, but doesn't really get talked about much. Some of the most glorious cinematography ever too, like Polanski giving the finger to the inferior Barry Lyndon. Tyler had a whole season dedicated to this movie, did everyone miss it??
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Post by stabcaesar on Mar 31, 2024 11:01:09 GMT
Way too many to count, but The Best Years of Our Lives. It seems well regarded among those who have seen it but it deserves to be hailed as one of the masterpieces of the medium well ahead of stuff like Casablanca. I literally came here to talk about The Best Years of Our Lives. It is the better 1946 masterpiece and the rightful BP winner.
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Post by stabcaesar on Mar 31, 2024 11:01:36 GMT
The Emigrants and The New Land
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Mar 31, 2024 22:16:29 GMT
Baby Doll doesn't get enough love. Kazan made so many topically important works in the 50s that this one gets lost in the shuffle but it's such a fantastic film, simmering with repressed sexual hysteria and deep fried comedy delivered by Tennessee Williams at his most sardonic. It's not "relevant" today like you could say Waterfront or Face in the Crowd are, and it never had the clout of Streetcar, but it's gotta be the horniest movie of the 50s and that has to count for something.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Mar 31, 2024 22:19:10 GMT
speaking of horny 50s movies, Pickup on South Street. One of the best noirs ever.
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Apr 1, 2024 0:04:31 GMT
Mae West isn't talked about enough. She Done Him Wrong and I'm No Angel are two very fun pre-Code comedies full of innuendo and biting moral satire with absolutely dynamite rapport between West (an absolute firecracker of a star, all sass and sexuality) and Cary Grant.
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Post by TylerDeneuve on Apr 4, 2024 13:05:11 GMT
I guess it isn't properly a classic... though it certainly is to my mind. Neil Jordan's The End of the Affair - one of the most achingly romantic films I've ever seen. Julianne Moore at her most heartbreaking... I'm so thankful for that well-deserved Oscar nomination. Ralph Fiennes and Stephen Rea are also reliably excellent.
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