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Autumn Sonata
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Eva: A mother and a daughter — what a terrible combination of feelings and confusion and destruction. Everything is possible and is done in the name of love and solitude. The mother’s injuries are to be paid for by the daughter. The mother’s failures are to be paid for by the daughter. […]
Coming Home
Directed by Hal Ashby
Luke Martin: I have killed for my country, or whatever, and I don’t feel good about it. Cause there’s not enough reason, man, to feel a person die in your hands, or to see your best buddy get blown away.
Hal Ashby made some of the most respected films of the 1970s, which […]
Dawn Of The Dead
Directed by George Romero
Zombies at the mall! Ok, so the whole zombies/consumers thing is amusing and interesting, but, overall, the film is clunky. The dialogue and acting are groan-enducing, and it’s overly epsisodic, lacking the satisfying through-line needed to pull it all together — other than the fact that it takes place almost entirely at […]
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