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Federico Fellini’s 1960 La Dolce Vita

A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.

“In sum, it is an awesome picture, licentious in content but moral and vastly sophisticated in its attitude and what it says.”

- New York Times

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Federico Fellini’s 1960 La Dolce Vita

A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.

“In sum, it is an awesome picture, licentious in content but moral and vastly sophisticated in its attitude and what it says.”

- New York Times

Marc Eliot’s Art of Film

Olivia Newman’s 2022 Where the Crawdads Sing

A woman who raised herself in the marshes of the Deep South becomes a suspect in the murder of a man with whom she was once involved.

“This is a movie about fighting back against male intransigence that has the courage of its outsider spirit.”

- Variety

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Olivia Newman’s 2022 Where the Crawdads Sing

A woman who raised herself in the marshes of the Deep South becomes a suspect in the murder of a man with whom she was once involved.

“This is a movie about fighting back against male intransigence that has the courage of its outsider spirit.”

- Variety

Marc Eliot’s Art of Film

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 The Birds

A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.

“Mr. Hitchcock and his associates have constructed a horror film that should raise the hackles of the most courageous and put goose-pimples on the toughest hide.”

- New York Times

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Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 The Birds

A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.

“Mr. Hitchcock and his associates have constructed a horror film that should raise the hackles of the most courageous and put goose-pimples on the toughest hide.”

- New York Times

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Antonie Barraud’s 2021 Madeleine Collins (French)

Judith leads a double life: two lovers, two sons in France and one daughter in Switzerland. Entangled in secrets and lies, her lives begin to shatter.

“Directed by Antoine Barraud, the film... cleverly fills out the picture through tiny hints and glances, creating suspense through fresh turns of ambiguity in each scene.”

- New York Times

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Alexander Mackendrick’s 1957 Sweet Smell of Success

Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.

 “With some of the sharpest dialogue ever cut in Hollywood, only on the most superficial level is this a movie about gossip and publicity. We're talking show business. We're talking America. We're talking cast-iron classic.”

- Empire Magazine

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Michael Mann’s 1981 Thief 

An ace safe cracker wants to do one last big heist for the mob before going straight.

“[Michael Mann] pounds his film into you in a combination of big, clean images; taut, edgy performances and a score which intertwines both sound and music. There is no respite from Thief; it is bravura movie making.”

- LA Times

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Curtis Hanson’s 1997 L.A. Confidential

As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.

“ L.A. Confidential is a movie bull's-eye: noir with an attitude, a thriller packing punches. It gives up its evil secrets with a smile.”

- Chicago Tribune

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Douglas Sirk’s 1959 Imitation of Life

A struggling widow and her daughter take in a Black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.

“Sirk unleashed a melodramatic torrent of rage at the corrupt core of American life-the unholy trinity of racism, commercialism, and puritanism.”

- New Yorker

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Clint Eastwood's 1992 Unforgiven

Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan and a young man, The "Schofield Kid." - Rated R

“This dark, melancholic film is a reminder - never more necessary than now - of what the American cinema is capable of, in the way of expressing a mature, morally complex and challenging view of the world.” - Chicago Tribune

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Clint Eastwood's 1992 Unforgiven

Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan and a young man, The "Schofield Kid." - Rated R

“This dark, melancholic film is a reminder - never more necessary than now - of what the American cinema is capable of, in the way of expressing a mature, morally complex and challenging view of the world.” - Chicago Tribune

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Sergio Leone's 1964 A Fistful of Dollars

A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge. - Rated R

“Once in a great while a western comes along that breaks new ground and becomes a classic of the genre.” - TIME Magazine

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Sergio Leone's 1964 A Fistful of Dollars

A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge. - Rated R

“Once in a great while a western comes along that breaks new ground and becomes a classic of the genre.” - TIME Magazine

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Robert Zemekis' 1984 Romancing the Stone

A mousy romance novelist sets off for Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure hunting for treasure with a mercenary rogue.

“The script is sharp and funny, the direction sure-footed on both the comedy and action fronts, nd the whole thing adds up to rather more concerted fun than Indiana Jones’ escapade in the Temple of Doom.” - Time Out

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Robert Zemekis' 1984 Romancing the Stone

A mousy romance novelist sets off for Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure hunting for treasure with a mercenary rogue.

“The script is sharp and funny, the direction sure-footed on both the comedy and action fronts, nd the whole thing adds up to rather more concerted fun than Indiana Jones’ escapade in the Temple of Doom.” - Time Out

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A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant. - Rated PG

“A terrific thriller that incidentally raises the most unsettling questions about how safe nuclear power plants really are.” - Chicago Sun Times

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James Bridges' 1979 China Syndrome

A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant. - Rated PG

“A terrific thriller that incidentally raises the most unsettling questions about how safe nuclear power plants really are.” - Chicago Sun Times

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Mike Nichols’ 1971 Carnal Knowledge

Chronicling the lifelong sexual development of two men who meet and become friends in college. - Mature Audiences Only

“In addition to being the toughest comedy since Little Murders, and the most imaginative comedy since Catch 22, Carnal Knowledge represents a nearly ideal collaboration of directorial and writing talents.” - The New York Times

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Mike Nichols’ 1971 Carnal Knowledge

Chronicling the lifelong sexual development of two men who meet and become friends in college. - Mature Audiences Only

“In addition to being the toughest comedy since Little Murders, and the most imaginative comedy since Catch 22, Carnal Knowledge represents a nearly ideal collaboration of directorial and writing talents.” - The New York Times

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Dennis Hopper's 1969 Easy Rider

Two bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware. - Rated R

“Ninety-four minutes of what it is to swing, watch, toe be fond, to hold opinions, and to get killed in America at this moment.” - The New Yorker

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Dennis Hopper's 1969 Easy Rider

Two bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware. - Rated R

“Ninety-four minutes of what it is to swing, watch, toe be fond, to hold opinions, and to get killed in America at this moment.” - The New Yorker

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Robert Mulligan’s 1963 Love with a Proper Stranger

A salesclerk at Macy's department store finds herself pregnant after a one-night stand with a musician who does not even remember her. - Not Rated

Excellent performances from Wood and McQueen, and vivid location shooting in New York’s Little Italy” - Time Out

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Robert Mulligan’s 1963 Love with a Proper Stranger

A salesclerk at Macy's department store finds herself pregnant after a one-night stand with a musician who does not even remember her. - Not Rated

Excellent performances from Wood and McQueen, and vivid location shooting in New York’s Little Italy” - Time Out

Norman Taurog's 1954 Living it Up

“Mr. Lewis’ needle-sharp impersonation of three foreign medicos, in a hospital sequence, is a piece of comic artistry. With his sights imaginatively set, this guy has no peer.” - New York Times

Starring: Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin and Janet Leigh

An unsophisticated stationmaster from provincial New Mexico fraudulently claims that he is dying in order to get an expense-paid dream tour of New York.

Norman Taurog's 1954 Living it Up

“Mr. Lewis’ needle-sharp impersonation of three foreign medicos, in a hospital sequence, is a piece of comic artistry. With his sights imaginatively set, this guy has no peer.” - New York Times

Starring: Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin and Janet Leigh

An unsophisticated stationmaster from provincial New Mexico fraudulently claims that he is dying in order to get an expense-paid dream tour of New York.

Billy Wilder’s 1966 The Fortune Cookie

“Mr. Wilder’s last film and a comedy of unrelieved vulgarity, but it has style and taste.” - The New York Times

Starring: Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon.

A crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury.

Billy Wilder's 1966 The Fortune Cookie

“Mr. Wilder’s last film and a comedy of unrelieved vulgarity, but it has style and taste.” - New York Times

Starring: Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon.

A crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury.

Charles Crichton’s 1988 A Fish Called Wanda

“Wanda defies gravity, in both senses of the word, and redefines a great comic tradition. - TIME Magazine

Starring: John Cleese | Kevin Kline | Jamie Lee Curtis

In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister.