In Spielberg’s sci-fi classic, an electricity linesman has an encounter with UFOs. Unable to accept alternate explanations, he relentlessly seeks contact with alien lifeforms and feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
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Spike Lee’s tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the ’50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
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Cruise. Kidman. Kubrick.
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Capture the spirit of Christmas with this timeless classic!
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This unsettling and dark thriller uses the story of an injured woman trapped in her mansion’s private elevator as a metaphor for the societal turbulence of the 1960s. While trapped, she is terrorized by a group of vicious criminals who ransack her home in this challenging and brutal film.
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Andrei Tarkovsky’s unforgettable sci-fi parable takes place near a gray and unnamed city in the Zone— a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep-seated desires are granted.
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Known for its lush visual style, Varda’s film challenges monogamy in a nuanced examination of the human condition. In suburban Paris, a young husband and father, perfectly content with his life, falls in love with another woman.
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Agnes Varda’s masterpiece and study in humanity starts with Mona Bergeron’s dead, frozen body — found in a ditch in the French countryside. From there, the film flashes back to the weeks leading up to her death and her decline as she travels from place to place and works odd jobs.
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Demy’s shebert-hued homage to classic Hollywood musicals features Catherine Deneuve and Gene Kelly. Two sisters, a painter, and a music show owner in Rochefort are looking for love, looking for each other, without being aware that their ideal partner is very close…
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In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as “The Basterds” are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.
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