Céline Sciamma’s slow burning love story is a rich period piece about a female painter On an isolated island in Brittany who is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman. Stunning cinematography and a heartbreaking plot make it one of the best modern pieces of queer cinema.
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Tony Shalhoub and Stanley Tucci star in this charming food movie about two immigrant brothers trying to save their Italian restaurant in New Jersey in the 1950s. In a final effort to save the restaurant, the brothers plan to put on an evening of incredible food.
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There NEVER was a woman like Gilda!
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A man assumes the identity of a dead author to flee Nazi-occupied France in this modern existentialist noir. He soon finds himself stuck in Marseilles, where he falls in love with Maria — a young woman searching for her missing husband.
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This is probably the most obscure of the Carpenter picks for the week, but absolutely worth seeing in theaters! When an alien takes the form of a young widow’s husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona, the government tries to stop them.
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In his feature film debut, the one and only Prince stars as Kid — a musician on the rise with his band in the flourishing music scene of Minneapolis — in this iconic pop culture staple. It’s got romance. It’s got fashion. It’s got an amazing soundtrack (obviously).
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Olivia Newton-John stars as a beautiful muse who inspires an artist and his older friend to convert a dilapidated auditorium into a lavish rollerskating club in this garish but fun musical fantasy.
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Natasha Lyonne stars as an an all-American girl who doesn’t like kissing her boyfriend and is pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends in this amazing early aughts comedy. Her conservative parents send her off to “sexual redirection” school, where she must, with other lesbians and gays learn how to be straight.
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Don’t miss this nostalgic 1950s Irving Berlin musical that is absolutely overloaded with holiday cheer. Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye play talented song-and-dance men befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.
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In Park Chan-wook’s new romantic crime thriller, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife. But as he digs deeper, he finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire.
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