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REIFENSTAHL
Using never-before-seen footage from Leni Riefenstahl's estate, Andres Veiel crafts a portrait of one of the most controversial women of the 20th century. This mesmerizing documentary examines the legacy of the innovative filmmaker and unapologetic Nazi propagandist.
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HIS GIRL FRIDAY
Definitely on the shortlist for Funniest Movie to Ever Come out of Hollywood, His Girl Friday reached a pinnacle in screwball comedy that other films have approached but never bettered.
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WITHNAIL AND I
Bruce Robinson’s semi-autobiographical cinematic bender is a feast of delectably florid dialogue delivered with deadpan relish by stars Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann as a pair of perpetually soused, unemployed actors who embark on a hilariously misbegotten country getaway.
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MEDIUM COOL
It’s 1968, and the whole world is watching. With the U.S. in social upheaval, famed cinematographer Haskell Wexler decided to make a film about what the hell was going on. Medium Cool, his debut feature, plunges us into the moment.
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THE BOY FRIEND
Ken Russell was having a tumultuous 1971. He needed something simpler, so he took on the film version of Sandy Wilson’s 1953 feel-good musical, The Boy Friend. With Russell’s signature maximalism and spectacular costumes by Shirley Russell, The Boy Friend creates a gloriously over-the-top Art Deco extravaganza.
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BETWEEN THE LINES
From director Joan Micklin Silver, featuring an all-star cast at the beginning of their careers, Between the Lines spotlights the staff of a Boston alternative newspaper whose carefree days are numbered when they're bought by a major publisher.
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BLACK BOX DIARIES
In this Oscar-nominated documentary, Shiori Ito directs a film about her own sexual assault at the hands of a politically connected friend of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and about the fallout from her very public accusation, which rocked Japanese society and changed Japan’s antiquated sexual-assault laws.
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