 | Paris, Texas
Buy used from: $14.97 "I make billboards." "Ohh. So YOU'RE the one..." Wim Wenders' slow-moving film gradually sneaks up on you, drawing you in. Not for the impatient. [See also: Wings of Desire]
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 | The Double Life of Veronique - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $28.99 / Used from: $17.00 A half-remembered dream... [See also: Red/White/Blue, Decalogue, and anything else you can find by this director]
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 | Five Easy Pieces
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $4.89 Nicholson's greatest performance. "I want you to hold it between your knees."
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 | Magnolia (New Line Platinum Series)
Buy used from: $3.29 "Because we may be done with the past, but the past is not done with us..."
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 | Splendor in the Grass
Buy used from: $6.63 "Spoiled?! I'm not SPOILED, Mom..." Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty are two teens in love, living in a hypocritical society that views sex as "dirty" and lust as immoral.
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 | Run Lola Run
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.62 "Doch. Ist das nicht immer die selbe Frage? Und immer wieder, die gleiche Antworte."
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 | Stardust Memories
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $3.90 "We prefer your earlier, FUNNIER movies..." Inspired by Fellini's "8 1/2," this may be Woody Allen's most challenging and insightful film. [See also: Manhatten and Annie Hall]
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 | All About My Mother
Buy used from: $5.79 Almodovar just may be my favorite living director. He's certainly one who has continued to grow as a film-maker over time... see also "Habla Con Ella"... and, really, just about anything he's done.
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 | 8 1/2 - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $14.69 Where to begin? It's Fellini, it's brilliant, and it's one of the greatest films ever created. [See also: La Dolce Vita]
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 | Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters
Buy used from: $14.63 Biography of a Japanese writer who ultimately became one of his own characters. Absolutely fascinating. Mixes scenes from Mishima's books with moments from his life.
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 | Martin
Buy used from: $20.00 Beware of dying blue-collar towns, creepy radio-show hosts, and parades. "You are Nosferatu!!!"
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 | Hedwig and the Angry Inch (New Line Platinum Series)
Buy new: $20.49 / Used from: $10.54 "There's nothing you can find, that cannot be found." Some say it's a comedy, some say it's tragic. Great music, gender confusion.
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 | La Dolce Vita (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $23.99 / Used from: $15.75 A series of moments, closing with one of my favorite cinematic "images" of all time...
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 | Nowhere in Africa (German with English Subtitles)
Buy new: $24.99 / Used from: $4.65 A Jewish family, fleeing Germany, settles in Africa. One of the most authentic marital relationships you'll ever see, plus some wonderful insights about starting over in a new world...
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 | The Girl on the Bridge
Buy used from: $35.75 Sigrid's film. Absolutely lovely.
[Currently out of stock]
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 | The Kingdom - Series One (Riget)
Buy new: $14.49 / Used from: $7.34 by Lars von Trier. The box says it's "Like 'ER' on acid..." Sure, I can see that. With a bit of Twin Peaks, some awful special FX, and in Dutch. I love this series.
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 | Waking the Dead
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $2.11 My all-time favorite love story. Jennifer Connelly and Billy Crudup are astounding. The music is chilling. And the political subtext is right on!
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 | Exotica
Buy used from: $7.49 NOT an "erotic thriller." It's a real film. Honest. Atom Egoyan writes and directs. [See also: Sweet Hereafter]
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 | My Life as a Dog - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $35.49 / Used from: $21.45 |
 | Short Cuts - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $35.99 / Used from: $15.37 An all-time favorite, despite Andie MacDowell's inability to act. Jack Lemmon gives the performace of a lifetime, as do about 30 other top-notch actors.
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 | Who The Hell Is Juliette?
Buy used from: $24.20 Part Documentary, part lunatic genius, this movie's got more passion and chutzpah than it's got any right to. So does Juliette, for that matter. Cuba, missing fathers, and Don Pedro's black suitcase.
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 | Gates of Heaven
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $2.87 Documentary about pet cemetaries, but the film-maker isn't just going for cheap laughs. It'll hit pretty much every human emotion you've got...
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 | The Staircase
Buy new: $25.99 / Used from: $12.00 Documentary. When it's all over, you still won't know if he's guilty or not, but you WILL know that those normal looking people living in suburbia are far, far stranger than anything Lynch could have ever imagined...
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