“Approximately and exactly.”
— Parabatial Kanhaiyalal ‘P.K.’ Dubey (Vijay Raaz) from Monsoon Wedding (2001)

Great Television Shows

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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (dir. Mary Bronstein)
Sound of Falling (In die Sonne Schauen) (dir. Mascha Schilinski)
A Little Prayer (dir. Angus MacLachlan)
Die My Love (dir. Lynne Ramsay)
Sharp Corner (dir. Jason Buxton)
Bring Her Back (dir. Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou)
The Love That Remains (Ástin Sem Eftir Er) (dir. Hlynur Pálmason)
One Battle After Another (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
The Ugly Stepsister (Den Stygge Stesøsteren) (dir. Emilie Blichfeldt)
The Plague (dir. Charlie Polinger)

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HONOURABLE SELECTION (+3)

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Weapons (dir. Zach Cregger)
Reflection in a Dead Diamond (Reflet dans un Diamant Mort)
(dir. Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet)
Black Bag / Presence (dir. Steven Soderbergh)
Sentimental Value (Affeksjonsverdi) (dir. Joachim Trier)
Caught by the Tides (Feng Liu Yi Dai) (dir. Jia Zhang-ke)
Dangerous Animals (dir. Sean Byrne)
The Shrouds (dir. David Cronenberg)
Henry Johnson (dir. David Mamet)
Roofman (dir. Derek Cianfrance)
Eddington (dir. Ari Aster)

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The Secret Agent (dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho)
Caught Stealing (dir. Darren Aronofsky)
The Rule of Jenny Pen (dir. James Ashcroft)
Lurker (dir. Alex Russell)
The Ice Tower (La Tour de Glace) (dir. Lucile Hadžihalilović)
Honey Bunch (dir. Dusty Mancinelli and Madeleine Sims-Fewer)
No Other Choice (Eojjeolsuga Eobsda) (dir. Park Chan-wook)
A Private Life (Vie Privée) (dir. Rebecca Zlotowski)
Bugonia (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)
That They May Face The Rising Sun (dir. Pat Collins)

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MORE MOVIES (35-54)

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THE SUBSTANCE (dir. Coralie Fargeat)
What Remains: The Confession of a Serial Killer (dir. Ran Huang)
Armand (dir. Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel)
Club Zero (dir. Jessica Hausner)
Snack Shack (dir. Adam Rehmeier)
Mars Express (dir. Jérémie Périn)
The Coffee Table (dir. Caye Casas)
Janet Planet (dir. Annie Baker)
Music (dir. Angela Schanelec)
The Apprentice (dir. Ali Abbasi)

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HONOURABLE SELECTIONS (+7)

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Strange Darling – A Thriller in 6 Chapters (dir. J.T. Mollner)
Memoirs of a Snail (dir. Adam Elliot)
Eephus (dir. Carson Lund)
Small Things Like These (dir. Tim Mielants)
The Brutalist (In VistaVision 70mm) (dir. Brady Corbet)
His Three Daughters (dir. Azazel Jacobs)
Oddity (dir. Damian Mc Carthy)
Hard Truths (dir. Mike Leigh)
Better Man (dir. Michael Gracey)
Daddio (dir. Christy Hall)
CONTINUE READING ►

When The Price Is Dead Right

Nightfall. It is calmest before the storm as five hearses roll up the hillside carrying five fresh victims. Very much alive for now, they have all been invited by that eccentric millionaire Frederick Loren (Vincent Price) for his wife’s party… at the House on Haunted Hill. How he spoils her! To make the night more interesting (for himself), he has decreed that the guests will win $10,000 each if they last until morning locked inside the spooky mansion. They needn’t worry about losing by default of death since the money will then go to their next of kin. That Frederick… always thinking ahead.

The guests are strangers to each other as well as their host. More interesting that way. They include a typist and wallflower named Nora Manning (Carolyn Craig), the confident pilot Lance Schroeder (Richard Long), the psychiatrist Dr. David Trent (Alan Marshal), the columnist Ruth Bridgers (Julie Mitchum – Robert Mitchum’s sister!), and the owner of the house Watson Pritchard (Elisha Cook Jr.) who is visibly frightened beyond his wits. He goes on and on about their imminent doom by the housed evil. Why go in? They all need money, you see.

Just upstairs held up in her room forever freshening her face is Annabelle (Carol Ohmart), Frederick’s scheming wife. Annabelle insists that it was not he who married her, but she. She also makes no secret of the fact that she loves only his wealth and wants it all for herself. Actually, Annabelle is just wife #4, but what’s most alarming is that those last three wives are dead. Frederick knows of Annabelle’s infidelities and can’t prove them. They’re a perfect match because Annabelle is smart and can hold her own. Frederick would surely agree she is a worthy opponent. Oh, how they love implicating their petty torments on one another! It is their mutual hatred that makes their relationship so strong.

CONTINUE READING ►

Being John Malkovich (dir. Spike Jonze)
The Iron Giant (dir. Brad Bird)
Magnolia (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
After Life (dir. Hirokazu Koreeda)
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A Leuchter Jr. (dir. Errol Morris)
The War Zone (dir. Tim Roth)
Election (dir. Alexander Payne)
Boys Don’t Cry (dir. Kimberly Peirce)
Titus (dir. Julie Taymor)
Three Kings (dir. David O. Russell)
Eyes Wide Shut (dir. Stanley Kubrick)
American Beauty (dir. Sam Mendes)
All About My Mother (dir. Pedro Almodóvar)
Summer of Sam (dir. Spike Lee)
Sleepy Hollow (dir. Tim Burton)
Limbo (dir. John Sayles)
Fight Club (dir. David Fincher)
The Straight Story (dir. David Lynch)
The Virgin Suicides (dir. Sofia Coppola)
Ravenous (dir. Antonia Bird)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (dir. Anthony Minghella)
Twin Falls Idaho (dir. Michael and Mark Polish)
Ratcatcher (dir. Lynne Ramsay)
Topsy-Turvy (dir. Mike Leigh)
Bringing Out the Dead (dir. Martin Scorsese)
Dogma (dir. Kevin Smith)
Man on the Moon (dir. Milos Forman)
Wonderland (dir. Michael Winterbottom)
The Green Mile (dir. Frank Darabont)
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (dir. Trey Parker)
American Movie (dir. Chis Smith)
eXistenZ (dir. David Cronenberg)
The Sixth Sense (dir. M. Night Shyamalan)
Jesus’ Son (dir. Alison Maclean)
The Blair Witch Project (dir. Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez)
Rosetta (dir. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
Guinevere (dir. Audrey Wells)
October Sky (dir. Joe Johnston)
The Cider House Rules (dir. Lasse Hallström)
House on Haunted Hill (dir. William Malone)
Rollercoaster (dir. Scott Smith)
Croupier (dir. Mike Hodges)
The General’s Daughter (dir. Simon West)
8½ Women (dir. Peter Greenaway)
The Big Kahuna (dir. John Swanbeck)
Arlington Road (dir. Mark Pellington)
The Matrix (dir. Andy and Larry Wachowski)
Bowfinger (dir. Frank Oz)
Office Space (dir. Mike Judge)
Cruel Intentions (dir. Roger Jumble)
Romance (dir. Catherine Breillat)
The Hurricane (dir. Norman Jewison)
Dick (dir. Andrew Fleming)
Mystery Men (dir. Kinka Usher)
Julien Donkey-Boy (dir. Harmony Korine)

A

Alfredson, Tomas
Let the Right One In (2008)

Anderson, Wes
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

Aronofsky, Darren
The Wrestler (2008)

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B

Burstein, Nanette
American Teen (2008)

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C

Castle, William
House on Haunted Hill (1959)

Coen, Joel and Ethan
Burn After Reading (2008)

Craven, Wes
The Deadly Friend (1986)

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D

Daniels, Lee
Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire (2009)

Dante, Joe
Matinee (1993)

Durkin, Sean
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)

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F

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G

Greenaway, Peter
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1990)

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H

Haigh, Andrew
Weekend (2011)

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I

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J

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K

Kaufman, Charlie
Synecdoche, New York (2008)

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L

Leigh, Mike
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

Linklater, Richard
Bernie (2012)

Lumet, Sidney
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)

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M

Malone, William
House on Haunted Hill (1999)

Marsh, James
Man on Wire (2008)

McDonagh, John
In Bruges (2008)

Melnick, Huck
Hardly Bear to Look at You (2009)

Moore, Michael
Slacker Uprising (2008)

Morris, Errol
Standard Operating Procedure (2008)

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N

Nolan, Christopher
The Dark Knight (2008)

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O

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P

Puenzo, Lucía
XXY (2008)

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R

Reichardt, Kelly
Wendy and Lucy (2008)

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S

Scherfig, Lone
An Education (2009)

Selick, Henry
Coraline (2009)

Shyamalan, M. Night
The Happening (2008)

Singh, Tarsem
The Fall (2008)

Soderbergh, Steven
The Informant! (2009)

Spielberg, Steven
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

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U

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V

Van Sant, Gus
Milk (2008)

Villeneuve, Denis
Incendies (2010)

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X

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Y

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Z

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