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The Silence of the Lambs
When Jonathan Demme sat down to make “The Silence of the Lambs”, the goal was clearly to deliver something that sticks with an audience long after the credits roll. It is the kind of film that tends to outlast whatever else came out the same year. The marketing leaned on the line “To enter the…
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Die Hard
Word of mouth is a strange thing, and “Die Hard” from 1988 is exactly the kind of film that earns it one recommendation at a time. That reputation, as it turns out, is well earned. The marketing leaned on the line “40 stories of sheer adventure!” — and once you are a few scenes in,…
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Sicario
Every so often a film shows up that seems built for exactly one mood, and “Sicario”, released in 2015, is one of those titles. It is the kind of film that tends to outlast whatever else came out the same year. Everything the film wants you to feel is right there in its tagline: “The…