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The Departed
There is a reason “The Departed” keeps coming up in conversations about crime and drama and thriller filmmaking since its 2006 release. It is easy to see why it keeps getting recommended long after its initial release. “Cops or criminals. When you’re facing a loaded gun, what’s the difference?.” That is the tagline, and it…
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Napoleon Dynamite
There is a reason “Napoleon Dynamite” keeps coming up in conversations about comedy filmmaking since its 2004 release. That reputation, as it turns out, is well earned. Everything the film wants you to feel is right there in its tagline: “He’s out to prove he’s got nothing to prove.” At the center of it are…
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(500) Days of Summer
Word of mouth is a strange thing, and “(500) Days of Summer” from 2009 is exactly the kind of film that earns it one recommendation at a time. It is the kind of film that tends to outlast whatever else came out the same year. The marketing leaned on the line “Boy meets girl. Boy…