Keyword: ghetto
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Schindler’s List
Schindler’s List arrived in 1993 with a simple pitch and a director, Steven Spielberg, who clearly had bigger ambitions for the drama genre than the logline suggested. “Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire.” That’s the line the studio chose to sell the film, and it doesn’t oversell it by much. At its core,…
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City of God
Some movies announce themselves with noise; City of God (2002) prefers to earn its reputation the slow way, one convert at a time. You can tell a lot about a movie from its tagline, and “If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.” gives away the game in the…
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Moonlight
When Barry Jenkins sat down to make “Moonlight”, the goal was clearly to deliver something that sticks with an audience long after the credits roll. It is easy to see why it keeps getting recommended long after its initial release. Everything the film wants you to feel is right there in its tagline: “This is…