Keyword: homeland
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Mulan
Tony Bancroft isn’t a director who plays it safe, and Mulan — released in 1998 — is proof of what happens when that restlessness meets a strong cast. “The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.” That’s the line the studio chose to sell the film, and it doesn’t…
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The Pianist
Every so often a drama film comes along that refuses to be filed away neatly, and The Pianist is exactly that kind of stubborn, memorable outlier. The film’s own tagline — “Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.” — tells you almost everything about the tone it’s going for. The story kicks off from…