Keyword: resistance
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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…
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Pan’s Labyrinth
Not every drama movie needs to reinvent the wheel, but Pan’s Labyrinth manages to feel fresh anyway, thanks largely to Guillermo del Toro’s confident direction. “Innocence has a power evil cannot imagine.” That’s the line the studio chose to sell the film, and it doesn’t oversell it by much. The setup is straightforward enough on…
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Casablanca
Word of mouth is a strange thing, and “Casablanca” from 1943 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. Everything the film wants you to feel is right there in its tagline:…