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Django Unchained
Django Unchained arrived in 2012 with a simple pitch and a director, Quentin Tarantino, who clearly had bigger ambitions for the drama genre than the logline suggested. You can tell a lot about a movie from its tagline, and “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of vengeance.” gives away the game in the best way. Here’s…
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No Country for Old Men
Few things separate a forgettable night of scrolling from a night you actually remember, and “No Country for Old Men” (2007) lands firmly in the second camp for a specific kind of viewer. It does not take long to understand why people keep bringing it up. Everything the film wants you to feel is right…
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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…