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Satyajit Ray’s The Apu Trilogy
by Barbara Pokras, ACE I was lost. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. It […]
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Steven Spielberg’s ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’
In 1988, I was an ill-adjusted Polish kid who moved with his mother and our two dogs to a rough Boston neighborhood — Dorchester. My English was OK. A year later, I saw my favorite movie, and although I don’t remember every detail of that day, I do remember it changed my life. […]
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Tom Tykwer’s ‘Run Lola Run’
I grew up in Deep River in Northern Ontario, Canada in the 1970s, an idyllic place to live as far as catching frogs and running through the woods, but I didn’t get to see movies in the cinema very often. […]
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Albert Lamorisse’s ‘The Red Balloon’
There was a time, in the 1980s in San Diego, when there weren’t any theatres that showed foreign, independent or avant-garde films except for one place: the Unicorn Theatre. […]
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Terrence Malick’s ‘Days of Heaven’
October 1978. A weekday afternoon in Manhattan. I stumble into daylight, having just experienced something which has so floored me that I’m numb, twisted around, and can’t remember which subway takes me back downtown — so I start walking, trying to make sense of what I’d just seen. […]
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The Coen Brothers’ ‘Miller’s Crossing’
I have always been envious of those who came to the business because of their love and passion for films. I was born into the film industry and didn’t appreciate my proximity. […]
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Alex Cox’s ‘REPO MAN’ (1984)
It was 1984, and I walked out of the movie theatre electrified. […]
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DA Pennebaker’s ‘Dont Look Back’ (1967)
In ‘Don’t Look Back’, the action unfolds at the rhythm of life. […]
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Luis Buñuel’s ‘THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE’ (1972)
Looking back at ‘Discreet Charm’, the time manipulation feels precious. […]
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Peter Berkos
Sound effects have been Peter’s life. […]
