Quality, not quantity! That’s a good motto to live by, and it goes for this week’s relatively small batch of new releases too. We almost always feature more films than we’re doing today, but very rarely do we get to heartily recommend two of them. Everyone already probably knows how great Dark Knight is. This is a movie that belongs in your personal collection now.
Another, much different film is nearly as good: Man on Wire. This is a documentary about a French trapeze artist’s walk between the Twin Towers. I don’t want to give anything away, but… he just about makes it, when suddenly The Joker appears on the other side and cuts the rope. A bloody, shocking ending to an otherwise worthy film.
Batman and James Gordon join forces with Gotham’s new District Attorney, Harvey Dent, to take on a psychotic bank robber known as The Joker, whilst other forces plot against them, and Joker’s crimes grow more and more deadly. The Dark Knight @ Amazon
Horton Hears a Who! – 220 Rankings – Average Tier 5.50
Horton the Elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community from his neighbors who refuse to believe it exists. Horton Hears a Who! @ Amazon
A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit’s daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City’s World Trade Center’s twin towers in 1974, what some consider, “the artistic crime of the century.” (imdb) Man on Wire @ Amazon
Anamorph – 17 Rankings – Average Tier 3.82
A psychological thriller based on the concept of anamorphosis, a painting technique that manipulates the laws of perspective to create two competing images on a single canvas. (imdb) Anamorph @ Amazon
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