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95 Naked Island (1960) - Jul 05, 2011
Mini-Review: A masterful wordless cinematic poem about a farming family on a remote Japanese island. The theme of humans being slaves to nature has never been so well-expressed as in the repeated scenes of the Sisyphean task of a man and his wife carrying heavy buckets of water up a steep hill, only to see the water evaporate in the sun as they pour it onto their crops. The music excels in absence of dialogue, which itself never feels like a stunt, merely a further reflection of the weariness of the family.
95 The Beautiful Troublemaker (1991) - Oct 06, 2010
Mini-Review: Slow and methodical in the best possible way. By forcing the audience to fully immerse themselves into the process of drawing, Rivette allows us to see the characters as they see each other. We stop seeing the model as a person in her own right and she becomes merely the artist's plaything. A wonderful depiction of the creative process, and highly recommended.
95 Sundays and Cybele (1962) - Nov 19, 2009
Mini-Review: The two main characters in this film inhabit such a tender and beautiful world that it is often easy to think of it as unrealistic, and yet those thoughts are the very reason why this film succeeds. It challenges preconceptions and makes you reconsider the innocence and joy available in life.