Directed by Lynn Shelton There's something very Jim Jarmusch-ian about Lynn Shelton's Sword of Trust. Though her heavily improvised film is much more broadly comic than a typical Jarmusch film, the characters' unlikely and quirky journey, with its twists turns and even dramatic let downs, feels... well Jarmusch-ian. It's not so much that the plot is … Continue reading Sword of Trust (2019)
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Gone with the Wind (1939)
Directed by Victor Fleming, George Cukor Gone with the Wind is quite the bloodbath, beyond the ways you might expect. Yes it's set in the South against the Civil War, but it's also structured around a love story that while grand is nowhere near as beneficial as in so many other romantic films. Maybe it's … Continue reading Gone with the Wind (1939)
