Directed by Francois Truffaut Francois Truffaut's The Last Metro feels like it belongs in a sub genre of nostalgic films, alongside Louis Malle's Au Revoir Les Enfants, John Boorman's Hope and Glory and Woody Allen's Radio Days. These are films tied to the moments of history in which the director was a child. Often they orbit charged moments in … Continue reading The Last Metro (1980)
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Amarcord (1973)
Directed by Federico Fellini Amarcord depicts a series of vignettes, spread amongst a Simpsons-like cast of characters in a small town in the Italian countryside. It's a nostalgic comedy, full of slapstick and vulgarity, which occasionally pulls back far enough to remind you that this was all happening within a fascist state. The most memorable sequence … Continue reading Amarcord (1973)
Ballast (2008)
Directed by Lance Hammer “Filmmakers are from a privileged class and tend to make films about themselves. That’s decadent and in my opinion worthless.” - Lance Hammer Ballast concerns three people tied together by one man's suicide. They live in the Mississippi Delta, but the environment feels much more out of this world than that. Hammer … Continue reading Ballast (2008)
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