Directed by Louis Malle Lou (Burt Lancaster) is an aged gangster who longs for the mythologized days of old, and Sally (Susan Sarandon) is a young waitress who hopes to absorb some of his sophistication. Though they live next door to each other it's only over the course of a handful of days that they … Continue reading Atlantic City (1980)
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Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
Directed by Robert Wise Burt Lancaster is the symbol of virtue, it seems, in just about all of his most iconic roles. Maybe he's not so much so in films like The Sweet Smell of Success and others I can't think of right now, but when I picture Lancaster I picture Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, The … Continue reading Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
Christine (2016)
Directed by Antonio Campos Okay, so Christine is a mix of Network (1976), Nightcrawler (2014), Blue Jasmine (2013) and Taxi Driver (1976). Set in 1974, the story of a local news reporter plays out in the shadow of the Woodward and Bernstein takedown of Richard Nixon which is chronicled in another 1976 film, All the President's Men. Christine Chubbuck, the … Continue reading Christine (2016)
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