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October 10, 2020 Fantasy / German Empire / Horror / Mystery / Silent / Thriller

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a 1920 silent horror/thriller out of Germany’s Weimar era. A young man reminisces about

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March 11, 2019 Australia / Comedy / Short

Eleven O’Clock, The (2016) – Short Film

A psychiatrist’s new patient suffers from delusions that he is also a psychiatrist. The clever banter and delivery by the

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February 27, 2019 Drama / Mexico

Roma (2018)

Roma transports us back to Mexico in the 1970’s in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, known as Roma. The

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April 29, 2020 Biography / Drama / UK / USA

Judy (2019)

Judy Garland will always be remembered for her classic role in The Wizard of Oz, however, her story only starts

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April 19, 2020 History / Narrative & Plot Structure

Narrative Structure: Aristotle & Bharata Muni

EARLY LITERARY THEORY The search for the earliest analysis of literary theory led me first to Aristotle and then later

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October 5, 2019 Comedy / Crime / Drama / USA

Down By Law (1986)

Local DJ, Zack (Waits), pimp, Jack (Lurie), and Italian tourist, Roberto (Benini) all find themselves locked up in a New

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August 3, 2019 Drama / Romance / USA

Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942)

Orson Welles’ second film, The Magnificent Ambersons, is an adaptation of Booth Tarkington’s novel of the same name. The second

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July 13, 2019 Drama / Estonia / Fantasy / Horror

November (2017)

Deals with the devil, adhoc supernatural mechanical beings, shape-shifting, and elegant cinematography all help bring Rainer Sarnet’s Estonian folklore film

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