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DE JARNATT GEMS Veteran TV director Steve De Jarnatt wrote and directed two ‘80s cult gems, the sci-fi adventure Cherry...
IT FOLLOWS (2015) The set up: After contracting a sexually transmitted curse from a new lover, college student Jay Height...
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CRIES AND WHISPERS (1972) The buildup: In Ingmar Bergman’s intense character drama, two distraught, distant sisters (Liv Ullman and Ingrid Thulin)...
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BIRDMAN (or THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) (2014) The buildup: Former superhero movie star Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton) desperately seeks...
