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Before Night Falls (2000)

“Homosexual unions are totally lacking in the conjugal dimension, which represents the human and ordered form of sexuality….As experience has shown, the absence of sexual

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The Adjuster (1991)

“I wanted to make a film about believable people doing believable things in unbelievable ways.”—Atom Egoyan I usually take notes on films I review. I

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Amélie (2001)

It’s all about garden gnomes, really. Are they or are they not lethal weapons? How you answer this question could reveal a lot about you.

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Latcho Drom (1993)

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwx0X4tAXn4&t=28s   The sword of anxiety cuts into our skin God have mercy—deliver us from our trials. –from a gypsy song Until I was

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The Pirate (1948)

Serafin (Gene Kelly): Aren’t you interested in love? Manuela (Judy Garland): No! I told you I was going to be married. Before going into detail

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Wit (2001)

“People die in character.” – Elizabeth Kübler-Ross “Now is not the time for verbal swordplay. Now’s the time for simplicity. Now is the time for,

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