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The Fire Within
An alcoholic contemplates suicide in Louis Malle’s devastating 1963 film about the human desire for meaning. Louis Malle was a director of astonishing range....
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Salesman
A study of Boston-area Bible salesmen was the breakthrough documentary of the brothers Albert and David Maysles. The Maysles brothers, Albert and David, pioneered...
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Topsy-Turvy
Topsy-Turvy, a British film that came out in 2000, is about Gilbert and Sullivan, and how they came to create their masterpiece, The Mikado....
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Meet Me in St. Louis
Vincente Minnelli’s musical slice of Americana was his first starring his future wife Judy Garland. In addition to being a film snob, it would...
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Little Fugitive
Three New York photographers put together a low-budget movie in 1953, outside the Hollywood system, using the story of a 7-year-old kid at Coney...
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Variety Lights
Fellini’s first film as director, in collaboration with the veteran Alberto Lattuada, was this witty comedy about a small time traveling theater troupe. When...