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History of Film: ‘Barry Lyndon’
Kubrick's most under-appreciated film may actually be his greatest achievement.
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History of Film: ‘Annie Hall’
Editor’s note: Annie Hall is one of the 10 best films of the 1970s voted on by staff, friends, and readers of Movie Mezzanine. For the sake of surprise, we’ll wait to reveal where this and every other film ranks on the list until the very end. We hope you enjo...
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History of Film: ‘Apocalypse Now’
Francis Ford Coppola's troubled production resulted in the greatest war film ever made.
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History of Film: ‘Taxi Driver’
Editor’s note: Taxi Driver is one of the ten best films of the 1970s voted on by staff, friends, and readers of Movie Mezzanine. For the sake of surprise we’ll wait to reveal where this and every other film ranks on the list until the very end. We hope you en...
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The Art of Lists: Anarchy Disguised As Order
As a recent addition to the Movie Mezzanine team, my first task as a contributor was to offer my picks for the best films of the 1970s for our History of Film archive. It was expected that we'd all agree on a few, while others would scarcely be recognized. Gre...
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History of Film: Steven Spielberg’s ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’
“What’s your favorite movie?” tends to be a haphazard, superficial question. We tend to answer superficially in kind: a quick title drop followed by some general qualifications. It’s always felt like a disservice to the objects of our cinematic affections beca...
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History of Film: Spike Lee’s ‘Do The Right Thing’ — Dynamite Under Every Seat
Do the Right Thing is currently #5 on my all time best movies list. It was my best film of 1989 as well, earning the top slot after my emotional first viewing of it at Jersey City’s State Theater. The State is where I was introduced to director Spike Lee’s wo...
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History of Film: Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Back To The Future’
Back to the Future was released on July 3, 1985, right in the middle of the decade. It was number one at the box-office for 11 weeks running and ended up the top-grossing film of the year. Why did it do so well? Because it was really damn good, that’s why. Thi...
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History of Film: Martin Scorsese’s ‘Raging Bull’
I’m one of those who believes Raging Bull is the best film of the 1980’s.
It’s a lyrical, operatic, and brutal masterpiece from director Martin Scorsese who would helm multiple masterpieces throughout his career. However, while such qualities can come toget...
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History of Film: Ingmar Bergman’s ‘Fanny and Alexander’
In spotlighting Ingmar Bergman’s magnum opus Fanny and Alexander as one of the great films of the 1980s, one cannot help but marvel at how out of step with the ‘80s it is, and least of all for its period setting in the early years of the 20th century. In a dec...
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