North American Films – Page 40 – Under Southern Eyes

New York, New York: a homage to and a subversion of Hollywood / Broadway glamour, fame and artifice

Martin Scorsese, “New York, New York” (1977) One of Martin Scorsese’s most under-rated films, in

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Charlie Chaplin, “Modern Times” (1936) In its own way, “Modern Times” is significant as an

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Todd Browning, “Freaks” (1932) A unique cult film of the kind that can be said

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Nicholas Roeg, “The Man Who Fell to Earth” (1976) For a film with hardly much

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Duncan Jones, “Moon” (2009) Like father, like son, no? … decades ago David Bowie sang

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Jay Roach, “Trumbo” (2015) This biopic of Hollywood screen-writer Dalton Trumbo’s career from the late

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Charles Haid, “Sally Hemings: An American Scandal” (2000) More notable for the performances of its

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Charlie Kaufmann and Duke Johnson, “Anomalisa” (2015) Not often does a film come along that

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Gavin Hood, “Rendition” (2007) Rarely does Hollywood release a film that attempts to address and

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Tim Burton, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (2007) US film director Tim

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