North American Films – Page 41 – Under Southern Eyes

The Great Dictator: using comedy and drama, silent film and talking picture to confront fascism

Charles Chaplin, “The Great Dictator” (1940) It’s over-long and the slapstick comedy is laid on

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“Let Your Life Be A Friction To Stop The Machine” (Class War Films, 2012) It’s

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Volker Schlöndorff, “The Handmaid’s Tale” (1990) Based on the dystopian novel by Canadian writer Margaret

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Stanley Kubrick, “Fear and Desire” (1953) Stanley Kubrick’s debut feature film may be an awkward

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Avi Lewis, “This Changes Everything” (2015) Billed as a film about climate change, this documentary

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Stanley Kubrick, “The Seafarers” (1953) Stanley Kubrick’s first film made in colour turns out to

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Quentin Tarantino, “Jackie Brown” (1997) Of the early films directed by Quentin Tarantino that have

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Zachary Maxwell, “Yuck! A 4th Grader’s Short Documentary about School Lunch” (2012) Here comes wisdom

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Wim Wenders, “Paris, Texas” (1984) One of American cinema’s finest yet under-appreciated treasures must surely

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Alex Gibney, “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room” (2005) A bit gimmicky in parts,

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