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Yojimbo (1961)

Comedy Rated NR

“Although swords strike and blood flows, Yojimbo mostly registers as a comedy.”

Love & Basketball (2000)

Drama Rated PG-13

“If someone knows the one true thing about you, that might be enough for a life together.”

Tampopo (1985)

Comedy Rated NR

“Itami squeezes Japanese food customs, even as he offers a fondly humorous survey of them.”

Vulcanizadora (2025)

Drama Rated NR

“…you feel the desperation and doom closing in with each passing scene.”

The Shrouds (2025)

Drama Rated R

“…a mournful, if macabre, meditation on losing a loved one — as only writer-director David Cronenberg could manage.”

Andrei Rublev (1966)

Drama Rated R

“Tarkovsky sets the stage for the rest of his career with Andrei Rublev…”

Ivan’s Childhood (1962)

Drama Rated NR

“…has a mysticism and poeticism that would define later Tarkovsky efforts.”

Sinners (2025)

Horror Rated R

“Music is liberation in Sinners…”

The Legend of Ochi (2025)

Family Rated PG

“Could become a kiddie cult classic…”

Early Summer (1951)

Drama Rated NR

“For Yasujiro Ozu, domestic tranquility always sits on a razor’s edge…”

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Power Ballad (2026)

Drama Rated R

“If you weren’t a dad before seeing Power Ballad, you’d likely be transformed into one by the movie’s end.”

Backrooms (2026)

Horror Rated R

“Parsons proves to be an expert manipulator of space with the camera.”

Boxcar Bertha (1972)

Drama Rated R

“Scorsese pulls out a handful of stylistic flourishes…”


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