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Tag: Perfect Movies
Perfect Movies: Paris, Texas
Movies are brilliant constructions of image, sound, and dialogue. Although this seems to be a reductive analysis of what comprises … More
Perfect Movies: The Godfather: Part II
Crime–specifically gangster–movies have come a long way since the early days of cinema. From early lurid crime pictures like Howard … More
Perfect Movies: Terrence Malick’s First 5 Films
Terrence Malick is one of the most interesting directors of both the 20th and 21st century. For decades known as … More
Perfect Movies: Chasing Amy
Movies don’t have to be glamorous affairs of great spectacle and directorial flourishes that astonish the viewer to be perfect. … More
Perfect Movies: Amadeus
What makes a genius? Divine inspiration? Hard work? A discipline forged in fire and molded by repetitive strikes from the … More
Perfect Movies: The Blues Brothers
“We’re on a mission from God.” And it’s not just a boast or else some tough-sounding phrase when spoken with … More
Perfect Movies: Monkey Business
There may be no more perfect comedy configuration on film than the Marx Brothers. I have had some dark days in … More
Perfect Movies: American Psycho
“You like Huey Lewis & The News?” I sure do, and Patrick Bateman makes a great argument for the strengths … More
Perfect Movies: Blade Runner
Do androids dream of electric sheep? This question–the title of Philip K. Dick’s novel that serves as the basis for … More
Perfect Movies: The Big Lebowski
The Dude abides. But how? With the Gulf War raging in the background and as the slings and arrows of … More
Perfect Movies: The Breakfast Club
It is a truth universally acknowledged that being a teenager sucks. Not objectively, of course: as an increasingly cantankerous adult, … More