first look archive 2008
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A lush Technicolor film noir starring the luminously lethal Gene Tierney as a woman driven by an insatiable, and destructive, devotion to her man.
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A portrait of the idiosyncratic filmmaker that is so close-up and personal, conspiracy theorists suggest David Lynch made it himself!
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A passionate call to arms, an empowering look at the potency of local activism, and a scary reminder of what is truly a life threatening crisis.
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The full length directors cut of Wojcieck Has' 1960s Polish epic, a truly surreal 'head-trip' set in the 18th century.
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Fassbinder's monumental and compelling dissection of Berlin low-life between the wars screens in a gorgeous new, complete 15-and-1/2 hour, 35mm print.
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Frank Capra transforms the trials of small-town dreamer James Stewart into a lasting paean to the heroism of lives lived in the shade of ordinariness.
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Novelist John Steinbeck gave his stamp of approval to this bravura film adaptation of his Pulitzer Prize winning novel.
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Delicate and subtle, this adaptation of Brian Morton's novel upholds the notion that literature is worth a lifetime of passion.
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Denounced by presidents and bankrupted by his passions, Grove Press publisher Barney Rosset was an infamous crusader for free expression.
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Shot on location in New York City, Harold Lloyd's action-comedy classic is a landmark film of the golden silent era.
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This glorious restoration of comic genius Harold Lloyd's 'final silent' is both thrilling and contentious.
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Keith Haring's joyful pop/graffiti genius erupted in the 80s to ignite galleries, fashion, celebrity and walls from Berlin to Melbourne.
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An intimate and textured investigation of the life and art of American artist Alice Neel.
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John Turturro's tragicomic, oddball and unexpectedly endearing 'kitchen sink' musical.
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Restored 35mm print of the acclaimed epic by Oscar-lauded 'Best Director' Warren Beatty.
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Beat-era Los Angeles was the locus for an energetic group of artists, curators and collectors.
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Novelist Paul Auster's second foray into directing centres on a famed author who retires to a house in the country seeking renewal in seclusion.
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An enthralling document on the band that defined a generation.
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Widely hailed as a landmark in African-American filmmaking.
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