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Macunaima (1969) - World Cinema Series

Macunaima is a landmark in Brazilian filmmaking. It is grotesque, utterly hilarious and beautifully surrealistic, but also unmistakably political. Here’s a look at Joaquim Pedro de Andrade’s allegorical representation of Brazilian life and politics in the sixties.

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Bergman and the Women - The Arts House

Aside from theatrical and cinematic achievements, Bergman was a notable commentator on human nature. And one of his popular subjects, whom he studied, interpreted and beautifully captured were the womenfolk.

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In Retrospect: 2008 in Film Posters

We pick and list 10 of the creme de la creme of film posters in 2008 that we turned around to looked at, twice. Although this is in no particular order, we’ll tell you that Gondry’s Be Kind Rewind (Soyez Sympas Remobinez in French) was numero uno.

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