#530 – Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1977, Steven Spielberg
After an encounter with UFOs, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
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#531: Vampyr
#531 – Vampyr, (Vampyr – Der Traum des Allan Grey), 1932, Carl Theodor Dreyer
Traveler Allan Gray arrives in the village of Courtempierre and takes lodgings in a small inn. Gray has a great interest in the supernatural, particularly vampires. He’s barely settled in when he feels a sinister force descending upon him. In the night an old man enters his room to tell him ‘she must not die’. One of the old man’s daughters, Leone, has been bitten by a vampire. In order to break the curse, Gray and Leone’s sister Gisele must find the original vampire and drive a stake through her heart.
#532: Beauty and the Beast
#532 – Beauty and the Beast, 1991, Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who’s been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle’s enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all – that true beauty comes from within.
#533: Stand by Me
#533 – Stand by Me, 1986, Rob Reiner
After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.
#534: The Adventures of Robin Hood
#534 – The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1938, Michael Curtiz & William Keighley
Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.
#535: Walkabout
#535 – Walkabout, 1971, Nicolas Roeg
Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Aborigine boy who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.
#536: Frances Ha
#536 – Frances Ha, 2012, Noah Baumbach
An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.
#537: Spotlight
#537 – Spotlight, 2015, Tom McCarthy
In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter “Robby” Robinson, reporters Michael Rezendes, Matt Carroll and Sacha Pfeiffer interview victims and try to unseal sensitive documents. The reporters make it their mission to provide proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church.
#538: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
#538 – The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, 1974, Tobe Hooper
Five friends visiting their grandfather’s house in the country are hunted and terrorized by a chain-saw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals.
#539: Hot Fuzz
#539 – Hot Fuzz, 2007, Edgar Wright
As a former London constable, Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.
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