#720 – Sexy Beast, 2000, Jonathan Glazer
The idyllic life of retired safecracker Gal is put at risk when a psychotic gangster from his past arrives at his villa in southern Spain, intent on bringing him out of retirement for one last job.
#721: Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
#721 – Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, 1973, Sam Peckinpah
An aging Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons–his sole purpose being to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.
#722: The Player
#722 – The Player, 1992, Robert Altman
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected – but which one?
#723: Chunhyang
#723 – Chunhyang, (춘향뎐), 2000, Im Kwon-taek
Mongryong marries the beautiful Chunhyang without telling his father, the Governor of Namwon. When his father is transferred to Seoul, Mongryong has to leave Chunhyang and finish his exams. Chunhyang, being the daughter of a courtesan, is also legally a courtesan. She is beaten and imprisoned when she refuses to obey the new Governor Byun, as she wishes to be faithful to her husband. After three years, Mongryong passes his exam and becomes an emissary to the King. He returns to Namwon, disguised as a beggar, just before Chunhyang is to be flogged to death at the governor’s birthday celebration.
#724: The Babadook
#724 – The Babadook, 2014, Jennifer Kent
A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son’s fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
#725: Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
#725 – Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx, (子連れ狼 三途の川の乳母車), 1972, Kenji Misumi
In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must assassinate a traitor who plans to sell his clan’s secrets to the Shogunate.
JUMBO CACTUAR APPROVED FILM
#726: The Goddess
#726 – The Goddess, (神女), 1934, Yonggang Wu
The story of a young prostitute who is trying to give her infant son a good start in life, fighting against the prejudices of others and the attentions of a pimp.
#727: Punch-Drunk Love
#727 – Punch-Drunk Love, 2002, Paul Thomas Anderson
A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.
#728: L’Âge d’Or
#728 – L’Âge d’Or, 1930, Luis Buñuel
The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are passionately in love. Their attempts to consummate their passion are constantly thwarted, by their families, by the Church and bourgeois society in general.
#729: Bad Day at Black Rock
#729 – Bad Day at Black Rock, 1955, John Sturges
One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.
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