#730: Dogtooth

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aikpsnxycvxc65wmsvkas8tnctu#730 – Dogtooth, (Κυνόδοντας), 2009, Yorgos Lanthimos
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Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family abode is instantly assigned a new meaning. Hence ‘the sea’ refers to a large armchair and ‘zombies’ are little yellow flowers. Having invented a brother whom they claim to have ostracized for his disobedience, the uber-controlling parents terrorize their offspring into submission

#733: Big Deal on Madonna Street

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f5oxd8nl0pr3dcyhtyhhrfpsmjl#733 – Big Deal on Madonna Street, (I soliti ignoti), 1958, Mario Monicelli
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Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they’re not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he’s finally devised a master heist that will make them rich. With the help of some fellow criminals, he plans to dig a tunnel from a rented apartment to the pawnshop next door, where they can rob the safe. But his plan is far from foolproof, and the fact that no one in the group has any experience digging tunnels proves to be the least of their problems.

#735: Fantasia

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9wasr7d7qwaduhsvx3nd58ihcoz#735 – Fantasia, 1940, Samuel Armstrong, James Algar, William Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Hamilton Luske, Jim Handley, Ford Beebe, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Ben Sharpsteen Norman Ferguson, & David Hand
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Walt Disney’s timeless masterpiece is an extravaganza of sight and sound! See the music come to life, hear the pictures burst into song and experience the excitement that is Fantasia over and over again.

#737: JFK

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hl2iwmw53zjr1apqfghwqmf3uhn#737 – JFK, 1991, Oliver Stone
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This acclaimed Oliver Stone drama presents the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison. When Garrison begins to doubt conventional thinking on the murder, he faces government resistance, and, after the killing of suspected assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, he closes the case. Later, however, Garrison reopens the investigation, finding evidence of an extensive conspiracy behind Kennedy’s death.

#738: Il Posto

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8bqiwanzndg944uinr02uuynvyz#738 – Il Posto, 1961, Ermanno Olmi
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With his family mired in financial troubles, Domenico moves to Milan, Italy, from his small town to get a job in lieu of furthering his education. A lack of options forces him to take a position as a messenger at a big company, where he hopes to receive a promotion soon. There, Domenico meets Antonietta, a young woman in a similar situation as himself. The two form a tentative relationship, but the soulless nature of their jobs threatens to keep them apart.

#739: Crazed Fruit

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tqiuaqe0e09l8wfva5hqjmq7niu#739 – Crazed Fruit, (狂った果実), 1956, Kô Nakahira
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Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking, in this seminal Sun Tribe film from director Kô Nakahira. Adapted from the controversial novel by Shintarô Ishihara, and critically savaged for its lurid portrayal of the postwar sexual revolution among Japan’s young and privileged, Crazed Fruit is an anarchic outcry against tradition and the older generation.