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You may ask: Shouldnt the very best films remain so, by definition?

VERTIGO, James Stewart, Kim Novak, 1958
Well, not always.
How many of these classics have you seen?
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans(1927)
Sunrisewas German Expressionist director and expat F.W.
Murnaus first studio picture in America.
How to watch: Stream onApple TV,Prime Video,Tubi, orYouTube.
How to watch: Stream onApple TV,Prime Video, orYouTube.
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The camera and characters move ponderously, and the dialogue is often spoken in monotone.
Even during the scenes of torture and immolation, the witnessing clergys cold faces betray a dearth of humanity.
How to watch: Stream onApple TVor theCriterion Channel.
Adding to the mythology of the film was its completion over the course of the Nazi occupation of France.
Production was riddled with delays, set rebuilds, and reshoots.
Some scenes and crew members of the film were kept secret from the occupation administrators.
How to watch: Stream onApple TV, theCriterion Channel, orPrime Video.
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It does not make for easy watching, however.
How to watch:Purchase on DVD or Blu-ray,or stream via theInternet Archive.
Is this self-serious mysticism or high camp?
Baroque painting on film or the tackiest home movie ever made?
How to watch: you might track it down onVimeoorYouTube.
These are the antics of a small-town, Southern family corrupted by wealth and privilege.
How to watch: Buy it onDVD or Blu-ray.
How to watch: Available via theInternet Archive.
In Tatis lens, children and dogs are the true protagonists of modern life.
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Antonioni and Vittis collaboration inLavventuraand subsequent films throughout the 1960s created a new visual paradigm for modern art cinema.
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