Movie Recommendations

Rashomon

In this examination of the subjectivity of reality, a samurai, his wife, a bandit, and a woodcutter offer varying accounts of a rape and murder. (subtitled)

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City Lights

First-rate Chaplin opus typically combines great comic bits with overly sentimental (maudlin?) ones; one of The Tramp’s three best films (with The Gold Rush and Modern Times).

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Top Hat

Delightful songs (e.g., “Cheek to Cheek”) and dance numbers more than compensate for the silly mistaken-identity plotline. Though Swing Time is my favorite Fred & Ginger outing, this film is probably their best-known.

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Emma

Solid adaptation of the Jane Austen novel. Emma (Gwyneth Paltrow) is a would-be matchmaker with all the wrong instincts.

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