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Crisping Lover
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 1958 Richard Brooks

"What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof?"
"Just stayin' on it I guess, long as she can."

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Bright yellow film poster with red text. Elizabeth Taylor lies on an ornate brass bed in a pink dress surveying the empty space next to her. Lobby card. Elizabeth Taylor on that bed again looking sultry in a white dress. Lobby card. Elizabeth Taylor clings to a brass bed head in mild desperation. Lobby card. Elizabeth Taylor lies on a bed in a yellow dress and clings to Paul Newman in mild desperation.
November 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951 Elia Kazan

"Wasn't it all okay till she showed here? And wasn't we happy together? Wasn't it all OK? Till she showed here. Hoity-toity, describin' me like an ape."

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Spanish film poster. Illustration of Marlon Brando, a staircase and a series of different facial expressions made by Vivien Leigh. Still image. Vivien Leigh clutches a dress coyly while Marlon Brando's physical presence looms. Still image. Tensions rise at Elysian Fields between irs inhabitants. Still image. Marlon Brando kneels at the bottom of a wrought iron staircase as Kim Hunter descends to comfort him.
November 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte, 1964 Robert Aldrich

"Often at night, she sits up dressed as if she were still young and expectin' a beau."

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Film poster. Lurid green noir type illustration of Bette Davis, Oliva de Havilland, Agnes Moorhead and Joseph cotton. Still image. Exterior of large Southern mansion with colonnades. Still image. Ariel image of grand curved staircase with Bette Davis and Agnes Moorhead at bottom. Still image. Bette Davis flaps out her arms next to a large stuffed bird.
November 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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The Haunting, 1963 Robert Wise

"It's was an evil house from the beginning, a house that was born bad."

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Film poster. Black and white painting of a creepy old house. Still image. Julie Harris looks intense standing under a gateway in a tweed jacket where the words 'Hill House' are carved into some masonry. Still image. The gang (Claire Bloom, Julie Harris, Richard Johnson and Russ Tamblyn) go up an ornate wooden staircase. Still image. The gang take time to appreciate a statue of St Francis in the conservatory.
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Rebecca, 1940 Alfred Hitchcock

"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again..."

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Criterion cover. Judith Anderson/Mrs Danvers opens some curtains. Still image. Manderley. Still image. Joan Fontaine walks past a very large window. Still image. Judith Fontaine looks up while a lot of flames occur behind her.
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Saltburn, 2023 Emerald Fennell

"Lots of people get lost in Saltburn."

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Film poster. Barry Keoghan smokes a cigarette in the sky above a folly by a lake. Still image. Barry Keoghan stands against a metal railing in a maroon silk bathrobe above a cluttered lawn. Still image. Barry Keoghan looks around in a white library with a rose window at one end. Still image. Barry Keoghan and reflection at an opulent dining table.
November 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Barton Fink, 1991 Joel & Ethan Coen

"You think you know pain? You think I made your life Hell? Look around this dump. You're just a tourist with a typewriter, I LIVE here...and you come into my home, and you complain that I'm making too much noise!"

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Criterion cover. John Turturro looks nervously into a corridor. Still image. A corner of some wallpaper peels away from a wall. Still image John Turturro listens against a hotel room wall. Still image. John Goodman stands in a hotel corridor next to the elevator where flames are appearing.
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Mother!, 2017 Darren Aronofsky

"I want to make a paradise."

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Promo image. Jennifer Lawrence wearing a white dress and minimal make-up holds her heart in her hands surrounded by floral wallpaper. Still image. Jennifer Lawrence in t-shirt and cargo pants stands on the porch of a large white house. Still image. Jennifer Lawrence touches a plastered wall with her eyes closed. Still image. An illuminated light bulb with blood on it in front of a red brick wall.
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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The Shining, 1980 Stanley Kubrik

"...you know some places are like people. Some shine and some don't. It's just that the Overlook Hotel has something like 'shining'."

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Criterion cover. The Shining written on a white distressed door in red crayon. Still image. Barry Dennen, Barry Nelson, Jack Nicolson and Shelley Duvall take a tour of the Overlook Hotel. Still image. Danny Lloyd watches TV. Still image. Jack Nicolson props up the art deco bar.
November 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Death in Venice, 1971 Luchino Visconti

"In all the world, there is no impurity so impure as old age."

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Film poster. Dirk Bogarde looks out at Bjorn Adressen on the beach from inside a cabana. Still image. The Grand Hotel Des Bains. Still image. Dirk Bogarde walks the hotel corridor. Still image. Dirk Bogarde in a white suit walks onto the beach near to Bjorn Andresen in a red swimsuit and straw hat.
November 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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A Cure for Wellness, 2016 Gore Verbinski

"Who the hell takes the waters in the 21st century anyway?"

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Film poster. A female figure lists inside a blue glass bottle with a stopper. Still image. Dane DeHaan stands on crutches and checks out some guests swimming through a glass widow in a concrete wall. Still image. Mia Goth in a concrete bathtub in a white tiled room. Still image. A goldfish floats at the top of a goldfish bowl in a brown retro office room.
November 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Crimes of the Future, 1970 David Cronenberg

"The house of skin began its existence as a residential clinic for wealthy patients who were treated for severely pathological skin conditions..."

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Film poster. Surreal/minimal style artwork of person holding their face. Still image. Donald Mlodzik enters a lift in a brutatist lobby. Still image. Ronald Mlodzik walks along a large mininal corridor. Still image. Ronald Mlodzik walks down a concrete walkway.
November 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Dogtooth, 2009 Yorgos Lanthimos

"The new words of the day are: 'Sea', 'Highway', 'Road trip' and 'Shotgun'."

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Film poster. Simple curved line graphic design in blue, red and yellow. Still image. Angeliki Papoulia and Christos Passalis play with a toy plane in a garden. Still image. Thevlegs of Christos Sterhioglou (seated) and Angelkki Papoulia (standing) on a patio, next to a pool. Still image. Christos Passalis stands facing a bush.
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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The Zone of Interest, 2023 Jonathan Glazer

"The life we enjoy is very much worth the sacrifice."

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Film poster. A family enjoy a day on the lawn in a garden. In the distance the sky is completely black. Still image. Imogen Kogge, Sandra Huller watch two children play with a car in the garden. Still.image Imogen Kogge relaxes on a lounge chair in the garden. Still image. The Hoss family and friends around the pool in the garden.
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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High-Rise, 2015 Ben Wheatley

"For all it's inconveniences, Laing was satisfied with life in the high rise. Now that so many of the residents were out of the way, he felt able to relax. More in charge of himself."

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French DVD cover. Tom Hiddleston on the balcony in a brutatist block of flats with a figure falling in the distance. Still image Tom Hiddleston sits leaning against a wall inside. Still image. Tom Hiddleston sits back in the lift. Still image. The high rise from below.
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Sorcerer, 1977 William Friedkin

"We're carrying three cases each. One is enough to blow out your fire... that means you don't think all the trucks will make it. One of us is a backup..."

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Criterion cover. Red and black block printed truck under green leaves. Still image. Lazaro takes a corner on a wet muddy road on a mountain side. Still image. Sorcerer on a rope bridge over a ravine. Still image. Lazaro at night in the rain with headlamps shining.
November 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Movern Callar, 2002 Lynne Ramsey

"Where are we going?"
"Somewhere Beautiful."

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Film poster. Samantha Morton looks up at the sky in yellow and orange two tone image. Still image. Samantha Morton leans her head backwards out of a car window into the sun. Still image. Samantha Morton lays on a kerb in the hot sun. Still image. Silhouette of an arm and hand in a window frame, stretched out towards the sky, the sea and the sand.
November 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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The End of Evangelion, 1997 Hideaki Anno & Kazuya Tsurumaki

"The fate of destruction is also the joy of rebirth."

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Film poster. Two kids stare out onto a horizon with a massive womans face in the sky. Still image. A children's play area at dusk in orange and black. Still image. Palm trees and a sunset in orange and black. Still image. The instrumentality project across the earth in orange and black.
November 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Rabbits Moon (La Lune des Lapins), 1971 version, Kenneth Anger

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Still image. Illustration of esoteric eye in sun on pink background. Still image. A white rabbit in blue light. Still image. Andre Soubeyran dressed as pierrot stands with outstretched arms in blue light surrounded by trees. Still image. White moon on a blue background.
November 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Sideways, 2004 Alexander Payne

"Do not drink too much. Do you hear me? I don't want you passing out or going in the dark side. No going in the dark side!"

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Theatrical release poster. Illustration of two men stuck inside a bottle on green background. Still image. Paul Giamatti and Thomad Haden Church run down a hill with a bottle of wine. Still.image. Paul Hayden Church lies on top of Paul Giamatti on a motel bed. Still image. A bloodied Thomas haven't church with nose bandage gestures towards Paul Giamatti holding a brown paper bag in the front sears of a csr.
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Mr Klein, 1976 Joseph Losey

"Indifference is like a still, flat sea surrounding a drowning man. It's like a flock of sheep grazing in the ruins of a village. Or like a worm crawling over a putrid mound."

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DVD cover. Again Delon coat and hat with shadow facing in opposite direction. Still image. Alain Delon in fancy golden dressing gown looks surprised reading a piece of paper. Still image. Alain Delon gets swept up in a crowd. Still image. Alain Delon grimly holds onto the bars of a boxcar in leather gloves.
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Sunset Boulevard, 1950 Billy Wider

"No one ever leaves a star. That's what makes one a star."

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Czech DVD cover. Gloria Swanson in a white gown under a spotlight, stood at the bottom of a staircase with one hand on hip. Still image. Gloria Swanson raises and arms in a theatrical gesture in the light of a film projector. Still image. Gloria Swanson performs for the camera one last time. Still image. A projection of Gloria Swanson in the film 'Queen Kelly' by Erich von Stroheim where she is lit by two candles.
November 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Get Carter, 1971 Mike Hodges

"You're a big man, but you're in bad shape. With me it's a full time job. Now behave yourself!"

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BFI film poster. Micheal Caine in a suit with a shotgun. Still image. Michael Caine on a train. Reading Raymond Chandler. Still image. Michael Caine on a boat. Pointing a revolver. Still image. Michael Caine at Blackhall Colliery Beach. Brandishing a frown and a shotgun.
November 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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In Cold Blood, 1967 Richard Brooks

"I see the hangman's ready. What's his name?"
"...we the people."

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Theatrical release poster. Mugshot/newspaper style black and white image of just the eyes of Robert Blake and Scott Wilson above and below 'Truman Capote's in Cold Blood' like a book jacket. Still image. Robert Blake in a harness is ascorted to the Gallows. Still image. Robert Blake has a black mask placed over his face and a noose around his neck. Still image. Robert Blake receives the last rights on the platform.
November 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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The Last Emperor, 1987 Bernardo Bertolucci

"Now he's growing up, he may wonder why he's the only person in China who may not walk out of his own front door... I think the Emperor is the loneliest boy on earth."

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Criterion cover. Richard Vuu runs through the palace towards a bright yellow light. Still image. A golden carriage enters the Emperors Palace courtyard. Still image. Richard Vuu walks underneath a very large yellow silk parachute thing. Still image. Richard Vuu in ceremonial dress inside The Forbidden City.
November 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM