For those familiar with Kiarostami's work, ‘Ten' comes as an accomplishment of previous themes as well as a surprise in changing the gender perspective (female instead of male). The quest for social insight, inner balance and fitting within one's own destiny is seen this time from the angle of a self-liberated woman, hence offering a psychological foray that adds an unexpected sense of satire and unselfishness to Kiarostami's favourite subject: the search for identity.
Meanwhile, for those who
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THE AMERICAN (2010)
Certification15 Our Rating
Jack is a hit man and weapons expert who finds himself hurriedly relocating from the icy savannah of Sweden to the remote mountains of northern Italy. It is here, when he’s presented with the unexpected chance of happiness, that Jack resolves to end his morally bankrupt profession; but he has become more prey than hunter and the noose is tightening. Anton Corbijn has created a beautifully atmospheric and minimalist film, rich in a visual mood more evocative of some of the best of European cinema
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THE CARS THAT ATE PARIS (1974)
Certification15 Our Rating
Director Weir started an illustrious career with this bizarre and apocalyptic tale of a small outback town that lures passing drivers, cannibalises their cars and uses the survivors for strange medical experiments by the town doc. Mad, witty, surreal..superb!
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THE HOT SPOT (1991)
Certification18 Our Rating
From cult director Dennis Hopper a homage to film noir. When hunky second-hand car dealer Harry moves into town he attracts the attention of two beautiful women, the conniving Dolly and the innocent Gloria. Harry finds himself drawn into a life of blackmail and deceit in this steamy thriller.
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TWO-LANE BLACKTOP (1971)
Certification15 Our Rating
In this controversial and acclaimed story of drag-racing drifters, the drivers of a Pontiac GTO and a '55 Chevy fight an obsessive battle across the back roads of America for possession of each other's 'pinks' and the affections of a mysterious young hitchhiker. Dominating this hypnotic existential journey is Warren Oates as the obsessive ‘GTO', with James Taylor and Dennis Wilson (in their first and only acting roles) his rivals for both car and woman. "Two-Lane Blacktop" is an existentialist 6
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WILD AT HEART (1990)
Certification18 Our Rating
Another cult classic from David Lynch (Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks). Sailor and Laura are madly in love but her psychotic mother is having none of it, so they hit the road and begin an adventure peppered with plenty of sex, violence and manic music. Black, broody and very funny, this is a wild movie.
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