Unlike the Vietnam War, which spawned Apocalypse Now, The Deer Hunter, Full Metal Jacket and several other modern classics, the Algerian War, which was very much France’s Vietnam, did no such thing.
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Restoration wit William Congreve opined that music had charms to soothe the savage breast, but in “The Sonata,” it has power to summon the savage beast — you know, the one usually depicted with horns, tail, and a pitchfork. This handsome horror meller set primarily in France benefits considerably from location shooting in cheaper, but picturesque Latvia.
Unlike the Vietnam War, which spawned Apocalypse Now, The Deer Hunter, Full Metal Jacket and several other modern classics, the Algerian War, which was very much France’s Vietnam, did no such thing.
The best film about the wages of aging sinceAmoureight years ago,The Fathertakes a bracingly insightful, subtle and nuanced look at encroaching dementia and the toll it takes on those in close proximity to the afflicted.
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Documentarian David France's background as an investigative journalist has brought exacting research and robust narrative skills to LGBTQ subject matter, from the transitional breakthrough in HIV/AIDS treatment in How to Survive a Plague to the presumed murder of a pioneering transgender activist in The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson.
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