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a few great films that are free on the internet archive

in decent quality too!

here is the archive collection of these films so you can favorite on there/save if desired.

links below

black girl (1966) dir. ousmane sembene

the battle of algiers (1966) dir. gillo pontecorvo

paris, texas (1984) dir. wim wenders

desert hearts (1985) dir. donna deitch

harold and maude (1973) dir. hal ashby

los olvidados (1952) dir. luis bunuel

walkabout (1971) dir. nicolas roag

rope (1948) dir alfred hitchcock

freaks (1932) dir. tod browning

frankenstein (1931) dir. james whale

sunset boulevard (1950) dir billy wilder

fantastic planet (1973) dir. rené laloux

jeanne dielman (1975) dir. chantal akerman

the color of pomegranates (1969) dir. sergei parajanov

all about eve (1950) dir. joseph l. mankiewicz

gilda (1946) dir. charles vidor

the night of the hunter (1950) dir. charles laughton

the invisible man (1931) dir. james whale

COLLECTION of georges méliès shorts

rebecca (1940) dir. alfred hitchcock

brief encounter (1946) dir. david lean

to be or not to be (1942) dir. ernst lubitsch

a place in the sun (1951) dir george stevens

eyes without a face (1960) dir. georges franju

double indeminity (1944) dir. billy wilder

wild strawberries (1957) dir. ingmar bergman

shame (1968) dir. ingmar bergman

through a glass darkly (1961) dir. ingmar bergman

persona (1961) dir. ingmar bergman

winter light (1963) dir. ingmar bergman

the ascent (1977) dir. larisa shepitko

the devil, probably (1977) dir. robert bresson

cleo from 5 to 7 (1962) dir. agnes varda

alien (1979) dir. ridley scott + its sequels

after hours (1985) dir. martin scorsese

halloween (1978) dir. john carpenter

the watermelon woman (1996) dir. cheryl dune

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Please, hurry, leave me, I can't breathe Please don't say you love me

BRIEF ENCOUNTER & First Love/Late Spring by Mitski

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ok fuck i did one

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https://hyperallergic.com/692922/black-film-archive-maya-cade-interview/?fbclid=IwAR2ORlGoVDe-iNlELsVqq66IkDrwgwL_Jw5ezcaUzDtSZTVwBh79DMQsiCw

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i almost watched a film once

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Favorite blaxploitation actors?

Jim Brown: Black Gunn (1972), One Down, Two To Go (1982) & Three The Hard Way (1974).

Fred Williamson: Black Caesar (1973), Hell Up In Harlem (1973), BuckTown (1975), Hammer (1972) & That Man Bolt (1973).

Jim Kelly: Black Belt Jones (1974), Enter The Dragon (1973), Melinda (1972) & Black Samurai (1977).

Pam Grier: Coffy (1973), Foxy Brown (1974), Black Mama White Mama (1973), Friday Foster (1975), Sheba, Baby (1975), HitMan (1972) & Jackie Brown (1997).

Richard Roundtree: Shaft (1971), Shaft In Africa (1973) & Original Gangstas (1996).

Rudy Ray Moore: Dolemite (1975), Disco Godfather (1979), The Monkey Hustle (1976), Petey Wheatstraw (1977) & Human Tornado (1976).

Ron O'Neal: SuperFly (1972) & Youngblood (1978).

Gloria Hendry: Black Belt Jones (1974), Live and Let Die (1973), Savage Sisters (1974) & Come Back Charleston Blue (1972).

Antonio Fargas: Foxy Brown (1974), I'm Gonna Git You Sucka! (1988), Car Wash (1976) & Cleopatra Jones (1973).

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being the token horror movie guy in the family is so hard. what do you mean you dont wanna watch the having a bad time movie? What? What do you mean its scary?

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i can see and appreciate the artistic merit, skill, etc about 8 1/2 and la dolce vita but fuck i just dont like them! i dont care about whats happening, im sick of spending hours watching shitty men be shitty. which is not totally accurate bc there are movies/shows i like that follow shitty men. but idk for some reason those two fellini films (and maybe his movies in general, idk yet ive only seen those two) piss me off. i just dont care! fuck off

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im done! my reviews for my horror list are done! still might do the rest of my "overview of the decade" posts because the last one i did was for the 60s. but also might not do that. depends.

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Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) - 3.5 stars

A bit on the nose regarding terminally online rich, selfish Gen Z TikTok types. The weaponization and misuse of social justice language is notable, although like many films that include that kind of thing, it can be confusing to know what exactly is being mocked. All in all a funny movie that a decade from now will feel like a vivid time capsule.

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We're All Going to the World's Fair (2021) - 4.5 stars

Feels like a meditative and quiet echo of May in how it follows a profoundly lonely girl trying to find something to fill that emptiness. Really beautiful while also a subtle and unnerving look at what can happen when your only connection to the world is the internet.

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Spree (2020) - 2.5 stars

I love a gimmick! I know gimmicks get a lot of flack and I understand why, but I think they're fun. The gimmick in this movie is mainly well done. Unfortunately that's where most of the enjoyment lies. It doesn't seem to know whether to commit to being grounded or not and that wavering works against it and makes it more frustrating than not. The message is a relevant one but gets undercut by the film every so often.

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Us (2019) - 4 stars

This was very good! I had a lot of fun watching it. The cast is really amazing and carries the film. I don't have any major complaints besides it feeling a bit overlong (especially exposition-wise at the end). Overall, it's a really solid horror movie.

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Mandy (2018) - 4 stars

I really thought I'd absolutely love this. I am a sucker for the kind of hallucinogenic filmmaking going on here. Ultimately, though, I think I'm too burned out on violence against women, of disposable female characters, that I had one foot out of the movie the whole time.

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mother! (2017) - 2.5 stars

I mean. I don't know. People seem to either love this or hate this but I feel neither towards it. It didn't really disturb me at all. It made me feel almost nothing. So I'd call that a failure! Good effects.

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The Love Witch (2016) - 3 stars

I really enjoyed the stylization of this movie, from the sets to the acting to the color grading. But ultimately I found it empty. Its apparently feminist message felt really shallow, which is a shame considering a woman was behind its creation. There was nothing to sink my teeth into. Still, I can appreciate the package it comes in.