An Anthropologist's Favourites (26 titles)
72.8% from 14 members
Harold And Maude
Appreciating the beauty of elderly people is so rare, and so is confronting one's immortality- a real gem
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Harold And Maude
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon, Cyril Cusack
Director: Hal Ashby
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In the long ago days before video when access to anything but first-run Hollywood movies was limited to repertory houses and college film societies, Hal Ashby's HAROLD AND MAUDE, while not what one would call an underground film, achieved cult status, becoming one of the most popular American films ..read more »
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from 4,712 members
Cold Comfort Farm
Quirky little British film that steals the show.
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Cold Comfort Farm
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Fry, Joanna Lumley
Director: John Schlesinger
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Dramatic adaptation of Stella Gibbons' novel which tells the story of Flora, who orphaned at twenty, is sent to live with her chaotic relatives at Cold Comfort Farm.
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from 1,981 member
My Life Without Me
If you ever wonder how you would face up to an early death, this film sets a great example
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My Life Without Me
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Sarah Polley, Scott Speedman, Deborah Harry
Director: Isabel Coixet
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Ann is 23-years-old, she has 2 young daughters, a husband who spends more time unemployed than working, a mother who hates the world, a father who has spent the last ten years in jail, and a job as a night janitor in a university that she could never attend in the daytime. They all live in a ..read more »
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from 5,452 members
The Brave
A low budget film, directed and starring Johnny Depp as a native american
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The Brave
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, Marshall Bell
Director: Johnny Depp
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Johnny Depp writes, directs and stars in this tense drama about a man racing to save his own life. Depp plays Raphael, whose family are struggling to make ends meet and defy poverty. He seeks a more secure future for his family when he meets the sinister McCarthy (Brando) who offers him $30000 to ..read more »
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from 2,738 members
Favela Rising
Gritty documentary, but one of the best commentaries on Brasilian slums I have ever seen.
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Favela Rising
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Jose Junior, Anderson Sa
Director: Matt Mochary, Jeff Zimbalist
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Favela Rising documents a man and a movement, a city divided and a favela (Brazilian squatter settlement) united. Haunted by the murders of his family and many of his friends, Anderson is a former drug-trafficker who turns social revolutionary in Rio de Janeiro's most feared slum. Through hip-hop ..read more »
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from 976 members
Educating Rita
The best of Michael Caine and Julie Walters- what more could you want?
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Educating Rita
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Julie Walters, Michael Caine, Malcolm Douglas
Director: Lewis Gilbert
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Dr. Frank Bryant (Michael Caine) is an alcoholic professor of literature headed for dire straits. Rita (Julie Walters) is a frustrated young housewife filled with wanderlust. When the two meet as student and teacher, no lecture hall can contain their attraction for one another. As Rita engages her ..read more »
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from 8,240 members
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
This has to be one of the best documentaries ever made. Martin Scorsese really went to town.
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No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Bob Dylan
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Spawning both politically charged folk ballads that came to embody the very spirit of the turbulent 1960s ('The Times They are a-Changin') and sprawling, stream-of-consciousness litanies that irrevocably changed the face of rock music ('Like a Rolling Stone'), the years between 1961-1966 were ..read more »
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from 2,628 members
Kirikou And The Sorceress
A cartoon telling an African folk story! It is one of the best things I've ever seen.
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Kirikou And The Sorceress
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Theo Sebeko, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Kombisile Sangweni
Director: Michel Ocelot
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Based on an African folktale, KIRIKOU is the story of a little boy who delivers himself from his mother's womb already walking and talking and decides straight away to free his village of an evil sorceress's curse. Joint winner in 2002 (with CHICKEN RUN) of the British Animation Award for Best ..read more »
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from 1,087 member
Withnail And I
Everyone's favourite comedy, right?
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Withnail And I
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Paul McGann, Richard E. Grant, Richard Griffiths
Director: Bruce Robinson
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WITHNAIL AND I is a quirky semiautobiographical account of filmmaker Bruce Robinson's early years as an actor. In 1969 London, two unemployed thespians--Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and Marwood (Paul McGann)--take a holiday in the Lake District at the home of Withnail's uncle Monty (Richard ..read more »
70%
from 27,237 members
Etre Et Avoir
The best film on education! I Never knew the subject could be so gripping!
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Etre Et Avoir
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: George Lopez
Director: Nicholas Philibert
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At a rural school in the Auvergne region of France, teacher Georges Lopez presides over a class of thirteen children, ages 4 to 11. Lopez teaches the different age groups separate lessons, making rounds to ensure that each child understands the task at hand--whether it is coloring a picture, ..read more »
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