101 Marvellous Movies You May Have Missed

101 Marvellous Movies You May Have Missed

by David Stratton
101 Marvellous Movies You May Have Missed

101 Marvellous Movies You May Have Missed

by David Stratton

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Overview

Are you tired of trawling through movies you don't recognize on Netflix? Sick of reading short film descriptions that sound boring? Don't know what to watch next?

Let leading film critic David Stratton introduce you to 101 movies that you probably haven't heard of, and tell you why they are worth seeing.

David Stratton's selection of overlooked gems includes movies from such well-known directors as David Lynch, Ang Lee, and Sidney Lumet. They star popular actors such as Colin Firth, Meryl Streep, Sean Connery, Cate Blanchett, Clint Eastwood, Reese Witherspoon, Paul Newman, Emma Thompson, and Jake Gyllenhaal. They include comedies, thrillers, westerns, musicals, and romances, and were produced from the 1980s through to the past few years.

A perfect gift for anyone who relishes a cozy night at home with a good movie.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781760870096
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publication date: 11/28/2018
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 232
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

David Stratton AM is one of the most loved and respected figures in Australian film criticism. He was director of the Sydney Film Festival from 1966 until 1983, and co-host with Margaret Pomeranz of SBS's The Movie Show (1989-2004) and ABC's At the Movies (2004-2014). He is currently a film critic at The Australian. He is author of two books on film, The Last New Wave and The Avocado Plantation, and a memoir, I Peed on Fellini.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Dates and Times xi

1 Affliction xii

2 After Dark, My Sweet 2

3 Agora 4

4 Apartment Zero 6

5 At Close Range 8

6 An Awfully Big Adventure 10

7 Bad Blood 12

8 Bad Influence 14

9 Beyond Rangoon 16

10 Beyond The Sea 18

11 Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 20

12 The Birth Of A Nation 22

13 Blessed 24

14 Bobby 26

15 Broken 28

18 A Bronx Tale 30

17 Buffalo Soldiers 32

18 Bullseye 34

10 Bulworth 36

20 Burke & Wills 38

21 Citizen Ruth 40

22 The Clinic 42

23 Close My Eyes 44

24 Cradle Will Rock 46

25 The Crossing Guard 48

21 The Custodian 50

27 Daniel 52

28 The Deep Blue Sea 54

29 Devil in the Flesh 56

30 Enemy 58

31 Everybody Wins 60

32 Family Business 62

33 Father 64

34 The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish 66

35 Finders Keepers 68

36 Following 70

37 Force of Destiny 72

38 Garage Days 74

39 Ginger & Rosa 76

40 The Glass Shield 78

41 Goya's Ghosts 80

42 Grace is Gone 82

43 Hero 84

44 Honkytonk Man 86

45 Housekeeping 88

46 How I Live Now 90

47 Impulse 92

48 In the Bleak Midwinter 94

49 In the Electric Mist 96

50 In the Land of Blood and Honey (U zemlji krvi i meda) 98

51 In This World 100

52 The Journey 102

53 King of the Hill 104

54 Little Dorrit 106

55 Love at Large 108

56 Love's Labour's Lost 110

57 Mad City 112

58 The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) 114

59 Mike's Murder 116

60 Mississippi Grind 118

61 Molokai: The story of Father Damien 120

62 Moonlight Mile 122

63 The More Things Change… 124

64 Mullet 126

65 Ned Kelly 128

66 Nobody's Fool 130

67 The Old Man Who Read Love Stories 132

88 Open Range 134

69 Out of the Slue 136

70 Pawno 138

71 The Pledge 140

72 Power 142

73 Queen & Country 144

74 Rendition 146

75 Return Home 148

76 Reunion 150

77 Ride with the Devil 152

78 River of Grass 154

79 Road to Nhill 156

80 Romance & Cigarettes 158

81 Running on Empty 160

82 The Search 162

83 The Sessions 164

84 She's Funny That Way 166

85 SimOne 168

84 The Straight Story 170

87 Sunshine on Leith 172

88 Taking Sides 174

89 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada 176

90 Timecode 178

91 Truth 180

92 25th Hour 182

93 Until the End of the World (Bis ans Ende der Welt) 184

94 Valmont 186

95 Waiting 188

98 Walk the Talk 190

97 The War Zone 192

98 Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train 194

99 We Don't Live Here Anymore 196

100 The Well 198

101 Wrong is Right 200

Note to readers 202

Where you can find the movies 204

Index 210

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