Walkabout (1971)

“I don’t suppose it matters which way we go.” Directed by Nicolas Roeg (The Man Who Fell to Earth) and very loosely based on a 1959 novel by James Vance…

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Westworld (1973)

“Boy, have we got a vacation for you …” Imagine if the audio-animatronic figures at the Hall of Presidents in Disney’s Magic Kingdom Park at Disney World suddenly went berserk…

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White Zombie (1932)

“I thought that beauty alone would satisfy. But the soul is gone. I can’t bear those empty, staring eyes.” Generally acknowledged as the first zombie film, White Zombie features a…

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Winter’s Bone (2010)

“I ain’t going nowhere.” A critically acclaimed independent drama that deserves a wider audience, Winter’s Bone was directed by Debra Granik (Down to the Bone) and stars Jennifer Lawrence as…

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Wonder Boys (2000)

“She was a junkie for the printed word. Lucky for me, I manufactured her drug of choice.” I once knew an old gray-haired professor with a scraggly beard who was…

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Powwow Highway (1989)

“This ain’t the American Dream here. This is the Third World!” One of my favorite road movies, this low-key comedy-drama teams hot-tempered Native American activist “Buddy Red Bow” (A Martinez)…

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Point Blank (1967)

"There are two kinds of people in his up-tight world: his victims and his women. And sometimes you can't tell them apart." After he’s shot and left for dead on…

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Autumn Leaves (1956)

“A story about man’s most desperate need … and woman’s!” A well-acted, engaging melodrama directed by Robert Aldrich (Kiss Me Deadly), Autumn Leaves stars Joan Crawford as a lonely freelance…

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At Close Range (1986)

“Like father. Like son. Like hell.” A couple of aimless teens in rural Pennsylvania start stealing tractors under the tutelage of career criminal “Brad Whitewood Sr.” (Christopher Walken), the sinister…

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