Bound for Glory (1976)

“His life has touched all of our lives. This is his story.” A visual masterpiece from director Hal Ashby (Harold and Maude) and cinematographer Haskell Wexler (who won an Oscar…

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Boxcar Bertha (1972)

“Life made her an outcast. Love made her an outlaw.” Notable as Martin Scorsese’s second film (following Who’s That Knocking at My Door in 1967), Boxcar Bertha takes place during…

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Breaking Away (1979)

“They’re gonna keep calling us ‘cutters.’ To them, it’s just a dirty word. To me, it’s just something else I never got a chance to be.” The sleeper hit of…

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Brief Encounter (1945)

“Thank you for coming back to me.” Two married strangers – a bored middle-class housewife, Laura Jesson (Celia Johnson) and an idealistic doctor, Alec Harvey (Trevor Howard) – meet at…

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Broadway Danny Rose (1984)

“May I interject one statement at this juncture? And I don’t mean to be didactic or facetious in any way …” In this often overlooked but frequently hilarious black-and-white comedy…

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Blue Sunshine (1978)

“There’s a bald maniac in there, and he’s going bat shit!” Talk about your bad acid trip – this one would probably have Timothy Leary himself headed back on the…

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Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993)

"Nick is leaving. Beth is staying. Carol is waiting. Sid is painting." Billed as “A romantic comedy about four people caught between loving and leaving,” this fairly entertaining “twentysomething”/Generation X/slacker…

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Boiler Room (2000)

“Think money can’t buy happiness? Well look at the fuckin’ smile on my face!” Ever wonder who those assholes are that call you between the hours of 6 and 9…

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Born to Kill (1947)

“The coldest killer a woman ever loved.” A brutal film noir directed by Robert Wise, Born to Kill stars legendary tough guy actor Lawrence Tierney (Dillinger) and “Queen of Film…

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Bottle Rocket (1996)

“Everybody wants to know what’s next. May I enjoy this moment?” Wes Anderson’s directorial debut, as well as the acting debut of Owen and Luke Wilson, features some of the…

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