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Repulsion

Year: 1965
Director: Roman Polanski
One of the creepiest visions of madness ever put on film, Repulsion stars Catherine Denueve as a deeply disturbed young woman with a serious loathing of men whose distorted perception and disintegrating mental state is reflected in a frightening array of unnerving sound effects and hallucinatory imagery.
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Posted on September 22nd, 2009 by Mat Viola
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The Wizard of Oz

Year: 1939
Director: Victor Fleming
The Wizard of Oz owes its enduring appeal not only to the captivating fantasy world created by its eye-popping Technicolor photography, imaginative set designs, memorable special effects, colorful costumes, catchy songs, and wondrous characters, but also to the film’s reassuring message which teaches us that, like Dorothy, we too […]

Posted on September 13th, 2009 by Mat Viola
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