marlon brando, Bernardo Bertolucci, last tango in paris, melancholy, erotic, cinema, 1972, paris, italy, france, gato barbieri, jazz, winter, december, cinematic, controversy, Maria Schneider, arthouse Matthew Ward 12/16/24 marlon brando, Bernardo Bertolucci, last tango in paris, melancholy, erotic, cinema, 1972, paris, italy, france, gato barbieri, jazz, winter, december, cinematic, controversy, Maria Schneider, arthouse Matthew Ward 12/16/24

LAST TANGO IN PARIS (1972)

Review for Bernardo Bertolucci’s Last Tango in Paris.

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sex, drugs, violence, steroids, a24, rose glass, love lies bleeding, queercinema, thriller, psychological thriller, cinematography, soundtracks, neon, electronic Matthew Ward 12/8/24 sex, drugs, violence, steroids, a24, rose glass, love lies bleeding, queercinema, thriller, psychological thriller, cinematography, soundtracks, neon, electronic Matthew Ward 12/8/24

LOVE LIES BLEEDING (2024)

A24 / Rose Glass’s queer crime drama is neon hued sex and violence taken to the extreme.

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HOLY MOUNTAIN (1973)

Alejandro Jodorowsky’s hallucinogenic assault on modern civilization.

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I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO (2016)

2016 James Baldwin biopic / documentary

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PAPRIKA (2006)

2006 psychological thriller/ anime

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DIVA (1981)

1981 French cyberpunk thriller

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TRIANGLE OF SADNESS (2022)

2022 sardonic comedy

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ROUGE

1994 french romantic mystery from tres coleurs series

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BACURAU

2022 Sci-fi weirdo Brazilian western.

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VIDEODROME

1983 psyche-fururistic-sleaze-scifi-thriller

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N.APRIS LES DES

1971 avant garde shock and awe film . Adults only.

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THROW AWAY YOUR BOOKS, RALLY IN THE STREETS

1971 Japanese experimental meditation

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RED DESERT

1964 Antonioni classic starring monica vitti

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THE ADDICTION

1995 arthouse vampire flick

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