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CORBEAU (dir: Henri-Georges Clouzot, Not Rated) - Bart says,
"Decades before Claude Chabrol was being referred to as the
French Alfred Hitchcock, Clouzot claimed the title with his
masterpieces of nail-biting suspense WAGES OF FEAR and DIABOLIQUE.
But most people aren't familiar with this earlier thriller about an
anonymous letter writer destroying lives by spreading rumors of
adultery and illegal medical practices - a vicious indictment of
small town small-mindedness and moral corruption that almost
destroyed Clouzot's career. Made during the Occupation, it can
easily be read as a criticism of the widespread collaboration of the
French people. So while the film was popular during the Occupation
(apparently the allegory went over Vichy heads), immediately
following the war, both it and Clouzot were banned for being
anti-French. Luckily, the film and the director were eventually
determined to be of too high quality to suppress, and became
feathers in the nation's cap." |
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ACQUAINTANCE (dir: Vincent Sherman, Not Rated) – Bart says,
"If you're looking for one of those great Bette Davis
performances where she gets to play a flamboyantly selfish, amoral
bitch, don't look here. The highly under-rated Miriam Hopkins gets
to play that role in this film, and she pretty much steals the show
as Davis's old friend who writes trashy romantic novels. Davis plays the much classier
'literary' novelist who has
given up any dreams of a husband and family for her art, permitting
the filmmakers to attach as many lesbian signifiers to her as a
Hollywood film of the time could get away with.
It's fun to pick them out." |
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SAHARA (dir:
Zoltan Korda, Not Rated) |
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- For
Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) 7.1/10 (2266 votes)
- Sherlock
Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943) 6.8/10 (1697 votes)
- Ossessione
(1943) 7.9/10 (1654 votes)
- Frankenstein
Meets the Wolf Man (1943) 6.4/10 (1596 votes)
- Phantom
of the Opera (1943) 6.6/10 (1582 votes)
- Song
of Bernadette, The (1943) 7.7/10 (1558 votes)
- Meshes
of the Afternoon (1943) 8.1/10 (1505 votes)
- Destination
Tokyo (1943) 7.1/10 (1426 votes)
- Sherlock
Holmes Faces Death (1943) 7.3/10 (1306 votes)
- Lassie
Come Home (1943) 7.2/10 (1260 votes)
- Sherlock
Holmes in Washington (1943) 7.0/10 (1224 votes)
- Son
of Dracula (1943) 6.0/10 (1073 votes)
- Outlaw,
The (1943) 5.6/10 (1040 votes)
- Leopard
Man, The (1943) 6.8/10 (1032 votes)
- More
the Merrier, The (1943) 7.9/10 (950 votes)
- Action
in the North Atlantic (1943) 6.9/10 (942 votes)
- Watch
on the Rhine (1943) 7.6/10
(889 votes)
- Hangmen
Also Die! (1943) 7.6/10 (857 votes)
- Ghost
Ship, The (1943) 6.6/10 (777 votes)
- Air
Force (1943) 7.2/10 (750 votes)
- Bataan
(1943) 7.0/10 (750 votes)
- Cabin
in the Sky (1943) 7.2/10 (725 votes)
- Sugata
Sanshiro (1943) 6.8/10 (685 votes)
...aka Sanshiro Sugata
- Münchhausen
(1943) 7.2/10 (593 votes)
- Lady
of Burlesque (1943) 6.5/10 (571 votes)
- Hit
the Ice (1943) 6.6/10 (515 votes)
- Madame
Curie (1943) 7.2/10 (478 votes)
- So
Proudly We Hail! (1943) 7.8/10 (430 votes)
- Stormy
Weather (1943) 7.3/10 (416 votes)
- Batman
(1943) 6.7/10 (386 votes)
- Girl
Crazy (1943) 7.1/10 (383 votes)
- Du
Barry Was a Lady (1943) 6.1/10 (373 votes)
- Gang's
All Here, The (1943) 7.2/10 (360 votes)
- Prelude
to War (1943) 7.3/10 (292 votes)
...aka Why We Fight, 1
- Jitterbugs
(1943) 6.0/10 (214 votes)
- Battle
of Britain, The (1943) 7.6/10 (211 votes)
...aka Why We Fight, 4
- Battle
of Russia, The (1943) 7.4/10 (199 votes)
...aka Why We Fight, 5
- Dancing
Masters, The (1943) 5.8/10 (198 votes)
- Nazis
Strike, The (1943) 7.3/10
(191 votes)
...aka Why We Fight, 2
- Divide
and Conquer (1943) 7.3/10 (172 votes)
...aka Why We Fight, 3
- Higher
and Higher (1943) 5.7/10 (158 votes)
- Fires
Were Started (1943) 7.4/10 (131 votes)
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