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1988 in Film: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Watching a Terry Gilliam film is always an adventure. The plot may be nonsensical, the characters may lack actual depth, there may be a misogynistic…

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1988 in Film: Who Framed Roger Rabbit and 5 of His Lesser Known Friends

By far one of the most unique and inimitable films ever made was Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). Not quite a children’s film and certainly…

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1988 in Film Review: The Last Temptation of Christ

“For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants. For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every…

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1988 in Film: Nuovo cinema Paradiso / Cinema Paradiso

In one of many scenes of sheer marvel from Cinema Paradiso, our young adult hero has his romantic fantasy interrupted by heavy rainfall. Seconds later,…

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