This indie drama, based on a real life teacher in East LA, does its level best to make math exciting.
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THE LEOPARD (1963)
I was floored by this Italian epic about the fall of the aristocracy, written by a prince and directed by a Marxist, starring, of all people, Burt Lancaster.
THE PIANO (1993)
A dream-like fable at the end of the world about a woman who won’t fit into men’s boxes.
THE GODFATHER (1972)
Francis Ford Coppola’s mafia epic is now fixed in American culture.
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LA NOIRE DE… (1966)
The first film from Sub-Saharan Africa to make a big splash in Europe and the US, its story about the toll of colonization is very relevant even today.
GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
It’s well over three hours, is super racist, and features a very unlikable heroine. It’s also maybe the single biggest hit of all time.
GOODFELLAS (1990)
Scorsese’s most cutting exploration of the gangster lifestyle. I like the movie. The lifestyle’s not for me.
AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
Before “Star Wars,” George Lucas made this ancestor of a million teenager movies.
HIMALA (1982)
A rural village in the Philippines is dragged into the modern world when a local girl claims to see a vision of the Virgin Mary.
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