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Catherine Deneuve stars in the bittersweet musical from Jacques Demy

‘Umbrellas’ and ‘Young Girls’ – the essential Jacques Demy on HBO Max and Criterion Channel

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Catherine Deneuve stars in these two musicals from the most romantic of the French New Wave filmmakers.

‘The Long Goodbye’ – Robert Altman takes on Raymond Chandler on Criterion Channel

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Elliot Gould is Philip Marlowe in this revisionist seventies take on the classic forties film noir private eye movie.

John Cleese falls for ‘A Fish Called Wanda’ on Paramount+ and MGM+

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Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin costar in this zippy mix of caper comedy, sexy romantic comedy, and Pythonesque zaniness, one of the funniest films of the 1980s.

John Wayne and Montgomery Clift in the 1948 western classic by Howard Hawks

‘Red River’ – the great cattle drive epic on Paramount+ and MGM+

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John Wayne and Montgomery Clift star in Howard Hawks’ classic western, which reimagines ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ as a frontier epic.

Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz star in 'The Lobster' from Yorgos Lanthimos.

Love is strange: ‘The Lobster’ on HBO Max and free on Kanopy

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Colin Farrell and Rachel Rachel Weisz star in this surreal tale of love, loneliness, and desperation in a world that cannot abide single people.

Tony Jaa, stars in the Thailand martial arts sensation directed by Prachya Pinkaew

Leaving soon: Tony Jaa is ‘Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior’ on Hulu and free on Kanopy and Hoopla

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The stocky Thai stuntman turned action hero has an impressive physique, a steel snap to his delivery, and a gymnastic prowess to his style, and it’s all on display in this endearingly naïve martial arts adventure.

Emma Thompson and Stanley Tucci in the film from Ian McEwan and Richard Eyre

Emma Thompson enforces ‘The Children Act’ on HBO Max

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Stanley Tucci costars in this British drama about a devoted judge who has disconnected from her emotions to take on cases in child law.

‘Bicycle Thieves’ – an Italian odyssey on HBO Max and Criterion Channel

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Vittorio De Sica directs this classic of life on the streets on Italy in the devastating depression after World War II. It placed in the number 41 spot in the 2022 Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time poll.

Clint Eastwood stars in Sergio Leone's 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'

‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ on Paramount+ and free on Kanopy

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Clint Eastwood stars in Sergio Leone’s classic Civil War epic, arguably the definitive spaghetti western.

Henry Silva and Woody Strode in Fernando di Leo's gangster classic

‘The Italian Connection’ – Mob schemes on Criterion Channel and free on Kanopy

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Fernando di Leo, Italy’s king of crime cinema, directs this thriller about a pimp on the run from a pair of New York hitmen for a crime he was framed for.