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Lorenzo’s Oil (1992)

The terms “sad Oscar-bait drama” and “George Miller banger” seem incompatible on the surface; a contradiction in terms.

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The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

When you hear the premise of The Witches of Eastwick, you think it will be a satire.

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Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

I have never encountered a trilogy quite like the three original Mad Max films.

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Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior) (1981)

I see why this was marketed as “The Road Warrior” as often as it was “Mad Max 2”

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Mad Max (1979)

It’s impossible to watch Mad Max without the context of the long-running franchise it kicked off, not to mention the productive career of Australian director George Miller.

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Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)

In one of the first scenes of Three Thousand Years of Longing, narratologist and protagonist Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) describes the lost art of storytelling.