Empire Features

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The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
Director: David Lean
An intelligent tale of misguided pride among a group of British POWs who have been co-opted into building a railway bridge for the Japanese army, this is Lean mixing epic visuals with true complexity. Read Review �

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A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
Director: Wes Craven
A new breed of cinematic killer who literally climbed inside your dreams, Freddy Krueger was a truly scary creation, with Craven riffing on almost Jungian fear of what sleep might bring. Read Review �

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The Year Of Living Dangerously (1982)
Director: Peter Weir
It�s testament to the power of Weir�s superior political thriller-romance that it was banned in Indonesia, where its events take place, until 1999. Starring a never-more-dashing Mel Gibson as foreign correspondent Guy Hamilton and Sigourney Weaver as British Embassy official Jill Bryant, it�s set during an attempted 1965 coup against the brutal Sukarno regime. Often compared to Costa-Gavras� Missing, released the same year, it brilliantly captures the knife-edge tension of its setting. It is also notable for one of the most extraordinary performances of the �80s � actress Linda Hunt�s portrayal of a male Chinese-Australian dwarf named Billy Kwan. It was a role that, quite rightly, won her an Oscar. Read Review �

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Being There (1979)
Director: Hal Ashby
Heartfelt comedy and biting social satire with Peter Sellers (in his last role) as Chance, a guileless child-man whose simple pronouncements on tending a garden are taken as profound insights into the nature of the world.

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The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Director: Wes Anderson
And you thought your family was crazy� Anderson�s eccentric, hilarious and moving dramedy about the world�s most dysfunctional clan is almost too quirky for its own good. Almost. Read Review �

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