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Sep 2, 2024 · Perhaps the Safdie brothers' brief but impressive reign over indie cinema is over, though the films they’ve made endure, all proving uniquely intense, gritty, uncomfortably real, and undoubtedly...
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Jun 2, 2024 · In fact, in a feature with Rotten Tomatoes, Safdie once named his five favourite movies of all time, and after pointing out the brilliance of Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights and William Friedkin’s The French Connection, he turned his attention to the film that gave him the best cinematic experience, Robert Altman’s Nashville.
Jun 24, 2022 · But not to the Safdie Brothers — a maverick pair of auteurs who spent the best part of their childhood shuttling between Queens and Manhattan before carving out a name for themselves in the past decade by using its concrete jungle as their personal playground.
- 'Il Posto' (1961) Director: Ermanno Olmi. Il Posto, (meaning "The Job") is a neorealist drama directed by Ermanno Olmi, the filmmaker behind the Palme d'Or-winning Tree of Wooden Clogs.
- 'The Player' (1992) Director: Robert Altman. Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) is a smug and self-assured studio executive whose job is threatened when hotshot story executive Larry Levy (Peter Gallagher) starts working at his company.
- 'Fox and his Friends' (1975) Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Fox and His Friends is a drama by German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder, most well-known for movies like Ali: Fear Eats the Soul and The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant.
- 'My Beautiful Laundrette' (1985) Director: Stephen Frears. Another film set during the Thatcher years, My Beautiful Laundrette is a romantic comedy-drama about Omar (Gordon Warnecke), a young British-Pakistani man who takes over his uncle Nasser's (Saeed Jaffrey) struggling laundromat.
May 29, 2015 · The New York–born–and–raised directors Josh and Benny Safdie’s films have earned them awards from around the world, including FIPRESCI prizes and Independent Spirit and Gotham awards. Their feature films include The Pleasure of Being Robbed (2008), Daddy Longlegs (2009), Lenny Cooke (2013), and Heaven Knows What (2014).
Apr 8, 2023 · The Safdies’ Favorite Movies: 20 Films Josh and Benny Want You to See. The "Uncut Gems" directors' Sight & Sound ballots reflect a wide range of cinematic influences. (Clockwise from bottom...
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Jun 24, 2022 · ... All 6 Safdie Brothers Movies Ranked From Worst To Best. Posted on June 24, 2022 by Guillermo de Querol. There’s no place like New York. Both the birthplace of myriad geniuses as well as the backdrop to some of the most iconic films ever captured on celluloid, living up to its lofty cinematic heritage may seem like a hefty endeavor to most.
