Tagged: mood: escapist

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Bunty Aur Babli

Bunty Aur Babli is a light-hearted take on the classic crime caper genre, lead by an all-star cast and boasting hit songs.

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Pushing Daisies

Part fairytale romance, part quirky crime mystery solving, part snarky comedy food-loving musical and more; Pushing Daisies achieved a stroke of genius uniqueness that is hardly ever going to show up on television again.

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Spring Breakers

Harmony Korine’s neon fantasy world assaults the senses with repetition, booze, boobs, and dubstep, only to show his contempt for Spring Break culture.

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Maniac (2012)

Franck Khalfoun mixes the sleekness of modern French cinema with the good old-fashioned low budget horror of the eighties.

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War Witch (2012)

Abducted at the age of twelve, and forced to kill her parents, Komona joins the trope of other kids to become a member of the rebel army.

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Beasts of the Southern Wild

Benh Zeitlin’s debut isn’t quite the masterpiece that everyone makes it out to be, but instead a mixed bag of good and bad ideas helped along by solid performances.

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Future, The (2011)

If I could get my hyperbole quote of Miranda July’s The Future, it would be “The depressing movie of the year.”