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Talk to Her 2002
When I think about early 2000’s indie cinema, this is one of the movies I think about.
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The Set-Up 1949
More than a traditional bruiser melodrama, this is a terse, noir-tinged, unusually immersive look at the dead-end desperation of men whose only recourse to make even a meager living involves having the piss knocked out of them by lugs who are even meaner and more washed-up than they are. Wise is also astute in observing the collateral damage suffered by the loved ones of these men, who surely understand that there is no real future in such a life. Also,…
