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Lincoln Director:Steven Spielberg Writers: Tony Kushner, Doris Kearns Goodwin Stars:Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn Awards: Oscar for Best Actor and for Production Design. There are numerous ways in which a biopic of a statesman or a politician can be put together in cinema and the chosen approach...
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Arbitage Writer-director: Nicholas Jarecki Stars: Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth Nicholas Jarecki’s Arbitrage is a political film, but its statement is disguised as family drama. The first factor that makes it highly political is that it is about a hedge-fund tycoon and investment bankers have become highly...
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The Holy Innocents Director: Mario Camus Writers: Miguel Delibes, Antonio Larreta, Manolo Matji Stars: Alfredo Landa, Terele Pávez, Belén Ballesteros Mario Camus’ The Holy Innocents (1984) is a Spanish film that may be roughly described as ‘humanist realism’ because it deals with rural poverty in Spain during the...