298. All About Mother

 Spain/France 1999

 DIR Pedro Almodovar

 297. Kill Bill: Vol. 1

 USA 2003

 DIR Quentin Tarantino

 296. High And Low

 Japan 1963

 DIR Akira Kurosawa

 295. Elephant

 USA 2003

 DIR Gus Van Sant

 294. The Wages Of Fear

 France/Italy 1953

 DIR Henri-Georges Clouzot

 293. The Proposition

 Australia/UK 2005

 DIR John Hillcoat

 292. The Virgin Spring

 Sweden 1960

 DIR Ingmar Bergman

 291. Persepolis

 France/USA 2007

 DIR Vincent Paronnaud/Marjane Satrapi

 290. It's My Life

 France 1962

 DIR Jean-Luc Godard

 289. This Is Spinal Tap

 USA 1984

 DIR Rob Reiner

 288. The Passion Of The Christ

 USA 2004

 DIR Mel Gibson

 287. Paris, Texas

 West Germany/France/UK 1984

 DIR Wim Wenders

 286. Black Hawk Down

 USA 2001

 DIR Ridley Scott

 285. Dark City

 Australia/USA 1998

 DIR Alex Proyas

 284. The Big Sleep

 USA 1946

 DIR Howard Hawks

 283. Se7en

 USA 1995

 DIR David Fincher

 282. The Quiet Man

 USA 1952

 DIR John Ford

 281. Mean Streets

 USA 1973

 DIR Martin Scorsese

 

 

The film chronicles the events surrounding a school shooting at the fictional Watt High School.

'An unblinking look at our mania for murder, the film is a stunning response to an American tragedy that in its senselessness and human cost embodies the larger tragedy of this country's blood lust.' Manohla Dargis

 

Set in the Australian outback in the 1880s, the movie follows the series of events following the horrific rape and murder of the Hopkins family.

'Hillcoat and Cave have here found their most fertile ground yet for allegory-rich examinations of life and death in remote, pressure-cooker environments.' Richard Kuipers

 

The film begins in an airport where Marjane Satrapi is unable to board a plane to Iran. Sitting down to smoke a cigarette, she remembers her life as a girl in 1978 at the age of 9.

'A funny, sometimes dark, always affecting story of surviving the worst through a sense of humor.' Richard Corliss

 

 

The film largely covers the final twelve hours of Jesus' life beginning with the Agony in the Garden and ending with a brief depiction of his resurrection.

'It's almost impossible not to be moved by Jim Caviezel's vulnerability as Christ, even if the idea that he is no 'mere' man is never in doubt.'  James Christopher

 

The film depicts the Battle of Mogadishu, a raid integral to the United States' effort to capture Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid.

'A triumph of pure filmmaking, a pitiless, unrelenting, no-excuses war movie so thoroughly convincing it's frequently difficult to believe it is a staged re-creation.' Kenneth Turan

 

 

 

 

 

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The film opens with a shot of The Bride (Uma Thurman), covered in blood and gasping for breath.

'Kill Bill: Volume 1 shows Quentin Tarantino so effortlessly and brilliantly in command of his technique that he reminds me of a virtuoso violinist racing through Flight of the Bumble Bee ...' Roger Ebert

 

 299. The Great Silence

 Italy/France 1968

 DIR Sergio Corbucci

 300. Sweet Smell Of Success

 USA 1957

 DIR Alexander MacKendrick