AFIFest – Honoring Heritage, Women

The American Film Institute has a mission that includes ?to preserve the heritage of the motion picture, to honor the artists and their work and to educate the next generation of storytellers?. A visible part of AFIFest is honoring the heritage and artists of the past. AFI has especially been interested in noting important women…

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Elle – Obsessions and Revenge

?It?s twisted.? That brief line of dialogue defines Paul Verhoeven?s Elle in more ways than one. The plot certainly has very interesting turns along the way, but the convolutions of the personalities are what really make this entertaining and interesting. This is an intense psychological thriller, with the accent on psychological. Mich?le (Isabelle Huppert) is…

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