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Flashdance (1983)
A GREAT YOUTH MUSICAL AND A CHERISHED TIME CAPSULE
This is the ultimate time capsule of the pre-AIDS 80s, and of the aspirations and emotions of those who were young in that era. It will probably take years before it is fully appreciated, but it eventually will take its place next to SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 and other glorious youth musicals. Don't be fooled by the snobbishness of people who are afraid to admit what they like. You like this movie, not because it's bad, but because it's good.
Lady of the Night (1925)
Monta Bell and Shearer
Monta Bell and Norma Shearer had an actress-director collaboration as important as that of Von Sternberg and Dietrich. And deeper. For while Sternberg never tired of exploring the planes of Dietrich's face, Bell explored Shearer's soul -- and through her, explored the moral nature of American women in the pivotal decade of the 1920s. All three of their extant films are to be cherished, but this is their absolute masterpiece.