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Breaker breaker: Jonathan Demme’s 1977 CB-radio comedy spoke to the present moment in all kinds of unexpected ways

Flying high: the original 1993 cut of Emir Kusturica’s dreamlike vision of the American west captivates with an all-star cast, out-there humor, and emotion

Family ties: Ann Hui’s 1990 family drama is striking in the way it parcels out knowledge of cultural history as a gradual, lived revelation

Earth angel: the actress who helped define classic Hollywood comedy possessed an extraordinary voice

Like, wow: the director of Valley Girl has compiled a long track record of sensitive and insightful films

People person: Robert Redford’s 1980 melodrama is tied to a racial politics and social lineage that we are only now in the process of examining

Power play: Gavin O’Connor’s rousing 2004 sports flick features a remarkable performance from Kurt Russell

Be kind, rewind: the writer of the horror remake on why the best retreads must make the case for their existence in the here and now

Turbulence ahead: there is nothing comforting about Nolte’s characters, men tormented by pain so deep it can’t be acknowledged

Boys will be boys: there are only hustlers and patsies in the world of Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s 1955 musical