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The Letter; The Beaver; Uncle Boonmee Who Can
The Letter
(Warner, $20)
This 1929 drama represents a “crucial piece of film history,” said The New York Times. A 1940 remake with Bette Davis has overshadowed it, but the original was one of the first talkies to win critics’ interest, mainly because of Jeanne Eagels, its “brilliant, eccentric” star.
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The Beaver
(Summit, $27)
Say what you will about this uneven, Jodie Foster–directed film, said the Chicago Tribune. The story of a suicidal businessman who speaks through a puppet in order to check his rage, it “can’t be dismissed”: If nothing else, it “reasserts the feverish, defiant talent of actor Mel Gibson.”
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
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(Strand, $28)
This Cannes award-winner is a “boldly original” meditation on the afterlife, said the San Francisco Chronicle. While on his deathbed, a Thai farmer is visited by family members both living and dead, producing images that will “linger for a lifetime.”
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