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Jonathan Demme

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Something Wild film poster

Something Wild

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The Silence of the Lambs film poster

The Silence of the Lambs

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Stop Making Sense film poster

Stop Making Sense

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The Manchurian Candidate film poster

The Manchurian Candidate

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Married to the Mob film poster

Married to the Mob

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The Silence of the Lambs film poster

The Silence of the Lambs

No matter how many times I see The Silence of the Lambs, it is engrossing from start to finish. Anthony Hopkins’s Hannibal Lecter is unforgettable, but only as a foil for Jodie Foster’s much more sober Clarice Starling, without whom Lecter would be little more than a cartoon. Countless imitators tried and failed to replicate that magic, including Lambs’ two sequels. The leads anchor the film, and everything else falls into place around them.

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Caged Heat film poster

Caged Heat

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