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MannVanuary Cinq: V for MannVanuary

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My list for MannVanuary Cinq, created for us once again by Cinemonster. The mix is similar to previous years, roughly 1/3 westerns, 1/3 noir, and 1/3 Black cinema, or some combination thereof. Not sure I'll have time this particular January to hit everything on this, but I'll certainly give it a try, and whatever I don't get around to will just be on my watchlist for Feb.

This year's requirements, per the original list: https://boxd.it/QFMN2

<em>Anyway, nothing crazy. 26 films and 2 bonus. What is listed below are the minimums. Use the 'categories' to get to 26, but hit those minimums. Use tag 'mannvanuary5'

1 Anthony Mann Film 1 Melvin or Mario Film 1 Black Western 1 Film directed by a woman 5 decades (western) 8 films from Black directors 4 Films with Jack Elam 1 Spike Lee film you haven't seen 1 Film with Bernie Mac in a substantial role. 2 70's Westerns 6 decades (noir) 4 noir films shot by from: Eugen Schüfftan, Armand Thirard, John Alton, Nicholas Musuraca, James Wong Howe, Burnett Guffey, Gregg Toland or Sol Polito.

BONUS - 1 film with Delroy Lindo that you haven't seen and Kill Me Again.</em>

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Raw Deal (1948)
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安东尼·曼 actor: 丹尼斯·欧基夫 / 克莱尔·特雷弗 …
other title: 不公平的遭遇 / 边缘战士 …
Joe Sullivan is itching to get out of prison. He's taken the rap for his accomplice Rick, a sadistic mobster who owes him $50,000 from the job they pulled. Rick sets up an escape for Joe, assuming that Joe will be killed while fleeing. But with the help of his love-struck girl Pat and his sympathetic legal caseworker Ann, Joe gets further than Rick intended...
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The Rider (2017)
The Rider
★ 7.4 142 ratings
赵婷 actor: 布雷迪·詹德罗 / 蒂姆·詹德罗 …
other title: 로데오 카우보이 / El jinete …
Once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, and a gifted horse trainer, young cowboy Brady is warned that his riding days are over after a horse crushed his skull at a rodeo. In an attempt to regain control of his own fate, Brady undertakes a search for a new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of the United States.
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Kansas City Confidential (1952)
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菲尔·卡尔森 actor: 约翰·佩恩 / 李·范·克里夫 …
other title: 边城蒙面侠 / 滚轴溜冰 …
A down-on-his-luck ex-GI finds himself framed for an armored car robbery. When he's finally released for lack of evidence--after having been beaten up and tortured by the police--he sets out to discover who set him up, and why. The trail leads him into Mexico and a web of hired killers and corrupt cops.
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Summer of Sam (1999)
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★ 7.8 5 ratings
斯派克·李 actor: 艾德里安·布洛迪 / 约翰·雷吉扎莫 …
other title: 山姆的夏天 / SOS酷暑杀手 …
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
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Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Ocean's Eleven
★ 7.5 629 ratings
史蒂文·索德伯格 actor: 乔治·克鲁尼 / 布拉德·皮特 …
other title: 十一罗汉 / 瞒天过海(台) …
Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.
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Duck, You Sucker (1971)
Giù la testa
★ 9.0 133 ratings
赛尔乔·莱昂内 actor: 罗德·斯泰格尔 / 詹姆斯·柯本 …
other title: Giù la testa / Duk dig, fjols …
At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national bank. When it turns out that the government has been using the bank as a hiding place for illegally detained political prisoners -- who are freed by the blast -- Miranda becomes a revolutionary hero against his will.
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Out of the Past (1947)
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★ 8.0 67 ratings
雅克·特纳 actor: 罗伯特·米彻姆 / 简·格里尔 …
other title: 漩涡之外 / 来自过去 …
Jeff Bailey seems to be a mundane gas station owner in remote Bridgeport, California. He is dating local girl Ann Miller and lives a quiet life. But Jeff has a secret past, and when a mysterious stranger arrives in town, Jeff is forced to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
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Mad Love (1935)
Mad Love
卡尔·弗洛恩德 actor: 彼得·洛 / 弗朗西斯·德雷克 …
other title: 疯狂之爱 / Les mains d'Orlac …
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands which still have the urge to throw knives.
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Cosmic Slop (1994)
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雷吉纳·哈德林 / Warrington Hudlin … actor: George Clinton / 罗伯特·吉尔劳姆 …
In the tradition of The Twilight Zone, this bizarre, thought-provoking trilogy addresses the destiny of the world's minorities: Part I: A conservative African American politician must choose between his people's survival and appeasing his white colleagues when space aliens propose to share their profound knowledge in exchange for all black people on earth. Part II: The Virgin Mary's appearance in an inner-city housing project forces a Hispanic priest to face the hidden cultural origins of Western religion. Part III: On the dawn of the "Black Revolution," an African American couple discovers who the "real" enemy is.
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The Italian Job (2003)
The Italian Job
★ 7.0 343 ratings
F·加里·格雷 actor: 马克·沃尔伯格 / 查理兹·塞隆 …
other title: 이탈리안 잡 / ミニミニ大作戦 …
Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, pedal-to-the-metal chase that careens up, down, above and below the streets of Los Angeles.
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Black is...Black Ain't (1994)
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Marlon Riggs actor: Marlon Riggs / Angela Davis …
other title: 黑人意味着··· / Black Is… Black Ain’t …
The final film by filmmaker Marlon Riggs jumps into the middle of explosive debates over Black identity. BLACK IS... BLACK AIN'T is a fi lm every African American should see, ponder and discuss. White Americans have always stereotyped African Americans. But the rigid definitions of "Blackness" that African Americans impose on each other, Riggs claims, have also been devastating. Is there an essential Black identity? Is there a litmus test defining the real Black man and true Black woman? Riggs uses his grandmother's gumbo as a metaphor for the rich diversity of Black identities. His camera traverses the country, bringing us face to face with Black folks young and old, rich and poor, rural and urban, gay and straight, grappling with the paradox of numerous, often contested definitions of "Blackness." Riggs mixes performances by choreographer Bill T. Jones and poet Essex Hemphill with commentary by noted cultural critics Angela Davis, bell hooks, Cornel West, Michele Wallace, Barbara Smith and Maulana Karenga to create a flavorful stew of personal testimony, music, and history.
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Black Girl (1969)
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★ 7.2 29 ratings
乌斯曼·塞姆班 actor: Mbissine Thérèse Diop / 阿内-玛丽·耶利内克 …
other title: 흑인 소녀 / La Noire de... …
Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and marginalization.
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