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TM2YC said:Restrepo (2010)
An unbelievable assembly of footage from the war in Afghanistan, conversations interrupted by hearing bullets whistle over our heads. The Documentary follows troops fighting tooth and nail to hold a piece of hillside for a year, at the cost of 50 lives, to no obvious benefit. It brings back the pointlessness and confusion of those conflicts.
The Happy Prince (2018)
This Oscar Wilde biopic makes the perfect companion piece to the 1997 Stephen Fry film, as it more or less takes off just where that one finished. Rupert Everett stars, writes and Directs (his debut) succeeding at all three. He really captures the once great man deep down in a Parisian gutter, still straining to see the fading starlight through a fog of absinthe, decay and melancholy.
Good rec: The Happy Prince looks interesting! (Restrepo was already on my list.)