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November 1, 2021
Fascism and The Superhero
“these iconic characters are still very much white supremacist dreams of the master race. In fact, I think that a good argument can be made […]
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November 1, 2021
Defining One End of The Spectrum: 5 of The Worst Films You Will Ever See.
Call it schadenfreude, call it masochism, call it crazy but, there is an enthusiastic horde of cinephiles out there who prefer the delights of failure to […]
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November 1, 2021
Thunderbird 6: A Gorgeous Time Capsule of Style.
I sat down to watch Thunderbird 6 for nostalgic reasons. I’d never seen the film before but I remember how hilariously cheesy the television episodes were. The […]
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November 1, 2021
The Transcendent Alchemy of a Movie Called Psyched by the 4D Witch
When you drag your net along the fetid depths of cinema’s bowels there are rare occasions when you find, amidst the refuse, a truly golden […]
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November 1, 2021
Peeling Through The Layers of The Alps
When a film depicts actors playing the role of actors it inherently becomes existential. Peeking behind the curtain calls everything into question. Shakespeare makes many […]
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October 31, 2021
The Balance of Form and Content in Victoria
When Sebastian Schipper chose to make the film Victoria in 2015 it was either going to be a recipe for a brilliant triumph or complete disaster. The […]
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October 31, 2021
She Mob, A Diamond In The Rough, Real Rough Baby!
When you are wading through the filthy muck at the bottom of the cinema barrel, its movies like She Mob that you hope to find. From the very […]
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October 31, 2021
Byron Mabe's The Acid Eaters
Godard famously said that all he needed to make a film was a girl and a gun. What he didn’t say was that he would […]
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October 31, 2021
Some Snippets From My Film Student’s Papers
I love and respect my students. I present to you some of their missteps with the greatest affection.“Apocalypse Now film was released in 1979 by Ford […]
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October 31, 2021
Bollywood’s Naag Panchami is a Dazzling Explosion of Color
What is it about women and snakes? Always lots a trouble with those women and their snakes. In this case it is the story of […]
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October 30, 2021
La Cienaga is Masterful
La Cienaga is a beautifully, and meticulously constructed film. Each facet, each scene reflects the entirety of the film. It begins as the sound of crickets fades […]
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October 30, 2021
Subject Position in Bone
The movie, Bone was released in 1972 and everything about it reflects that time frame. In 1972 Richard Nixon was president, Gloria Steinem’s published the first issue […]
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October 30, 2021
Stray Dogs: A Different Way of Watching Film.
Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang wrote and directed Stray Dogs in 2017. Seeing it is not like seeing other films. There are two meanings to the word see. […]
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October 30, 2021
Voyage To The Prehistoric Planet
Voyage To The Prehistoric Planet was originally made in The Soviet Union by Pavel Klushantsev. Somehow B-movie Icon, Roger Coreman, got a hold of it and […]
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October 30, 2021
The Role of Conflict in Tomcat
Tomcat centers around one sharp moment of horror. A single lightening bolt out of nowhere that leaves you breathless. Tomcat is a quiet and intimate film with a […]
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October 30, 2021
Let The Corpses Tan
I’ve never seen a film as jam packed with cinematic acrobatics as Let The Corpses Tan. Its a hyper-stylized, over the top, morass of filmmaking. Its […]
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October 30, 2021
Historical Philosophy en Coitus, or How I Got My Yeast Infection.
Let me begin by offering my kudos to Pornhub for providing a reliquary of obscure pornographic films from all through the ages. Beyond the landing […]
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October 29, 2021
Fateful Findings, A Fate Worse Than Tommy Wiseau
“I can’t believe you committed suicide, I can not believe you committed suicide. How could you have done this? How could have committed suicide?” is a […]
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October 29, 2021
A Far Too Brief Essay About Sátántangó
Béla Tarr’s film Sátántangó is formidable. Not simply because it is 7.5 hours long, but because any exposure to Bela Tarr’s world view is a rough ride. […]
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October 29, 2021
The Headless Woman
The most salient feature of Lucrecia Martel’s 2004 film, The Headless Woman, is the insightful and meticulous observations she finds in mundane moments. The way droplets of […]
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October 28, 2021
You Should See Yedu Chepala Katha, But Wear a Helmet.
It could not have been easy to make a two hour, narrative film that is completely unintelligible. You’d think they might stumble across some continuity […]
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Reconciling The Wayward Cloud
A young man climbs on to the roof of a high-rise and carefully sneaks into a water tower. He soaps up and lazily floats in the […]
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October 28, 2021
Joe Massot's Wonderwall
What an odd movie Wonderwall is. It was made in 1968 by Joe Massot, who would later co-direct The Song Remains The Same. Wonderwall could have been a […]
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October 27, 2021
There Has Never Been A Film Like The Act of Killing
When I first heard the premise for The Act of Killing it sounded like a terrible idea. I’m still not convinced that it wasn’t. Part of my […]
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