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October 22, 2021
Favorite Scenes №19: Pan’s Labyrinth
Guillermo Del Toro made Pan’s Labyrinth in 2006. It was a thickly layered film with several themes running through it simultaneously, each enriching the other. There is […]
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October 21, 2021
Emad Burnat’s Documentary Five Broken Cameras
The core of Emad Burnat’s documentary, 5 Broken Cameras, is deeply personal. Politics and social strife surround it, but Emad’s patient, gentle and insightful presence […]
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October 21, 2021
The Beast With A Million Eyes
The Beast With A Million Eyes is not like your standard, 50s, sci-fi, flick despite its being made by your standard, 50s, sci-fi, flick filmmakers. Roger […]
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October 21, 2021
A Little About Andy Warhol’s Films
“His genius was in his way of looking at things, at singling out common objects for extraordinary examination. But the idea of looking at a […]
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October 21, 2021
Situationist International and Thermroc
In May of 1968, France came to a standstill. The economy ceased to function the president fled the country and a huge percentage of the […]
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The Nature of Narrative
The creation of narrative is as integral to our functioning as breathing or sleeping. Narrative is the foundation of our two most basic behaviors, hunting, […]
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October 20, 2021
The Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio
The original story of Pinocchio was written by Carlo Collodi in 1883. Since then it has been retold in hundreds of different incarnations. If you go to […]
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October 20, 2021
Barbara Loden’s Wanda
Wanda is a bleak film. At times it seems like what you would get if you asked Bela Tarr to remake Bonnie and Clyde. There is […]
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October 20, 2021
The Nine Demons: Black Magic Kung Fu
The Nine Demons was directed by Cheh Chang in 1984. Chang may not be a household name in America but he is a prominent figure in […]
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October 20, 2021
Favorite Scenes №22: Delicatessen
Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro made Delicatessen in 1991. It’s an odd film composed of comical interlocking vignettes each contained in a different little corner […]
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October 20, 2021
I Love It From Behind is Not What You Think it is, or Maybe it is.
What did I just watch? I’m not sure if it was art-house or grind-house or what. It was directed by Kôyû Ohara who makes pinku […]
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October 19, 2021
Favorite Scenes №23: Unforgiven
In 1992 Clint Eastwood deconstructed the Western genre with his movie Unforgiven. The film peels back the layers of the Western genre mythology to look […]
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October 19, 2021
The House On Bare Mountain: Nudity for the Desperate
You really have to be starved for a peek at the female anatomy to find this film worth watching. I’m thinking the optimal target audience for […]
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October 19, 2021
Peter Sollett’s Raising Victor Vargas
In an effort to simplify the human experience it is common to claim that there are only two emotions, fear, and love. Oprah and Dr. Phil […]
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October 19, 2021
Just in time for Christmas It’s A Porn Film Called I Saw Jesus Die
Oh my god, this is a bad film. Whatever your concept of low budget trash is, you’re gonna need a shovel to dig to a […]
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October 19, 2021
Bong Joon Ho, Michael Gondry, and Leos Carax, in Tokyo!
Tokyo! Is an anthology film. It contains three movies by three different filmmakers. The first is called Interior Design by Michael Gondry, the second is Merde […]
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October 19, 2021
Carnal Encounters of The Barest Kind
In 1964 Justice Potter Stewart heard a case where he was obliged to define hardcore pornography. He wrote the following in his final opinion “under the […]
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October 18, 2021
Favorite Scenes №24: American History X
American History X is an uneven film. Watching it for the first time in 22 years, the dialogue, in particular, seemed stilted and awkward. However, the […]
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October 18, 2021
10 Great Films In Each Of 27 Genres
This is not meant as a “best of” list. The idea is to provide a list of film recommendations that is easy to use. The […]
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October 18, 2021
The Amityville Horror
Samuel Z. Arkoff and his production company American International are responsible for a diverse range of B movies, productions like, Beach Blanket Bingo, Bikini Beach, Blacula, […]
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October 18, 2021
666 (Beware The End Is At Hand) A Nollywood Parable
“When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said ‘Let us pray.’ We closed our eyes. When […]
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October 17, 2021
Hirokazu Koreeda’s Still Walking
According to family lore when asked what I wanted to be when I grew up I would answer “A fire-hydrant!” After the laughter subsided my […]
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October 17, 2021
Majid Majidi’s The Color of Paradise
The Color of Paradise was both written and directed by Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi. It’s an intense and touching drama about a young blind boy and […]
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October 17, 2021
Todd Solondz’s Sequel to Happiness, Life During War Time
Much of what makes a Todd Solondz movie compelling is its ability to strike a razor-thin balance between sincerity and satire, between tragedy and absurdity. […]
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