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October 17, 2021
Pandora And The Magic Box
Its not clear what Joseph Sarno thought he was doing when he wrote and directed this “film” in 1965. Pandora And The Magic Box is equal parts […]
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October 17, 2021
The Use of Pastiche in Da 5 Bloods
In his book The Signifying Monkey, Henry Louis Gates Jr. describes a practice that he saw as common in black culture. At its simplest it comes down […]
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Peter Strickland’s In Fabric Beckons
Peter Strickland’s In Fabric is a visually stunning film. It borrows heavily from the Italian Giallo aesthetic. The colors are super-saturated and garnish like Dario Argento’s Susperia or Mario […]
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October 17, 2021
Favorite Scenes №25: The Thing
The Thing was finally released in 1982 after eight messy years of machinations. It was directed by John Carpenter and written and rewritten by Bill Lancaster. […]
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October 16, 2021
Ulrike Ottinger’s Freak Orlando: A Very Queer Journey
How about a mix of Peter Greenaway, Pier Pasolini, Keneth Anger, and Pierre at Gille? Maybe add a little Alejandro Jodorowsky and a Joel Peter […]
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October 16, 2021
Three Pornographic Versions Of Romeo And Juliet
Hello, my name is Filmofile and I will be your waiter this evening. On the menu, we have a pornographic version of Romeo And Juliet directed by […]
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October 16, 2021
Lichtenstein & Camus At The Movies Volume 4
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October 15, 2021
Nanfu Wang’s I Am Another You
I Am Another You was made by Nanfu Wang in 2017 when she was 21 years old. This is a young person’s film. Wang was on […]
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October 15, 2021
The Black Cat And The Queer String Of Films It Inspired.
On the face of it, Edgar Allen Poe’s 1885 story The Black Cat does not appear to have any connection to LGBTQA+ issues. What is known about […]
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October 15, 2021
What’s Wrong With Schindler’s List And Right With The Load
It’s been 17 years since I saw Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List. I remember crying in the theater, but when it was over I felt that something […]
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October 15, 2021
The Wizard Of Ahhs
First, take a deep breath. Now imagine a future where women are so fed up with the violent nature of men that they banish all […]
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October 15, 2021
The Eyes of My Mother
The Eyes of My Mother was written and directed by Nicolas Pesce in 2017. It was his first film and was produced by Magnolia Pictures. It […]
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October 15, 2021
Embrujada: Sometimes Making A Movie Badly Makes It Better
Embrujada answers the question what would a Buñuel film look like if Buñuel had no money, no talent, and very little skill. However, it is Embrujada’s […]
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October 15, 2021
A Brief Rant About My Cinema Students And American Optimism
I teach cinema in college. I generally love and appreciate my students but please allow me a small rant. Each semester I have a few […]
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October 15, 2021
The X Rated Alice In Wonderland Musical And Other Alice Related Atrocities
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland was written by Charles Dodgson in 1865. Lewis Carroll was a pen name. Over the last century and a half, it has […]
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October 15, 2021
Carlos Reygadas’s Japón
Carlos Reygadas’s 2002 movie Japón uses the three core ingredients from Ingmar Bergman’s cookbook, death, sex, and god. Death, and its attendant fear, provides the engine that […]
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October 15, 2021
Take A Cruise On The Ship Of Monsters!
Forgive me but as a science geek, the introductory lines of this film are too offensive to remain unaddressed. We open with a disembodied narrator […]
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October 15, 2021
Beauty and Tragedy in Kantemir Balagov’s Beanpole
Beanpole is a visually beautiful film. It is full of saturated color and warm light, but from the first seen to the last, it presents one […]
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October 14, 2021
Raj Kapoor’s Landmark Opus Awaara
Raj Kapoor’s 1951 Bollywood epic Awaara is 2 hours and 45 minutes long. More than enough time to deliver two plots, ten musical numbers, a Busby Berkley […]
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October 14, 2021
Is Schumacher’s Falling Down A Satire?
Beginning with its release in 1993 Joel Schumacher’s film, Falling Down, divided audiences and critics alike. The conflict boils down to whether or not Falling Down succeeds as a […]
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October 14, 2021
Around The World In 50 Films
Broaden your horizons on a whirlwind tour of films from 50 different countries. This is not a list of the most important films in the […]
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October 14, 2021
Attack Of The Transexual Übermenschen in Wild Wild Planet
“How can this be commander? Is this the workings of a mad scientist, black magic, or mumbo jumbo? A nightmare? Nothing of the sort. This […]
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October 13, 2021
Shin’ya Tsukamoto’s Hiruko The Goblin
This is not your typical Shin’ya Tsukamoto film. If you’ve seen the two Tetsuo films, don’t expect something as intense or insane as that. Hiruko The […]
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October 13, 2021
The Zoological Existentialism of Domestic
If you look up the credits for Adrian Sitaru’s film Domestic in The Internet Movie Data Base the seven leading actors and actresses are listed first, followed by the […]
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