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January 16, 2022
Jane Campion’s The Power Of The Dog
This article does not contain any outright spoilers but I do not recommend reading it unless you have seen the movie. In Jane Campion’s […]
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December 26, 2021
Hilal Baydarov’s 2020 film In Between Dying is Wonderful
In Between Dying was written and directed by Hilal Baydarov in 2020. It was filmed primarily in Baydarov ’s home country of Azerbaijan which sits […]
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December 12, 2021
Tanna: A Reenactment Of Culture Change
Tanna is the name of a tiny island east of Australia. It is populated by several small tribes of people. The film, Tanna, is a true […]
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November 10, 2021
Bodied: Word Play About Word Play About Hip Hop
Alex Larson wrote the film Bodied and Joseph Kahn directed it, but it is Eminem’s influence as the producer that is immediately apparent. There are obvious similarities […]
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November 10, 2021
Baxter, A Dog and His Boy
There are so many different ways to engage Baxter, a film directed by Jérôme Boivin in 1989. Its a political film about our relationship to […]
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November 8, 2021
The Role of the Environment in Onibaba and Woman In The Dunes.
Between the films Onibaba (Kaneto Shindo in 1964) and Woman In the Dunes (Hiroshi Teshigahara in 1964) there are only five characters and two locations. Both films are striped […]
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November 8, 2021
Deadpan as a Filming Technique in Roy Anderson’s Films
Deadpan is not ordinarily ascribed to a style of filmmaking. It is more often associated with the lack of emotion on an actor’s face during […]
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November 7, 2021
Mohammad Rasoulof's The White Meadows
In 2009 Director Mohammad Rasoulof was imprisoned for making The White Meadows. He was accused of “acting against national security and propaganda against the regime” and […]
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November 7, 2021
The Hanzo The Razor Trilogy
With my eyes fixed to the screen I could scarcely believe what was happening. I can’t imagine what I must have looked like as I […]
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November 6, 2021
Niki Lindroth von Bahr's The Burden
How do you like your existentialism served? Perhaps as a song sung by a fish in a bathrobe sitting in a bleak, little hotel room? […]
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November 5, 2021
Jane Mansfield In Dog Eat Dog
No opening credits, no atmospheric music to lead us in, just a sudden blare of wild jazz and the screen goes from black to Jane Mansfield […]
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November 4, 2021
The Unacceptable Truth of Compliance
Craig Zobel’s 2012 movie Compliance is a great film but I hate it. Watching it was a strain. When it was shown in theaters there were numerous […]
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November 4, 2021
Todd Haynes’ Horror Movie Safe
I saw Safe in the theater when it first came out in 1995. I remember it well because when the film ended I could hardly move. I […]
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November 3, 2021
A Comparison of Three Films Entitled Maniac
The first of the three films entitled Maniac was made in 1937, the second came out 46 years later in 1980, and 33 years after that a […]
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November 3, 2021
A Mercifully Brief Visual Summary of Extra Terrestrian
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November 3, 2021
Voyage into Space: Know Your Target Audience
Imagine a movie made entirely by 8 year old boys. The actors, the editor, the costume designer everyone involved is 8. Then you wouldn’t be […]
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November 3, 2021
The Peculiar Case of The Curious Female
Its 1970 and you’re a struggling, low budget movie producer. You decide to invest in yourself and direct your own movie. You manage to complete your […]
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November 2, 2021
Lukas Feigefeld's Hagazussa
Hagazussa, directed by Lukas Feigefeld in 2017, immediately distinguishes itself through its formal choices. There is minimal dialogue. The music is mostly just stretches of […]
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November 2, 2021
Embracing Marginalization Through Cult Films
What constitutes a “cult?” What is the difference between Christianity and a cult? Systemically, structurally they are the same. They both gather believers under an […]
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November 2, 2021
Trapped in The House With “Trapped in The House”
To do my part for The Covid-19 effort I spent last night watching a film called Trapped In The House. I didn’t know what it was […]
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November 2, 2021
Ninja: The Final Duel
Buddha predicted that his teachings would be misinterpreted over the generations and devolve into nonsense. Perhaps he meant nonsense like the scene in Ninja: The Final […]
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November 2, 2021
The Implied Narrator in We The Animals
We The Animals has no literal narrator. There is no disembodied voice leading the audience through the film, but there is a palpable sense of narration. […]
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November 2, 2021
Ninja Hunters: One Stop Shopping For Kung Fu Movie Goers
Its Ninja Hunters’ generosity that makes it a great film. The movie overflows with everything you could want out of a classic kung fu flick. My […]
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November 2, 2021
Repentance: A Great Film in Danger of Disappearing.
Beginning a film with the funeral of the main character has been done before but in Repentance the morning after the funeral the deceased is found propped […]
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