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A YEAR OF CINEMATIC SURPRISES At the start of this past year, you could have been forgiven for assuming we were in for a down year. The...
Mar 14, 202424 min read
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Feminism & The Empowered Self – Barbie as Both “Meta” Commentary and Inspired, Pop Hilarity
“F**K THE PATRIARCHY!” And with that opening salvo (which never, by the way, appears in the screenplay to the new film about Mattel’s...
Jul 27, 20239 min read
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Visually Sumptuous Yet Quietly Haunting - The Rider's Exploration of Masculinity in the Modern West
On paper, The Rider simply does not work. In fact, it’s almost oxymoronic. An Asian woman crafting an emotional journey about life in the...
May 5, 20233 min read
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Brief Encounter - 1945
It never ceases to amaze me that the man behind a 200+ minute, full-scale epic like Lawrence of Arabia could just pivot to a two-hander...
Apr 19, 2023
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The Vanishing - 1993
The Vanishing joins the long line of films featuring answering machines which apparently have magical powers. Besides being outdated,...
Apr 9, 2023
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Alice, Darling - 2023
Alice, Darling may just be the first real hidden gem I’ve found in 2023. It’s a picture that scans like a taut psychological thriller a...
Apr 2, 2023
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80's
FILMS FROM THE 80'S
American Gigolo - 1980
"Just. One. Fuck." For as long as I can remember, Blondie's "Call Me" has been a totally anthemic cruising song. Now, at last, as I...
Nov 10, 2022
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House of Games - 1987
Viewing David Mamet's debut feature, House of Games, as a grown up takes some of the fun out of it. This is because it postures itself at...
Oct 4, 2022
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Paris, Texas - 1984
This review may contain spoilers. Paris, Texas is a film that tormented and ate at me. It is, at times, a conundrum - a picture which...
Oct 1, 2022
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Horror
Horror
We're All Going to the World's Fair - 2022
This review contain spoilers. Viewing We’re All Going to the World’s Fair was, shall I say, a confounding experience. I generally like to...
Jan 8, 20232 min read
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Speak No Evil - 2022
This review may contain spoilers. As close friends recently told me as I was just spitballing about my gut-level reactions immediately...
Oct 27, 20223 min read
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Bodies Bodies Bodies - 2022
I wanted to love this film, but, alas, I merely ended up liking it. See, the real trouble is, I think it’s the very construction of the...
Oct 11, 20223 min read
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