Experimental
Film Review – Entergalactic
On the surface, Entergalactic (2022) contains the familiar beats of a love story. Two people have a meet cute, share a connection, and fall for one another. It’s a tale as old as storytelling itself. But through the magic of music and animation, this version breathes new…
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Film Review – Possessor
Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor (2020) plays like a nightmare. There is a story here, and from a distance it contains elements that look familiar. But with Cronenberg’s writing and direction, it’s constructed with a dark and twisted vision. It’s a sci-fi/horror film that aims not to…
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Film Review – I’m Thinking of Ending Things
I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020) made me feel every possible emotion there is while watching a movie. I was fascinated, confused, enthralled, entertained, terrified, and in the end deeply moved. That’s an accomplishment for something I’m still trying to piece together in my head.…
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Blu-Ray Review – Limite
Founded by filmmaker Martin Scorsese in 2007, the World Cinema Project’s goal is to find, restore and preserve films from around the world. To date the non-profit organization has restored over 750 films from around the globe. Working in coordination with the Criterion Collection, the…
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Film Review – mother!
Before I go any further (or anywhere at all actually) I would like to note that I like art, so much so I went to art school for my undergraduate degree. I admire ambition and want to reward films that exist outside a franchise or…
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Film Review – Endless Poetry
Late in the film, nearing the climax of its final act, the character Alejandro Jodorowsky (Adan Jodorowsky) tells his family of artist friends that he is moving from their home of Chile to Paris, France where he will “save surrealism.” The proclamation, prophetic and self-referential,…
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Blu-Ray Review – Heart of a Dog
The great thing about the Criterion Collection is that every new entry has a chance to be seen by those who may not have the opportunity to via other avenues. Getting that spine number makes a title an immediate must have for hardcore collectors while…
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Film Review – The Neon Demon
When a teenage girl comes to Hollywood to become a model she finds herself immersed in a world of fetishistic obsession and narcissistic pathos. A lot of what’s at heart in such a minor plot description is that it most certainly comes off as something…
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