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SHADOWS (1959) directed by John Cassavetes is purely a film about people. People struggling as artists all of which are three siblings of African-American decent; Benny (Ben Carruthers), is a wandering beatnik, Lelia (Lelia Goldoni), the little sister trying to find her creative vein and Hugh (Hugh Hurd), the older brother who’s a jazz singer.
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** I forewarn you. I cannot say enough exciting things about this spellbinding film! ** NEAR DARK (1987) directed by Kathryn Bigelow is by far one of the best vampire movies I’ve ever seen and perhaps the best one ever made. With incredible special effects makeup surpassing the need for CGI tweaking and
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Night’s breath whispering upon my naked ears translating a sky of ecstasy I linger in the ethereal of ridicule and grace but my lips conceal a smile like the Mona Lisa. I have no memory of your words only feelings that lead me astray into a dismal panic attack of sputtering smoke from a crappy
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I’ve seen an array of exploitation films throughout the years and I have to confess this one was the most beautifully disastrous of train wrecks accumulated by the habitual components of blood, sex, violence, and nudity. TERMINAL ISLAND (1973) “Where we dump our human garbage” directed by female director Stephanie Rothman is a whale of
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REMEDY (2013) was directed by Cheyenne Picardo which was inspired from her experiences as a pro-domme and pro-sub in an NYC dungeon. This low budget indie project has the feel of a documentary style narrative and when reading up on the film, a Sony PMW-EX3s camera was used on the project which is also
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In ELVIS & NIXON (2016) directed by Liza Johnson and produced by Amazon Studios tells the story of the iconic picture and meeting that took place between the notable duo. The film is an hour and 25 minutes but could probably be cut down to 40-60 minutes as the heart and meat of the film
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Can you imagine reliving the last year of your life through a series of events and moments within a minute of time? Sounds bizarre and unimaginable but that’s the beauty and mystery behind the concept of time and in Alain Resnais’s 1968 film JE T’AIME, JE T’AIME (I Love You, I Love You) It’s a
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Steven Soderbergh’s 1989 film SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE is about sex, lies, and videotape but in a moderately brainy context. There’s a dichotomy of two relationships at play, contrasting each other based on lies and honesty. The story revolves around four main characters married couple Ann (Andie MacDowell) and John (Peter Gallagher) along with Peter’s
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I was wandering around the internet late one night when I stumbled across a psychological mind bender called BUG (2006) and to my pleasant surprise learned it was directed by William Friedkin aka the director of THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971) and THE EXORCIST (1973). I was immediately sold. Now fasten your seat belts, put your
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In all honesty Yorgos Lanthimos’s THE LOBSTER (2015) put a reserved smile on my face and I mean that in the best extraordinary way possible partly because I do have a morbid sense of humor. Nonetheless this film tickled my mind in strange ways, mostly because I put myself in David’s (Colin Farrell) shoes
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