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I’ve admired Lon Chaney Jr. ever since watching the Wolf Man from 1941. He had such a presence and almost effortless ability to be charming, which still holds strongly in his role as Bruno in Jack Hill’s 1967 Spider Baby. I was damn-pleasantly surprised seeing him again channel a sense of warmth as the caretaker of three adult children of Read more
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Carnival Of Souls is a hypnotic treat to digest. It was an overlooked film back in 1962 but its foreboding beauty seems to generate a long lasting impression for many cinephiles. It’s very iconic and special, considering it inspired George A Romero’s Night of the Living Dead in 1968. Despite its low budget, minimal locations, small cast, it Read more
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I’ve been known to waffle back and forth in picking my favorite Cassavettes film, whether it’s Love Streams or Opening Night, for varying reasons, I seem to always land on Minnie and Moskowitz. It feels like his most personal film, showcasing an unconventional approach to storytelling, much of its dialogue resonates, and the highly skilled ability of both Gena Rowlands Read more
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“There is no going back to normal.” – G.H. Scott I thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated the open ended complexity of Leave the World Behind. There are a plethora of rabbit holes to go down and draw on our own numerous conclusions and I feel like that’s what we need more of in cinema today. What’s excruciatingly terrifying is doesn’t Read more
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What really pisses me off about ROSEMARY’S BABY is this woman’s lack of instinct. Naivety strips her of any potential in kicking ass over her abusers. She’s trusting, loyal, submissive, accommodating of everyone’s needs before herself only to realize she’s a victim plagued by an unruly bunch of soulless creeps. What starts off as a Read more
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“You can’t have dialogue without fear of judgement these days.” The statement above certainly enforces the notion we’re living in some agitated state of an Orwellian nightmare; constant agitation, constant scrutinization, constant tracking, constant manipulation, constant painstaking marketable propaganda soaked in revenue stressors. Of course society is having a meltdown as every man, woman, Read more
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It’s an extraordinary feat, one I prematurely criticized as garbage but have come to settle in the cloud of realization, that body horror in filmmaking has an edge most mainstream audiences like to ignore for being so blatantly gruesome. I feel like I fell into that category for some years, but after endless research, Read more
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The love for cinema, like any cinephile will often explore and contemplate the contrast in films; storylines, actors’ performances, parallels of aesthetics, and of course themes and as Jean-Luc Godard once said, “It’s not where you take things from – it’s where you take them to” and of course, “There’s no such thing as Read more
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I often enjoy the nuances of overreacted theatrics such as maniacal laughing and interpretive dancing, consequently, I feel morally ashamed when it’s expressed after callously killing someone. Stripping away this story down to its bare essentials, JOKER such as it is, is a character study, nothing more, nothing less. It’s heartless nature at times Read more
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MIDSOMMAR wrecked me. Don’t get me wrong there’s catharsis in this film and even that isn’t entirely fulfilling. It’s the journey to get there that’s excruciating and exhausting. This is very much a superior “horror” film one I may rank up there with Lars Van Trier’s ANTICHRIST. Yeah, that one wrecked me too. There’s just Read more
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