Most Anticipated of November 2021
Alex Sitaras: With October and a number of its great films behind us, we turn to November which looks toContinue Reading
Tag: America
The Velvet Underground ★★★★
Absence is impossible in Todd Haynes’ experimental, fanatical documentary, The Velvet Underground. Marked by split screens rolling with Andy WarholContinue Reading
The Card Counter ★★★
Coming from the man who penned some of cinema’s best character studies in Taxi Driver and Raging Bull and madeContinue Reading
Non-Didactic Social Commentary in Tales from the Hood
There seems to be a certain perception that so-called “elevated” horror (a stupid, vague term) is the superior form ofContinue Reading
Phantasm – Coming of Age in a Waking Nightmare
Few forms of media complement each other better, in my opinion, than metal music and horror films. In a shadowy,Continue Reading
The Last Duel ★★★★
Rape; a word infrequently uttered in director Ridley Scott‘s The Last Duel. It is the heart of the film, asContinue Reading
Outsiders and Hilarity in Basket Case
Basket Case reminds me of the annual Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. Both grotesque exhibitions of excess achieve theContinue Reading
The Films of Melvin Van Peebles
Melvin Van Peebles was a Renaissance man. Known best for his groundbreaking 1970s films, the independent film director also wroteContinue Reading
The First Step (documentary) ★★½
Who is Van Jones? Those who do not routinely watch news telecasts might not be familiar with the political commentator,Continue Reading
Hubie Halloween – The Horror of Comedy and the Comedy of Horror
When it comes to “serious film discussions”, no genres are left out so consistently as horror and comedy, with theContinue Reading
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