Psycho (1998) and the Philosophy of Remakes
The movie industry today tends to reward anything with any sort of name recognition and has prompted an endless supplyContinue Reading
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One Night in Miami ★★★½
Through frameworks couched in biopics exploring the same era, Regina King’s committed, hopeful directorial debut One Night in Miami piecesContinue Reading
Ready or Not: Breaking the Rich’s Traditions
Each and every person who has grown up and is currently living a lower to middle-class life knows better thanContinue Reading
Phantom of the Paradise: Faustian Rock
Selling your soul for rock and roll, otherwise known as Brian De Palma‘s Phantom of the Paradise. A mixture ofContinue Reading
Blood Diner and the American Art of Excess
The horror comedy can be a tricky genre to pull off, even though both horror and comedy have striking similarities.Continue Reading
Siberia ★★½
Following 2019’s Tommaso, master of grit, rebel auteur Abel Ferrara returns with Willem Dafoe for a lofty nightmarish charge atContinue Reading
The Reality of Demons in Lovely Molly
Newlyweds Molly (Gretchen Lodge) and Tim (Johnny Lewis) move into Molly’s old childhood home, both her parents having been deadContinue Reading
Paranoia and Duty in The Thing
John Carpenter‘s affinity for Howard Hawks is always apparent in his work. Hawksian women fill his filmography, especially when oneContinue Reading
Signs of the End or Mere Coincidence?
Coincidence. Purpose. Faith. Is somebody out there or are we alone? Either each detail in life is a sign ofContinue Reading
Bodies and Costumes in Ms. 45
Exploitation cinema, specifically rape-revenge, tends to grind bodies down to pure grit. Characters and cameras alike brutalise their victims, withContinue Reading
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