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At the beginning of Pauline Kael’s review of David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, she uses a quote she overheard after aContinue Reading
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Lemon ★★
American auteur Jim Jarmusch once said, “Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination.”Continue Reading
Dawson City: Frozen Time ★★★
Bill Morrison’s documentary Dawson City: Frozen Time chronicles the history of a small town in Canada named Dawson. Specifically, it tracks theContinue Reading
It Comes at Night ★★★½
The 2010’s have been a phenomenal decade for horror fans thus far. With potential future classics like The Babadook, ItContinue Reading
Logan Lucky ★★★½
As a filmmaker, Steven Soderbergh is incredibly difficult to pin down. Greatly experimental (Bubble, The Girlfriend Experience), indebted to classicsContinue Reading
The Masters of Suspense: Hitchcock and Du Maurier
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” Opening line from Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, 1938 For theContinue Reading
Dunkirk ★★★½
French director François Truffaut is often attributed with saying that an anti-war film is an impossible feat, that the actionContinue Reading
Baby Driver ★★★
Edgar Wright is known for spoofing genres in his films. Shaun of the Dead spoofed horror and Hot Fuzz spoofedContinue Reading
The Beguiled ★★★
The Beguiled is an atmospheric melodrama directed by Sofia Coppola which tells the story of an injured Union soldier duringContinue Reading
The Bad Batch ★★★★
Few directors would cast Jim Carrey, a comedian, in a dramatic role where he doesn’t say a word. Few directorsContinue Reading
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