Predictions for the 94th Academy Awards
For the first time since 2018, the Academy Awards will have a host. Three of them, actually. Actresses/comedians Regina Hall,Continue Reading
Tag: David Lynch
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
Love Hurts – In Defense of Rob Zombie’s Halloween II
There’s a scene about halfway through the director’s cut of Rob Zombie‘s Halloween II where Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton) visitsContinue 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
Cinematic Time Travel in Lumière and Company
What kind of films would Stanley Kubrick have made if modern CGI was at his disposal? What would Tarkovsky haveContinue Reading
An Interview with Salomón Askenazi (director, El Rey de la Fiesta)
Salomón Askenazi is the director of El Rey de la Fiesta, his third feature-length film. El Rey de la Fiesta revolves around theContinue Reading
The Devolution into Primality in The Shout
Watching Jerzy Skolimowski’s The Shout is like watching a distant yet vibrant nightmare. From the very beginning, The Shout disorients usContinue Reading
Cosmos: Abstract Absurdism
American auteur David Lynch is often quoted in proclaiming “I get ideas and I want to put them on filmContinue 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
A Fable of Emptiness? The Neon Demon
Nicolas Winding Refn’s dark twisted tale of vapid, jealous bloodlust within the fashion industry offers a much deeper glare intoContinue Reading
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