Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Bird Box loses thrills through plot holes

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I'm all for mystery in horror movies that taps into the primal fears of the audience. However, with glaring gaps in logic and sketchily...

Fantastic Planet still stands as a unique vision of profound science...

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The science fiction film genre offers so much potential. It's too bad that it's so easy to screw up (see this recent review). But...

An in-depth look at Pink Floyd’s ‘the Wall’ Immersion box set

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I first heard Pink Floyd's 1979 double album the Wall sometime in 1984, as a 12-year-old boy. A neighbor at my apartment building loaned...

‘Moonrise Kingdom’: a different kind of Wes Anderson film

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Moonrise Kingdom is not your typical Wes Anderson film. As a long-time fan, I have always thought his films existed in some hyper-real dimension of...

How Stanley Kubrick broke the rules of Classical Hollywood cinema and...

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From the Internet to followers in my hometown Miami, I have long been asked to share my MA thesis that capped off my studies...

The Untamed confronts primal desires through sci-fi/horror tentacle sex fable —...

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Despite its surreal science-fiction horror sensibilities, there’s no denying what Mexican director Amat Escalante and co-screenwriter Gibrán Portela have brewed up with The Untamed...

Film Review: ‘Blue Is the Warmest Color’ and the pain of...

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There is a lot of noise surrounding this year’s Palme d'Or-crowned Blue is the Warmest Color. As it finally hits theaters in the U.S., it...

Though beautiful to look at, ‘House of Pleasures’ presents dark picture...

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Often depicted as a supplemental aspect used to illuminate a larger story in Hollywood movies, or, worse, as a joke, prostitution rarely receives a...

'Young & Beautiful' explores women's sexuality with a nuanced touch

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Of all the filmmakers across the globe, the French always seem to deliver the deepest ruminations on human relationships through intimate corporeal exchanges. One...

50 of the best non-grunge alternative ’90s rock albums

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The '90s is often associated with grunge music. Sometimes it even overshadows its overarching umbrella genre, "alternative rock." This was a time when this...