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Showing posts with label 2016. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2016. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Post Mortem

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...But that the dread of something after death, The undiscovered country from whose bourn No traveler returns, puzzles the will And make...
Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Maneater

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I wasn't expecting Raw (2016, directed by Julie Ducournau) to be funny. I mean, French extreme horror movies like Inside or Martyrs ...
Saturday, January 14, 2017

Winter 2016: Jazz

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On the evidence of Whiplash and La La Land (2016), director Damien Chazelle sure likes jazz. He likes it so much that he wants to save it...
Wednesday, December 14, 2016

The Doctor is In

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Doctor Strange (2016, directed by Scott Derrickson) is the latest cog in Marvel Studios' massive marketing machine. By now, these are ...
Sunday, November 20, 2016

Trans in Africa

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There is a scene in The Pearl of Africa (2016, directed by Jonny von Wallström) in which the film's transsexual heroine watches the ne...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

With A Little Help from My Friends

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A Man Called Ove (2015, directed by Hannes Holm) is Sweden's submission for this year's Oscars. It's not a perfect film by any...
Thursday, October 13, 2016

Baying at the Moon

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Howl (2015, directed by Paul Hyett) is another iteration of the Night of the Living Dead/Rio Bravo siege film, in which a train full of ...
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Shelter from the Storm

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I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail Poisoned in the bushes an’ blown out on the trail Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged i...
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Bothered and Bewitched

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The Witch (2015, directed by Robert Eggers) has been the new big thing in the horror genre since it debuted at Sundance last year. Like th...
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Saturday, February 20, 2016

Render Unto Caesar

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I don't remember the last time I had such a keen anticipation for a movie like the one  I had for the Coen brothers' latest film, H...