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Linklater is seen as a figurehead for independent cinema, and one of the biggest reasons for this title is the excitement that his films carry. They are rebellious and staunchly against popular films of their time. However, this excitement is not the sum of perfectly precise plotting with never-coulda-seen-it-coming twists—it instead comes from a distinct abandonment of these elements.
Read MoreMartin Scorsese’s gangster films are well known for exploring masculinity (toxic or otherwise) and the role it plays in the lives of men and their loved ones and enemies. In the 1973 film Mean Streets, the level of masculinity one has is inversely proportional to how mature one is.
Read MoreA retrospective on the short(er) films of J-horror maestro Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
Read MoreWith the opening of 1986’s A Better Tomorrow, director John Woo and star Chow Yun Fat captured “cool” with skill and style that very few have been able to match since.
Read MoreThe actor who has consistently caught my eye as a possible contender for the romantic lead we need in the modern era is none other than Jack Quaid.
Read MoreOrlando, My Political Biography is a documentary-of-sorts, exploring Virginia Woolf’s Orlando through interviews with transgender folks and narration from Preciado in the form of a letter to Virginia Woolf. Each of the 26 subjects introduces themselves as “playing the role of Orlando,” Orlando becoming a stand-in for transgender subjectivity. As Preciado is Orlando, so is he, so is she, so are they. The title of the film is instructive: it is Preciado’s “political biography”–not an autobiography, but a tapestry of trans experiences united under the concept of Orlando.
Read MoreAll things being equal, not dealing with heavy cans of fragile film reels seems ideal for people in the business of showing movies. So who still does this and why?
Read MoreIt’s summer in Texas, so we all need something to do after we’ve been forced inside by the sun’s ultraviolet laser beams.
Read MoreIn particular, Murray’s 1976 music criticism masterpiece, Stomping the Blues, makes the case for the syncretic spiritual power of the blues in a way that Coogler appears anxious to make: That there is a magic, a power, an incontrovertible life-giving energy to the blues not only as music but as a way of life.
Read MoreIf you ask someone for a recommendation for a “sciency” film you usually get one of two types of recommendations: “experiments gone wrong,” or “scientific exploration.” The second often falls in line with the notion of Scientific Fiction.
Read MoreThe Trip can be enjoyed because we should be able to enjoy a film for exactly what films are at their core: visually stimulating moving pictures that we resonate with.
Read MoreThe story of Vin Diesel is one of constant creation. From Mark Sinclair—the bouncer rejected by LA—to Vin Diesel, Hollywood superstar and action-film juggernaut.
Read MoreA deep dive into 2024’s surge in pregnancy horror films, from Immaculate to Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
Read MoreIn this latest Apes Retrospective, we dig into Matt Reeves’s Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes.
Read MoreWelcome to 1990’s Pump Up the Volume, writer/director Allan Moyle’s second installment in his unofficial trilogy of youthful rebellion and kickass soundtracks.
Read MoreIn this latest Apes Retrospective, we dig into Battle for the Planet of the Apes and the 2001 reboot of the original Planet of the Apes.
Read MoreEstibaliz Urresola Solaguren's 20,000 Species of Bees delivers a raw peek into a summer of shame within a matriarchal family in Spain.
Read MoreCool As Ice (1991) is an American comedy/drama film, directed by David Kellogg, written by David Stenn, and starring rapper Vanilla Ice.
Read MoreThe dilemma of adaptation is whether it is necessary to adapt fully or loosely and whether the intent is to honor or update the material.
Read MoreKristen Stewart is always interesting to watch, a preternaturally intelligent, intuitive actress, Olivier Assayas understood this earlier than most, and no discussion of Stewart’s gifts as an artist (nor indeed a discussion of how those gifts went from mocked to embraced) can overlook the two films she made with Assayas, Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) and Personal Shopper (2016).
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