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The Unloved, Part 127: Highlander II: The Quickening
by admin|1 year ago|Roger Ebert
We're continuing on the theme of psychedelic Sean Connery movies; this one as empty-headed as "Zardoz" is bristling with philosophical intrigue but twice as beautiful. This is the singular work of Russell Mulcahy, the genius behind Razorback, Ricochet, and the creator...
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Mother, Couch Review: Ewan McGregor Leads a Strange, Pervasive Familial Phantasmagoria
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
“I’ve been bleeding my whole life.” Mother, Couch is a boiling point of a picture. Written and directed by Niclas Larsson (and based on Jerker Virdborg’s novel Mamma i soffa), this is an edgy story about small discourtesies and how...
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‘Kill’ Review: Nikhil Nagesh Bhat’s Bollywood Action Extravaganza Doesn’t Miss a Beat
by admin|1 year ago|Slant Magazine
Kill continually finds clever ways to defy our expectations. The post ‘Kill’ Review: Nikhil Nagesh Bhat’s Bollywood Action Extravaganza Doesn’t Miss a Beat appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘MaXXXine’ Review: Mia Goth Slays in Ti West’s Well-Made but Forgettable ’80s Pastiche
by admin|1 year ago|Slant Magazine
West’s star shines so bright that she illuminates the limits of the film around her. The post ‘MaXXXine’ Review: Mia Goth Slays in Ti West’s Well-Made but Forgettable ’80s Pastiche appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Mother, Couch’ Review: A Story of a Family in Crisis, Weighted with Allegory
by admin|1 year ago|Slant Magazine
It's unclear what the film gains by skewing away from a more straightforward family drama. The post ‘Mother, Couch’ Review: A Story of a Family in Crisis, Weighted with Allegory appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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“This Is The Life, Isn’t It?” Martin Mull: 1943-2024
by admin|1 year ago|Roger Ebert
According to a post made on social media by his daughter, Martin Mull passed away last Thursday at the age of 80 after a long illness. Beyond conveying the news of his passing, this announcement was notable for being one...
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‘The Nature of Love’ Review: A Funny, Nonjudgmental Look at Sexual Exploration
by admin|1 year ago|Slant Magazine
Monia Chokri’s film engages with the stylings and bubbly tonality of the classic rom-com in ironic fashion. The post ‘The Nature of Love’ Review: A Funny, Nonjudgmental Look at Sexual Exploration appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Chattanooga 2024 Review: BLIND COP 2 Parodies ’80s Action Flicks to Diminishing Returns
by admin|1 year ago|Screen Anarchy
During VHS’s all-too-brief Golden Age (roughly the ‘80s through the ‘90s), you could step into any neighborhood video store, peruse the stacks of new releases, and leave an hour later with any number of low-budget, straight-to-video action titles of varying...
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CHRONICLES OF A WANDERING SAINT Interview: Director Tomás Gómez Bustillo Talks His Magical Ghost Story
by admin|1 year ago|Screen Anarchy
Tomás Gómez Bustillo wears glasses and a warm but reserved smile. The second this young director realizes he is speaking to another Argentine, we switch to Spanish, and his sentences become longer, peppered with curses, as we like to do....
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Chattanooga 2024 Review: THE VOURDALAK Delivers a Different Kind of Vampire Tale
by admin|1 year ago|Screen Anarchy
Long considered the ur-text for the depiction of vampirism in fiction, Bram Stoker’s Dracula may be the most influential (the “trope-creator”), but it was far from the first. Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 novel, Carmilla, preceded Stoker’s by more than two decades,...
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