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Category Archives: Reviews
The Witch Who Came From the Sea (1976)
After the disappointing Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood, Arrow Video’s American Horror Project finally delivers the goods. The Witch Who Came from the Sea is a gem. It’s a complex movie. Shockingly so. The sexual abuse of a child is central … Continue reading
Posted in Arrow Films, Movies Watched In 2016, Reviews
Tagged Millie Perkins, The Witch Who Came From the Sea
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L’Eclisse (1962)
The finale of Antonioni’s unofficial disconnect trilogy (preceded by L’Avventura and La Notte) is something I’ve been working towards for a few years now. I first had my interest piqued in these movies by Antonioni’s dominance in Scorsese’s My Voyage … Continue reading
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Tagged Alain Delon, L'Eclisse, Michelangelo Antonioni, Monica Vitti
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Kissing on the Mouth (2005)
An early entry in the mumblecore movement, Joe Swanberg’s Kissing on the Mouth is a raw, amateur and occasionally engrossing document of early-twenties aimlessness. Sure the production quality is shitty as hell but one of the core values of true … Continue reading
Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood (1973)
The first entry in Arrow video’s American Horror Project is a film I would have never heard of or seen otherwise. In all honesty Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood is a bag of shit. Even at a meager 74 minutes I … Continue reading
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Tagged Malatesta's Carnival of Blood
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Climates (2006)
Before Ceylan ascended to God-like status with Once Upon a Time in Anatolia and Winter Sleep (in my opinion at least) he was a filmmaker with a relatively small canvas. Like Uzak before it, Climates is focused on two people … Continue reading
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Tagged Climates, Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
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Winter Sleep (2014)
An ambitious and novelistic investigation of the human psyche, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Palme d’Or winning epic Winter Sleep is a film I’ve thought about every day since seeing it six days ago. At a whopping 196 minutes this is easily … Continue reading
Nymphomaniac (2013)
Upon rewatching Nymphomaniac in its extended Director’s Cut form I found myself appreciating it a lot more. The differences aren’t glaringly obvious at first but the whole thing does feel more comprehensive and complete. This is what Lars von Trier … Continue reading
Linklater Discovers Digital: Tape (2001)
I’ve always been fond of this little-seen Linklater B-side. A bunch of characters talking in a room for 90 minutes could be the synopsis for any number of Linklater’s movies yet Tape is unquestionably the darkest and most sinister to … Continue reading
Posted in Movies Watched In 2016, Reviews, Rewatch
Tagged Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater, Robert Sean Leonard, Tape, Uma Thurman
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Matchstick Men (2003)
“Have you ever been dragged to the sidewalk and beaten until you PIIIISSSSSSEDDDDDD BLOOOOOOOODDD!?!?!” Ridley in mega-underrated mode and probably his most re-watchable film by some margin. I’ve lost count how many times I’ve gone back to it. Such an … Continue reading
Posted in Movies Watched In 2016, Reviews, Rewatch
Tagged Alison Lohman, Hans Zimmer, Matchstick Men, Nicolas Cage, Ridley Scott, Sam Rockwell
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The Best Film Made In My Lifetime? Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood (2007)
I’ve seen There Will Be Blood close to twenty times since it was released in 2007. I’ve had a few years off before this revisit yet it remains the most monolithic American movie made in my lifetime. It begins Paul … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
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