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Category Archives: Film
Molyneux on “The Last Jedi”
Stefan Molyneux’s take on The Last Jedi contains some pretty good interpretations. SM appears to approach films from a Jungian perspective, an approach I favor, where art and creativity is seen as a negotiation between the conscious mind and the … Continue reading
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The Darkest Maudlin Hour
From A. Graham’s review of the new Churchill biopic Darkest Hour, which features Gary Oldman: The film lapses into trite sentimentality with grating regularity. The most corny scene occurs toward the end when Churchill decides to ride the Tube instead … Continue reading
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Falstaff
Allen Mendenhall reviews Harold Bloom’s new book Falstaff: Give Me Life (Shakespeare’s Personalities): The result is a solemn, exhilarating meditation on Sir John Falstaff, the cheerful, slovenly, degenerate knight whose unwavering and ultimately self-destructive loyalty to Henry of Monmouth, or … Continue reading
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Trailer: Phantom Threads (2017)
There is a first trailer out for Paul Thomas Anderson’s upcoming film Phantom Threads, which will be PTA’s second collaboration with Daniel Day-Lewis (the excellent film There Will Be Blood being the first). Phantom Threads will also be notable as … Continue reading
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Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
I have a long review of the new movie Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017) up at Counter-Currents: Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017), a new film by writer/director S. Craig Zahler and which stars Vince Vaughn in the lead, … Continue reading
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Trailer: Isle of Dogs (2018)
The first trailer for Wes Anderson’s upcoming stop-motion film Isle of Dogs is up. It’s got Wes’ unmistakable and infectious twee flair for the esoteric. I, personally, can’t wait.
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Darren Aronofsky’s “Mother!”
From Kyle Smith’s NR review of Darren Aronofsky’s new film Mother!: Ordinarily when a filmmaker goes trampling all over your senses with an eye toward maximizing disgust, it’s for the purpose of producing some cheap scares. In Mother, though, the aim … Continue reading
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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Loosely based on the real life figure of Judge Roy Bean, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean is written by the iconoclastic John Milius and directed by Hollywood veteran John Huston, the latter seemingly trying in this film … Continue reading
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Preacher
Last year, I watched the first season of AMC’s Preacher and rather liked it. I didn’t care for the new ‘road trip’ angle of S02, and its hunt for God who is ‘missing’, and abandoned the show after S02E02. Thank … Continue reading
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Defamation (2009)
On various sites, I’d been seeing repeated mentions of this relatively recent documentary, so I decided to check it out. (It’s available online in its entirety; see below.) From the film’s description: Intent on shaking up the ultimate ‘sacred cow’ … Continue reading