Debuting earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival, Sean Baker’s Anora won the Palme d’Or and earned critical acclaim, and praise for Mikey Madison’s star-making turn in the title character.
Cecil B. Demented: John Waters’ Middling Comedy, Starring Stephen Dorff and Melanie Griffith
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John Waters’ Cecil B. Demented is a wannabe black comedy, a silly and pointless tale that fails to shock or elicit laughs.
Political Movies: 100 Most Significant–No. 90: “Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion” (1970) by Italian Director Elio Petri
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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970): Italy’s Oscar Winner, Starring Gian Maria Volonté
00 Experiencing Hitchcock–Auteur
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Research in progress, Aug 8, 2024 Andrew Dellanco, Required Reading, 1997, p. ix Amer li ahs been dedicated to the idea that individual human beings can break free of the strictures and structures of thought into which they are born. That by reimagining this world, they can change it. Hitchcock: You can reimagine the world, […]
Annihilation (2018): Alex Garland’s
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Based on the novel by Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation follows a group of military personnel as they enter The Shimmer, a mysterious, destructive, ever-growing alien region.
