Went to a press screening for a Chinese film called Still Life today. Stark, existential, with the occasional surreal flourish and a distinct rural/industrial, 21st century, Yangtze River, Three Gorges Dam-doomed village vibe. Can't say more -- they made me swear I'd only write a capsule this early in the film festival (SFIFF that is).
Some Universal Films
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*Night Key (1937) - 5.5*
The Laemmle family had finally been forced to sell Universal in 1936
bringing to an end a remarkable run of films since Carl La...
ALTERED Review: Fun, Punchy Ride
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Tom Felton, Aggy K. Adams, Elizaveta Bugulova, and Richard Brake star in
Timo ('Iron Sky') Vuorensola's new sci-fi action thriller.
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Fatherland by Robert Harris
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(pb; 1992)
*From the back cover*:
“Berlin, 1964. The Greater German Reich stretches from the Rhine to the
Urals, and keeps an uneasy peace with it...
The Carpetbaggers
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Edward Dmytryk - 1964 KL Studio Classics BD Region A There is an inspired
moment in The Carpetbaggers where the camera rests on the entry to a
bathroom in ...
Watch Purgatory Road for free
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My new film, Purgatory Road, is now playing, for free, on TubiTV.com
Or catch it on Amazon Prime.
Also on BluRay from Unearthed.
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from: Baby B.
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date: Jul 7, 2019, 2:15 AM
subject: Tattoo meaning
Hey, I love your blog! This Tattoo is 20 years old now and I neve...
Trailer Alert: Memoir of a Murderer
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*Director* - Won Shin Yun
*Country* - Korea
*Genre* - Thriller
Ex-serial killer with Alzheimer's disease versus a new serial killing
sociopath, or ...
Organização e Higiene do Japonês
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A cultura japonesa é uma das mais fascinantes do nosso planeta. O Japonês
busca a perfeição em tudo o que faz, mesmo que seja uma simples tarefa, ele
se de...
A tidbit on the term 'populism'
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Recently there has been a paradigm shift with respect to the word
'populism'; retrojectively speaking, at one time in history---relative to
the U.S. at lea...
I gave FilmDoo a whirl
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Finally, we can forget about DVDs. Streaming video is the future for
independent films from Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries, with
new onlin...
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
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The Devil's Backbone (Spanish: El espinazo del diablo, literally The
Backbone of the Devil) is a 2001 Spanish-Mexican gothic horror film
directed by Guil...
Red Eye Reviews on the Way
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Hey, guys. I just wanted to drop in with a quick explanation as to why I've
fallen behind on the reviews. Plain and simple, work and real life have
taken u...
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