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Dog Star Man 1965
Is it possible to make a piece of art from the perspective of a particle? A particle moving through space and time.
A particle that's heating up and cooling down, speeding up and slowing down?
A particle in observation of the changes of the seasons, the creation of the world- the universe- and human life?
A particle in reflection of its past movements through the ever-expanding universe as it travels through, around, above, and below a man and his dog,…
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One Day Before the Rainy Season 1971
Hindi is not Urdu but the the sound of it still feels close to home. Seeing beautiful brown men and women participate in a cinematic achievement like this makes my heart weep.
People often compare Mani Kaul to Robert Bresson, but whereas L'argent may relate to Aashad Ka Ek Din in the piecewise form of editing, he breaks one of the French director's cardinal rules (as laid out in his book "Notes on the Cinematograph") and creates images of stark…
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Nickel Boys 2024
Among the most talked about films of 2024, the awards contenders for best picture seem to be between “The Brutalist” and “Anora” (and maybe “Emelia Perez” depending on how you feel about that film). In this epoch of American cinema, most of the discussions seem to surround the idea that “movies are back”. The Spielberg-esque sci-fi epics exist today with “Dune: Part Two”. The New-Hollywood style adult-dramedies exist today with “Anora”. The classic Hollywood musicals are back with “Wicked”. However,…
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Return to Oz 1985
Reminded me of Guillermo Del Toro so I looked it up and sure enough he loves this film.
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The Brutalist 2024
It’s no surprise that among the European directors Brady Corbet has mentioned during the press run of “The Brutalist”, he has not mentioned Jean-Luc Godard. Probably because the aesthetics of his work doesn’t influence him and probably because Godard would hate this film. And probably Michaelangelo Antonioni would hate this too. Though, he cited him as inspiration. Clearly, this inspiration was aesthetically based as he must’ve have never picked up that all of Antonioni’s work is deeply and radically political. …
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