Recovering academic, occasional adjunct professor, presenter and programmer of the Cinema Series at the Bridgeton Public Library.
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Labyrinth of Cinema 2019
We are all very fortunate that Nobuhiko Obayashi lived long enough to give us one more extremely ambitious exorcism.
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The Prince of Plasma: The Giannetto De Rossi Story
Pretty much the pinnacle of the extended special feature as a documentary.
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Spring Night, Summer Night 1967
I was able to see Spring Night, Summer Night (1967) at the International House as part of the traveling UCLA Festival of Preservation program. A 2012 Sight and Sound article by Ross Lipman positioned the film among classic works of American independent cinema such as Wanda (1970) and Killer of Sheep (1979). Due to a sensationalistic premise that undercuts the films modesty, as well as a portrayal of a destitute rural America that occasionally assumes an ethnographic distance, Spring Night…is…
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