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The Searchers 1956
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Look outside the door to the American West; see its brutality, its racism, its savagery. The final shot of ‘The Searchers’; one of the most memorable frames within cinema. A lonely John Wayne, whose figure is inter-framed by the darkened interior of the house; a man whose quest for redemption is complete, but something is missing. The frame represents John Ford’s own reflexive view into a history, a genre, an ideology of the Western; formed by his very hands. Have…
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Alien: Romulus 2024
For a film themed on trust and sacrifice, director Fede Álvarez, under the influence of Ridley Scott and co., fails to find any slice of originality in this unnecessary revival of the 'Alien' franchise, just under a decade after Ridley Scott's own misfired prequels. Álvarez rehashes and recycles elements from every previous 'Alien' film, believing more is better, while neglecting the need for a single, original gimmick to justify a new instalment. Now a Disney product following the 20th Century Fox acquisition, 'Alien' has entered 'Star Wars'-Marvel territory, where legacy callbacks, fan service, and Rick Dalton pointing memes are abound.
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Former Cult Member Hears Music for the First Time 2020
'Former Cult Member Hears Music For The First Time', a short film by Kristoffer Borgli, hilariously critiques the ideals associated with film set etiquette, creative professionalism and pursuing art for art's sake. The short blends both the documentary and fictional form together well, catching viewers off-guard when the inciting incident occurs and keeping its narrative interest of the unfolding circumstance within the film's reality; where the characters, who are somewhat cliches, bump heads with each other, revealing their perspectives on the issue at hand.
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