Nine Techniques for the Bad Viewer: A Manifesto
“Immerse yourself: you should never exist outside a movie.”
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“Immerse yourself: you should never exist outside a movie.”
#7: “A story starring a child is allowed to be bloodcurdlingly violent without softening it with hand-holding guilt or apathetic abstraction.”
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#7: “A family drama about the dangers of beekeeping.”
Will the real cult film please stand up?
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“I want my favorites to get the high ratings — my judgments are being challenged by anonymous forces whom I cannot confront.”
This is my ranked list of 31 Essential Horror Films culled from Ed Hardy, Jr.’s 183 Official Nominees for the 31 Flicks That Give You the Willies List. In keeping[…]
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“It’s independent thinking without the protection of an ‘indie’ label.” While hosting the Academy Awards in 2005, Chris Rock made the following claim: black films don’t have real names. “Barbershop?[…]
RECOMMENDED READING: In the September/October 2006 issue of Film Comment, writer/director Paul Schrader’s article on, “The Film Canon – What Constitutes a Cinematic Masterpiece.” This lengthy, absorbing essay has something[…]