Alex
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Not Another New Hope
A look into what makes Rogue One not a copy of its past, and why I love it for that.
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Lost In Translation – Translation Errors
A look at the literal and metaphorical translation errors in Lost In Translation and its reception.
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Julieta – Melodrama, Not Mellow Women
Julieta is a deep return into a kind of cinema that has been in the shadows in recent years. It’s got such a deep focus on Julieta herself, her experience in the world and how she reacts to the trials of love, family and the pleasures and pain incurred by both, that it functions in…
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In The Heat Of The Night – Observations and Thoughts
A look at what makes Norman Jewison’s classic so good on so many levels.
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Spiritual Succession – Dazed And Confused/Everybody Wants Some!!
A look at the spirit involved in Richard Linklater’s youth movies.
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Author: The JT Leroy Story – A Tale Of Two (Three, Four, Five…) Truths
A look at the documentary and the blurry lines of fiction meeting reality.
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Cloud Atlas – Mapping Faith
A look at Cloud Atlas, and how the human spirit keeps going.
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Saló or 120 Days Of Sodom : Mythologising The Inane/The Insane
A look at Pasolini’s last infamous film, and whether it was really worth it (it wasn’t).
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The War of Knowledge/The Knowledge of War: Embrace of the Serpent
A look at the enchanting mysteries and horrors of the jungle, and the ideological battles behind it.
2001 A Space Odyssey, Aguirre Wrath of God, Analysis, Apocalypse Now, Cinema, Ciro Guerra, Conflict, criticism, Embrace Of The Serpent, Experiential Cinema, Film, Film Pravda, Fitzcarraldo, Grappling with ideas, Ideological conflicts, Jungle, Knowledge, Language, Mysticism, Navel gazing if you’re a cynic, Philosophy, Plato, Sufism, Transcendence
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The (Empty) Agony Of (Empty) Defeat: Nymphomaniac Vol. I/Vol. II
A look into my fury at Nymphomaniac for being so…well just read it.
Film Pravda 