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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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Come And See
Come and See (1985) is a descent into hell on earth the like of which I have never seen. I am saying this just to warn those of you who haven’t seen this film that it really is a heavy watch. This is possibly the hardest film to watch at points that I’ve ever seen,…
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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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Harold and Maude
Dear Reader, today marks the first post not written by this site’s first author. This essay concerns Hal Ashby’s 1971 picture, Harold and Maude, and is written by a dear friend of mine, currently studying a degree in English Literature and Film Studies. I won’t say any more, other than he’s seen far more films…
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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.
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Kino Pravda Docs: #3 – Dreamcatcher
Our eyes see very little and very badly – so people dreamed up the microscope to let them see invisible phenomena; they invented the telescope…now they have perfected the cinecamera to penetrate more deeply into he visible world, to explore and record visual phenomena so that what is happening now, which will have to be…
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Cinema Of The Gods: X-Men Apocalypse
A look at the pagan traditions in X-Men, and why I preferred it over any recent superhero film.
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A Fatal(e) Excursion: Hanging Out With Film Noir
A journey through the films and elements of American cinema’s iconic noir.
Cinema, Double Indemnity, Film, Film Noir, Film Pravda, Fina, Gilda, Gun Crazy, Noir, Notorious, Sorry, Wrong Number, Strangers On A Train, Sunset Boulevard, Sweet Smell of Success, The Big Sleep, The Killers, The Lady From Shanghai, The Maltese Falcon, The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Third Man, Touch of Evil
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