Film
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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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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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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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“The Child and The Toybox”: Captain America: Civil War
A look at Civil War’s child mentality.
Action and Consequences, Ant Man, Captain America, Chris Evans, Cinema, Civil War, Don Cheadle, Don Cheadle is always great, Film, Film Pravda, Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man, Paul Rudd, Paul Rudd is easily the best thing about this movie and by extension every movie, Robert Downey Jr, Superhero dissonance, Toys
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Son of Saul
A look (an attempt at a look) to understand Son of Saul.
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“Sorry, Wrong Number”- Observations and Thoughts
A look at the structural film perfection of Sorry, Wrong Number.
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Easy Rider: Peace or Freedom?
A look at the firey rebels of the peace generation.
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