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Category Archives: Film
Saturday Matinee: Stranger at the Gate
How Many Strangers Are At the Gate? By David Swanson Source: Let’s Try Democracy Spolier Alert: if you want to watch an excellent 30-minute film without knowing what happens, scroll down and watch it before reading any of these words. … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Art, culture, Film, Saturday Matinee, Video, war, war on terror
Tagged Documentary, Joshua Seftel, Mac McKinney, Short Film, Stranger at the Gate, war
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Saturday Matinee: The Warriors
By Dante James Source: Film Threat Warriors… come out to play! Warriors… come out to play! One of the most well-known movie chants in cinematic history has passed the 30-year mark. When The Warriors, starring a bunch unknown actors at the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Film, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged Cult Film, David Patrick Kelly, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, James Remar, Michael Beck, The Warriors, Walter Hill
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Saturday Matinee: In the Mouth of Madness
That Time John Carpenter Went Meta With ‘In the Mouth of Madness’ As always, Carpenter was light years ahead of his time. By Nick L. Source: Collider One of John Carpenter’s more endearing traits is his aversion to self-effacing clowning. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Film, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged Cult Film, Horror, In the Mouth of Madness, John Carpenter, Sam Niel
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Saturday Matinee: The Girl With All the Gifts
By Brian Tallerico Source: RogerEbert.com In many ways, Melanie (Sennia Nanua) is just another ordinary girl. She goes to school every day, where she’s grown affection for her teacher Ms. Justineau (Gemma Arterton). And she’s at that age where she’s … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Dystopia, Film, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged Colm McCarthy, Cult Film, Dystopia, Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Mike Carey, Paddy Considine, Sennia Nanua, The Girl With All the Gifts
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Saturday Matinee: Alphaville
GODARD’S SCI-FI/NOIR ALPHAVILLE’ IS WITTY AND SUBVERSIVE Alphaville‘s pulpy sci-fi plot acts as a warm coat of familiarity as Godard slyly subverts one genre trope after another. By Brian Holcomb Source: PopMatters In Oliver Stone’s The Doors (1992) Ray Manzarek (Kyle MacLachlan) … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Dystopia, Film, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged Alphaville, Anna Karina, Cult Film, Dystopia, Eddie Constantine, French Cinema, Jean-Luc Godard, Science fiction
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Saturday Matinee: Belladonna of Sadness
Reconsidering Belladonna of Sadness: Still powerful after almost 50 years By Carmen Antreasian Source: Anime Feminist A cult film originally released in 1973, Belladonna of Sadness can be read as a second-wave feminist work. However, in order to understand the film as … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Film, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged Anime, Belladonna of Sadness, Cult Film, Feminism, Fukuda Yoshiyuki), Jules Michelet’, La Sorcière, Yamamoto Eiichi
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Saturday Matinee: The Swordsman
By Fumiko Source: Geek Culture Finally, a Korean period drama that is all action, and more importantly, devoid of mindless zombies. If you’re looking for a gritty action film filled with spectacular sword-wielding stunt work, Joseon era drama and good … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Film, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged Choi Jae-Hoon, Jang Hyuk, Jeong Man-Sik, Kim Hyun=Soo, Korean Film, The Swordsman
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Saturday Matinee: River’s Edge
By Roger Ebert Source: RogerEbert.com I remember reading about the case at the time. A high school kid killed his girlfriend and left her body lying on the ground. Over the next few days, he brought some of his friends … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Film, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged Crispin Glover, Cult Film, Dennis Hopper, Keanu Reeves, River's Edge, Tim Hunter
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