Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa's legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts' lives. FROM THE BOX: Kurosawa’s first film was such a success that... Continue Reading →
Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa's legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts' lives. FROM THE BOX: This portrait of female volunteer workers at an... Continue Reading →
Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa's legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts' lives. FROM THE BOX: Kurosawa’s effortless debut is based on a novel... Continue Reading →
David Gordon Green’s Halloween trilogy will probably continue to divide fans of that franchise for years to come. It’s three films that took at big swing. For all their faults though, those three films at least attempted something. They’re three slasher films that at least felt like pure slasher films. No overt meta humor gets... Continue Reading →
It Lives Inside is the debut feature film of Bishal Dutta. This might be the first wide release Indian-American horror film. Instead of relying on the Christian and European based horror tropes, the movie introduces audiences to the mythology and mysticism of Hinduism. It’s an impressive and confident debut for a first time filmmaker. It... Continue Reading →
No One Will Save You is an intriguing premise. A young woman isolated from society witnesses an alien invasion. She then has to fight off the invasion when the aliens possess everyone in town. Only writer/director Brian Duffield tells this story almost entirely with its visuals and little to no dialogue. It’s a bold stylistic... Continue Reading →
Being Film #31 for Hooptober 2023 And so we come to end of the 10th annual Hooptober Marathon. And it had to end with a giallo, the mixed up genre I've been feverishly catching up on this year. The second I saw the title Strip Nude For Your Killer I knew I needed to see... Continue Reading →
Being Film #30 for Hooptober 2023 Oh, Brian De Palma. You are a master craftsman, and you wear your quirks on your sleeves. Raising Cain features aggressive sex, men dressing as women (although this time not nearly as problematic as Dressed to Kill, although who am I to judge?), heightened scores and your signature split... Continue Reading →
Being Film #29 for Hooptober 2023 I had to do it. After being enthralled with Joko Anwar's remake/prequel for Satan's Slaves, I knew I wasn't going to be able to go the month without checking out his sequel. Good things come to those who wait, but sometimes good things also come to those that don't... Continue Reading →
Being Film #28 for Hooptober 2023 Oh V/H/S franchise...after so many entries have you finally gotten to the point where there's nothing left to say? The rapidly diminishing returns of the shorts, the frayed ends of commitment to the format...all of that caused me to drop out after the initial run of film that ended... Continue Reading →
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