Being Film #6 for Hooptober 2024 We've see a lot of films that are one thing on the surface and something else underneath. Infested, the French spider creature feature from Sébastien Vaniček in his feature debut is very much two things, but both are very much on the surface and striking in their forcefulness. You... Continue Reading →
Being Film #5 for Hooptober 2024 I remember the marketing for Children Of The Corn when I was a kid. The commercials were absolutely terrifying, and at 11 all I knew about Stephen King was that he was "The Master of Horror". I don't think I started reading his work yet, but when I did... Continue Reading →
Being Film #4 for Hooptober 2024 Now this is something I can get behind. Dario Argento may have lost a step or two personally since his heyday ended around 1985 (I'll go so far as 1987 with Opera) but the man could find and nurture talent, and one of the best was Michele Soavi. I... Continue Reading →
Being Film #3 for Hooptober 2024 I can appreciate all the breaks Roger Corman gave people through his films over the years. And I can appreciate the fun schlock of many of his films - with the best of them there's a charm and imprint that can't be denied. And huge kudos to the man... Continue Reading →
Being Film #2 for Hooptober 2024 Last May I went on a big giallo kick, and out the vast number of new films discovered one of my favorites was The Red Queen Kills Seven Times, a great title for a gothic tale that had all sorts of twists and turns and some truly gorgeous cinematography.... 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 transforms Maxim Gorky's classic proletariat play The Lower... Continue Reading →
Being Film #1 for Hooptober 2024 Despite having worked together on Dawn Of The Dead, it still feels a little odd putting George A. Romero and Dario Argento together on a film. Those are two styles and aesthetics that just don't taste right bumped up against each other. That would imply Two Evil Eyes, their... Continue Reading →
Time keeps on ticking, doesn't it? It feels like only yesterday I was exhausted, dehydrated, and mentally comatose after wrapping up the 10th annual Hooptober Horror Movie Marathon, and here we are, just a week away from Year 11. My streak remains unbroken, having participated in all ten previous marathons, and this time is no... 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: A vivid, visceral Macbeth adaptation, Throne of Blood, directed by Akira Kurosawa,... Continue Reading →
On this episode of Cinema Dual, Jon and Chris talk about a couple movies by Robert Altman.
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