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 →
On this episode of Cinema Dual, Jon and Chris look at the comedies of Albert Brooks.
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 →
It's safe to say that without Akira Kurosawa there would be no Cinema Dual. Of course, there also wouldn't be Seven Samurai, but then again, without Seven Samurai there wouldn't be Rebel Moon Part 1: Child of Fire or, at least, the terrible schlocky version I sat through the other night. So perhaps a bit of a... Continue Reading →
On this episode of Cinema Dual, Jon and Chris bring some levity to the holidays with the films of Jacques Tati.
On this episode of Cinema Dual, Jon and Chris celebrate Jon's birthday.
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 →
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