Being Film #29 for Hooptober 2025 We've finally gotten to the "Hooper" of Hooptober - and Eggshells is a doozy of a debut for the director, a dark and experimental abstraction of the concept of community and utopia in a world intent on pushing back on anything that doesn't fall in line with the regimented,... Continue Reading →
Being Film #24 for Hooptober 2025 Slightly gothic horror movie about witches from the 60s starring Christopher Lee...and it's not from Hammer? Color me intrigued, and since two of the films I had slated to cover the "conspiracy or cult" requirement for the marathon turned out to be action films and not horror (sorry The... Continue Reading →
Being Film #11 for Hooptober 2025 Straddling the line between folktale and vibrant Hammer-style gothic horror, I was shocked and surprised at how much I enjoyed the lean, vibrant Viy. My knowledge of Russian cinema, let alone Russian horror, is pretty limited, but I shouldn't be surprised considering the rich history Russia has from a... Continue Reading →
Being Film #4 for Hooptober 2025 Films like The Possessed, or La Donna del Lago in its original Italian, are the reason I constantly try to seek out new films whenever Hooptober comes around. A proto-giallo that also functions as an Italian noir evoking the dream-like narratives David Lynch would forge just over a decade... 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 testament to the goodness of humankind, Akira... 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: Toshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo, a... 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: Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic... 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: The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa’s... Continue Reading →
Being Film #31 for Hooptober 2024 Just incase you thought the sixties were only happening in the United States from a film perspective, change and rebellion was happening everywhere, particularly in Japan. Onibaba shows a very different side from what artists like Kurosawa and Ozu were doing within the confines of a studio system they... Continue Reading →
Being Film #29 for Hooptober 2024 It's still difficult for me to reconcile the beautiful, captivating films made by Powell & Pressburger with the lurid, psychosexual menace of Powell's 1960 solo outing Peeping Tom. On the one hand, I can see the use of color, the imaginative camera movement, the exquisite framing...even the emphasis on... Continue Reading →
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