How Color Is The Key To Unlocking Netflix’s Subversive Cult Body-Horror Hit ‘The Perfection’
[Published at Living Life Fearless] Netflix’s The Perfection is an intelligent entry into the body-horror subgenre. The sleeper-hit turned heads with its...
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‘The Velvet Underground’ review: Music doc from Todd Haynes brilliantly reintroduces important counterculture voices to a new generation [Grade: A] (Mill Valley Film Festival)
[Published at Awards Watch] Much like the eponymous band it explores, The Velvet Underground defies documentary narrative conventions by focusing on its...
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Why The Shimmer in ‘Annihilation’ is an allegory for the U.S.’s foreign policy [Retrospective]
[Published at Awards Watch] Alex Garland’s sophomore directorial feature, Annihilation, explores the ideas of corruption, destruction, and rebirth. Throughout the film,...
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Martin Scorsese’s timeless ‘Boxcar Bertha’ and the Marxist undertones of his often overlooked early classic [Retrospective]
[Published at Awards Watch] 1972’s Boxcar Bertha is an often overlooked, critically debated entry into Martin Scorsese’s filmography, mostly because it is...
Free Guy’s Marxist Parallels To John Carpenter’s They Live
Shawn Levy’s Free Guy & John Carpenter’s They Live Are Both Clever Leftist Anthems [Published at Incluvie] Shawn Levy’s Free Guy is one of the most...
F9: The Fast Saga’s Most Ridiculous, Albeit Entertaining Yet
F9: The Fast Saga Launches A Series Of Increasingly Batshit Scenarios [Published at Incluvie] Justin Lin’s F9: The Fast Saga, or, as...
Halt and Catch Fire’s Trailblazing Queer Representation
Joe McMillan – Halt and Catch Fire‘s Queer Antihero [Published at Incluvie] Joe McMillan (a mesmerizing Lee Pace) is one of...
Candyman’s Use of Historical Black Puppetry as Narrative Device
Nia DaCosta Digs Deep Within the Annals of Black Art History in Candyman [Published at Incluvie] Nia DaCosta’s use of Black...
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Vivo’ Is A Waywardly Watchable Musical Mess
[Published at Living Life Fearless] An animated musical feature taking place at the juxtaposition of tourist and Cuban cultures, with Lin-Manuel...
How ‘An American Pickle’ Speaks to Our Generational Detachment
[Published at Living Life Fearless] On its surface, Brandon Trost’s An American Pickle is a sweet, breezy film with an oversized heart...