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[This is a contribution to the Boris Karloff Blogathon , which has taken place from November 23-29 at the Frankensteinia blog.] The Mask of Fu Manchu is, it has to be said, an utterly bizarre movie in so many ways. This quickie shocker casts Boris Karloff as the titular Fu Manchu, a sinister ...
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Dennis Cozzalio's film quizzes are a popular diversion for film bloggers everywhere, and he's just posted his newest one over at his always-great blog Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule . This is a holiday quiz, to span the Thanksgiving and Christmas season. My answers are posted below. ...
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[This review is prompted by the latest discussion for The Oldest Established Really Important Film Club , which is about Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters this month. The discussion can be found at Krauthammer's blog Crips and Mutes ; go there to read along and join the ...
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[This review is posted in preparation for the latest discussion for The Oldest Established Really Important Film Club , which will be discussing Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters . Stop by Krauthammer's blog Crips and Mutes on November 23 to join the discussion.] Patriotism , ...
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Claude Chabrol has always been especially interested in
the dynamics of class power, examining the nature of...
class with a dry, caustic wit. In La cérémonie , this examination plays out in a remote small town where the isolated lower-class ...
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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is, at least superficially, John Cassavetes' stab at a gangster thriller. In fact, though, the film's genre trappings are incidental to its central purpose, a character study of the charismatic loser Cosmo Vitelli (Ben Gazzara), a strip club owner who fancies ...
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Although Richard Kelly's third movie The Box has been advertised as an edgy thriller, an attempt for the director to claim some mainstream cred after the lackluster response to his messy, ambitious (and sadly undervalued) Southland Tales , this film merely confirms that Kelly is incapable of ...
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The tenth installment of the Conversations is here, just in time for Halloween. In this latest discussion, Jason Bellamy and I turn our attention to Claire Denis' Trouble Every Day , a startling and deeply enigmatic film about vampirism, lust, infidelity and addiction. As usual, our discussion ...
