Short of the Day: ‘Superior’ Delves into the Twin Bond with Sinister Results

By H. Perry Horton A remarkable film about identity and individualism. Twins – especially identical twins – share a bond that the rest of us can never fully understand. To go through life with a mirror image, an extension of yourself, raises issues of identity...

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‘Alien’ as a Metaphor for the Cycle of Trauma

By H. Perry Horton Trigger warning: this post discusses issues of abuse. Sexual abuse in our culture is both taboo and terribly common, which leads to a social dilemma: it’s a topic we need to discuss but not one a lot of people want to talk about. To jumpstart...

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'Power to the People' Video Examines the Books in 'Captain Fantastic'

One of my favorite films of 2016 was Matt Ross' Captain Fantastic, starring Viggo Mortensen. It's the kind of film I can put on any day and it makes me happy, I adore it, and I was so happy to see Viggo get an Oscar nomination for his performance. Not only is...

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The Perfect Shots of ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’

By H. Perry Horton In our minds, we’ve gone to Indiana. On this week’s episode of Shot by Shot, the official cinematography podcast of One Perfect Shot and Film School Rejects, we’re talking one of the most iconic films of the 1980s and in fact all-time, Steven...

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Here’s Why You Should be Excited for Alex Garland’s ‘Annihilation’

By Sinead McCausland Alex Garland’s follow-up to 2015’s ‘Ex Machina’ sounds amazing. Alex Garland‘s feature directorial debut, the thoughtful sci-fi thriller Ex Machina, brought stand-out performances from its three co-stars Oscar Isaac, Domnhall Gleeson,...

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Wonder Woman as Champion of Empathy

By Brad Gullickson In an era of hatred, outrage, and contempt, Wonder Woman offers the world a necessary symbol of strength through compassion. After nearly a lifetime of obsessing over comic books, when the term “Super-Hero” is used in popular culture, my brain...

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Taipei Story: Modern Planning

New Taiwan Cinema master Edward Yang’s sophomore feature explores the conflict between tradition and modernity reflected in a relationship on the rocks. Read More ...

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‘Paddington 2’ Looks Like Whimsical and Wild Mayhem

By Francesca Fau Paddington 2’s first trailer is a chaotic delight. Paddington 2’s first trailer has dropped. If you missed the first Paddington in 2014, I don’t blame you. The trailer for the first film was abysmal. I’m not hyperbolic either; it was...

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Cannes 2017. New Portuguese Cinema

The Nothing Factory Before we wrap our coverage of Cannes, a few words most definitely should be said for two of the strongest films—both Portuguese—at the Directors’ Fortnight and, indeed, at the festival in general. Both premiered towards the end and may have...

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Godzilla vs. Kong

By Neil Miller The cinematic universe we really want continues to grow. Opening Credits is our morning dose of what you need to know about the world of pop culture. If you’d like to receive it in your email, sign up here.  There will be a lot of talk about...

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Limite: Memory in the Present Tense

Long difficult to see, this transgressive silent masterpiece draws on a wide range of aesthetic influences to push against the boundaries of film form. Read More ...

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Strangers in Strange Lands: Comparing and Contrasting ‘Apocalypse Now’ and ‘Silence’

By H. Perry Horton Two very different movies with more in common than you might think. You might not think it upon first consideration, but there are a lot of similarities between Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 Vietnam-War-thriller Apocalypse Now and Martin Scorsese’s...

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On the Music of Ghost World

My own likes and dislikes, musically speaking, are so out of touch with the rest of the world’s that it was problematic choosing tunes to use in Ghost World that would connote the same message to the audience as to myself. I suppose that to . . . Read More ...

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Interview: Japanese Director Takashi Miike on Filmmaking & Violence

"I don't choose the projects. I think the projects choose me." At the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, legendary Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike premiered his 100th film. At least, that's what the marketing folks were telling us. When I asked him specifically about...

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Why Music Matters in ‘Moonlight’

By Fernando Andres Everything means something in a film this personal. There’s a lot to love in Moonlight, Barry Jenkins’ modern classic from last year that stormed awards season and stole the hearts of both critics and the public at large. Aside from its excellent...

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‘The Square’ Review: Östlund’s Palme d’Or Winner Disappoints

By Matt Hoffman Paling in comparison to his previous film, Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winner underwhelms. There’s a great film somewhere in Ruben Östlund’s The Square. I’d even argue that somewhere, in the film’s two-and-a-half hours, that there are shadows of...

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A Zambian Fairy Tale: Rungano Nyoni Discusses Her Debut "I Am Not a Witch"

The Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes this year was enlivened by the fortuitous programming of a number of films about children channeling the bounding energy of their young protagonists, whether Sean Baker’s precocious “hidden homeless” scampering around cheap...

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Idris Elba & Kate Winslet in First Trailer for 'The Mountain Between Us'

"Look, I don't want to die up here because you're too scared to take a risk." 20th Century Fox has debuted the first official trailer for a dramatic survival thriller titled The Mountain Between Us, starring Kate Winslet and Idris Elba and survivors of a plane...

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A Simple Solution To Not Only The Decline Of Movie Theaters, But Life Itself

By Danny Bowes Notes on the theatrical experience, psychology, and sexism. Spending, as I do, entirely too much time on Film Twitter means I’ve been following the saga that ensued over the Alamo Drafthouse deciding to have women-only screenings of Wonder Woman,...

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One More Wacky Trailer for Bachelorette Party Comedy 'Rough Night'

"Great friends + terrible choices." Sony Pictures has dropped off one more official trailer for Rough Night, this time a green band trailer after two red band trailers previously. This movie is a wild all-women comedy formerly known as Rock That Body, which is...

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