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LFF 2022 REVIEW: A Baumbachian Descent into Calamity Culture and Disaster for ‘White Noise’

By: Tilly Long 3rd Nov 20224th Nov 2022

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“As Baumbach satirises consumer culture, he in turn finds dignified meaning to the lives of Delilo’s terrified counterparts” The notes I made during Noah Baumbach’s screen talk following his new film’s premiere at the London Film Festival range from abstract at best to unintelligible at worst. Sitting across from my favourite director of modern times,…

How ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors’ (1987) Defied the Sequel Curse

By: Jennifer Maxwell 28th Oct 202228th Oct 2022

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Why the third Nightmare on Elm Street film is the best in the franchise

Brady (Brady Jandreau) from The Rider standing out in the Badlands of South Dakota looking out ahead of himself. In the distance, there's a smaller mountain and the sky is filled with a mixture of dark and light hues amongst the heavy clouds. Brady is centered in the middle of the frame, with his back towards the camera, wearing his signature cowboy hat.

Autumnal Poetry in Motion and Its Subsequent Feelings as Seen in Film

From familial relationships and the underlying meaning of garments to making the most of life while still alive, these films convey the whole spectrum of arguably the most poetic season of all.

Still from The Retreat taken from above showing a bench filled with various instruments and tools including a hammer, scissors, and various kinds of knives. A person is seen reaching out into the frame, holding a firm hand on the hammer as if contemplating using it out of the big selection available.

31 Short Horror Films Available Online Right Now

By: Rebecca Rosén 24th Oct 202224th Oct 2022

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Even though they can easily be viewed as appetizers, short films are very much the whole meal when executed well. This list containing 31 film titles, all available online, presents various elements of horror to satisfy the entire spectrum of viewers’ appetites.

LFF 2022 REVIEW: It’s Actually All About Taylor Russell in ‘Bones and All’

By: Tilly Long 20th Oct 202221st Oct 2022

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“Neither treats Chalamet as its overriding star, nor his character’s murderous diet as salacious subject matter.” As the absurdity of Timothée Chalamet’s roles in 2022 and beyond expand, so do their admirers. So far, his performances have become assumed firm favourites for 20 somethings in coming-of-age dramas, from paranoid bass player prone to monologuing in…

REVIEW: ‘Meet Me in the Bathroom’ is a Hit of Nostalgia for Noughties Indie Kids

We begin with home movie footage showing a pair messing with an electronic keyboard, preparing to show their parents a new song they had written. The pair are The Moldy Peaches, a band perhaps synonymous with the iconic Juno soundtrack, and the way in which it helped a whole new generation discover the twee indie pop of…

Still showing Hoaggie on his knees outside on the ground in front of the vehicle used to kidnap the family. He holds his arm close to himself, against his stomach, as it is hurt. He has a concerned facial expression, as he looks at someone outside of frame. Behind him, stands Tubs, only visible from his knees up to his upper stomach.

In ‘Coming Home in the Dark’ (2021), Revenge Is Nothing More Than a Continuation of Violence

A film less concerned with trying to force viewers to sympathise with its characters than simply presenting them, Coming Home in the Dark is a brutal film about institutional abuse and the part its subsequent lifelong pain plays in the cycle of violence.

‘Less Than Zero’ at 35: The Great Debate of Unfaithful Adaptations

By: jennocal 1st Nov 202231st Oct 2022

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In 1985, at the tender age of twenty-one, an unknown writer named Bret Easton Ellis sold his first novel for five thousand dollars. Named after the Elvis Costello song, Less Than Zero follows the icy hearts of its over-privileged young characters in sunny Los Angeles. It paints a vivid picture of the disastrous effects of…

A still from 'Bodies Bodies Bodies'. Sophie (Amandla Stenberg) and Bee (Maria Bakalova) share a moment looking at each other laying on the grass.

From ‘Bly Manor’ to ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’: The Comfort of Quietly Queer Horror

By: Hayley Paskevich 31st Oct 202231st Oct 2022

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“Not only are each of these projects situated within specific subgenres of horror, they also feature very queer, very human protagonists. What makes this fact even more notable is the fact that none of them were marketed to audiences on the basis of queer content, instead placing the focus on their genre.”

‘Revenge of the Cheerleaders’ (1976): Rewinding Back to a Simpler Time

By: stevenkahn2022 30th Oct 20221st Nov 2022

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Revenge of the Cheerleaders, filmed in 1974 and released in 1976, is evocative of a time that was considerably looser and freer than today. For one thing, there was far less of a negative stigma against the portrayal of sex/nudity in film. In fact, many popular film genres of that time included such depictions. There was also…

Final Girls and Talking Killers: Feminist Transgressions in ‘The Slumber Party Massacre’ (1982)

By: Madelin Heidl 29th Oct 2022

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40 years later, ‘The Slumber Party Massacre’ is a still a surprisingly progressive, feminist entry in the slasher genre.

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