Confessions of a Conservative Atheist
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While no one was likely aware this almost forgotten, near-masterwork would serve to revitalize the neo-noir genre, the story of a young couple on the run from mysterious forces helped define 90’s movies from True Romance to Pulp Fiction. Two young lovers, one of them with a dubious past, are on the run, traveling across… Continue reading David Lynch’s Wild at Heart and the birth of 90’s cinema
The Godfather is what most would consider the better movie by normal standards. A far more beloved and well-remembered film, but which rings more true today when most of us spend our days trapped behind computer screens? Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola somehow managed to direct The Conversation, what has proved to be an almost… Continue reading Francis Ford Coppola’s haunting The Conversation might be more important than The Godfather fifty years later
Roger Ebert asked, “It’s tempting to search here for themes and a style he would return to in his later masterpieces, but...Seeing it without his credit, would you guess it was by Kubrick?” On the surface, the answer is self-evidently no, but to a more critical eye, we can see the early signs of an… Continue reading The Killing and the early genius of Stanley Kubrick
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