Searching for Transcendence
The Post-Colonial World of Bong Joon-Ho
Bong’s films are postcolonial in the sense that they often reflect the Korean context by depicting the United States as…
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Watching Movies on a Small Screen Is a Better Experience. If You Care About Audio
One of the best movie experiences of my life was watching John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place on a 13.5” MacBook Pro screen…
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Influencer Does Something New
A film made by an ambivalent digital native, Influencer sees through the all-too-common and frankly dull Gen X critique of social media…
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Chang Cheh’s Five Shaolin Masters: A Favorite of None
It’s not one of Chang’s best, that’s for sure.
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Shirin Is a Painful Watch
Shirin is a painful watch. There’s no secret to that, and anyone who tells you otherwise is probably bullshitting you. The…
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Sponsored Euthanasia as Dystopia in Plan 75
I can’t imagine a scenario in which a dystopian film about government sponsored euthanasia of elderly citizens could be translated…
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Shttl Is Unlike Anything You’ve Ever Seen
Shttl is unlike anything you have ever seen: a contemporary black-and-white Yiddish language artificial one-shot film made in Ukraine with a…
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Joyland—Queer Pakistani Film is Transcendent
Saim Sadiq delivers a remarkable directorial debut in Joyland, the first Pakistani film to premiere at Cannes Film Festival. In…
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Notes on the End of an Era
I fully anticipate that was the last time I’ll enjoy myself at a Marvel theatrical screening. I don’t know that…
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