Reflection in a Dead Diamond

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SLEEPLESS NIGHT IN PARIS
I caught this beguiling little French film last night.
It’s a post-modern take on the French New Wave as filtered through early Jarmusch (think Down By Law) and Smith (think Clerks).

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PS
If you didn’t like Eisenberg in the first film, then you ain’t gonna like him in this one. ...

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I dunno, I see his take as more smug and arrogant, which he does rather well, imho. I kinda wanna punch his character in the face (and have often wondered why the other characters haven’t done so in the films…)...

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I would suggest watching the first one, which was decent.
I found the second one to be extremely meh and pointless.
I was actually surprised that they made a third one given how poor the second entry was.
To be honest, I hadn’t planned on seeing this one and was perplexed by the...

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NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON’T
I really enjoyed this film.
I had a big ole smile plastered on my face the whole 113-minutes of run time.
A lot of social media pundits have likened it to the Fast & Furious films, but I balk at that comparison. Those films have become bloated, self-indulgent,...

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streaming on Shudder and AMC+


Belgian filmmaking duo Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani’s latest cinematic exploit, Reflection in a Dead Diamond, is an orgasmic visual melange that’ll twerk your ocular nerves and frizzle your brain.
Drawing heavily on the works of Maurice Binder,...

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MANODROME
This is a slow burn psychological drama examining the allure of incel slanted camaraderie and white male angst.
Shades of Taxi Driver (and numerous other Paul Schrader penned films), Fight Club, Good Time, Uncut Gems, You Were Never Really Here, and even Midnight Cowboy percolate...

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The machine made snow at Da Star was surprisingly supple this morning. Honestly, I was expecting boilerplate based on the slick road conditions throughout Truckee on the drive to the mountain. Instead, I was greeted by semi-soft, carveable niceness.
9-10:30 was the window as it started to get...

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The Phoenician Scheme
Just when I thought I might be done with Wes Anderson’s affected cinematic milieu he drops this little number which has just moved up the ranks to become my favorite film of his.
A lot of this is due to the core trio of thespians anchoring the film: Benicio del Toro,...

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BULLET TRAIN
While this film certainly doesn’t reinvent the wheel in regard to action films, it is a highly entertaining diversion that knows how to integrate humor and alacrity into a cohesive package.
This is a moderately high concept and labyrinthine action comedy that embraces numerous...

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Mark Your Calendars Fools!

VICE GRIP
@ Pete ‘n Peters TC
Sat 2/28/26

If you hain’t never seen these cats, they kick out some West Shore Sierra Dirt Rawk with a stanky funk underbelly.
Original tunes with quirky lyricism ranging from clandestine crop mitigation...

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Welp, this is gonna be interesting…

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce91x2jm5pjo.amp

on the upside, maybe they’ll release that much hyped Batgirl movie now…...

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I highly recommend the 2021 film Swan Song.

Udo Kier unleashes a tour de force performance as a flamboyantly gay hairdresser in the Midwest....

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Udo waxes nostalgic in the Critereon Closet:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=td4qv7...cJCR4Bo7VqN5tD...

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Obit from The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/film/202...-kier-obituary...

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Damn!
I just learned that venerable actor Udo Kier passed away Thanksgiving week.

I had the luxury of interviewing him back in 2001…

https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/11...-with-udo-kier...

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Da Star is opening on 12/6, as well.
Vista Express lift and pop-up parks…

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TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG
This fictionalized account of Australian folk hero Ned Kelly (based upon a novel of the same name) is a gorgeous and violent film teeming with fever dream imagery and intense kineticism.
It expertly treads the line between lavish arthouse drama and bristling...

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Yeah, based on a French graphic novel…