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FRANKENSTEIN
Guillermo del Toro’s take on the classic horror story is a visually lush, but ultimately empty affair.
Owing no small debt to the works of Argento and Bava, the production is awash in vibrant colors and resonates with that ornate and stately gothic vibe pioneered by the Hammer...

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THE PARAGON
This is a slight, yet captivatingly quirky low budget New Zealand psy-fi comedy.
Focusing on themes of revenge and the ascension through the levels of psychic powers, the film moves along at a nice pace, is buffered by some solid thespian turns, and just the right amount of camp...

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LE REGNE ANIMAL (THE ANIMAL KINGDOM)
This French fantasy/sci-fi film mixes coming-of-age and sociopolitical commentary elements in a taut little package which is delivered with a deft touch.
The effects are fantastic, with it being hard to tell where the practical fx end and the CGI takes...

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BREATHLESS
Yesterday I took a drive down to the closest arthouse cinema to see Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague, a glorious homage/love letter to Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 French New Wave linchpin film.
Upon returning home I rewatched Breathless, which was cool to see all the original scenes...

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NOUVELLE VAGUE
Richard Linklater delivers a second film in the same month, this one a glorious homage/love letter to the French New Wave, specifically Godard’s Breathless.
Shot in black-and-white and predominantly in French, the film recreates the production of the 1960 film.
I thought...

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BLUE MOON
Richard Linklater’s latest cinematic effort is a wonderfully immersive look into the last days of legendary Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart as he comes to grips with the success of his former partner Richard Rogers on the eve of the opening night of Oklahoma!
Delivered as a hyper...

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Palm Rot (Ryan Gillis, 2014)

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KANOPY has a plethora of solid horror offerings ripe and ready for these final days leading up to All Hallows Eve:

TRIANGLE
THE BLACKCOAT’S DAUGHTER
LONGLEGS
THE WICKER MAN (1973)
STOP MOTION
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
THE INNOCENTS
THE HOWLING...

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COMPANION
At its core this is a nifty little modern noir with all the stock characters in play from the conniving hustler to the gullible sap to the requisite femme fatale.
While the film definitely owes a huge debt to the likes of Future World and Ex Machina, plus too many 1940s and 50s...

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RIDDLE OF FIRE
This is the kind of movie that Disney wishes they could make: honest in an authentically naive way that’s teeming with rich emotion and the kind of rare purity only found in the depths of a child’s imagination....

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I am intrigued by this.
drops 10/29

it is directed by Edward Burger, the German director who helmed All Quiet on the Western Front and Conclave....

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TRON: ARES
This film is a smorgasm of sight and sound, assaulting the eyes and ears with visual candy and aural excess.
Yet despite the slick appearance and glisteningly loud score (crafted by NIN), the film is ultimately a ho-hum chase story augmented by tediously earnest dialogue and an...

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GOOD BOY
This small little film isn’t so much scary as it is genuinely creepy and mesmerizingly unnerving.
Even if you aren’t particularly a dog person you will be captivated from the opening shots until the conclusion.
Damn near perfectly paced, plus the score is used to effectively,...

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George Saunders is embarking on a book tour in early 2026.

Tour dates in the link.

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G2A, thanks for the props.
guess I gotta update my movie blog!

these days I mostly post film recommendations in the TGR “Music, Books, Movies” forum, so look there for the time being.

ski on you crazy diamonds…

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MAD CATS
This is a wonderfully gonzo Japanese madcap martial arts comedy filled to the brim with literal cat fights, over-the-top-humor, and just the right dollop of pseudo surrealism.

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Put this on your watch list.

Starts streaming 10/25...

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Just finished this anthology and really enjoyed it.
Perfect read to get in the Halloween spirit.

This is a surprisingly even keeled anthology with nary a weak entry inside.
Some of the white guy dies first elements can feel a bit forced, but then perhaps that's...

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Caught THE BETA BAND last night.
the show had its ups and downs, but overall was pretty solid.
They essentially performed their THREE E.P.’s collection, plus a few other ditties.
they jammed a lot, too, doing some extended percussion riffs (they had two drum kits, xylophones, and...

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I attempted to see BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER yesterday.

Alas, when I got to the theater they were having technical problems, so I was unable to see it.

Ended up seeing A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE instead.

It’s a decent, deliberately paced thriller that comes off like...