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Under the Skin: 5 Reasons Why “Mysterious Skin” Should Be Required Teen Viewing
New Queer Wave iconoclast Gregg Araki established himself as an unapologetically abrasive director, willing to be as rough and harsh as possible when it came to approaching subjects of queerness, HIV/AIDS, and dysfunctional relationship. But with his 2004 film...
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“Under the Skin”: A Study of Predator as Prey
Warning: this post may contain spoilers for "Under the Skin."
After a second viewing of Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin, I'm comfortable calling it a masterpiece. Not just an other-worldly meditation on what it means to be human, like the more obvious them...
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“Under the Skin”: Extraterrestrial Earth
J. Hoberman said of Eraserhead: “[It’s] not a movie I’d drop acid for, although I would consider it a revolutionary act if someone dropped a reel of it into the middle of Star Wars.” Those comments could just as easily apply to Under the Skin. Jonathan Glazer’...
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Eerie Red-Band Trailer for Scarlett Johansson in ‘Under the Skin’
A new Red-Band trailer for Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin and looks unlike anything Scarlett Johansson has appeared in before.
Under the Skin premiered last year at the Telluride and Toronto film festivals and invoked strong reactions from those lucky eno...
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TIFF Review: Jonathan Glazer’s Lurid ‘Under the Skin’ Evokes A Sense of Loss
A valid alternative title for Jonathan Glazer’s belated return to feature filmmaking after 2004’s Birth could have been The Woman Who Fell to Earth. Nicolas Roeg’s 1976 Bowie vehicle The Man Who Fell to Earth presented an alien who came to Earth to save its pe...
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Second Skin
Willow Maclay writes this essay about the aftermath of rape in Paul Verhoeven's "Elle" and the 1961 film "Something Wild."
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“Last Tango in Paris”: Basking in the Bowels of Human Discontent
When Bernardo Bertolucci’s Last Tango in Paris was first released in 1972, it garnered considerable controversy, with many calling for censure and others praising it for its graphic sexuality. Considering how difficult an experience it is, even now, no wonder....
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“Wiener-Dog” and the Enigma of Todd Solondz
Kenji Fujishima writes about the filmography of Todd Solondz in advance of his new film "Wiener-Dog."
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“In the Heart of the Sea” Doesn’t Know Dick
In the Heart of the Sea doesn’t get to the heart of much. In fact, Ron Howard’s seafaring adventure is as confused a picture as I’ve seen in quite some time. Adapted from Nathaniel Philbrick’s 2000 best-seller about the sinking of the whaleship Essex, the film...
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No One’s Laughing At All: On Anti-Comedy
Andy Kaufman once curled up in a sleeping bag and fell asleep in the middle of a set. He made history when he arranged to have all of Carnegie Hall chauffeured out for milk and cookies after one of his shows, and he redefined bit comedy when he got onstage and...
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