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The David Lynch Retrospective: ‘The Straight Story’
The Movie Mezzanine Filmmaker Retrospective series takes on an entire body of work–be it director’s, screenwriter’s, or otherwise–and analyzes each portion of the filmography. By the final post of a retrospective, there will be a better understanding of the fi...
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The David Lynch Retrospective: ‘Lost Highway’
The Movie Mezzanine Filmmaker Retrospective series takes on an entire body of work–be it director’s, screenwriter’s, or otherwise–and analyzes each portion of the filmography. By the final post of a retrospective, there will be a better understanding of the fi...
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The Monstrosity of Man
Guillermo del Toro loves monsters. He’s confessed this love in numerous interviews and said that the promise of a monster draws him to every project he does. But why monsters? What is about them that fires the mind of a creator like del Toro? Part of it is tha...
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The David Lynch Retrospective: ‘Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me’
The Movie Mezzanine Filmmaker Retrospective series takes on an entire body of work–be it director’s, screenwriter’s, or otherwise–and analyzes each portion of the filmography. By the final post of a retrospective, there will be a better understanding of the fi...
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Why We Don’t Need Video Game Movies
A few months ago, after the release of Bioshock Infinite, a colleague of mine had finished the game and took to twitter to quickly exclaim that Hollywood should get a movie version in production as soon as possible. All I could do was cringe. A younger me woul...
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The David Lynch Retrospective: ‘Wild At Heart’
The Movie Mezzanine Filmmaker Retrospective series takes on an entire body of work–be it director’s, screenwriter’s, or otherwise–and analyzes each portion of the filmography. By the final post of a retrospective, there will be a better understanding of the fi...
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Neil Jordan’s Fireball Comedy ‘The Butcher Boy’ Rages On
Rarely is digging through a filmmaker's oeuvre so replete with unpredictability and splendor as the grab bag of Neil Jordan. For a director who has regularly surveyed themes of aberrant sexuality, hometown conflict and religious repudiation within a multitude ...
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Motion In The Flux: The Postcolonial Hong Kong Of ‘Chungking Express’
This article originally appeared at Gazing At Film.
Hong Kong is a nation without a past. After spending time as a British colony, it was then handed back over to China causing it to be in a constant state of motion. Unlike America, which began as colonies...
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The David Lynch Retrospective: ‘Blue Velvet’
The Movie Mezzanine Filmmaker Retrospective series takes on an entire body of work–be it director’s, screenwriter’s, or otherwise–and analyzes each portion of the filmography. By the final post of a retrospective, there will be a better understanding of the fi...
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Through the Looking Glass: Marie Antoinette
In preparation for the release of The Bling Ring this week, I decided to rewatch Sofia Coppola’s oeuvre and fill in any gaps within my viewing history. While it is fair to categorize me as a Coppola fanboy, I found myself drawn to a film that is divisive even ...
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