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The Dead Zone (Review)

March 1, 2017July 31, 2019ReviewChristopher Walken, David Cronenberg, The Dead Zone

1983 was an important year for David Cronenberg. Last week I reviewed the first of his two films released that year, Videodrome, which I found to be a great artistic leap for the director from

Never Happened (Review)

February 28, 2017February 25, 2017ReviewMark Slutsky, Never Happened

Canadian director Mark Slutsky makes a lot happen in his eight minute short Never Happened. A man and his pregnant wife say goodbye for the weekend as he’s off on a business trip with a

Videodrome (Review)

February 22, 2017February 20, 2017ReviewDavid Cronenberg, James Woods, Max red, Videodrone

The works of David Cronenberg have always been a draw for me, flaws and all. Given his fondness for depicting grotesque body horror, which has made me squirm on more than one occasion, it would

20th Century Women (Review)

February 21, 2017February 18, 2017Review20th Century Women, Annette Bening, Mike Mills

Writer-director Mike Mills’ 20th Century Women is about a single mother and her rapidly growing son who live in a time when America’s growth felt physical, like you could touch it. In 1979, in California,

Film Review | All My Jokes Are About Me (2017)

February 16, 2017July 19, 2017ReviewAll My Jokes Are About Me, Chelsea Lou

Film run-time: 10 minutes | Starring Chelsea Lou, Jesse Roper, Ben Fawcett Written and Directed by Chelsea Lou, Produced by Shiraz Higgins, Editing by Shiraz Higgins and Chelsea Lou “All My Jokes Are About Me“,

Away From Her (Review)

February 15, 2017February 13, 2017ReviewAway from Her, Sarah Polley

Empathy is an essential aspect of life; one that allows us to relate to the emotions of others, even if their emotional state is something beyond that of our own experiences. Part of cinema’s magic,

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