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Film Commentary, History and Reviews
*As deconstructed by urban film critic Paulette Reynolds *
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Nessie has been sighted, just in time for the holidays!
Including a special "behind the scenes" interview session!
Read at Cine's closeup...
Nessie has been sighted, just in time for the holidays!
Including a special "behind the scenes" interview session!
Read at Cine's closeup...
Will the real Jeanne duBarry please stand up?
Read at Cine's closeup...
Read at Cine's closeup...
Eddie Muller's
Sorrow over Hitchcock's Stage Fright
...read at British Film & TV.
HBO's Superb Spy Drama * The Sympathizer...read at Political Rx
Dead Boy Detectives
Our undead gumshoes
bring out
the Kid Killer Witch trope - really??
...read at Cine's Closeup
Our undead gumshoes
bring out
the Kid Killer Witch trope - really??
...read at Cine's Closeup
ANNIKA * Season 2: Breaking the Fourth Wall
A case of overkill?
...read more at Telegenic Static
A case of overkill?
...read more at Telegenic Static
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop
“During a time that we kept hearing, ‘It's a man's world.' She was saying ["Ladies First"] unapologetically, changing the narrative right there," Missy Elliott
...read more at Documentary Picks
“During a time that we kept hearing, ‘It's a man's world.' She was saying ["Ladies First"] unapologetically, changing the narrative right there," Missy Elliott
...read more at Documentary Picks
Barbenheimer, the Goldilocks Dilemma and Oscar 2024
...read more at Hollywood Award Shows
*Cine's Top Picks *
in Film & TV of 2023
Willem Dafoe trashes the viewing choices of audiences - say what?
...read more at Top Ten Faves
in Film & TV of 2023
Willem Dafoe trashes the viewing choices of audiences - say what?
...read more at Top Ten Faves
"Missing is a rock ‘em - sock ‘em riddle
of mystery, identity crisis,
and more twists than
Tuesday night’s corkscrew pasta."
...read more at Cine's Closeup
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah!
Happy Madison Productions
Fails to Charm
CineMata's Intrepid Critic
"Tired tween cliche"
...read more at Cine's Closeup
Happy Madison Productions
Fails to Charm
CineMata's Intrepid Critic
"Tired tween cliche"
...read more at Cine's Closeup
KILL BOK-SOON
or Kill Bill on Steroids
...read more at Cine's Closeup
or Kill Bill on Steroids
...read more at Cine's Closeup
The Watermelon Woman
Filmmaker Cheryl Dunye peels away
the curtains obscuring Hollywood’s lackluster treatment of yet another marginalized group.
...read more at LGBTQ POV
Filmmaker Cheryl Dunye peels away
the curtains obscuring Hollywood’s lackluster treatment of yet another marginalized group.
...read more at LGBTQ POV
Tar: Are You Being Gaslighted?
...read more
at Pioneering Feministas
...read more
at Pioneering Feministas
James Cameron’s bloated blockbuster:
Avatar 2: The Way of Water
Avatar 2: The Way of Water
A hymn to the John Ford school of Manifest Destiny filmmaking...
...read more at Eau de Cinematic Clunker
...read more at Eau de Cinematic Clunker
The Banshees of Inisherin
A finely woven tale of friendship - sort of.
...read more at British Film & TV
A finely woven tale of friendship - sort of.
...read more at British Film & TV
The Pale Blue Eye
Netflix's stunning Neo-noir homage
to Edgar Allan Poe, mystery, macabre,
and of course - murder.
...read more at Cine's Closeup
Netflix's stunning Neo-noir homage
to Edgar Allan Poe, mystery, macabre,
and of course - murder.
...read more at Cine's Closeup
* 'Tis the Season for Murder *
When you just can’t stand watching another version of
A Christmas Carol.
...Read more at Top Ten Faves
When you just can’t stand watching another version of
A Christmas Carol.
...Read more at Top Ten Faves
Mayhem
Murder
Teenage Animal Angst
The macabre Addams Family franchise gets a fabulous new series, worthy of binge-watching any day.
...Read more at Telegenic Static
Murder
Teenage Animal Angst
The macabre Addams Family franchise gets a fabulous new series, worthy of binge-watching any day.
...Read more at Telegenic Static
Doc Martin * Season 10 *
Takes His Final Bow
As the Doc Martin series
comes to a close, let’s shed a happy tear for this British national treasure...
...read more at British Film & TV
Takes His Final Bow
As the Doc Martin series
comes to a close, let’s shed a happy tear for this British national treasure...
...read more at British Film & TV
Rob Zombie gives mad love
to his latest creation - The Munsters 2022.
...read more at Cine's Closeup
to his latest creation - The Munsters 2022.
...read more at Cine's Closeup
BLONDE * 2022
* A raw, visceral experience *
read at The Woman's Voice...
* A raw, visceral experience *
read at The Woman's Voice...
Hello, My Name is Doris
Our national treasure, Sally Field,
stars as Doris, a 60ish data clerk -
really?
read at Closeup...
Our national treasure, Sally Field,
stars as Doris, a 60ish data clerk -
really?
read at Closeup...
HORROR NOIRE:
A History of Black Horror
Exploring
racism and white privilege
through the
genre of black horror films.
...read at Culture Centric Cinema
A History of Black Horror
Exploring
racism and white privilege
through the
genre of black horror films.
...read at Culture Centric Cinema
Where Macbeth meets small-town USA...
“We’re not bad people, we’re just underachievers who have to
make up for lost time.”
- Pat Mcbeth
...read at Indie Films
“We’re not bad people, we’re just underachievers who have to
make up for lost time.”
- Pat Mcbeth
...read at Indie Films
SONG OF THE SWAN
(Oran na h-Eala)
A look at The Red Shoes
film classic through
Steve Exeter's short film.
...more at British Films & TV
In Praise of Family
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Celebrating Women's History
with
Marin Alsop * Annie Oakley * Marie Suize-Pantalon
with
Marin Alsop * Annie Oakley * Marie Suize-Pantalon
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* Read more at The Woman's Voice *
Nightmare Alley: The Fraternal Twins of Noir
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...read more at Noir Greats
Making Sweet Tea:
Black Gay Men of the South - An Oral History
...read more at LGBTQ POV
Black Gay Men of the South - An Oral History
...read more at LGBTQ POV
Femme Fatales *
A Two-Part Exploration of Women in Film Noir
21 Femmes * 24 Noir Films
...read more at Noir Greats
A Two-Part Exploration of Women in Film Noir
21 Femmes * 24 Noir Films
...read more at Noir Greats
VENOM 2: Let There Be Carnage
Venom takes Carnage to the curb in Marvel's latest film franchise -
and we love it!
read more at Cine's Closeup...
Venom takes Carnage to the curb in Marvel's latest film franchise -
and we love it!
read more at Cine's Closeup...
The Act of Cinematic Memory
On Akira Kurosawa’s film
Rhapsody in August
By
Carlo Rey Lacsamana
...read more at Guest Reviews
On Akira Kurosawa’s film
Rhapsody in August
By
Carlo Rey Lacsamana
...read more at Guest Reviews
DEATH IN PARADISE:
A Charming Colonial Fugazi
...read more at British Film & TV
A Charming Colonial Fugazi
...read more at British Film & TV
Janet Green: Tapping into the Dark Side
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A retrospective
of British screenwriter, Janet Green
...read at Pioneering Feministas
of British screenwriter, Janet Green
...read at Pioneering Feministas
Now Featured at VIDEO LIBRARIAN
How Jefferson in Paris Subverts
History and the Female Gaze
by Paulette Reynolds
How Jefferson in Paris Subverts
History and the Female Gaze
by Paulette Reynolds
Link to Video Librarian Article:
Women Make Film:
A New Road Trip
Through Cinema
...read more at Pioneering Feministas
Black Ballerina
...read more at
Documentary Picks & Pans
My Pandemic Marathon Diaries :
Japanes/Korean Thrillers, Jail House Blues, Time Travel, and a Bionic Cop
Japanes/Korean Thrillers, Jail House Blues, Time Travel, and a Bionic Cop
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Adrift in Soho
...read more at Indie Films
Self Made
'Inspired by the life
of Madam C. J. Walker'
...read more at Culture Centric Cinema
'Inspired by the life
of Madam C. J. Walker'
...read more at Culture Centric Cinema
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