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Boiling Point (1990)
Takeshi Kitano treats violence with the same structural impact as building a gag in comedy. Boiling Point (1990) veers between violence as a joke – a call back, or a punchline, like when a young kid refuses a helmet on his first motorcycle, and then cut to him sitting stunned with a bloody face –… Read.
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Trash Classics: Program 8
Trash Classics in 2025? We are so back! If you’re not familiar with Trash Classics, it’s a cult movie night that screens on the last Friday of each month at Luna Leederville. These are movies that were “trashed” upon release, critically and/or commercially, and are now regarded as classics. It’s a fun night for old… Read.
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A Bittersweet Life (2005)
Watching Squid Game: Season 2 and I’m observing the man in the black mask, the Frontman, thinking, “What a handsome guy.” And Sally was reading up on the actor Lee Byung-hun, listing off his credits and little bulbs were popping off in my head, “Oh right, he was in The Magnificent Seven remake, The Good,… Read.
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The Wild Pear Tree (2018)
Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan uses the three-hour running time of The Wild Pear Tree (2018) to give considerable scope to individual encounters. Sinan (Dogu Demirkol) spends a lot of the movie walking, often wandering around deep in thought, and a recurring pattern within the narrative is Sinan bumping into someone, and beginning to chat with… Read.
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Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
“The one thing I can’t bear now is atmospheres. I can come into a room full of people and I can tell you who’s had the row. I always say: if I’ve upset you, just come out with it. If you cold-shoulder me, I instantly see him [my father] sitting in the corner of the… Read.
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