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Ator: The Fighting Eagle (1982)
I’ve seen Ator: The Fighting Eagle (1982) before, the Mystery Science Theatre 3000 version from the Netflix revival awhile back, but I decided to watch it without the commentary, inspired by it being on Tubi (naturally) and it being on this excellent Bong Hit/Van Mural list. Ator is a Conan The Barbarian knock-off by Italian… Read.
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Dan Bourke – Les Blank Films
VHS Tracking Presents: The Documentaries Of Les Blank presented by Dan BourkeWednesday 21 August 2024 6:30pmGoolugatup Heathcote The Documentaries Of Les Blank: Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers (1980) and Gap-Toothed Women (1987) Born in Florida, Les Blank cut his teeth making industrial films before founding his own production company, Flower Films, in the… Read.
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Trenque Lauquen (2022)
I only heard about the film Trenque Lauquen (2022) through Simon Miraudo reviewing it on Letterboxd. A four hour shaggy-dog mystery from Argentina might have passed me by, but it completely sounded like something that I’d like to seek out. Directed and co-written by Laura Citarella, this is a mystery that ventures off into different… Read.
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Something In The Dirt (2022)
I really dug Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson’s The Endless. And while I liked Synchronic fine enough, their screen presence as actors – not just as the co-directors, writer and cinematographer of their projects – is an underrated element. Something In The Dirt (2022) was something Moorhead and Benson made during the pandemic, basically filming… Read.
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The Day He Arrives (2011)
In Hong Sang-soo’s The Day He Arrives (2011), a young film director Seong-Jun (Yoo Jun-sang) walks down the street of Seoul, wearing a puffy coat and a travelling backpack, intending to stay with a friend, a film critic, Young-ho (Kim Sang-joon). The director has made four movies but is in an on-going hiatus, living further… Read.
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