Category: Satire
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Classical Period (2018)
The main reason I watched Classical Period (2018) was that its running time was 60 minutes and it was available to stream on Mubi. After watching Classical Period, I grew to appreciate it more thinking about it, particularly after reading a few interviews with the director-writer Ted Fendt, a film projectionist who self-funds his movies,… Read.
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Don’t Let The Riverbeast Get You! (2012)
In certain circles of film fans, the movies from Motern Media have a growing, niche audience. Low budget movies produced in the New England area by Matt Farley and Charles Roxburgh and their collaborators. Roxburgh usually directs, Farley stars and scores, and they co-write these opuses, mainly released through their website. Settling down to watch… Read.
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Tale Of Cinema (2005)
Tale Of Cinema (2005) is the second film I’ve seen by the prolific South Korean director Hong Sang-soo and apparently this is the first one where he started using zooms? A scene will be playing out in a master shot and then the camera will zoom in, resetting the frame, almost haphazardly and amateurish, but… Read.
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Freaky Farley (2007)
I was finally motivated to watch Freaky Farley (2007), my first Motern Media movie thanks to an interview in The Important Cinema Club Journal with actor/writer/producer Matt Farley (he and director Charles Roxburgh are the people behind the production company, Motern Media). Farley mentions Silent Night Deadly Night Part 2 in this interview as one… Read.
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Deadstream (2022)
When the hapless Shawn (Joseph Winter) lets out a squeal at the sight of a shape in the woods, I knew I was into Deadstream (2022). A disgraced streamer known for his pranks and stunts, Shawn endeavours after a six-month internet ban to reclaim his followers and satisfy corporate sponsorship by spending one night in… Read.
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