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Still Life (2006)
I was watching Still Life (2006) in several sittings due to timing and being away on holiday. Not an ideal way to experience the film, and one I would have loved to have seen in a cinema, but its approach and tone suited the intermittent immersion. Dipping in and out of the movie like I… Read.
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Winter Kills (1979)
Winter Kills (1979) is the absurdist extension of the conspiracy thriller in vogue during the 1970s. Imagine The Parallax View, a riff on imagined counter narratives to the official record of the JFK assassination, but exaggerated with a strange comedy, not quite spoof or parody. Each scene in Winter Kills is eventually marked by a… Read.
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The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)
While I have not seen every Shaw Brothers movie, The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984) might be my favourite movie of the studio, so far. Directed by the legendary choreographer Lau Kar-leung who made the 36th Chamber Of Shaolin, and plenty of other Shaw Brothers classics currently available to stream on Mubi. Set in feudal… Read.
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Issue 26: Dreams
“…the Internet and dreams are similar. They’re areas where the repressed conscious mind escapes” – Paprika (2006) A new VHS Tracking zine emerges from the collective subconscious. For Issue 26, VHS Tracking explores the topic of dreams from all cinematic angles! From movies about dreams to movies with dream sequences in them and finally to… Read.
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Soldier Of Orange (1977)
Tuxedos and tails are a recurring item of clothing. Initially worn by the group of male uni students at parties, signifying their upper class status. Later as World War II leads to Holland being invaded and occupied by Nazi Germany, the tuxedo is used by resistance members reentering their own country, passing themselves as members… Read.
