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Blonde (Devouring Humanity through Fame Drama)

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Blonde (Devouring Humanity through Fame Drama)

  Not since the heyday of cinema terrorists like Lodge Kerrigan, Gaspar Noe and Darren Aronofsky has a film delivered the out-and-out assault that Andrew Dominik’s Blonde lays out over the course of its’ three hours. Please do not be deceived by the marketing of this film, which sells it as a slightly more interesting biopic of […]

Pleasure (Swedish Fantasy Crushing Drama)

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Pleasure (Swedish Fantasy Crushing Drama)

  Linnea, like many young girls in today’s warp-speed society, wants to be famous and fast. She comes from Sweden and longs to see her name light up social media and will do just about anything in order to achieve that dream. Rechristening herself “Bella Cherry,” she turns to the world of hardcore porn to […]

Zana – Antoneta Kastrati (Kosovan Brutal War Trauma Film)

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Zana – Antoneta Kastrati (Kosovan Brutal War Trauma Film)

  Kosovan film has remained largely marginal in spite of attempts to expand its market. This is pretty much the curse of most Eastern European cinema post-Soviet power, leaving the curating critic with a difficult path. Without notoriety, how can one find the gold? You like, just have to check out their stuff, bro. Scraping […]

Dalibor Matanić – Zora / The Dawn (Nightmarish Trauma Symbol Film)

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Dalibor Matanić – Zora / The Dawn (Nightmarish Trauma Symbol Film)

  I’ve seen some deep films over the years, but I’m not sure I was expecting something quite like what I got out of The Dawn. Croatian film has been largely under the radar after the end of the Yugoslav “Black Wave” movement, the echoes of which continue to reverberate internationally. With the fall of […]