The Strangers (2008)

The Strangers is an inconsistent, but admirable feature: it isn’t a pussyfoot festival like throwaway PG-13 horror fare, or flavor of the week like the torture porn of the Saw series but rather a barely gory yet disturbing R-rated horrorsuspense flick. The key word is... More

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Them (2007)

There’s always that creepy moment when you’re falling into bed and subsequently into sleep that a creak in the house or the noise outside distracts you, awakens you, even frightens you if only for a moment. Unfortunately for the characters in 2006’s Ils (aka Them),... More

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88 Minutes (2008)

So picture this script pitch: as Al Pacino dances to gangsta rap with gorgeous women less than half his age (that would never realistically approach this guy old enough to be their great grandfather) for a minute or so, all with straight to DVD camera work including... More

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I Was Born, But... (1932)

I Was Born, But..., 9/10 Directed by: Yasujiro Ozu, 1932 Yasujiro Ozu’s 1932 film I Was Born, But… is one of those rare silents where the absence of added musical score truly enhances the heartfelt simplicity of the picture’s tale of family strains and growing pains... More

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Best Movies Of 2006

1. The Departed (2006)
2. Babel (2006)
3. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
4. The Fountain (2006)

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Cinematography and Grand Illusion (1937)

Cinematography and Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion “When the camera moves on its own in Grand Illusion, we are conscious of it actively interpreting the action, creating suspense or giving us information that the... More

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