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Holiday Pick: Mr. Freedom
Looking for a Fourth of July film? Try William Klein's insane superhero satire.
Jul 4
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Eleven Groothuis
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June 2025
Dogma in 2025
The Return of Kevin Smith's Blasphemous Masterpiece.
Jun 20
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Eleven Groothuis
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May 2025
CC40: Beautiful, Pointless
Ongoing Reflections on Physical Media, Part 4
May 30
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A Meditation on 'The Holy Mountain'
And becoming.
May 19
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Eleven Groothuis
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Taxation of the Mind
Tariffs on foreign films: stupid, but meaningfully evil.
May 12
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April 2025
The Shallow and the Portable
Ongoing Reflections on Physical Media, Part 3
Apr 9
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Eleven Groothuis
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March 2025
The Grim Surveillance Aesthetics of 'Panic Room'
In David Fincher's fifth film, the camera is unsettlingly fluid and invasive.
Mar 31
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Eleven Groothuis
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December 2024
An Appreciation of Casper Kelly
Thoughts on films like 'Too Many Cooks' and the 'Adult Swim Yule Logs'.
Dec 19, 2024
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Eleven Groothuis
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The War of the Rohirrim: Rhymes with Éowyn
Finally a good reason to return to Middle Earth.
Dec 14, 2024
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Eleven Groothuis
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All Men Are Melted Equal: Street Trash (1987/2024)
Wealth inequality will melt your face.
Dec 10, 2024
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All Men Are Melted Equal: Street Trash (1987/2024)
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November 2024
Cinema of Multiplicity: Films by Vera Drew, Jane Schoenbrun, Paul B. Preciado
The People's Joker, I Saw the TV Glow, and Orlando make new waves in trans storytelling.
Nov 30, 2024
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Eleven Groothuis
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Clint Eastwood and 'Cry Macho'
Few public figures understand their own iconography better than Clint Eastwood.
Nov 23, 2024
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