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Destiny, Fate and More Representations in Fools Rush In
I first discovered this delectable movie through the IG app. I was scrolling, as it pains me sometimes! I came across a story posted by...
Tiffany Joy Butler
May 26, 20243 min read
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On the Count of Three
On the Count of Three (2021), directed and starring Jerrod Carmichael is a dark comedy that begins at the moment when best friends Kevin...
julie
Feb 13, 20231 min read
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Breaking Bad with Mexican-American filmmaker Brenda Salazar
I had the opportunity to chat with emerging filmmaker Brenda Salazar over Zoom on what she is currently working on, her go-to movie diet,...
Brenda Salazar
Jan 23, 20237 min read
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Mirror Images: Hollywood Tries Its Hand at Video Essaying
Film aficionado Alex Ho makes a strong point connecting the Netflix movie Blonde starring Ana De Armas and Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry...
Alex Ho
Oct 11, 20221 min read
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Notes on Three Colours Trilogy
Another virtual meet-up with Kino Clubhouse! We delved into the cinema classic Three Colours Trilogy by Polish auteur Krzysztof...
Paola Q.uintero
Sep 9, 20224 min read
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A Mirror to Our Faces: Q+A with Dr. Orquidea Morales
A conversation with Dr. Orquidea Morales about her research exploring myths and horror in contemporary culture Hi Orquidea! How is it...
Orquidea Morales
Jun 27, 20228 min read
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A Film Community in Queens
Centro Corona and the Queens Drive-In: A personal essay about curating for a drive-in with a purpose In 2015, living in the Bronx, I...
Tiffany Joy Butler
May 19, 20226 min read
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A New Old Play: An Elegy of 20th century China
What is old and new anyway? The story of 20th century China seems driven by a search for the answer. A New Old Play (Original Title: Jiao...
Alex Ho
May 19, 20225 min read
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In a Brain Map with Her Name Was Europa
Research like writing can appear as a stream of consciousness and a thoughtful brain map of a journey and this is how watching Her Name...
Tiffany Joy Butler
May 15, 20221 min read
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Alice Through the Looking Glass in Janicza Bravo’s film @Zola
I watched this movie based on my friend’s infectious hook, “This is a real story all based on actual tweets.” I thought this was her...
julie
May 10, 20224 min read
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Heaven is a place they won’t go
The 1952 Elia Kazan-directed film East of Eden is a family melodrama of mammoth proportions. Based on John Steinbeck’s novel of the same...
julie
Apr 23, 20223 min read
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Light is oppressive
Midnight Special (2016), written and directed by Jeff Nichols is a film about a superhero. Alton, the boy at the center of the film’s...
julie
Apr 19, 20222 min read
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Po-mo No Homo
Left to right: still from The Power of the Dog; still from The Lighthouse A conversation about the portrayal of homoeroticism in the...
Alex Ho
Mar 30, 20227 min read
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Car Confessions with Murakami and Chekhov
Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of watching Drive My Car (2021), directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi with Kino Clubhouse members and...
Katherine St. Asaph
Mar 11, 20223 min read
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Boiling Point Reviewed
The story in Boiling Point (2021), directed by Philip Barantini is simple; following the day of a grumpy chef Andy (Stephen Jones) in...
Sian Mehl
Feb 24, 20221 min read
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Thoughts on PTA’s Phantom Thread
Netflix categorized Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread (2017) as a “cerebral romantic drama.” The film was about love but was far from...
Sian Mehl
Feb 21, 20221 min read
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Licorice Pizza Reviewed
I thought Licorice Pizza (2021) by Paul Thomas Anderson was really great! I felt immersed in the setting, which evoked a feeling of...
Devin Garcia
Feb 20, 20221 min read
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Gloria
Last night, after an exhausting week of juggling work, I saw the John Cassavetes film Gloria (1980) along with members of Kino Clubhouse....
Kino Clubhouse
Feb 5, 20222 min read
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Madness or just human? Joel Coen’s retelling of Shakespeare’s cursed play
I’m not a Shakespearean nor do I remember any of the Shakespeare plays I read in my high school English class. But the most recent screen...
julie
Jan 24, 20223 min read
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The Power of the Dog and The Precarity of Power
In the beginning of The Power of the Dog, the character Peter (Kodi Smit-Mcphee) narrates his intention (in life) is for nothing more...
julie
Dec 12, 20215 min read
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