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Challengers 2024
Almost anyone, from the most qualified anthropologist to the sleaziest R&B singer, will assert to you that the human body is a work of art. Film directors are no exception, but while a fair share of them have made it their artistic mission to capture curved neckbones and dripping kneecaps with the same ferocity as an exploding mineshaft, few have earned quite as much sexual tension from the mere insinuation of bodies touching as Luca Guadagnino. Challengers—a film dedicated entirely…
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Occupied City 2023
That so many burgeoning film enthusiasts find themselves overwhelmingly hesitant to explore documentaries is a sadly ironic state of affairs, given the tendency for the medium to be a hotbed of filmic innovation. More than any other format, the documentary gives filmmakers not only an opportunity to educate, but due to its basis in nonfiction, these storytellers are also permitted to do so in such a way that tinkers with and reshapes the form to become refreshingly accessible, or dauntingly…
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Summer of Sam 1999
How do you even begin to discuss a film like Summer of Sam? No matter where you choose to start, you're probably going to veer in about 100 different directions; Spike Lee knew as much when making the film, applying that same scattered logic to his storytelling process. This is, without question, one of the most eclectic, certifiably insane mainstream works to be released by a widely known filmmaker in the past 30 years, but the strangest thing about Summer…
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Heaven's Gate 1980
You sit down to watch a three-and-a-half-hour historical epic about the demythologization of the American West—a film in which an acclaimed auteur who made a name for himself in the '70s directing some of Robert De Niro's best work takes on the tragedy of American settlers openly massacring an innocent population living honestly off the land. You press play, and as the end credits roll after such an emotionally taxing odyssey, you think, "Wait... this isn't Killers of the Flower…
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Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom 2019
Let this be a lesson to all you self-proclaimed Oscar pundits out there: no matter how airtight the perceived top 5 list for International Feature may be, always expect whichever committee votes on these nominees to throw in at least one curveball to fuck with everybody! This year, I learned that lesson the hard way when perhaps the easiest slam dunk category of the year was upended with the untimely demise of Asghar Farhadi's best movie in almost a decade.…
