Features
Longer-form pieces, lists, and deep-dives that don’t fit a single review.
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Dan’s Hooptober 2022: 31 Movies to Earth
In the fall of 2019 and inspired by Chris, I decided I was finally going to do Hooptober. I picked my movies out. I was…
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Hail Horror! It’s Back for 2022!
Wait…it’s September 15th already?! Time files when the world’s a dumpster fire and you’re wearing 10 masks and drinking Lysol to prevent the mutant hybrid…
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Revisiting E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982)
A few disclaimers before I get into this. First, I am 8 days older than Steven Spielberg’s E.T. The Extra Terrestrial. Second, my first memories…
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Varda by Jon – Part 15: Beaches
In the intro to Part 12 of this series, having just seen the trailer for The Matrix: Resurrections, I asked what it meant for Lana…
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Varda by Jon – Part 14: Here and There
On the success of Agnès Varda’s intended final film The Beaches of Agnès, she was invited to attend a variety of film festivals to showcase…
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Varda by Jon – Part 13: Visual Artist
le this series has focused on the films of Agnès Varda, it’s reductive to describe her only as a filmmaker. Her career in photography predates…
