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Something Like a Filmography: Madadayo (1993)

Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa’s legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts’ lives. FROM THE BOX: For his final film, Akira Kurosawa paid tribute to the immensely popular writer and educator Hyakken Uchida, here … Continue reading Something Like a Filmography: Madadayo (1993)

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Something Like a Filmography: Rhapsody in August (1991)

Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa’s legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts’ lives. FROM THE BOX: Set in the gorgeous countryside surrounding, this endearing saga follows a Japanese family once torn apart by war … Continue reading Something Like a Filmography: Rhapsody in August (1991)

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Something Like a Filmography: Dreams (1990)

Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa’s legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts’ lives. FROM THE BOX: Unfolding in a series of eight mythic vignettes, this late work by Akira Kurosawa was inspired by the … Continue reading Something Like a Filmography: Dreams (1990)

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Hooptober 11.0 – Spontaneous Combustion (1990)

Being Film #18 for Hooptober 2024

I usually save the Tobe Hooper entry for the end of the marathon, but I had a few hours to kill and a pal had Spontaneous Combustion on his Plex server, so off to the races with what looks to be his last original film in terms of story creation. You can probably guess from the title what this film is about, and despite its faults I will tell you this: it lives up to the promise of its title: things do in fact combust. Spontaneously, even.

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Hooptober 11.0 – Vampire In Brooklyn (1995)

Being Film #17 for Hooptober 2024

You’re one of the biggest comedy stars in the world. You want to branch out, try something different. Horror looks good, so you get one of the masters of the genre who’s also looking to break out of his narrow confines. Sometimes that push-pull relationship can yield gold; other times you get Vampire In Brooklyn, which despite some chilling imagery and the luscious presence of Angela Bassett suffers from some serious identity problems which ultimately dilutes both the comedy and the horror.

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Hooptober 11.0 – The Sect (1991)

Being Film #4 for Hooptober 2024

Now this is something I can get behind. Dario Argento may have lost a step or two personally since his heyday ended around 1985 (I’ll go so far as 1987 with Opera) but the man could find and nurture talent, and one of the best was Michele Soavi. I was a huge fan of Stagefright, his earlier giallo, and everyone should go and check out the insanity of Dellamorte Dellamore (aka Cemetery Man). Now we’re here with The Sect, aka The Devil’s Daughter, and despite some significant parallels with last entry’s Humanoids From The Deep (this is basically a riff on Rosemary’s Baby) including a bizarre impregnation scene, everything about Soavi’s horror works like a disturbing dream. Does it make sense? Not really. Does it look tremendous? You bet – this thing has style to spare.

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