Tag: 1990s
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…