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Lost in the Mail: Dan’s 2022 Sight And Sound Ballot

Coming up with a Sight and Sound ballot, even one that didn’t get submitted to the actual magazine, presents unique challenges. The only criteria put forth by the venerable magazine is to vote for the greatest films of all time, leaving voters free to interpret that. It opens things up to a wide set of criteria to determine “the greatest films ever made”. Do you try to vote objectively and select films for their perceived importance and influence? Do you select based on personal importance? Do you go based on personal aesthetic? Or do you just think of what films other people will pick and hope yours line up?

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The Films of Claire Denis: Beau Travail (1999)

Tanks lie unattended near the foot of a mountain or a hill, with possibly empty oil drums next to them. Nameless people sit crowded in a train going through a desert. Women dance in a club hoping to attract the attention of French Foreign Legion soldiers. Those same soldiers, now caked in sand and dust, perform countless exercises surrounded by rocky terrain and sand. Occasionally … Continue reading The Films of Claire Denis: Beau Travail (1999)

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Criterion Catch-Up: Devil In A Blue Dress (1995)

It’s been a cool 10 months since I last did a Criterion Catch-up. It’s not that I haven’t been watching my collection, it’s just that…well, I was doing other things, like May’s Vinyl Challenge over at Consuming the Tangible and of course the recent Hooptober marathon right here at Cinema Dual. And in that time I regret to say the collection kind of just…grew. It’s … Continue reading Criterion Catch-Up: Devil In A Blue Dress (1995)

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Hooptober 2022 #35: Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

Over the course of Hooptober, I’ve watched several Dracula and Dracula adjacent films. I can’t explain why I find myself drawn to interpretations of Bram Stoker’s novel. I say interpretation because very few films have attempted to adapt the novel. F.W. Murnau needed to change things for Nosferatu so it didn’t incur the Stoker estate’s wrath. Universal’s 1931 Dracula adapts a stage play. Hammer Films’ … Continue reading Hooptober 2022 #35: Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

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Hooptober 9.0 – Mimic (1997)

Being Film #25 for Hooptober 2022 In the annals of studio meddling few stories break my nerd heart more than reading about how much grief and outright bullying Miramax and the Weinsteins laid down upon Guillermo del Toro and Mimic, his first foray into the Hollywood system. 14 years after the film’s release some semblance of a Director’s Cut was released that attempted to rectify … Continue reading Hooptober 9.0 – Mimic (1997)

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