What a beautiful, messy, sloppy charmer of a film. ON the one hand, I can see what both the average movie goer – even the casual Coppola fan – would be put off by Twixt, the maestro’s 2011 “return” to horror. I can also see how those fans who loved his adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula would watch this and cry foul. But my viewing found something deeply personal, deeply indebted to Coppola’s influences and preoccupations, and with his “Authentic Cut” retitled to its original B’Twixt Now and Sunrise we get a late highlight from a man who hasn’t yet quit trying to be innovative and singular with his artistic vision.

ChrisSeptember 26, 2024September 26, 2024Leave a comment

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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)

ChrisOctober 30, 2022November 8, 2022Leave a comment

Cinema Dual (TEST SITE)

Examining a life through the media we consume. In other words, I’m reviewing all of my physical music media in alphabetical order, one day at at a time. Except when I don’t, as has been the case for the past few years. Still, we march onwards…Coffee essential, but not mandatory

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Hooptober 11.0 – Twixt (2011)

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