Title: The Silent House (2011) Director: Gustavo Hernández Runtime: 86 minutes — My favorite cinematic technique has to be the long take. Godard does it beautifully in Breathless, and the opening scene of Orson Welles’ Touch of Evil made me want to make movies. My love for the long take is probably due to the fact that my…
Film Swappers #2 – Confessions of a Porn Addict (2008)/Bear City (2010)
Welcome to Film Swappers, where Chris and Branden force the other person to watch any movie of their choosing. The only rules are that the films chosen have to be one that the other person hasn’t already seen, and they must be watched and reviewed. Film Swappers #2 Confessions of a Porn Addict (2008) and…
Movie Review – A Serbian Film (2010)
Title: A Serbian Film (2010) Runtime: 102 minutes (unrated US version), 104 minutes (uncut version) Director: Srdjan Spasojevic — The obscene amount of hype surrounding A Serbian Film has been impossible to ignore for the last year in the horror scene. The reaction has been mixed critically, but virtually everyone who has seen the film…
Movie Review – The Sound of Insects (2010)
Movie Number– 103 Title– The Sound of Insects (2010) Running Time– 87 minutes (“Not Rated”) Director– Peter Liechti Writer– Peter Liechti, Masahiko Shimada (novella) Starring– Peter Mettler — (Originally an IP Movies Review) Like so many of my peers, I used to relate documentaries to the classroom. From elementary school to post-graduate studies, documentaries are…
Movie Review – Mandrake (2010)
Movie Number– 51 Title– Mandrake (2010) Running Time– 89 minutes (“Not Rated”) Director– Tripp Reed Writer– David Ray Starring– Betsy Russell, Max Martini, and Nick Gomez — (Originally an IP Movies Review) Bad, original movies on the SyFy channel are about as natural as the sunrise. Though there are a couple of gems in the…
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