The Complete Sense of Dread in “Enemy” is Unending
Few directors manage to create and sustain a sense of dread that envelopes an entire film. Denis Villeneuve pulls this off wonderfully in ‘Enemy‘ and this video essay aims to…
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Kill Bill and the Complete List of Movies Referenced
Quentin Tarantino is a massive cinephile who pays homage to dozens and dozens of other projects within his films. In this video, Sam Kench breaks down every single homage, reference,…
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The Wolf of Wall Street is an Epic of Excess
The Wolf of Wall Street: The Book | The Movie | Explicit Material | Comedy | Fun Facts The Book The film is based on the memoir of Jordan Belfort…
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Armour of God – The Movie That Almost Ended Jackie Chan’s Stunt Work
Armour of God: Video Review | The Stunt Jackie Chan stars as Asian Hawk, an Indiana Jones-style adventurer looking to make a fortune in exotic antiquities. After Hawk discovers a…
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Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010) Review – Macabre Month of Horror
This Macabre Month of Horror 2021 review is for the debut feature film of ‘Mandy‘ director Panos Cosmatos: ‘Beyond the Black Rainbow‘. This is a stylish sci-fi, horror film with…
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John Cazale – The Man Who Starred in Five Best Pictures and Nothing Else
If there is one quintessential actor from the 1970s that deserves more recognition it’s John Cazale. John Cazale: Video Essay | The Godfather | The Conversation | Dog Day Afternoon…
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Johnnie To’s Fulltime Killer Deserves More Respect
Johnnie To is an important force in the Hong Kong action movie scene. Working in the same arena as the excellent bullet operas of John Woo but with a style…
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How ‘The Wire’ Changed From Pitch to Production
I have in my hand a copy of the series bible for ‘The Wire’ AKA the best television show ever made AKA the best piece of media ever made AKA…
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The Anti-Coming of Age Film – Lean on Pete – Video Essay
The subject of today’s video essay is ‘Lean on Pete‘, the 2017, A24, Andrew Haigh film about a 15-year-old boy who steals/rescues a failed racehorse and sets off on a…
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