Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Udo Kier Channels the Heart and Nostalgia at the Center of Affecting Swan Song

Swan Song

Written and directed by Todd Stephens, Swan Song is the third of three films the Sandusky, OH native has made set in his hometown; the first two, Edge of Seventeen and […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: An Exercise in Endurance, The Painted Bird Chronicles a Brutal Loss of Innocence

The Painted Bird

Who among us hasn’t wanted to watch the great Udo Kier pluck out another man’s eyeballs with a spoon in a jealous rage, shot in glorious black-and-white 35mm? I’m guessing […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: A Stark Statement on Humanity in Unexpectedly Dark Bacurau

As the film industry, like the rest of us, grapples with how to move forward in the midst of a global pandemic, studios that had plans to release new films […]

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