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Double Feature: Death By Bureaucracy (Zerograd and The Trial)
A double feature of two movies, both of which have recently been restored and re-released, that tackle the maddening maze of bureaucracy – Orson Welles’ The Trial and Shakhnazarov’s Zerograd.
The Evolution of Election
Veronica writes an ode to Alexander Payne’s Election – a perfect microcosm of the US, our inherent mistrust of ambitious women, and the gross reality of being a human.
Three Men, and a Baby In The White House: Onur Tukel's The Misogynists
Onur Tukel’s The Misogynists tickles an intellectually vouyeristic itch by peering into the minds of people who were actually happy after the 2016 election. There is something cathartic about the film’s fly-on-the-wall approach to analyzing people through their political convictions–though the darts Tukel throws at the left hit much closer to home.
Parody is the Sincerest Form of Flattery in These Horror Spoof Remakes
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but what about parody? Specifically for horror, spoofs work better when the movie (or movies) in reference is respected. Such is the case for Psycho Beach Party, Saturday the 14th and Silence of the Hams.
I Watched It So You Don't Have To: Myra Breckinridge
Myra Breckinridge is indeed a failure of an adaptation, yet I suspect the intensity of the vitriol towards this film is about something beyond just the admittedly poor direction; most likely it has more to do with the unconscious biases Vidal set out to skewer to begin with.
Double Feature: Capitalism Kills (Thoroughbreds & Cheap Thrills)
We’re killing Capitalism before it kills us with a double feature of Thoroughbreds and Cheap Thrills, both of which skewer, roast, and serve up the worst parts of capitalism on a metal spike.
I Watched It So You Don't Have To: La Grande Bouffe
La Grande Bouffe is a movie that drags out all of the worst qualities in humanity and society, mixes them with our most base and unpleasant bodily functions, and then wallows in them all like pigs in shit.
Double Feature: Counterculture Cowboys of 1971 (The Hired Hand & Zachariah)
Featuring The Hired Hand and Zachariah - fusions of Western and counterculturist values.