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NIGHT GAMES — SHOCKTOBER!

Black and White, Capsules Blog, Classic Cinema, Criterion Collection, Cult Film, FIVE STARS, Horror, LGBTQ, sex, Sexploitation, SHOCKTOBER!, , Swedish Cinema, Transgressive Cinema, Women Filmmakers, Women's Cinema

November 5, 2023

“Night Games” retains its ability to shock viewers after over 50 years due to Mai Zetterling’s intuitive ability to dig…

ENTER THE VOID — SHOCKTOBER!

Argentinean Cinema, Capsules Blog, Dystopia, FOUR STARS, Horror, sex, Sexploitation, SHOCKTOBER!, , Transgressive Cinema

October 30, 2023

“Enter the Void” is such a virtuosic, if orgiastic, piece of experimental exploitation cinema that the audience is simultaneously repulsed…

NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE — SHOCKTOBER!

Capsules Blog, Classic Cinema, Cult Film, FIVE STARS, Horror, Literary Adaptation, New German Cinema, sex, SHOCKTOBER!, Video Essay, Women's Cinema

October 30, 2023

Werner Herzog’s inspired homage to F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent film is an appropriately chilling telling of the Gothic tale derived…

GRINDHOUSE — SHOCKTOBER!

BDSM, Capsules Blog, Classic Cinema, Cult Film, FIVE STARS, Grindhouse, Horror, LGBTQ, sex, Sexploitation, SHOCKTOBER!, Video Essay, Women's Cinema

October 30, 2023

The palpable cinematic elation and hip vibe that wafts from the screen is more than contagious; it’s stupefying. In their…

HARD CANDY — SHOCKTOBER!

BDSM, Capsules Blog, FOUR STARS, Psychological Thriller, sex, Sexploitation, SHOCKTOBER!, , Women's Cinema

October 30, 2023

Strikingly filmed and exquisitely performed by its principally two-person cast (Ellen Page, Patrick Wilson), “Hard Candy” is an intense reversal…

THE HONEYMOON KILLERS — SHOCKTOBER!

Black and White, Capsules Blog, Classic Cinema, Criterion Collection, Cult Film, FIVE STARS, Serial Killer, sex, SHOCKTOBER!, , Suspense, Transgressive Cinema, Women's Cinema

October 29, 2023

The naturalistic black-and-white noir compositions that writer/director Leonard Kastle captures in the only film of his career, are augmented by…

FIRST REFORMED — SHOCKTOBER!

Agitprop, BDSM, Capsules Blog, Classic Cinema, Cult Film, FIVE STARS, Horror, Magical Realism, Political Thriller, Politics, Psychological Thriller, Religion, Romantic Fantasy, sex, SHOCKTOBER!, , Transgressive Cinema, Women's Cinema

October 29, 2023

As Thomas Wolf pointed out in his essay, Christ’s primary teaching was that “loneliness could be destroyed forever by the…

THE NINTH GATE — SHOCKTOBER!

Capsules Blog, Cult Film, Horror, Literary Adaptation, Religion, sex, Sexploitation, SHOCKTOBER!, , THREE STARS, Women's Cinema

October 28, 2023

Pauline Kael said that “great movies are rarely perfect movies,” and this truism certainly applies to The Ninth Gate. Actress…

CABIN FEVER — SHOCKTOBER!

Capsules Blog, Cult Film, FOUR STARS, Horror, sex, Sexploitation, SHOCKTOBER!, Women's Cinema

October 25, 2023

Indeed, “Cabin Fever” is filled with lovingly realistic gore that’s sustained by a revved up plot that makes big cities…

ROSEMARY’S BABY — SHOCKTOBER!

Capsules Blog, Classic Cinema, Criterion Collection, Cult Film, FIVE STARS, Horror, sex, SHOCKTOBER!, , Women's Cinema

October 24, 2023

From Krzysztof Komeda’s perfectly haunting musical motif to its sublimely Gothic urban atmosphere, in and around Manhattan’s Central Park West…

BASKETCASE — SHOCKTOBER!

American Independent Cinema, Black Comedy, Capsules Blog, Classic Cinema, Cult Film, FIVE STARS, Horror, Podcast, sex, Sexploitation, SHOCKTOBER!, Transgressive Cinema

October 24, 2023

In episode #25 Mike and I take an old school trip to bad old Manhattan of the ’80s with BASKET…

BAD TIMING: A SENSUAL OBSESSION — SHOCKTOBER!

BDSM, British Cinema, Capsules Blog, Classic Cinema, Criterion Collection, Cult Film, FIVE STARS, Horror, Podcast, Psychological Thriller, sex, Sexploitation, SHOCKTOBER!

October 23, 2023

Brooklyn artist Valleire Trachsler came on the show to talk about one of Isabelle Huppert’s favorite films included in the…

THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE 2 — SHOCKTOBER!

BDSM, Black Comedy, Capsules Blog, Cult Film, Dutch Cinema, Horror, sex, Sexploitation, SHOCKTOBER!, , THREE STARS, Transgressive Cinema

October 20, 2023

Will this movie give nightmares to more than a few of the audiences who manage to last through it? You…

BURKE & HARE — SHOCKTOBER!

Black Comedy, British Gangster, Capsules Blog, Horror, sex, SHOCKTOBER!, , THREE STARS, Video Essay, Women's Cinema

October 19, 2023

John Landis’s loving homage to the Vaudeville and Grand Guignol-based humor of Britain’s Ealing Studios is a retrofitted black comedy…

FINAL DESTINATION 5 — SHOCKTOBER!

Black Comedy, Capsules Blog, Franchise, Horror, sex, SHOCKTOBER!, , THREE STARS, Transgressive Cinema, Women's Cinema

October 19, 2023

The “Final Destination” franchise settles into its comfortable shock horror rhythm in this latest outing. Notable is the film’s proficient…

THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH — SHOCKTOBER!

Capsules Blog, Classic Cinema, Criterion Collection, Cult Film, Dystopia, FIVE STARS, Horror, LGBTQ, Literary Adaptation, Music, Political Satire, Rock 'n' Roll, Sci-Fi, sex, SHOCKTOBER!, , Women's Cinema

October 18, 2023

“The Man Who Fell to Earth” is brilliantly stylized science fiction satire about an alien who comes to our big…

LITTLE OTIK — SHOCKTOBER!

Animation, Black Comedy, Capsules Blog, Czech New Wave, FIVE STARS, sex, SHOCKTOBER!, , Transgressive Cinema, Women's Cinema

October 17, 2023

Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer draws upon his long history of theatrical experience working with marionettes in this mysteriously comic retelling…

PERFORMANCE — SHOCKTOBER!

British Cinema, Capsules Blog, FIVE STARS, LGBTQ, Music, Rock 'n' Roll, sex, Sexploitation, SHOCKTOBER!, Transgressive Cinema, Women's Cinema

October 17, 2023

A collaboration between British directors Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg, “Performance” is a stunning experimental film. It pioneered a slew…

SALO, OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM — SHOCKTOBER!

Capsules Blog, Classic Cinema, Cult Film, FIVE STARS, Italian Cinema, LGBTQ, Literary Adaptation, Political Satire, sex, Sexploitation, SHOCKTOBER!, Transgressive Cinema

October 17, 2023

Welcome! Groupthink doesn’t live here, critical thought does. This ad-free website is dedicated to Agnès Varda and to Luis Buñuel.…

THE DAMNED — SHOCKTOBER!

Capsules Blog, Classic Cinema, Cult Film, FIVE STARS, Historical Epic, Horror, Italian Cinema, Political History, sex, Sexploitation, SHOCKTOBER!, Transgressive Cinema, True Crime, War, Women's Cinema

October 17, 2023

That Visconti’s iconic vision became a cinematic touchstone for other influential filmmakers is a testament to the Italian director’s lasting…

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NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE — SHOCKTOBER!

GRINDHOUSE — SHOCKTOBER!

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PERFORMANCE — SHOCKTOBER!

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