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Perfect Blue 20 years later remains beautiful and haunting
Gary Shannon August 20, 2018

How better to describe the films of the late Satoshi Kon than guiding spirits to our agitated subconscious. Although all his films can be called dream factories, this notion becomes quite literal in h…

Gary Shannon August 20, 2018
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The Film Canon: Matinee (1993)
Gary Shannon August 2, 2018

By 1960 close to 90% of American households owned a television set. This little bit of trivia plays a significant role in Joe Dante’s period comedy, set in Key West, Florida in October of 1962 when ch…

Gary Shannon August 2, 2018
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The Film Canon: The Great Silence (1968)
Gary Shannon July 13, 2018

At first glance there is little to distinguish between Jean-Louis Trintignant’s spaghetti western protagonist ‘Silence’ and Clint Eastwood’s ‘Man with No Name’. But over the course of Sergio Corbucci’…

Gary Shannon July 13, 2018
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The Film Canon: Sleepless in Seattle 25th Anniversary
Grant Jonsson June 26, 2018

I was quite surprised to find out that Sleepless in Seattle was celebrating its 25th year of release, a perfect match as my 25th year comes closer into view. A film that I’ve seen just as many t…

Grant Jonsson June 26, 2018
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The Film Canon: Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Eli Fine June 15, 2017

What a world of difference there is between the superhero blockbuster of today and the superhero blockbuster of 2004. What a vast, vast world of difference. Consider some of the best superhero films o…

Eli Fine June 15, 2017
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The Film Canon: The Fly (1986)
Matthew Goudreau August 15, 2016

David Cronenberg has long established himself to be a maverick in the world of film since his humble beginnings in the 1970s. From a career perspective, his filmography output took a different directi…

Matthew Goudreau August 15, 2016
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A Scanner Darkly: 10 Year Anniversary
Gary Shannon July 28, 2016

In the author’s note of Philip K. Dick’s A Scanner Darkly the author states, “drug misuse is not a disease, it is a decision, like the decision to step out in front of a moving car.” The b…

Gary Shannon July 28, 2016

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