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A frenetic, funny, foul-mouthed, and sometimes facile testament to the fact that language matters.
The band’s potent, percussive sound was years ahead of its time, as proven by today’s red hot London jazz scene, whose biggest stars are audibly influenced by Cymande.
The book’s final words offer hope for the future: “Despite the compromised nature of the trans film image of the past, there are many new horizons possible for the trans film image of the future, and that canvas, with all these images, will tell our story in cinema.”
Director Monia Chokri finds a language for communicating Sophia’s desire without putting her body on display.
Themes of class, race, and artistic appropriation reminiscent of “American Fiction” lurk beneath “Crumb Catcher”‘s generic conventions.
There’s more horror on the horizon, but “Longlegs” will undoubtedly stand as one of the buzziest chillers of 2024.
“The Devil’s Bath” demands your full engagement; along with its primordial intensity, a great deal of subtle intelligence lies beneath its visceral surface.
Film Commentary: Looking Sharp, Leatherface! “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” Turns Fifty
No 4k DVD, Blu-ray, theatrical digital, or streaming version of the movie improves on the visceral electricity of the original “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre”.
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