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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: Django
This excellent 1966 spaghetti Western is ultraviolent, gritty, raw, and one of the finest additions to the Western film canon. It also spawned a bazillion sequels, none of which capture the excitement and fiery bravado of the original. Franco Nero … Continue reading
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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: Into the Abyss
Werner Herzog continues to stir souls with his most recent feature length documentary Into the Abyss. I haven’t seen his recent television series On Death Row, which focuses on the incarceration and philosophies and thoughts of certain death row inmates, … Continue reading
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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: Midnight Meat Train
No, it’s not gay pornography. Midnight Meat Train is a 2008 horror film adapted from one of Clive Barker’s short stories in the Books of Blood. Arguably the most stunning and visceral of the stories from the first volume of Books … Continue reading
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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
I recently read that the accused members of the crime featured in Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills have all been recently released (that’s the subject of another documentary in the series called Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory), … Continue reading
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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: Come and See (Idi i smotri)
Come and See is a 1985 Soviet war film directed by Elem Kimov which focuses on the events in a young boy’s life in Belarus during World War II. I was jarred by this film. Many critics put Apocalypse Now … Continue reading
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Runstedler’s Best Albums of 2011
2011 was a great year for music. Fleet Foxes took the crown with their splendid record Helplessness Blues, which was both an inspirational and transcendental journey. PJ Harvey and Paul Simon proved that they’re still in fine form as king … Continue reading
Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: The Fisher King
The Fisher King is a remarkable film directed by Terry Gilliam which stars Jeff Bridges as an arrogant radio DJ who meets a quixotic homeless man. Bridges plays Jack Lucas, whose on-air remarks prompt a tragic shooting. Among the casualties … Continue reading
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Albino Crocodile Allegory Explained
After watching Werner Herzog’s recent documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams, many viewers were puzzled by his presentation of the albino crocodiles in the postscript. I would like to offer my interpretation of the albino crocodiles sequence to explain any misunderstandings or … Continue reading
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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: Fellini Satyricon
Emerging as Fellini’s most visual and perhaps strangest film, Fellini Satyricon is an adaptation of (supposedly) Petronius’ work. The film centres on the hedonistic society of pre-Christian Rome. La Dolce Vita will always be my personal favourite Fellini film, but … Continue reading
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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: Remember Me
I don’t usually care too much for Robert Pattinson, but even if you perceive him with absolute indifference, there’s something to be said about his role in Remember Me. Pattinson produces and stars in the Allen Coulter-directed film. Cristal recommended … Continue reading
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