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I’m a big fan of Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures. I feel it’s one of the most overlooked films of the 90’s, and a turning point in Jackson’s career. After having seen it, I became really interested in the true-story behind it, one of two girls whose lives were so mundane and boring that they [...]

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Much like the J-horror boom a few years back, it seems like France is the new hotspot for kick-ass horror films. Films such as Haute Tension, Them, and Inside take extreme, harrowing horror to a whole new level, and I personally loved all of them (Them to a lesser extent than the other two [...]

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Being an anime fan, I’ve always wondered why the rest of the world rarely takes animation films seriously. Seeing the praise for films like Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue (or any of his films, for that matter) and Isao Takahata’s Grave of the Fireflies, I find that odd. They show mature, serious subject matter can [...]

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Le Interior begins with a pretty cliché shot. It is a close-up of our protagonist. And it is a fetus. There is a violent noise, and our young hero is slammed against the uterine wall. A contusion splashes across nubile flesh and a bit of blood splatters. And it [...]

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One of my favorite horror films of the year was the the French film, Frontier(s). It will be hitting a few select theaters on May 9th, with the DVD release on May 13th. If you are a horror movie fan and have not seen this beautifully, gory film, you really should check it out. It [...]

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