(Minimal spoilers because I hate reviews that tell you exactly what happens in a film. If I wanted to know that I would, I don’t know, go see it myself. I read reviews for an opinion, a perspective, not a blow-by-blow, scene-by-scene examination) I went to see “Thor” at the Loews Uptown today, a theater that–if not […]
“Desert Punk” takes place in a dystopian post-apocalyptic future. Mankind destroyed the modern world in a cataclysm that turned Japan into the Great Kanto Desert. Life in the desert is rough and mercenaries roam wild, taking on and completing any job as long as it pays enough. The show focuses on the adventures of the Kanta […]
“The horror, the horror!” Kurtz’s last words evoking the unspeakable reality of the Congo during the reign of Belgium’s King Leopold, were brought home to Europe by the narrator of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. They meant to convey the infernal visions of what he had witnessed in a distant and exotic land. Kurtz, as […]
As bombastic as its name suggests, Borat explodes in your face, leaving a desert of meaning. One scene in particular describes the anthropological quest embodied by this film.
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