Remaking and undoing horror

For some reason, I just watched Zack Snyder’s remake of Dawn of the Dead (2004). I’d seen it when it first came out and found it pointless, but since then have discovered an odd, inexplicable appeal in Snyder’s work. He’s a lousy storyteller, with little sense of narrative pacing, but has an undeniable talent for […]

Blasts from the past

Ozu Yasujiro’s The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952):
Criterion Blu-ray review

Cary Joji Fukunaga’s Beasts of No Nation (2015):
Criterion Blu-ray review

Criterion Blu-ray review:
Frank Capra’s It Happened One Night (1934)

John Paskievich’s Special Ed debuts at Hot Docs

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