Category: Weird Cinema

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Mike Leigh and Marianne Jean-Baptiste a perfect pairing: Hard Truths Review (2024)

January 31, 2025

The depths of Pansy’s (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) neuroticism and narcissism is captured in such a raw state by Jean-Baptiste’s masterful performance. Awe-inspiring, tour-de-force as the tornado that barrels through every situation. A Mike Leigh script that sits down and asks the difficult questions of why so much anger and pain. Leigh, subtly but effectively showcases what has made Pansy one of the most spittingly bitter characters in film history. … More Mike Leigh and Marianne Jean-Baptiste a perfect pairing: Hard Truths Review (2024)

The American Surrealist: David Lynch

January 18, 2025

In his work and life, Lynch exemplified unfiltered authenticity as if every word or scene came from his soul. When he talks about transcendental meditation, he speaks about an ocean of unconscious thought and how ideas come from this ocean. He speaks as a fisherman who catches ideas as they come into the subconscious mind. He brings this ocean to Twin Peaks: The Return as Cooper is trapped here.  … More The American Surrealist: David Lynch

The Right Story at the Right Time for Robert Eggers: Nosferatu (2024)

January 17, 2025

Robert Eggers has a true affinity for the 1922 version of Nosferatu. Egger’s modernizes FW Murnau’s vision visually and narratively to accentuate the brutish, limp Romania Count that possesses incredible supernatural powers. In terms of atmospherics, it has to be … More The Right Story at the Right Time for Robert Eggers: Nosferatu (2024)

Lake Michigan Monster (2022) a Midwestern Weird Gem

January 16, 2025

Gleeful black-and-white indie cinema made for no less than $7,000. With limited cash flow, director Ryland Birckson Cole-Tews leans on his slapstick humor to tell a condensed story, but even then, some visual sequences of montage consist of fantastical psychedelic images and practical effects help fill out this movie. Cole-Tews, as director and star, leads … More Lake Michigan Monster (2022) a Midwestern Weird Gem