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The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001): Surrealist, horror, musical, black comedy.
Takashi Miike’s musical-horror-comedy The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001) follows the exploits of the failure-prone members of the Katakuri family as they start up their quiet mountain bed & breakfast inn. As business starts picking up, and all their guests begin dying of various ridiculous causes, the Katakuri family is forced to band together in […]
Zardoz (1974): “Go forth, and kill!”
One of the worst films of all time? Maybe. John Boorman’s Zardoz (1974) ponders the ethics of technological and societal advancement. Zed (Sean Connery) is a savage warrior whose society is bred for the purpose of killing. When Zed hides within a giant flying stone head (?), he mingles with a technologically and psychologically advanced […]
Love & Pop (1998): Materialism with a cultural twist.
Hideaki Anno’s Love & Pop (1998) explores an activity that is apparently fairly popular in Japan, called enjo-kosai; compensated dating. Hiromi and her three friends are normal, middle-class teenagers in Japan, but they are not immune to the lure of fancy things. They decide to advertise themselves for compensated dating in order to have some […]
The Bling Ring (2013): “It all comes back to, like, bad choices.”
Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring (2013) is based on the true story of a gang of teenagers who made a hobby out of robbing celebrity homes; stealing roughly $3 million worth of jewellery, handbags, clothes, and cash, in under a year. Their victims include celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Rachel Bilson, […]
Dune (1984): “Where are my feelings?”
I have a confession to make. I love Dune. And I’m going to tell you why. The theatrical cut of Dune (1984) was directed by David Lynch. However, the extended television cut is directed by the one and only Alan Smithee; indicating that Lynch hated it so much that he wanted to use the notorious […]
Waltz With Bashir (2008): “Memory takes us where we need to go.”
Waltz With Bashir (2008), directed by Ari Folman, is a Israeli animated film which explores the concept of trauma and its relationship with memory. Years after his service with the Israeli Defense Force during what Israel calls the Lebanon War, Ari Folman (the director, and also main character) meets a friend who explains that he […]
Introduction
Hi internet, welcome to Film Grimoire. This blog will be a collection of film reviews that I write when I feel feelings about films and need to get them out of my brain. I attend a weekly movie night which has a democratic process of voting films to watch. As a result, I’ve seen a […]
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