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Now Playing: ‘Death of Robin Hood’ is not your Daddy’s folk hero
By: Gordon Briggs
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Many movies have left behind the romanticized versions of ancient heroes. Whether it’s deconstructing the King Arthur knights in The Green Knight, or more recently depicting Odysseus through the modern… Read More
Now Playing: ‘Leviticus’ could become a Queer Horror classic
By: Gordon Briggs
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For decades, queer intimacy was regulated to subtext, or worse, was depicted as something to be feared or destroyed. Thankfully, this new Australian film has crafted a story with complex… Read More
Now Playing: On the road to Disclosure
By: Gordon Briggs
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The new film Disclosure Day features extraterrestrials, characters on the run, and humans with mysterious powers, all of whom are pursued by government agents intent on preventing our heroes from… Read More
Now Playing ‘Disclosure Day’: How can we talk to aliens if we can’t even talk to each other?
By: Gordon Briggs
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Disclosure Day grabbed me from the beginning. Rather than slowly building up with a traditional introduction, this movie kicks off in the middle of the story and drops us into… Read More
Now Playing: A look at liminal horror
By: Gordon Briggs
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The new film Backrooms has been praised as a “Liminal Horror film”, but what exactly does that mean? The word liminal comes from the Latin word limen, meaning “threshold.” These… Read More
Now Playing: ‘Backrooms’ finds fear in the oddest places
By: Gordon Briggs
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As a young boy, I was in and out of hospitals a lot due to my asthma. I remember late one night, while I was recovering from a nasty asthma… Read More
Now Playing: Lady outlaws on the road
By: Gordon Briggs
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The new film, Is God Is, offers viewers the latest example of a complex category of the Lady Outlaw movie. Comprising a mix of genres from westerns about female gunslingers… Read More
Now Playing: ‘Is God Is’, a fantastic female revenge film
By: Gordon Briggs
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“I want you to make your daddy dead.” That’s the bizarre request a mother makes of her two estranged daughters, which sets off a series of violent events in Is… Read More
Now Playing: ‘Obsession’, when romance goes terribly wrong
By: Gordon Briggs
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When I walked into Obsession, I knew nothing about the film. That was probably the best way to watch the movie because it turned out to be a dark, disturbing,… Read More
Now Playing: ‘Hokum’ is a hotel horror film that’s worth checking out
By: Gordon Briggs
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A hotel is the perfect location for a horror film. Whether it’s the Bates Motel in Psycho or the Overlook Hotel in The Shining, hotels are locations that thrive on… Read More
Now Playing: ‘The Sheep Detectives’ is GOAT
By: Gordon Briggs
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I enjoy a good murder mystery. I also enjoy family films that center on cute animals. So it probably isn’t a surprise that I was so thoroughly charmed by The… Read More
Now Playing: ‘Hamlet’ puts a modern spin on a classic tragedy
By: Gordon Briggs
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A dead king, a message from a ghost, a prince’s quest for revenge, a poison cup, a high body count, Hamlet is one of the best things ever written. I’ve… Read More
Now Playing: ‘Mother Mary’ mixes fashion, music, and fantasy into one strange brew
By: Gordon Briggs
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We’ve all blocked, unfriended, and ghosted someone over the years. Maybe we did it to a person we were once close to. However, sometimes the people we’ve cast out of… Read More
Now Playing: ‘I Love Boosters’: a surreal social satire about shoplifters
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“Booster”, in slang, is a shoplifter who steals high-priced items from a store to resell them. With his new film, I Love Boosters, provocative director Boots Riley crafts a clever,… Read More
Now Playing: ‘Ready or Not 2’ and ‘They Will Kill You’: Tell the same story with different results
By: Gordon Briggs
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If you’re an avid movie watcher, it happens from time to time: you go to the theater to watch two different movies by different filmmakers, yet it feels like you’re… Read More
Now Playing: ‘The Drama’ is a dark anti-rom-com guaranteed to divide audiences
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“What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?” That’s the question that slowly snowballs and unravels a relationship in The Drama, a pitch-black comedy about love, judgment, and the nature of… Read More
Now Playing: Space Race Cinema
By: Gordon Briggs
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This week, NASA made history again when the Artemis II crew completed a journey around the moon. This time, TV and phone screens showed us a view of Planet Earth… Read More
Now Playing: ‘The Librarians’ is an informative look into the battle over book banning
By: Gordon Briggs
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The subject of banned books has always interested me. I’ve always believed that if people are actively trying to prevent you from reading a certain book, it’s probably a book… Read More
Now Playing : Outer space, inner turmoil
By: Gordon Briggs
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Project Hail Mary has been a hit with audiences worldwide. However, the film is one in a series set in outer space that explores the theme of isolation. Here are… Read More
Now Playing: ‘Project Hail Mary’ delivers a humorous sci-fi crowd pleaser
By: Gordon Briggs
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Our sun is dying, and Earth doesn’t have much longer to live. Our only hope is a crew of astronauts who will build a ship, launch into space, and carry… Read More
Now Playing: ‘Love Hurts’ – three movies about killer couples
By: Gordon Briggs
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The recent movie The Bride! is the latest edition of the series of films I call “Killer Couple” films. These are classics like Bonnie & Clyde or True Romance that… Read More
Now Playing: ‘The Bride!’ is a memorable mess of a monster movie
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The new film The Bride! is a mess, but what do we mean when we say ‘mess’? The definition refers to a state of disorder, untidiness, or dirtiness, often referring… Read More
Now Playing: ‘Pillion’ is an effective romance wrapped in leather
By: Gordon Briggs
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Usually, BDSM is portrayed in movies as something dark, violent, and ‘kinky’. I go back to films like 50 Shades of Grey with its torrid office affair, or that infamous… Read More
Now Playing: When Worlds Collide: three excellent films about colonialist , conquerors, and Indigenous communities
By: Gordon Briggs
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While some films have glorified the exploration of the Americas, the recent film Magellan is one in a series of films that depict the conquest of the Americas and the… Read More
Now Playing: ‘Magellan’ is a memorable movie about the horrors of colonialism
By: Gordon Briggs
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Sometimes even the most well-intentioned film can make the horrors of history look entertaining. Whether it’s the allure of high-seas adventures, war films that take us to ancient battlefields, or… Read More
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