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American Factory excellently conveys the complexities of a culture clash, and is an insightful illumination of globalization.
Any advocate for the sustainable farming industry will enjoy director Laura Dunn’s documentary Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry.
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail focuses on a bank who could be scapegoated for the crisis without decimating the U.S. financial system.
We spoke with legendary documentarian Steve James about his new film, Abacus: Small Enough To Jail, about the economic crisis & finding truth.
Is there a term for one-hit wonder film directors? Whilst the idea of the one-hit wonder is quite prevalent within music (I’m a sucker for late ’90s, early 2000s one hit wonders, who doesn’t love Breakfast at Tiffany’s?), it’s a concept that’s becoming quite frequent in cinema as well; filmmakers who coast off the success of one film.
Set in 1630, Robert Eggers’ The Witch follows a family banished from a Puritan community and forced to live, isolated and penniless, in a remote woodlands shack. Soon, malevolent forces begin to molest the kids and infect the goat, and the family is engulfed in a maelstrom of religious hysteria and occultist magic. With its deeply unsettling atmosphere and frenzied performances, The Witch has (not undeservedly) become one of the most acclaimed horror films of the new millennium, with many critics praising its attention to detail and the slow-burning tension of its narrative (as well as its mascot:
It’s 12:15AM. The once frantic New Year’s Eve party is well on the decline, most party-goers have ventured off, some have passed out or are making out and several lively people remain.
WOLFEN: Horror, Capitalism & The Environment
Watching Wolfen in 2020 is like opening a time capsule full of predictions that have all come true.