In the quiet tranquility of a small but comfortable apartment sits Euridice (Vera Tschechowa), a young woman who has been sentenced to spend an unknown amount of time as a prisoner to an unseen entity, which constantly calls the apartment just to mock her situation and to give her false hope that she will soon…
Author: The Postmodern Pelican
White Collar Blues (1975)
Only bad things seem to happen to Ugo Fantozzi (Paolo Villaggio), who may just be the most unlucky man in existence. A long-suffering accountant who has worked for the enormous ItalPetrolCementThermoTextilPharmMetalChemical for over twenty years, he has hardly anything to show for it – his wife (Liù Bosisio) is far from the woman of his…
Nashville (1975)
Robert Altman made the films no one else was willing to make, and the ones very few were able to even conceive of. In his long and storied career, the director crafted films that spanned genres, nations and even the occasional dimension. His films were sometimes not even all that good, but still managed to…
Fear of Fear (1975)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder knew how to make three different kinds of films better than anything else – the comedic (Beware of a Holy Whore, Chinese Roulette), the melancholic (I Only Want You To Love Me) and the tragic (Fox and His Friends, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul) – and in his extremely prolific career, nearly…
Midsommar (2019)
Turns out I didn’t learn my lesson after Hereditary. Ari Aster is clearly a director in need of some form of therapy (or perhaps a form of exorcism) if Midsommar has anything to say about it. I am not entirely sure if Midsommer is a film that I absolutely adored or vehemently despise, and I…
Primer (2004)
Budget constraints and a lack of experience should not stop anyone from making an audacious or innovative film, no matter how hard Hollywood campaigns for the idea that a bigger budget is somewhat indicative of quality. No one knows this better than Shane Carruth, whose career may only consist of two films, but remains one…
The Day of the Locust (1975)
Hollywood in the late 1930s. We are introduced to the various residents of the San Bernadino Arms, a complex that serves as the home of a variety of people related to showbusiness, or at least those who claim to be. Tod Hackett (William Atherton) is a talented visual artist who has been relegated to drawing…
Grey Gardens (1975)
“It’s very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present” I have a very strange relationship with Grey Gardens. Documentary filmmaking has always been a passion of mine, and some of the most profound moments in my life as a film-lover have come from non-fiction filmmaking in various ways. Grey Gardens was…
Manila in the Claws of Light (1975)
Júlio Madiaga (Bembol Roco) has just arrived in the Filipino metropolis of Manila after living most of his life in a rural area. His appearance is presumably that of finding a job, just like the countless other young men driven to the big city, looking to make a living and provide for their families, most…
Seven Beauties (1975)
In the history of cinema, there has never been someone like Lina Wertmüller. Not only did she make history numerous times, but she has also left an indelible impression on the industry, not only paving a path for several female filmmakers to have their voices heard but also becoming one of the greatest directors of…
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