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Cars and Girls and Corpses
On David Cronenberg's 'The Shrouds' (2024), wanting to be a corpse, listening to Prefab Sprout, and the beauty of ruining your life
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Fred Barrett
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Electric Trio Vol. 8
'Too Late for Tears' (1949), 'Hong Kong, Hong Kong' (1983), and 'Jessica Forever' (2018)
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Fred Barrett
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The Best Films of 2024
Looking for new ways forward
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Fred Barrett
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Electric Trio Vol. 7
'The Wedding March' (1928), 'The Possessed' (1965), and 'Motorway' (2012)
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Fred Barrett
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Glimmering Stars of the Great Bear
On Luchino Visconti's 'Sandra' (1965)
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Sebastian
Electric Trio Vol. 6: Halloween Quintet
'Satan's Rhapsody' (1917), 'The White Reindeer' (1952), 'Through the Looking Glass' (1976), 'Ogroff' (1983), and 'Loft' (2005)
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Fred Barrett
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Electric Trio Vol. 5
'The Great Consoler' (1933), 'The Fastest Gun Alive' (1956), and 'Thick Skinned' (1989)
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Fred Barrett
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Heartbreak... Death Match
On Shinji Sōmai's 'Luminous Woman' (1987), Keiji Muto, masculinity in contention with modernity, and the role of the wrestler as his own narrator
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Alejandro Valadez
Rest Easy, Big Fellas
On the Farrelly brothers' 'Shallow Hal' (2001), Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai's 'Love on a Diet' (2001), and the death of the fatsuit comedy
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Eddie Averill
Electric Trio Vol. 4
'From Morn to Midnight' (1920), 'The Demon' (1963), and 'Women of the Night' (2001)
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Fred Barrett
Nomad Codes of Honor
On Jia Zhangke's 'Ash Is Purest White' (2018) and the Modern Jiānghú
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Yui Antinomy
Electric Trio Vol. 3
'The Goat Horn' (1972), 'Brigade of Death' (1985), and the 'Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi!' series (2012–2015)
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Fred Barrett
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louis norton
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