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  Himiko 1974

  ★★★★ Watched by T. Flattley 17 Apr 2014 3

  A fable of the ethereal, the absurd, and the lustful.
  Boiling religion down to only the most captivating and sensual, Shinoda presents the Shinto mythology with the ostentatious painting of a Midnight Movie.

  What lies within this film is cryptic and obtuse, not wholly indecipherable, but ultimately illusive.
  The great august kami who shines in Heaven is portrayed through means similar to Macbeth, with betrayal and treachery proudly displaying their colours, as the iconoclast and incestuous writhe beneath the surface.…

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  Sir Drone 1989

  ★★★★★ Watched by T. Flattley 14 Sep 2013 7

  "Sir Drone" captures a time, a transition in aesthetics, where absurdity was almost as abundant as insolence; being a swinging dick was the dog's bollocks.

  The presence of this daffy, delinquent, ode to punk rock is sickeningly charming. I challenge anyone not to smile as the late great Mike Kelley screeches in Freudian self-loathing about hippies, and how insecure his lavish locks make him feel. A constantly cycling circle of pseudonyms, 'Gun', no, 'Vince', no, 'Scooter' avoids confrontation, as 'Duane'…

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  …And the Fifth Horseman Is Fear 1965

  ★★★★★ Watched by T. Flattley 24 Apr 2013 4

  Captivating, lucid, and provocative, "A pátý jezdec je strach" is a sterling example of the Czechoslovakian film miracle.
  Strong with symbolism, images of swarming crowds, bustled corridors, broken and broiling chimneys, work as visual metaphors in place of craving children, tragic trains, and gaunt faces.

  Though suffering oppression of his own (in the form of Stalin's festering fist), Zbyněk Brynych managed to craft a subtle and superb masterpiece of social commentary, drawing parallels between National Socialist occupation, and the stranglehold…

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  We Can't Go Home Again 1973

  ★★★★★ Watched by T. Flattley 15 Aug 2013

  Nicholas Ray needs no introduction, but "We Can't Go Home Again" might. Amidst Ray's catalogue of classics, this feature length presentation of video art sits a little uncomfortably, and its place in history might share the same polarity.

  Unsurprisingly, reception for this film was mixed. Veteran film editor, and sound designer, Walter Murch proclaimed the film a "mess" (after Ray unsuccessfully attempted to coerce finance from Francis Ford Coppola). However, a handful of reviewers saw the ingenuity in Ray's ambitious…