Nagisa Ōshima's most controversial movie out of a filmography of controversial movies and one of the most notorious films of all time. In the Realm of the Senses is a giant of a film. It's known for its graphic sex and violence, and even 50 years after its release it is still banned in Japan. The sex is unsimulated and at the forefront of nearly every scene of the film. It was one of the first art house films to…
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Satantango 1994
Sátántangó is one of the monoliths of cinema. A film that more people know the name of and even have an opinion of than have actually seen. It's known almost exclusively for its length, which is 7 hours and 12 minutes. It's far from the only movie of this length, and far from the longest there is to find, and yet this film has become by far the most notorious film above 4 hours. The overbearing amount of conversation around…
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You Won't Be Alone 2022
You Won't Be Alone is a holy experience. This is one of the few serious films about magic and the supernatural to portray it in a truly otherworldly way. There are moments in this completely unlike anything else I've seen. It's whimsical, comforting, and completely mysterious at the same time. It's like a window into a different world.
It's the story of a witch in the 19th century. She can take on the appearance of different people and through that…
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Southern Comfort 1981
This came out two years after The Warriors and it feels like Walter Hill just wanted to make the same movie again but changed slightly. It's the same setup about a group of people stuck in enemy territory and trying to get out alive. Although just because they're similar doesn't mean this is bad, it's actually pretty solid. I like movies focused on a group of characters and this does that well. They all have their own personalities and feel…
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Do the Right Thing 1989
"It's a free country isn't it?"
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Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021
We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine and the machine is bleeding to death. The government is corrupt, and we're on so many drugs with the radio on and the curtains drawn. I open up my wallet and it's full of blood.
