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• Norman Norman

  Norman Norman 2018

  

  Colin Stacy 2

  In a way Sophy Romvari’s Norman Norman is a truly post-human work. The body of Norman’s human is always dissected by the frame. Her head is cut off from the…

• Civilisation

  Civilisation 1969

  

  Matt Ellis ★★★★

  I'm not a historian but even I know this isn't all right and yet.....holy moly the tracking shots of the ruins throughout this are hypnotic. This is my get high…

• Mad Detective

  Mad Detective 2007

  

  Ry Knight

  Didn’t expect such a brutal ending after all the Wai Ka-Fai hijinks but it retains its surreal flavors despite the bleak pitch it hits. In other words, a helluva movie.

• Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the…

  Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes 1984

  

  Joe ★★★ 17

  Welcome to the Jungle

  Tarzan is basically a pulp character so I don't have any idea why anyone thought it was necessary to give him this lavish studio treatment like…

• La La Land

  La La Land 2016

  

  Neil Bahadur ★★★½

  The music not actually being good is probably fatal considering it's a musical, some of the character and narrative motivations are nearly comically obtuse, but the anxiety of failing at…