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We took a week off last week with the Memorial Day holiday here in the States, but we are back! This week for Mubi Monday we have an independent film that blurs the lines between story and reality with…Dogleg (2023). Title: Dogleg Director: Al Warren Released: April 13, 2023 (limited theatrical) Runtime: 1 hour 24…
Have you ever wanted to have an incredibly close bond with a celebrity? What if that bond was sharing an illness? Well, for this week’s Mubi Monday review, we’ll get to see just how that plays out with… Antiviral (2012). Title: Antiviral Director: Brandon Cronenberg Released: May 19, 2012 (Cannes Film Festival) Runtime: 1 hour…
This time around for our featured Letterboxd Lists review we revisit the Letterboxd Top 250. More specifically, we look at number seventy-one on the list (as of May 16th, 2024) …Sherlock Jr. (1924). Title: Sherlock Jr. Director: Buster Keaton Runtime: 45 minutes Released: April 17, 1924 (United States) Available to stream on: Kanopy and Tubi…
Here we go, another installment of Mubi Monday is here! This week we have a French comedy that borders on the absurd. We’ll see just how absurd things get with…Keep an Eye Out (2018). Title: Keep an Eye Out (Au poste!) Director: Quentin Dupieux Released: June 26, 2018 (France) Available to stream on: Mubi (here’s…
Welcome back again for another installment of Mubi Monday! Hope you’re ready to get a little weird, because like it or not, it’s going to happen. Grab your polaroid camera, tape player, scrapbook, and let’s dive into…Apples (2020). Title: Apples Director: Christos Nikou Released: September 2, 2020 (Venice International Film Festival) Runtime: 1 hour 31…
We’re back again to continue our journey through the featured Letterboxd Lists. This time we take a look at Edgar Wright’s 1,000 Favorite Movies. I have only seen 234 of those 1,000 movies, so that leaves us with plenty to choose from. Well, I scrolled at random and wound up stopping on…The Stunt Man (1980)….
Well, its Monday, that can only mean one thing…another installment of Mubi Monday! This week we take a look at an independent comedy from the late ’90s with…A Fish in the Bathtub (1998). Title: A Fish in the Bathtub Director: Joan Micklin Silver Released: April 23, 1998 (USA Film Festival) Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes…
Welcome back for another installment of Mubi Monday! This week we are taking a look at a film that was the 2023 Chilean submission for Best International Feature Film. It’s a wild ride, so saddle up as we dive into…The Settlers (2023). Title: The Settlers Director: Felipe Gálvez Released: May 22, 2023 (Cannes Film Festival)…
One of the things about Mubi Monday that I am enjoying is that there is so much on the service that I’d never be exposed to if it weren’t for Mubi. From short films to foreign films that cover all corners of the Earth, festival darlings, and everything in between. This week I was scrolling…
This time around in our continued quest through the featured Letterboxd Lists we have a selection off of a list of great movies. But it isn’t just any list, it’s the Roger Ebert’s “Great Movies” list, which includes every movie from his essays of the same name. So, on a list that totals 378 movies,…