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A video I've been wanting to make for a long time, here's the Beginner's Guide to International Cinema, a small sampling of films for viewers to watch when they're just starting their journey into foreign-language films, but don't know exactly where to start. Films Listed: 1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) 2. City of God (2002) 3. Volver (2006) 4. Who Killed Captain Alex? (2010) 5. A Sep...

Without further ado, the finale of the 2023 Cannes Quest, featuring reviews of EVERY film that played in competition this year. They include: 0:00 Intro 0:20 Asteroid City by Wes Anderson 1:00 A Brighter Tomorrow by Nanni Moretti 1:34 Monster by Hirokazu Kore-eda 2:19 Black Flies by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire 2:51 Banel & Adama by Ramata-Toulaye Sy 3:35 Perfect Days by Wim Wenders 4:13 Firebrand by...

The 2023 Cannes Quest keeps on rolling! This video will be about the 5 films I saw in the Un Certain Regard section, including: 0:00 Intro 0:17 The Breaking Ice by Anthony Chen 1:19 The Buriti Flower by Joao Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora 2:32 Goodbye Julia by Mohamed Kordofani 3:40 The Nature of Love (Simple Comme Sylvain) by Monia Chokri 4:42 How to Have Sex by Molly Manning Walker 5:47 Out...

Next installment of the Cannes Quest is here! This time, we're going through all the special screenings and out of competition titles I saw in 2023. 0:00 Intro No Flower Moon 😭 0:34 Jeanne du Barry by Maïwenn 2:01 Cobweb by Kim Jee-woon 3:28 Kubi by Takeshi Kitano 4:34 Along Came Love by Katell Quillévéré 5:31 Pictures of Ghosts by Kleber Mendonça Filho 6:30 Kennedy by Anurag Kashyap 8:04 Close...

Cannes reviews are back, baby! This year we're going to review almost every section, starting with the short films. 0:00 Intro 1:08 Strange Way of Life by Pedro Almodóvar 2:32 The Daughters of Fire by Pedro Costa 3:29 Phony Wars by Jean-Luc Godard 5:03 Outro PART 2 - Special Screenings/Out of Competition: th-cam.com/video/9_xOjX-qFk0/w-d-xo.html PART 3 - Un Certain Regard: th-cam.com/video/cY2a...

Title speaks for itself. 0:00 Intro 1:24 30-21 5:16 20-11 10:55 10-1 20:18 Outro LETTERBOXD: letterboxd.com/CynicOfCinema/ Music by Infraction Thanks for watching!

What's it like to join in on the Scream phenomenon so late in the game? Is there any new insight to be brought in from watching these movies outside the cultural hype train? That's what I wanna find out... LETTERBOXD: letterboxd.com/CynicOfCinema/ 0:00 Intro 1:42 Scream 4:12 Scream 2 5:42 Scream 3 7:27 Scream 4 9:39 Scream (2022) 11:41 Scream VI 14:28 Last Words Music by Infraction. Thanks for ...

It isn't right that animation in film is constantly belittled as being "For Kids," so here's a short video essay justifying the versatility of animation as a medium! LETTERBOXD: letterboxd.com/CynicOfCinema/ Music courtesy of Infraction. Thanks for watching!

What's the deal with shot-for-shot remakes in film? What purpose do they serve? Why make one in the first place? These are the questions I aim to answer in this video essay. LETTERBOXD: letterboxd.com/CynicOfCinema/ Music courtesy of Infraction. Thanks for watching!

Guess who's back? And with a video about the greatest actress of her generation, at that! Listen to me gush about Tilda Swinton for roughly 13 minutes. LETTERBOXD: letterboxd.com/CynicOfCinema/ Music courtesy of Infraction. Thanks for watching!

Much more somber than my usual content, but a video essay I've felt compelled to make for a long time. Here's why I think Hu Bo's An Elephant Sitting Still (2018) is a necessary watch for the world of today. LETTERBOXD: letterboxd.com/CynicOfCinema/ Thanks for watching.

Why do so many rappers make the jump to film? Why do so many of these films feel similar? What makes some of them different? Who knew Nas was such a bad actor? The answer to all this and more in this video essay. LETTERBOXD: letterboxd.com/CynicOfCinema/ Music courtesy of Infraction. Thanks for watching, and subscribe!

Charlie Kaufman... Need I say more? This video essay examines Kaufman's particular relationship with adapting other writers' works to film, going through his work on Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), Adaptation. (2002) and I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020). LETTERBOXD: letterboxd.com/CynicOfCinema/ Thanks for watching!

PART 1: th-cam.com/video/ROfesVLGwgI/w-d-xo.html PART 2: th-cam.com/video/R1VUgNgw89k/w-d-xo.html Having attended my first ever Cannes Film Festival, I thought I'd drop some video reviews of what I saw. Here are my thoughts on: 0:00 Intro 0:11 Armageddon Time by James Gray 2:35 Crimes of the Future by David Cronenberg 4:55 Tori and Lokita by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne 6:45 Showing Up by Kelly...

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