Bored by the Oscars? In this episode of Notes From the Back Row, Jenna, Veronica and Carlo make up their own awards show and categories in order to award the movies that mattered.
Double Feature: Dashed Dreams of Unrequited Love (Le Notti Bianche & The Science of Sleep)
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, it’s a double feature of Le Notti Bianche and The Science of Sleep–two films that can offer some therapeutic soul deflation to counteract the pressures of the day.
Carlo's Cream of the Crud: The Vengeful Beauty (1978)
Carlo is here, in living color, with a brand new video essay on Shaw Brothers’ The Vengeful Beauty (1978), a proto-girls with guns movie.
Episode 9 - CHUD Buddies Film Discoveries of 2018
In the latest episode of Notes From the Back Row, Dan and Carlo discuss some older, lesser-known hidden-gems they watched for the first time last year.
Double Feature: Where, Oh Where, Can My Baby Be? (Burning & The Vanishing)
Contrary to the somewhat giddy title, this is not a happy double feature. Both Burning and The Vanishing center around male protagonists trying to find a woman who has mysteriously disappeared.
Dan's Favourite Movie Discoveries of 2018
Dan Gorman lists his favorite new-to-him films of 2018, including a whole lot of Robert Wiseman documentaries and live-action cartoon C.H.O.M.P.S.
Veronica's Favorites of 2018: A Year of Quiet (And Not So Quiet) Desperation
To simply rattle off the movies I enjoyed, and the reasons why, would be too safe and too shallow. What follows is not a list of my favorite movies this year but rather an examination of one obvious, omnipresent theme: desperation.
Jenna's Top Ten Movies of 2018
In 2018 I watched 326 films, with around 41 of those being 2018 releases. Unfortunately, while I enjoyed many 2018 movies, very few stood out as outstanding to me.
Captain Carlo's Top 10 Movie Discoveries in 2018
You watch 700+ movies, what do you get? Another year older and closer to death.
Whoa, that got dark. Anyway… Yay movies!
Double Feature: Female Anxiety, Tinseltown Edition (Play It As It Lays & Ingrid Goes West)
You can dress it up in stars and glamour but at some point you’ll realize the sunny dream of Los Angeles is really just made of plaster and plyboard like the rest of it. Play It As It Lays and Ingrid Goes West both feature protagonists who figure that out a little too late.
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