Die Rache der Wanderhure
Die Rache der Wanderhure (2012) is the sequel to Die Wanderhure (2010), a highly successful German television film based on the novel by Iny Lorentz. Die Rache der Wanderhure picks… Read more »
Tag: 2010s
I Am Dragon
The Russian film I Am Dragon (2015) was clearly envisioned as a way of exploiting the success of the Twilight movies. However, I Am Dragon is based on a young… Read more »
Mardock Scramble: The First Compression
Mardock Scramble: The First Compression (2010) follows the same rape/revenge formula as Yasuomi Umetsu’s Kite (1998) and Mezzo Forte (2001). Mardock Scramble: The First Compression is set in a super… Read more »
All Summers End
All Summers End (2017) follows in the tradition of dramas like Sleepers (1996) wherein the protagonist comes of age while reckoning with the adult consequences of an immature prank or… Read more »
Vamps
Amy Heckerling’s Vamps (2012) is a horror-comedy that looks on the bright side of its inherent genre tropes. Vamps looks at Larraz’s Vampyres (1974) and Rollin’s Perdues dans New York… Read more »
La región salvaje
Amat Escalante’s film La región salvaje (2016), or The Untamed in english territories, is a bizarre fusion of the domestic drama with erotic science fiction. Escalante transports Edo style erotic,… Read more »
Under The Skin
In the time since its first release Jonathan Glazer’s film Under The Skin (2013) has only risen in its critical status. Some blogs that I have encountered consider Under The… Read more »
In Search Of Darkness
David A. Weiner’s In Search Of Darkness (2019) is a film about American horror films made in the eighties. Over the course of a 264 minute runtime, Weiner combines clips… Read more »
High Life
In High Life (2018) filmmaker Claire Denis uses the science fiction genre to deal with human themes in the abstract. As a space ship of convicts hurdles towards a black… Read more »
The Runaways
Floria Sigismondi’s The Runaways (2010) is an explosive and highly romanticized look at the early years of the titular band. Inspired more than based on Cherie Currie’s memoir Neon Angel:… Read more »
