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February 9, 2018

The 2018 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts: Freedom and Restraint, by Dayne Linford

Ideally, animation showcases the best of what cinema as an art form has to offer – unmoored from the typical physical and monetary limits, the camera sees what it will, constrained only by the imagination of the filmmaker. In a...

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December 14, 2017

Shakespeare-Wallah: The Breaking of So Great a Thing, by Dayne Linford

At the start of the early James Ivory film Shakespeare Wallah (1965), filmed in a long tracking shot over a beautiful, ornate table laden with food, a Maharajah (Utpal Dutt), at ease amongst the riches of his palace, relays to...

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August 9, 2017

Home Video Hovel: The Paul Naschy Collection, by Dayne Linford

One of the best things about cinema over this last century, characterized by this art form perhaps above all others, is the way it has left thousands of little pockets, obscure cinematic worlds unto themselves, just waiting for you to...

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May 31, 2017

Home Video Hovel: Return of the Dragon, by Dayne Linford

There’s little left to be said regarding The Way of the Dragon (released in the U.S. as Return of the Dragon), the only film written and directed by Bruce Lee, as well as featuring him as its star. However, for...

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April 26, 2017

Czech That Film Tour 2017: The Teacher, by Dayne Linford

Social systems have a tendency to self-replicate, and therefore self-reinforce, all the way down the ladder, forming a fractal pattern, a series of the same values and, often, the same abuses. Growing up in a capitalist system, children learn to...

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April 25, 2017

Czech That Film Tour 2017: Tiger Theory, by Dayne Linford

I’ve always been a huge fan of the comedic subgenre surrounding the “battle of the sexes” – women and men pitted against each other, usually ending in a tempestuous and hilarious romance. Your standard romantic comedies are a derivation of...

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April 21, 2017

Czech That Film Tour 2017: The Noonday Witch, by Dayne Linford

At their weakest, horror movies can be boiled down to one or two “gotcha” elements, thematic or environmental springboards which carry the weight of the vulnerabilities and anxieties supposedly expressed in the piece. TVs in The Ring, showers in Psycho;...

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April 18, 2017

Czech That Film Tour 2017: The Devil’s Mistress, by Dayne Linford

Czech That Film is an annual traveling festival showcasing the best in contemporary Czech cinema in theaters around the U.S. A schedule of showings and events can be found here – www.czechthatfilm.com Nazi movies are a dime a dozen and why...

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April 6, 2017

SHOT! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock: Mick Rockumentary, by Dayne Linford

If your documentary subject is the famous music photographer Mick Rock (yes, that’s his real name and yes, nobody can resist talking about it), creator of some of the most iconic pop culture images of the twentieth century, and you...

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February 9, 2017

The 2017 Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Shorts: Process and Politics, by Dayne Linford

The Oscar-nominated live-action shorts being their theatrical tour tomorrow. Perhaps the most unwatched category of the Academy’s nominated films, the shorts nevertheless often feature some of the most inventive, responsive, and interesting filmmaking of the year. For this year’s live...

Category: dayne linford

The 2018 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts: Freedom and Restraint, by Dayne Linford

Shakespeare-Wallah: The Breaking of So Great a Thing, by Dayne Linford

Home Video Hovel: The Paul Naschy Collection, by Dayne Linford

Home Video Hovel: Return of the Dragon, by Dayne Linford

Czech That Film Tour 2017: The Teacher, by Dayne Linford

Czech That Film Tour 2017: Tiger Theory, by Dayne Linford

Czech That Film Tour 2017: The Noonday Witch, by Dayne Linford

Czech That Film Tour 2017: The Devil’s Mistress, by Dayne Linford

SHOT! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock: Mick Rockumentary, by Dayne Linford

The 2017 Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Shorts: Process and Politics, by Dayne Linford

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