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Jul 2, 2021

Come Visit Filmofile’s Hideout

Jul 2, 2021

Burns’ “The Central Park Five” Compared To DuVernay’s “When They See Us.”

Ken Burns and his daughter Sarah made The Central Park Five in 2012. It was a sober, unsensationalized documentary intended to relay an…

May 4

Burns’ “The Central Park Five” Compared To DuVernay’s “When They See Us.”

May 4

Andy Milligan’s First Film “Vapors”

Andy Milligan was a self-taught writer, actor, and costume designer who lived and worked in Greenwich Village in New York City. In 1965, he…

Mar 3

Andy Milligan’s First Film “Vapors”

Mar 3

Unintentional Absurdity In Andy Milligan’s Movie “Seeds”

I may be wrong, but I think “Seeds” was a sincere attempt to produce an edgy melodrama. The intensity is pitched so high, it feels like a…

Feb 25

Unintentional Absurdity In Andy Milligan’s Movie “Seeds”

Feb 25

Be Sure To Get Some Rest And Hydrate Before Watching “Aachi & Ssipak”

Jo Beom-jin’s 2006 anime Aachi & Ssipak has enough action squeezed into its 90-minute runtime to make ten films. It’s about as fast-paced…

Feb 11

Be Sure To Get Some Rest And Hydrate Before Watching “Aachi & Ssipak”

Feb 11

Stéphane Lafleur’s Film “Viking” is Ingenious

Stéphane Lafleur’s 2022 Film Viking has an ingenious premise that opens the door to an entirely different way of rendering characters and…

Feb 4

Stéphane Lafleur’s Film “Viking” is Ingenious

Feb 4

I Admit It, I Enjoyed “Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend”

At some point, you have to own up to the fact that you are not an aloof and ironic observer watching an ultra-violent, sex-soaked orgy of…

Jan 28

I Admit It, I Enjoyed “Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend”

Jan 28

A History Lesson From “Macabre Legends Of The Colony”

For some reason, some wacko named Arturo Martínez decided to make a “historically based” luchador film. Now, I understand that it’s just a…

Jan 14

A History Lesson From “Macabre Legends Of The Colony”

Jan 14

The Inexplicable Existence Of “Crayon Shin-chan: Fast Asleep!”

I am a 55-year-old fan of a Japanese children’s cartoon called Crayon Shin-chan. I’m not sure how I got here, but there is no use denying…

Jan 7

The Inexplicable Existence Of “Crayon Shin-chan: Fast Asleep!”

Jan 7

Favorite Scenes №34: Amadeus

Miloš Forman directed Amadeus in 1984. It was a movie version of the hit play by Peter Shaffer from 1979. Shaffer never claimed that the…

Dec 31, 2023

Favorite Scenes №34: Amadeus

Dec 31, 2023

Filmofile

Filmofile

I have an MFA in painting and I’m an art professor but I managed to convince my school to let me teach film. My website http://www.filmofileshideout.com/

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