PinnedCome Visit Filmofile’s HideoutClick below to see all of Filmofile’s uncensored writings in their entirety. They are all organized into categories for easy searching. Filmofile’s Hideout From critiques of art house to lampoons of grindhouse, from propaganda to pornography, and avant-garde to drive-in…www.filmofileshideout.comMovies1 min readMovies1 min read
5 days agoAdventures In Underground Film With Jon Moritsugu and Amy Davis“For me, Mod Fuck Explosion was the culmination of the right amount of narrative and the right amount of sheer spectacle. Combine ’em and you’ve got something that’s really interesting. Fun to watch, fun to follow, but not necessarily making sense all the time.” No, you don’t. I mean, maybe…Film9 min readFilm9 min read
Sep 10Around The World In 56 FilmsBroaden your horizons on a whirlwind tour of films from 56 different countries. This is not a list of the most important films in the world. It is a list of great films worth watching. …Film4 min readFilm4 min read
Published inCounter Arts·Sep 9Raj Kapoor’s Landmark Opus, ‘Awaara’Raj Kapoor’s 1951 film is excellent — Raj Kapoor’s 1951 Bollywood epic Awaara is 2 hours and 45 minutes long. More than enough time to deliver two plots, ten musical numbers, a Busby Berkley style dream sequence, a complex moral, and some religion too. …India7 min readIndia7 min read
Sep 3Alex Proyas’ First Film: “Spirits Of The Air, Gremlins Of The Clouds”Spirits Of The Air, Gremlins Of The Clouds was written, directed, and produced in 1989 by Alex Proyas. It was shot in a desert in New South Wales, Australia, on a budget of $500,000. This was Proyas’ first film out of film school. He would later go on to be…Movie Review4 min readMovie Review4 min read
Published inCounter Arts·Sep 2Govindan Aravindan’s Kummatty: The Beauty Is In The TellingAravindan’s Kummatty is a mysterious, Malayalam Cinema beauty — There is nothing you could change or tweak to improve Kummatty. It functions on its own terms and succeeds in producing something simple and beautiful. It is a folktale and carries with it the richness of the culture that created it. …India4 min readIndia4 min read
Published inCounter Arts·Sep 2Rajamouli’s 2022 Blockbuster, RRRS.S. Rajamouli’s three hour epic is over the top — RRR is a very silly movie. A very silly and very expensive movie. The most expensive India has ever produced. It cost 72 million dollars. The movie is an overblown, action-packed thriller bellowing out an epic battle between good and evil, the good being the Indians and the bad being…Bollywood7 min readBollywood7 min read
Aug 31I Couldn’t Wait For “End Of The World” To EndOh my lord, this movie is boring! I watched the whole thing on 1.5x speed, but it still felt painfully slow. Nothing happens, I mean, really nothing at all. People move around on screen and recite dialogue, but it goes nowhere. I would have been grateful for any tiny semblance…Movıe6 min readMovıe6 min read
Aug 2720 Bizarre Movie PostersI present to you 20 of the strangest movie posters I have ever seen, not including those hand made ones from Ghana. Those are in a class by themselves.Movies2 min readMovies2 min read
Aug 23Ultraman Zero: Revenge of BelialUltraman Zero: Revenge of Belial appears to have been filmed entirely in front of a green screen. It could have been made in someone’s basement. There are no sets, just some costumes, a fog machine, and a ton of cheap CGI. It may have a short ingredient list, but so…Movies4 min readMovies4 min read