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Come Visit Filmofile’s Hideout

Click below to see all of Filmofile’s uncensored writings in their entirety. They are all organized into categories for easy searching.

1 min readJul 2, 2021

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Come Visit Filmofile’s Hideout

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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…

3 min readMar 3, 2024

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Andy Milligan’s First Film “Vapors”

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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…

4 min readFeb 25, 2024

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Unintentional Absurdity In Andy Milligan’s Movie “Seeds”

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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…

4 min readFeb 11, 2024

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

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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…

5 min readFeb 4, 2024

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Stéphane Lafleur’s Film “Viking” is Ingenious

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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…

5 min readJan 28, 2024

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

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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…

4 min readJan 14, 2024

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A History Lesson From “Macabre Legends Of The Colony”

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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…

5 min readJan 7, 2024

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

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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…

5 min readDec 31, 2023

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Favorite Scenes №34: Amadeus

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Chi Chi Larue’s “Bi-ology: The Making of Mr. Right”

I don’t know what Bi-ology is. I know it’s a film, and there were naked people in it, but I’m pretty confused about the rest. The title is…

3 min readDec 27, 2023

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Chi Chi Larue’s “Bi-ology: The Making of Mr. Right”

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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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