Every two weeks this column will shed light on the underseen, underrated, or misunderstood. Most films will be vastly different from one another, so just consider this a bi-weekly recommendation from me. This week’s film is Brian De Palma’s Snake Eyes (1998). Snake Eyes is a film that I didn’t quite respond to on my…
Everything has led to this, and the time has finally come. I’m a major Star Wars fan, and have been since elementary school. However, I feel that I’ve always been critical of the series. I never look forward to watching the prequels, though I don’t turn them off at first glance and I’m not even…
Rian Johnson’s work is typically layered and complex, weaving various plot threads and character arcs into films that can barely contain their own dense narrative. His addition to the massively homogenized Star Wars franchise is the boldest, densest entry since The Empire Strikes Back, even accounting for the disastrous idiosyncrasies of The Phantom Menace. Knives…
As the sun sets earlier and the days get darker, the films we talk about do as well. The Cinema Etc. staff discusses some of our favorite noirs: The Third Man (1949) One of my favorites since the first time I saw it, The Third Man solidified its spot at the very top of my…
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