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Laurel Creighton
Aug 11, 20217 min read
Undine: Thoughts of Architecture and Historical Pastiche
On June 29th, 2021, I headed to Lincoln Center on my way to watch Christian Petzold’s new film Undine. I chose this as my cultural...
Laurel Creighton
Sep 11, 20194 min read
The Day He Arrives - Hong Sang-Soo
Book chon bang hyang 2011 (South Korea) Ene's Ó Mo Chroí, Nicola plays over deeply saturated red titles giving a feeling of post...
Laurel Creighton
May 5, 20193 min read
The Little Hours
Twelve minutes in and I'm already stopping so I can start writing about how much this movie encapsulates the modern 21st century female...
Laurel Creighton
Feb 11, 20194 min read
Enter the Void
(2009) France Gaspar Noé 2009 was the year I graduated high-school and the year where I got the independence I had been seeking and all...
Laurel Creighton
Feb 3, 20193 min read
The Punishment/Buffalo '66
On a lazy Saturday afternoon I picked up on two films mostly by instinct (who else choose films like that on Netflix/Hulu/Other) on my...
Laurel Creighton
Sep 29, 20187 min read
Before Sunrise
Before Sunrise (1995) USA/AT Richard Linklater True love or not? Would you know it if you saw it? Before Sunrise is considered a modern...
Laurel Creighton
Aug 29, 20187 min read
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead!
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead! (1990) USA Tom Stoppard Can any of us change our fate when we cannot even remember it? The action...
Laurel Creighton
Aug 25, 20187 min read
The Seventh Seal
Det sjunde inseglet (1957) Ignmar Bergman, Sweden Faith is a torment. Many believe that The Seventh Seal is an allegory for the...
Laurel Creighton
Jul 1, 20182 min read
The Cowboy and the Frenchman
The Cowboy and the Frenchman (1988) David Lynch An imaginative production of Cowboys and the French that could only come from the fevered...
Laurel Creighton
Jun 28, 20182 min read
News From Home
News From Home Chantal Akerman (1977) USA Akerman’s early work, News From Home, is an experiment in homesickness and alienation while...
Laurel Creighton
May 22, 20183 min read
The Day After
The Day After (Gen-Hu) Hong Sang-soo (2017) Another brick in the house of Sang-soo. The glory of Hong Sang-soo is that his movies hold up...
Laurel Creighton
May 8, 20186 min read
Runaway
Kanye West (2010) Kanye rips his heart open in this lyrical rock opera. For my movie choice this week I took a look at Kanye West who...
Laurel Creighton
May 6, 20184 min read
Toni Erdmann
Toni Erdmann (2016) - Maren Ade A father/daughter drama that touches on Europe’s new generation. Toni Erdmann has quickly become one of...
Laurel Creighton
May 4, 20189 min read
Ugetsu
Ugetsu or Ugetsu Monogatari (雨月物語 Tales of Moonlight and Rain) (1953) Kenji Mizoguchi Early Japanese horror meets Post WWII anti-war...
Laurel Creighton
May 1, 20188 min read
Dog Day Afternoon
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Sidney Lumet Al Pacino as Sonny Wortzik challenges societal definitions of deviancy and becomes a...
Laurel Creighton
Apr 29, 20184 min read
Willow
Willow (1988) - Dir. Ron Howard Writ. George Lucas A budding magician is sent to protect a human child from a dangerous queen....
Laurel Creighton
Apr 26, 20182 min read
Reflections on Judgment
Judgement from The Peculiar Tarot deck by @witchy-marie The task I have decided to take on is working on my judgement of myself and...
Laurel Creighton
Apr 26, 20187 min read
Through A Glass Darkly
(Såsom i en spegel) 1961- Ingrid Bergman For now, we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then...
Laurel Creighton
Apr 25, 20185 min read
Right Now, Wrong Then
Ji-geum-eun-mat-go-geu-ddae-neun-teul-li-da A director falls in love with a budding artist the right and wrong way. Sang-Soo Hong is...
Laurel Creighton
Apr 23, 20184 min read
The Florida Project
A different perspective of childhood innocence written and directed by Sean Baker and starring incredible performances from Willem...
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