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Random Acts of Cinema

Jan 31, 2022

What happens when the high-art/low-art contemporary artist Takashi Murakami tackles the high-art/low-art film genre of…outcast kid moves to a new town but then find a magical creature who he fights against other kids in formulaic Pokémon-esque battles in order to discover the true meaning of friendship?  Well,...


Jan 24, 2022

Following last week's randomly-selected film, we are surprised that Randy has chosen for us another French absurdist comedy addressing the arbitrary and hypocritical nature of social standards of forbidden behavior.  However this time we're given s somewhat more conventional comedic approach with Sasha Guitry's...


Jan 17, 2022

We're heading back into the biting, social satire of Luis Buñuel with this absurdist comedy Phantom of Liberty.  One scene blends into the next in this near-stream-of-consciousness dream-state that confronts the arbitrary standards of propriety that govern so-called polite society.

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Jan 10, 2022

Are you ready for a tight, psychosexual thriller?  Well instead, how about a movie that everyone claims to be one of those while it's really mostly a swinging 60s freak-out set in London?  Really though, Michelangelo Antonioni's film is more about the power and violence of capturing life and illusions on film.  Do you...


Jan 3, 2022

Want to listen to two straight guys stumble their way through a reading of Pedro Almodóvar’s classic film about a group of strong-willed Spanish women dealing with heartbreak, repression, insanity, and the harboring of terrorists… but it’s like, funny?  This might not sound like a good sell, but we sure...