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Shades of (Karen) Black: ‘Trilogy of Terror’ or the Deadliest Fetishes
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Shades of (Karen) Black: ‘Trilogy of Terror’ or the Deadliest Fetishes

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 / 26 October 2018

These stories play with fire and do what tales of horror and the macabre are supposed to: transmute real social fears into metaphorical charades for our unsettling entertainment so we don't know which end is up.

‘Five Easy Pieces’ Must Be Appreciated on Its Own Cantankerous Terms
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‘Five Easy Pieces’ Must Be Appreciated on Its Own Cantankerous Terms

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 / 30 July 2015

As the hippie hangover from the ‘60s begins in earnest in ‘Five Easy Pieces’, Jack Nicholson’s Bobby Dupea has neither tuned in nor entirely dropped out.

‘King of the Hill’ Is a Touching, Sweet Story and Quite Unlike Later Soderbergh Films
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‘King of the Hill’ Is a Touching, Sweet Story and Quite Unlike Later Soderbergh Films

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 / 17 April 2014
This is a fascinating glimpse into an exploratory, identity-forming period before even Soderbergh himself seemed to have a handle on his erratic muse.
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20 Questions: Tanna Frederick

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 / 27 May 2008
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Indiana Jones: The Adventure Collection

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 / 26 May 2008
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Hollywood Dreams

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 / 4 May 2008
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Part 3: The Stellar ’70s

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 / 19 June 2007
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Teknolust (2002)

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 / 4 March 2004
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The Great Gatsby (1974)

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 / 15 December 2003
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House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

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 / 24 April 2003