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What We’ve Said Recently
- Maison Ikkoku eps 1 & 2 January 1, 2021
- Patlabor OVA ep 2 of 7: “Long Shot” January 4, 2020
- Love You ‘Til Tuesday (1969) January 3, 2020
- Halloween II January 2, 2020
- Patlabor OVA ep 1 of 7: “Second Unit, Move Out!” January 1, 2020
- Episode 23: Welcome to Misaki and Episode 24: Welcome to the NHK July 1, 2017
- Vinyl – Hipster Affectation, Archival Format, Late Stage Capitalism Freak Out January 16, 2017
- Federale – They can Even do it Live January 15, 2017
- Episode 21: Welcome to the Reset and Episode 22: Welcome to God! January 14, 2017
- Lazy Friday Videos (warning:drumsolos) January 13, 2017
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![The difference between Halloween and Halloween II is the difference between technique and style. Halloween was shot with style – it had a particular point of view and stuck with […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/halloween_ii_xlg-115x115.jpg "Halloween II")
Halloween II
Posted on January 2, 2020 | No CommentsThe difference between Halloween and Halloween II is the difference between technique and style. Halloween was shot with style – it had a particular point of view and stuck with […] -
![Dark Star launched the John Carpenter orbit… but only by accident. It was the little film that shouldn’t have worked, was shot on less than a shoestring over three strenuous […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/9464-let-there-be-light-the-odyssey-of-dark-star-0-230-0-345-crop-115x115.jpg "Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star")
Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star
Posted on January 7, 2017 | No CommentsDark Star launched the John Carpenter orbit… but only by accident. It was the little film that shouldn’t have worked, was shot on less than a shoestring over three strenuous […] -
![I am of two minds when it comes to Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s sole trek into “sci-fi.” Throughout, his touch–stylized but never over the top–is assured. He shot the film, originally a […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/rwfworldwire-115x115.jpg "World on a Wire")
World on a Wire
Posted on December 3, 2016 | No CommentsI am of two minds when it comes to Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s sole trek into “sci-fi.” Throughout, his touch–stylized but never over the top–is assured. He shot the film, originally a […] -
![The problem with sex fetishes, beyond the perhaps obvious, is that to anyone who does not share them they are ridiculous. S&M freaks, furries, Japanophiles (guilty) — anyone who has […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/FromBeyond-115x115.jpg "From Beyond")
From Beyond
Posted on July 15, 2016 | No CommentsThe problem with sex fetishes, beyond the perhaps obvious, is that to anyone who does not share them they are ridiculous. S&M freaks, furries, Japanophiles (guilty) — anyone who has […] -
![Brian De Palma’s sixteenth film is lurid Hitchcock (a novel idea the Master almost nailed in Psycho, had he not included that abysmal Talking Psychoanalyst at the end), souped up […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/625body_double-115x115.png "Body Double")
Body Double
Posted on June 26, 2016 | No CommentsBrian De Palma’s sixteenth film is lurid Hitchcock (a novel idea the Master almost nailed in Psycho, had he not included that abysmal Talking Psychoanalyst at the end), souped up […] -
![The tightest, funniest, and most disturbing Stanley Kubrick film since Dr. Strangelove is (so I hear) the Vietnam movie soldiers love best. In neat halves—the first part takes place in […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/tumblr_nlenkpCXJb1qkvpsmo1_1280-115x115.png "Full Metal Jacket")
Full Metal Jacket
Posted on December 30, 2015 | No CommentsThe tightest, funniest, and most disturbing Stanley Kubrick film since Dr. Strangelove is (so I hear) the Vietnam movie soldiers love best. In neat halves—the first part takes place in […] -
![Paul Verhoeven tends to invest formula (be it sci-fi in nature, or modeled on Hitchcockian suspense) with mad, pulp energy, as though he felt like anything short of a cackling, […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/54d3e0b6505d3_-_verhoeven_robocop-115x115.jpg "Paul Verhoeven")
Paul Verhoeven
Posted on November 12, 2015 | No CommentsPaul Verhoeven tends to invest formula (be it sci-fi in nature, or modeled on Hitchcockian suspense) with mad, pulp energy, as though he felt like anything short of a cackling, […] -
![This film flirts so closely with miserabilism that, after having seen the first two segments, I was prepared to out and out hate it. But then the movie seemed to […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dh_shot1-115x115.jpg "It’s Such A Beautiful Day")
It’s Such A Beautiful Day
Posted on October 5, 2015 | No CommentsThis film flirts so closely with miserabilism that, after having seen the first two segments, I was prepared to out and out hate it. But then the movie seemed to […] -
![I am not convinced Jodorowsky’s Dune would have been a great movie. I am quite convinced it would have been a terrible Dune. Though Frank Herbert’s book is ultimately about the […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Jodorowsky_s_Dune-153803568-large-115x115.jpg "Jodorowsky’s Dune")
Jodorowsky’s Dune
Posted on September 13, 2015 | No CommentsI am not convinced Jodorowsky’s Dune would have been a great movie. I am quite convinced it would have been a terrible Dune. Though Frank Herbert’s book is ultimately about the […] -
![I have no doubt someone has used that title before. I have not. But I have seen Don Hertzfeldt’s The Meaning of Life, twice now in about the span of […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/MeaningOfLife_Title-115x115.png "The Meaning of “The Meaning Of Life”")
The Meaning of “The Meaning Of Life”
Posted on September 7, 2015 | No CommentsI have no doubt someone has used that title before. I have not. But I have seen Don Hertzfeldt’s The Meaning of Life, twice now in about the span of […]