Tag: movies
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This Week At the Gateway: Anora
You know that moment when everything seems to be looking up – and then just plummets? Director Sean Baker, known for The Florida Project and Red Rocket, knows that feeling all too well, and displays it perfectly in his new faux-Cinderella love story Anora. Mikey Madison (Scream, One Upon a Time… In Hollywood) finally gets…
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The Machine Of The American Dream: The Brutalist
The Cambridge Dictionary defines Brutalism as “a building style in which buildings are large and heavy-looking, and often made from concrete”. From my semester-long class History of Architecture that I took eons ago, I find this definition shallow and clunky. It misses the essence of the movement. Brutalist architecture came around after the end of…
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We live inside a dream: Remembering David Lynch
David Lynch, born on January 20, 1946, in Missoula, Montana, passed on January 15, 2025. Lynch visionary filmmaking profoundly influenced cinema and popular culture. Over a career spanning more than five decades, Lynch crafted unsettling and dreamlike narratives that delved into the complexities of human nature. His unique style, often termed “Lynchian,” became synonymous with…