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eclectic Stefan
Feb 95 min read
The Substance:”You can’t escape yourself”
The lyrics to musician Frank Zappa’s song “What’s the ugliest part of your body?” from the album We’re Only in It for the Money, express...


eclectic Stefan
Jul 21, 20247 min read
Horizon: An American Saga | Chapter 1:”Rough & lawless”
A lonely figure on horseback traverses an imposing landscape of mesas and mountains. A gunslinger prepares to draw his gun on an opponent...


eclectic Stefan
Jun 28, 20245 min read
The Zone of Interest:”Evil lives here”
A picture of an idyllic life might involve children laughing as they swim in a river that flows through a woodland glade, a woman...


eclectic Stefan
Apr 17, 202411 min read
Leave the World Behind:”How awful we really are”
At its fundamental level, Leave the Word Behind is a dire warning of the deterioration of human and social values in the face of a life...


eclectic Stefan
Apr 3, 20245 min read
The Holdovers:”Lessons from life”
The Holdovers is filled with nostalgia, regret and tears. Yet, it is full of affirming lessons from life. It draws us back to the 1970’s...


eclectic Stefan
Mar 7, 20244 min read
Dune (Part Two):”Spice is power”
The desolate dunes of Arrakis, the giant sandworms that excrete the mind-altering spice melange, the warring Houses of Atreides and...


eclectic Stefan
Feb 28, 20246 min read
Poor Things:”We are all dark beasts”
Poor Things is a masterly expression of director Yorgos Lanthimos’s cinematic vision full of wondrous destinations, dazzling visual...


eclectic Stefan
Dec 6, 202311 min read
Killers of the Flower Moon:"Blood & oil don't mix"
Sagas are bold and wide reaching. They cover the span of generations and the monumental arc of time and events. Killers of the Flower...


eclectic Stefan
Mar 30, 20214 min read
Breathless:”Godard’s groundbreaking movie” (1960) Director Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Paul Belmondo in Breathless Classic, masterpiece, and groundbreaking describe films that have been influential in changing...


eclectic Stefan
Mar 8, 20213 min read
Zappa (Documentary): "A powerhouse dynamo"
Zappa (2020) Documentary Director Alex Winter Weasels Ripped My Flesh; Help, I’m A Rock; The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet; Don’t...

eclectic Stefan
Mar 2, 20211 min read
Welcome to Screen Speak:”For the love of cinema”
Screen Speak is designed to share film reviews, of current films and historic films, provide sidebars about backgrounds to film...
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