Judex (1963) Review: Georges Franju’s Surrealist Masterpiece of Pulp Noir
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This is your life, and it’s a fever dream flickering in black and white. You think you’re sitting down to watch a crime thriller. You’re looking for a plot. You want the dots to connect, the hero to save the day, and the villain to get theirs. Throw that out the window. Georges Franju’s Judex (1963) doesn’t […]
60s French movies, Batman origin, Channing Pollock, cult classic noir, Edith Scob, French cinema, Georges Franju, Judex 1963, pulp serials, surrealist film
The Moonhunter (2001): A Deep Dive into Thailand’s Political Revolution
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This is your life, and it’s being spent in the mud of a jungle, trying to rewrite history with a rifle you barely know how to use. You’re watching The Moonhunter (2001)—or 14 Tula, Songkram Prachachon if you want to be precise. Directed by Bhandit Rittakol, this is the story of Seksan Prasertkul, a man who went from being […]
14 October 1973 uprising, Bhandit Rittakol, political drama, revolutionary cinema, Seksan Prasertkul, Thai cinema, Thai history movies, The Moonhunter 2001, war film
Sorapong Chatree’s Gunman (1983): A Deep Dive into Thai Noir Cinema
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This is your life, and it’s being measured out in the twitch of a trigger finger. You’re watching Gunman (1983)—known locally as Mue Puen—and you’re realizing that the “hero” of this story isn’t a hero at all. He’s a barber. He’s a veteran. He’s an amputee who leaves a trail of brass casings across the humid, suffocating sprawl […]
