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Society of the Snow (2024)
Growing up in the United States with our old mountain ranges, I was not prepared for the abrupt beauty of the Andes. It is one of my most vivid memories to walk through the streets of Santiago de Chile after a summer rain and to see the towering peaks of the Andes glimmering in the…
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
This week I decided to continue my mission to watch 5 movies from 100 years ago, and I got to watch The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) starring Lon Chaney as the titular character. I love the Disney version of this story, especially the music, so I was curious to see a little bit more…
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Inaugural Streamies! 2022
We’ve released our inaugural awards podcast covering the movies from 2022. We go through our list of top 10 movies for the year, we discuss our winners for best actors, cinematography, and score, and we also have a handful of unique Streamies to award! https://zvazda.podbean.com/e/bonus-episode-first-annual-streamies/ Listen, like, share, and subscribe! All the things that make…
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M (1931)
This is a film that has been on my list for quite a while. It was on my Flickchart list of shame as the highest rated film by the community that I had not yet seen. It is also an exemplar film of German Expressionism and the foundational Noir film which becomes one of the…
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Dunkirk (2017) – Stream It! Season 5 Episode 8
Zach and I recently sat down to discuss Christopher Nolan’s epic World War 2 film, Dunkirk (2017). This was the first time seeing the film for both of us, and we have a lot to say about the movie and how well it translates from IMAX cinemas to a home streaming platform. We talked a…
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Our Hospitality (1923)
I felt surreal watching Buster Keaton’s period piece about a time one hundred years in his last at a time that is one hundred years after his film. Our Hospitality is one of the great early period pieces, and you can easily see all the structural elements that are familiar to us about period film…
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ROMA (2018) – Stream It! Season 5 Episode 7
On this week’s episode of Stream It! we go in depth on Alfonso Cuarón’s cinematic masterpiece, ROMA (2018). You can find that episode here: https://zvazda.podbean.com/e/ssn-5-ep-6-roma-2018/ Roma is an incredible film that explores the childhood of Alfonso Cuarón from the perspective of his family’s live-in nanny. It also addresses major historic events from Mexico including the…
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Navalny (2022)
This weekend, I decided to watch another 2022 documentary. I’ve been picking movies from the list of nominees for the Oscars. Unfortunately, three of those films are not available to watch, so I was limited to watch this film. I honestly didn’t have that high of hopes for this movie. While I’ve followed the politics…
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Fire of Love (2022)
On Tuesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released the nominees for the 2022 Oscars. Having the list of nominees for documentary means that I’ve got a curated list of documentaries that will be perfect for my goal of watching 5 documentaries from 2022. I had already seen Tinder Swindler during last year,…
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Throne of Blood (1957)
After a few years away, I have recently returned to teaching Macbeth in my classes. I love Shakespeare in general, but Macbeth holds a special place in my heart. I find it the deepest and most meaningful of his works. In preparation for teaching the play once again, I decided to find some other versions…