As awards season intensifies, some of the staff of Film Daze choose their favorites from 2021. …
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The uncanny quality of early film reflects the anxieties of our digital age.…
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Macbeth’s tale of ambition and political gain remains ever relevant as we readjust to another political landscape in the United States and find ourselves among a witch’s prophecy.…
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“At last,” I thought with relief, “Colombians will come to be associated with more than just sex and death.” But at what cost?…
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November is Indigenous People’s Month in the United States; then and always, Studio Ghibli’s 1997 epic historical fantasy offers a poignant exploration of colonization, Indigenous survival, and man’s severed connection with nature.…
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Though the Michael Myers saga continues, David Gordon Green’s 'Halloween' is the perfect ending to John Carpenter’s 1978 film and the character of Laurie Strode as a whole.…
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The fathers and daughters of horror films have a lot to teach us about toxic masculinity and the changing roles of women onscreen.…
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Jim Jarmusch’s mosaic of metropolises interweaves idiosyncratic humor and insightful humanism, bringing lonely souls together and then scattering them to the wind.…
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s “Halloween” and Supernatural’s “Shut Up, Dr. Phil” both tackle gender roles and toxic masculinity. However, while “Halloween” prioritizes the growth of its characters, “Shut Up, Dr. Phil” keeps the status quo.…
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Mike Flanagan and Park Chan-wook take the same idea — what if a priest was doing more than drinking the blood of Christ? — and spin strikingly different meditations on religion, faith, and morality out of it.…
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