The reverse side of censorship
Not so many years ago, I was intrigued by the landscape of the new Brazilian literature, noting the almost absence of published Black...
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Murilo de Castro
Feb 203 min read
Regarding the internal, the horror: The Medium (2021) is the uprising of Ba Yan.
Talking about and consuming Asian horror is a treat for anyone interested in exploring the distant paths of non-American and non-European...
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Victor Finkler
Feb 24 min read
THE TECHNICAL-INSTRUMENTAL RATIONALITY OF LOVE IN ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2004)
The technical-instrumental rationality of the capital-centric mode of production is also present in the intricacies of artistic/cultural...
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Murilo de Castro
Oct 13, 20234 min read
Murphy & Electra as a modern-day Werther: Love is the preamble to mourning in "Love", by Gaspar Noé
When Goethe, in 1774, wrote about an unattainable romance, he couldn't have imagined that the blend of love and death would have a unique...
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Murilo de Castro
Oct 5, 20233 min read
Dialogues of a Pistol: Hatred in 'Seul Contre Tous' (1998) is a Social Horror.
After arousing anger with "Carn" (1991) and before shocking the world with "Irreversible" (2002), the Argentine genius returns to the...
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Murilo de Castro
Oct 5, 20233 min read
SKINAMARINK: A Lucid and Intimate Nightmare in a Cozy Discomfort
Between the last months of 2022 and the first months of 2023, a strange – in the best sense – independent production shook the lines of...
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