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MICHAEL KAMAKANA
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We are all told, “live your life to the fullest”; I am here to do just that. MichaelKamakana serves as a vessel to project my passions, and clue in my loyal readers as to what inspires me in this crazy world. So, sit back, relax, and read on.
On seeing 'The Stranger' Orson Welles (1946) (movie review)
Less famous Orson Welles films are still better than most. Has that particular look, the chiarusco, the perspectives, the soundtrack, for...
On seeing 'The Matrix Resurrections' (2022) (movie review)
It is not The Matrix. It is not as unique, surprising, challenging (for blockbuster Hollywood movie). It is good resolution after the...
One seeing 'The Frontier' (movie review)
This movie is set in undefined period, though by fashion, cars, hairstyle, it seems mid-70s or earlier, is modern Neo-noir or pulp...
On seeing part one of 'Dune' (movie review)
My comics illustrator friend R saw it twice, raved about it, said it was beautiful, said that had he seen it at the age he saw Star Wars...
The Fade Out, Act One (book review) Ed Brubaker (Writer), Sean Phillips (Artist, Letterer)
(The Fade Out #1) 130719 first review: second reading. rather than review each act of ‘fade out’ separately, this will cover them all. i...
Brief Encounter (book review) Richard Dyer
(BFI Film Classics) ??? '90s: this is one of bfi classics series (british film institute) which are critical monographs on specific films....
Groundhog Day (book review) Ryan Gilbey
(BFI Film Classics) ??? 2000s: this is one of my favorite films. this is why. i just read this again today, laughing in recollection....
Film Art Phenomena (book review) Nicky Hamlyn
??? 000s?: this is only for those who take film seriously as artistic potential. potential far beyond the common narrative films from...
A Long Hard Look at Psycho (book review) Raymond Durgnat
(BFI Film Classics) ??? 2010s?: not simply a cunningly crafted thriller, which loses its impact after one viewing, or an ur-text of...
Chris Marker: La Jet�e (book review) Janet Harbord
290414: another favourite film. unlike anything you will ever see, this twenty-nine minute collection of black and white stills is...
Un Chien Andalou (book review) Elza Adamowicz
French Film Guide 041114: now I want to see it again- as if for the first time. no time for a david lynch film? music videos make too...
The Making of Stanley Kubrick’s '2001: A Space Odyssey' (book review) Piers Bizony
M. Paris (Design) 110516: excellent source for everything about a favourite film, that i have seen many times, have on dvd, have read the...
Face Value (book review) Autumn Whitefield-Madrano
The Hidden Ways Beauty Shapes Women's Lives 230618: this is an excellent work on the getting, living, giving, of beauty. primarily by...
L'année dernière à Marienbad (book review) Alain Robbe-Grillet
300419: great. remember reading it in english when 18 or 19, finally seeing the film in montreal at 24. but it is this cine-roman that...
Deleuze on Cinema (book review) Ronald Bogue
200515: this is the best of several recent books read on deleuze. this does not mean it is an easier read, as once again this rating...
Gilles Deleuze (book review) Paola Marrati
Cinema and Philosophy Alisa Hartz(Translator) 110116: once again: brilliant. this is one of those short short books of nonfiction that...
