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Film: “Titane”

By filmfestsalonDecember 9, 2021Film Review BlogAgathe Rousselle, David Cronenberg, Julia Ducournau, Roman Polanski, Vincent Lindon

“Titane“, the new film from French provocateuse, Julia Ducournau, is in a genre that has been called body horror, and that certainly fits. In this case, the horror is centered on sex itself. Ducournau seems to feel that sex isn’t, and maybe never can be fun. But that doesn’t’t mean it can’t be sexy. And the […]

Film: “Enemy”

By filmfestsalonFebruary 4, 2020Film Review BlogDavid Cronenberg, Denis Villeneuve, Jake Gyllenhaal, Melanie Laurent

“Enemy”, a Canadian film from 2013, knows how to hold the viewer for its hour-and-a-half running time. I caught it on Netflix the other day, and it’s definitely worth seeking out. It is a good illustration of a perennially popular genre film that I call the “psychological puzzler”. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, it stars Jake […]