On a basic level this is rather silly and obvious, with a bunch of villainous and unscrupulous members of a family (and their servants) feeling the strain of guilt after murdering a rich woman, being stalked by her pet cat (who witnessed the crime) and then dying off one by one, with the cat itself helping them to their deaths in some way or other. Of course, the cat is the living embodiment of their wretched consciences, but as other…
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Trick or Treat 1952
I remember watching this short often in my childhood on a VHS tape and always being fascinated by its use of colours, especially during the potion-making scene. It's such a treat for the eyes! I also forgot how much of a bitch Donald was in this one, too. The fact that most of this short is just watching him get beat up and knocked around by a witch's magic is still entertaining even as an adult.
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Dirty Computer 2018
Even though the concept here isn’t entirely novel, and the music-videos-as-memories conceit lacks a certain cohesiveness in order to make this film truly stand on its own, the whole vibe of this “emotion picture” is so uniquely Janelle’s that I was still mesmerized by it all. Every song, every lyric, every choreographic choice, every colour and costume is a different personal statement that reveals a new facet of her incandescent soul, and it streams out to us in such gloriously…
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A Distant Place 2020
Very, very quietly shattering. The ghosts you want to leave behind will always follow, and some people will never understand the haunting they bring you.
