ZEBRAS IN AMERICA: EPISODE 91!

We were joined by a special guest; Amanda/@WMassLiberty to talk about movies, nostalgia and funny retail stories.

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WE CUT HEADS: A SPIKE LEE PODCAST (SHE HATE ME)

I made an appearance on the excellent new We Cut Heads Podcast (from the same guys who brought you the High & Low Podcast).

Listen as we dig in to Spike Lee's messy problematic trainwreck; She Hate Me - a movie I strongly dislike but still love to talk about.

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DINNER WITH LYNCH: FEAR X

I'm back on the Dinner With Lynch Podcast alongside Martin Kessler (Flixwise Canada) to talk about the Lynch-ian/Lynch influenced Fear X (Nicolas Refn's underrated/underseen/misunderstood English Language debut)

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ZEBRAS IN AMERICA EPISODE 90: CLAIRE DENIS PART ONE

In the first of a two-parter on Claire Denis, Scott & Marcus delve in to the first half of the legendary filmmaker's career.

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THE SCHOOL OF DREYER PART FOUR: MOVING IMAGERY

Here are a few more visual similarities/subconscious similarities between Carl Theodor Dreyer and some of the cinema that came after him.

Be sure to let me know how much I'm reaching or how you "don't see it"

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Vampyr / Jauja

The President / Pandora's Box

Vampyr / Solaris

The President / Days Of Heaven

Michael / The Exorcist

The President / Frankenstein

Vampyr / Scrooged

Vampyr / Mahler

Vampyr / Scrooged

THE SCHOOL OF DREYER PART THREE: MOVING IMAGERY

I have no way of proving that most of these comparisons hold any weight. Lars Von Trier (Antichrist) has made his love for Dreyer known on many occasions, and it isn't completely out of left field to assume filmmakers like Ingmar Bergman & Tarkovsky (the generation that came after Dreyer) had some subconscious residue of influence. Ingmar Bergman has openly called Carl Theodor Dreyer an "amateur" yet at the same time he has also admitted that Dreyer's films "infected" him...

But beyond that, these are completely speculative (I doubt Sylvester Stallone, John Hughes or Charles Laughton set out to mimic or pay homage to Carl Theodor Dreyer in their respective works). I feel like I have to say that given the emotional & weirdly butt-hurt twitter cinephiles that get worked up over these movie comparisons (I know it's a crazy concept to accept that one filmmaker borrowed from another or that two unrelated moving images look similar when lined up next to each other)..

Vampyr / Andrei Rublev

Vampyr /
The Witch

Vampyr /
Antichrist

Ordet / The Night Of The Hunter

Ordet / The Hour Of The Wolf

The Passion Of Joan Of Arc / The Blair Witch Project

The Passion Of Joan Of Arc / Vera Drake

The Passion Of Joan Of Arc / To The Wonder

Vampyr / Mandy

The Passion Of Joan Of Arc / Creepshow

The Passion Of Joan Of Arc / Lil Quinquin

The Passion Of Joan Of Arc / Un Chein Andalou

Vampyr / Meshes Of The Afternoon

Once Upon A Time / Marie Antoinette

Vampyr / Home Alone

The Passion Of Joan Of Arc / Bad Lieutenant

The Passion Of Joan Of Arc /
Throne Of Blood

Ordet / Rocy 3 / Magnolia

Ordet / The Sound Of Music / Trouble Every Day

ZEBRAS IN AMERICA EPISODE 89: SPECIAL GUEST JARED GILMAN

On this episode of Zebras we're joined by recurring guest Jared Gilman (Moonrise Kingdom & Paterson) to talk about Jordan Peele's Us and more.

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THE SCHOOL OF CHANTAL AKERMAN PART 7: MOVING IMAGERY

In this edition of The School Of Chantal Akerman (probably the last one I’ll be doing for a while) I draw comparisons to some strange & unexpected works like Spike Lee’s School Daze & Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color, alongside some more reasonable/believable filmmakers to draw influence from her work like Olivier Assayas & Bertrand Bonello.

Some of these may be a reach (with the exception of Safe which isn’t up for debate), but the films on the right still give me a serious subconscious Chantal Akerman vibe.


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La Chmbre / Safe

Jeanne Dielman... / Safe

Hotel Monterey / Interiors

Les Rendezvous / Upstream Color

Les Rendezvous D'Anna / Nostalghia

Hotel Monterey / Irma Vep

Les Rendezvous / Gradiva

In The Mirror / Four Nights Of A Dreamer

The Golden 80's / School Daze

Jeanne Dielman /
The House Of Tolerance