Toni Basil – MRQE

Breakaway

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Breakaway plays out like a visual symphony. A prototype for the best (but still, lesser) contemporary formalist music videos, like Peter Cares Whats the Frequency, Kenneth? and Drive (both for REM), Conners movie is an experiment in the visual language of film. But no matter how powerful a formal analysis of his filmmaking process may be in suggesting how Conners rhythms affect us, there is much in Breakaway in Basilottas brash and unbridled self-assertiveness, in Conners feverish camera style, and even in the uncomplicated honesty of Cobbs catchy lyrics and tune that defies verbalisation and must simply be loved! — Senses of Cinema

David Bowie: The Last Five Years

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In the last five years of his life, David Bowie ended nearly a decade of silence to engage in an extraordinary burst of activity, producing two groundbreaking albums and a musical. David Bowie: The Last Five Years explores this unexpected end to a remarkable career. Made with remarkable access, Francis Whatelys documentary is a revelatory follow-up to his acclaimed 2013 documentary David Bowie: Five Years, which chronicled Bowies golden 70s and early-80s period.

The Last Movie

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After a film production wraps in Peru, an American wrangler decides to stay behind, witnessing how filmmaking affects the locals.

Pacific Palisades

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A woman from Paris, Bernadette, comes to the United States after being promised a job. When she arrives, however, she learns that she is a victim to a hoax. Unable to return to France, Bernadette looks for work while staying with her close friend Shirley, an actress looking for her big break. Their friendship is challenged when Bernadette finds herself falling in love with Shirley’s boyfriend.

Rockula

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Ralph is a sexually frustrated vampire who suffers from a peculiar curse. He’s condemned for eternity to watch his one true love, Mona be murdered by a pirate wielding a ham bone. But now? Now it’s 1990, and Ralph is determined to break Mona’s cycle of reincarnation. His first order of business is winning her affections– He does that by starting Rockula: a rock band that’s sure to stake a claim on her heart.

Slaughterhouse Rock

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A man visits Alcatraz prison after having dreams about all the people who died there. When he gets there, his brother is possessed by an evil cannibal demon. The ghost of a female heavy metal singer who was killed there tries to help the man fight the monster.

Greaser’s Palace

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A parable based on the life of Christ. This ain’t your father’s Bible story, full of references about the destruction of the world through massive constipation and a New Mexican setting.

Five Easy Pieces

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A drop-out from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil-rigs when his life isn’t spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.