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Who needs credit blocks anymore? The new poster for Bong Joon Ho’s science fiction cloning comedy Mickey 17 sees Robert Pattinson framed in ochre and rust. The numbers 1 through 16 are cleverly hiding in plain sight, anchored by the 17 patch on the actual title character, here sporting a goofy, befuddled look that is far more eye catching than it ought to be. California based MOcean has been featured in this column more than a few times recently, with the design house’s work for Caitlin Cronenberg’s Humane and Demián Rugna’s When Evil Lurks, as well as Jeff Nicols’ The Bikeriders.  I like the calcium-oxide coloured border, which offers the director card but also the rating, release date, and the IMAX logo in a quite discrete…

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Human memory is fallable, at least on an individual level; though as some cultures can tell you, a poor memory has also been of great service to larger groups of people who need to forget, or need others to forget, terrible histories and terrible deed enacted upon others. Such has been the case for many countries in the 20th and 21st centuries, to the point where we need indivisual memory, fallable as it is, to try and remember what happened. But how do we remember the past, especially the terrible events, and people, and how do we incorporate them into history? Chilean filmmakers Joaquín Cociña and Cristóbal León set themselves this task in looking at the life and writing of Miguel Serrano, a writer and…

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As a music producer, singer-songwriter/rapper, and serial entrepreneur, Pharrell Williams has been a part of pop music for the better part of three decades, offering his services as producer, singer, and occasional rapper. Along with his longtime friend and business partner, Chad Hugo, and their collaborative outfit, the Neptunes, Williams has produced or contributed music for musical artists ranging from megastar Britney Spears to onetime “Prince of Pop” Justin Timberlake, rap legends Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, and Busta Rhymes, rock royalty Gwen Stefani and Latin crossover artist Shakira. And that’s just a taste of Williams’ unmistakably original contributions to and influence on the American music scene. As a solo artist rapping and singing to his own beat(s), Williams’s infectiously hummable song on the Despicable Me soundtrack,…

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ALTER has re-released Rachel Stavis’ short film Posies yesterday, Thursday, October 10th.   The date is significant because it is also the final date of Chappell Roan’s summer tour. I’ve heard they’re a bit of a thing these days. At least as far as the trades, and web browsers, and social platforms are concerned. Jeez Louise. If its not something about that other global superstar it’s something about Roan.    Outside of seemingly painting themselves as a bad girl popstar to their fanbase few may know that Posies is the only time that Roan had scored a film, so far. Well, now we all know and can check out their work in Stavis’ short film posted below. Have at it.    Writer-director Rachel Stavis, along with ALTER…

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For pre-cable or Internet audiences of a certain vintage and generation, the arrival of a late-night, weekly sketch comedy show, Saturday Night (Live), represented keenly subversive, self-aware, comically absurdist counter-cultural programming. It was the last, sustained gasp of one generation’s rebellion against societal norms, as a majority of the country’s voters supported a counter-counter-revolution that first brought Richard M. Nixon to the White House and – after a four-year reprieve provided by the post-Watergate election of Jimmy Carter – 12 years of Ronald Reagan and George Bush and their reactionary, right-wing policies.   Saturday Night Live long ago gave away whatever right it had to call itself subversive, functioning primarily as a training ground for successive waves of up-and-coming comedians (many of whom, in time,…

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