Culture/Movies
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The Shining
True greatness cannot be achieved through the means Jack pursues, the promise of worldly prosperity through perverse actions is a fundamental lie.
March 23, 2026Movies
Movies
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Mulholland Drive
Lynch constructs a neo-noir occult psychodrama, an autopsy of the Hollywood soul. The narrative is a Mobius strip, a non-linear loop where time is a flat circle and the characters are trapped in a purgatorial cycle of their own making.
March 22, 2026
Movies
5 min read
Twin Peaks Fire Walk with Me
As a prequel, the film provides the golden egg of the narrative, moving beyond the mystery of who killed Laura Palmer to the tragedy of how she died.
March 16, 2026
Culture/Movies
7 min read
The Thing
The Thing is a mimic, an organism that absorbs the DNA of living beings, taking on their form. It requires time to perfect its mimicry and is only truly killed by incineration.
March 16, 2026
Culture/Movies
4 min read
The Babadook
The foundational absence of a father gives rise to a pathological feminine dynamic, and this pathology manifests as an extreme Oedipal relationship between the mother and son.
March 16, 2026
Culture/Movies
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Suspiria
The cult's objective is not always immediate killing but rather to traumatise the victims to the fullest extent.
March 16, 2026
Culture/Movies
6 min read
Moana
By placing this feminine shell on the pillar, Moana effectively halts its further ascension, thereby permanently stopping the masculine line
March 16, 2026
Culture/Movies
6 min read
Lord of the Rings
The One Ring is more than a a condensed symbol that encapsulates notions of power, desire, binding, technology, and the paradoxes inherent in human endeavour.
March 16, 2026
Culture/Movies
7 min read
Gremlins
The gremlins embody chaos, but this chaos acts as a flood to cleanse the city.
March 16, 2026
Culture/Movies
3 min read
Full Metal Jacket
The film does not explicitly aim to be either anti-war or pro-war; rather, it views war as a crucible of human existence.
March 16, 2026
Culture/Movies
8 min read
Eyes Wide Shut
The world is controlled by extremely wealthy oligarchs and billionaires, who operate like a hidden cult, manipulating events from behind a veil of the Videodrome.
March 16, 2026
Culture/Movies
4 min read
The VVitch
The devil is the conqueror goat, promising freedom, lust, and sensuality, opposing the iconoclasm and barrenness of the father's Puritan faith.
March 11, 2026