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Watch shut in 201612/25/2023 ![]() The film is shot beautifully by Hoyte van Hoytema, crafting the snowy Swedish suburbia into a dreamy fairy tale, full of as much wonder as danger that connects with the film’s sleepy pace perfectly. Though undeniably a horror, the story progresses like a genuinely sweet coming of age romance, just with slasher movie excerpts following a young bullied outcast called Oskar as he forges a life changing friendship cum romance with his new neighbour Eli, who he discovers is a vampire. The first of a few horror films on this list and like the rest of them, this is a horror that focuses more on building unique atmosphere and characters than in-your-face scares suited for the misty hours of not-tomorrow, opting to let the terror ebb gradually as we get invested in the lives and world of its troubled cast. But at a near three hours, be ready to cuddle down for a heavily paced but enthralling look at love in all its glory and shame, that’ll leave you second guessing your partner. That combined with its bizarre but genius marriage of a complex romantic drama told like a psychological horror/thriller, makes it an ideal midnight watch when the air is as thick and mysterious as the film’s world and its character’s intentions. The film swims in Kubrick’s signature style of long meticulously crafted shots and sequences, but is undeniably more foreboding and dreamlike than a lot of his other work, filled to bursting with surreal settings and situations, hazy lights and blurred details, dark shadows and scary figures scenes the film glides between with the nature of slipping in and out of a nightmare. A melodic mystery drama that spirals round the failing marriage of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, as after an eye opening fight Cruise exiles himself to a night long odyssey of sexual discovery and moral depravity, in a childish attempt to get back at and understand his wife’s disaffection with him.įrom there it evolves into a complex and hypnotic mystery that dives into a fear raddled mind as Cruise’s subconscious drips into his reality, in a fascinating dream like exploration of the hard truths of love, commitment, and lust as the many dark places he ventures don’t want to be found. The last completed film from everyone’s favourite cinematic mad man Stanley Kubrick, his last hurrah is one of his most diverse and challenging. Some of these are different, some are similar it’s a likeness hard to quantify but unmistakable to see. This is a list for those many, fun, scary, whimsical, and downright bizarre films that in some way capture the spirit of this superstitious period, be it in its mood, style, or story. This is for the films that thrive on the romanticised, abstract, vibe that Midnight reverberates that time when it’s not quite today but it’s not quite tomorrow, when you’re too sleepy to do anything but too awake to sleep. Reality and fiction blur together as we embark on a trip through Chilly Gonzales' world.Great films to watch at Midnight: this is different from the popular term given to b-list cult films, ‘Midnight-Movies’, like The Room, Eraser Head, and Pink Flamingos. Using Gonzales' extensive video archive in a rather unorthodox manner, Shut Up And Play The Piano explores his persona by interweaving newly shot interviews and concert scenes with fictional materials of totally different time periods. The playfulness of his character is mirrored in the look of the film. It dives deep into the dichotomy of Gonzales' stage persona, where self-doubt and megalomania are just two sides of the same coin. The cinematic documentary Shut Up And Play The Piano follows Gonzales from his native Canada to late 90's underground Berlin, and via Paris to the world's great philharmonic halls. Every time his audience thinks it has finally figured him out, he makes a radical move and breaks with its expectations. Change seems to be the only constant in Gonzales' journey. The eccentric artist inspires and collaborates with the likes of Feist, Jarvis Cocker, Peaches, Daft Punk and Drake. Criss-crossing between rap, electro and solo piano music, he became the outrageous pop performer who invited himself to the ivory tower of classical music. ![]() Chilly Gonzales is a Grammy-winning composer, virtuoso pianist and entertainer.
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