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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: The common denominator of filmmaking is not harmony

Nov 12, 2023The Barista CollectiveLeave a comment

Join us every week for a trip into the weird and wonderful world of trailers. Whether it’s the first teaser for the latest instalment in your favourite franchise, an obscure preview for a strange indie darling, whether it’s good, bad, ugly or just plain weird – your favourite pop culture baristas are there to tell you what they think.

This week, Matt wrote about less-than-ideal actor/director relationships – mentioning along the way one of the most iconic fraught relationships in cinema, so let’s give the word to Messrs Kinski and Herzog.

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: This one begins and ends with Japan

Nov 5, 2023The Barista CollectiveLeave a comment

Sometimes it’s hard to top our first experience with an actor, a director, a writer, isn’t it? Matt’s first Kore-eda film was After Life, and he’ll gladly admit that he will use any opportunity to talk about the director’s beautiful take on what happens after we die. Watching the Criterion release of After Life let him indulge in two of his loves.

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: Livin’ it up

Oct 29, 2023Oct 28, 2023The Barista CollectiveLeave a comment

The first two entries in Criterion’s Essential Fellini collection, Variety Lights and The White Sheik, both have their appeals – but third time’s the charm for Matt, as he describes in this week’s post on Fellini’s I Vitteloni.

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: Showing you fear in a handful of previews

Oct 22, 2023MattLeave a comment

There are movies that are like rides – but what about rides that are like movies? In this week’s Six Damn Fine Degrees, Sam shared his experience with such rides with us.

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: Who let the dogs out?

Oct 15, 2023Oct 15, 2023The Barista CollectiveLeave a comment

This week, we had Matt writing about the odd allure of a series of games that are shallow timewasters – but that he nonetheless keeps returning to, most recently with Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: Another one bites the neck

Oct 8, 2023The Barista CollectiveLeave a comment

Halloween is still a few weeks away, but October’s a good month for scary films. Are long-running franchises that basically repeat the same basic story over and over again really scary, though? Matt has some doubts in this week’s Six Damn Fine Degrees.

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: Cinema, red in (dog)tooth and (finger)nail

Oct 1, 2023The Barista CollectiveLeave a comment

Last week saw us looking back – or squinting, more likely – at Psycho II, so this week Alan took us back to the Anthony Perkins-directed Psycho III, a sequel that isn’t as bad as you’d expect… but does that make it a good film? Read this Friday’s Six Damn Fine Degrees to find out!

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: Back from the dead, and twice as bad

Sep 24, 2023The Barista CollectiveLeave a comment

Norman Bates is back! Well, not exactly – but for this week’s Six Damn Fine Degrees, Matt wrote about his positive but patchy memories of Psycho II, and the reasons why he doesn’t particularly want to go back and find out whether the film was really surprisingly good or whether at the time it just benefited from really low expectations (and Meg Tilly, obviously).

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: Striking fear into our hearts, 24 frames per second

Sep 17, 2023The Barista CollectiveLeave a comment

The French have a knack for uncanny goings-on in remote rural villages – though Matt was not entirely sold on The Five Devils, in spite of some very strong performances.