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The Lodge by Jonny Numb
The Lodge: Accidentally Timely The Lodge speaks to our collective exhaustion. As Lili Von Shtupp (Madeline Kahn) sang in Blazing Saddles: “I’m tired… Tired of playing the game… Ain’t it a crying shame… I’m…so…tired.” The characters in this film are also at their wits’ end. The world we inhabit is one where many things have been…
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The House that Jack Built by Jonny Numb
The House that Jack Built for… (Author’s Note: while the following review centers more on the tactics filmmaker Lars Von Trier employs to engage and provoke the viewer, it also refers to certain plot points to elaborate on said tactics, which may constitute spoilers. I would recommend that anyone curious watch the film before…
