Film Reviews — Hyperreal Film Club

Taking advantage of this period of artistic semi-freedom, director Karen Shakhnazarov made Zerograd in 1988, a Kafkaesque satire of life under authoritarian rule that draws attention to the surreal nature of a government actively attempting to resuscitate what was already on its way out.

Analysis, ReviewsKellen LoweJuly 9, 2024Zerograd, Karen Shakhnazarov, Leonid FilatovComment

In Deep Focus: Five Easy Pieces

In this installment of In Deep Focus, writer Kellen Lowe takes a look at one of Jack Nicholson’s best performances as a a man adrift in his own life in Five Easy Pieces.

In Deep FocusKellen LoweDecember 14, 2023Comment

The Alchemy of Artifice: Uncle Yanco

In the case of Agnes Varda’s 1968 short film, Uncle Yanco, she finds a balance between revealing how the artifice of filmmaking can expose the inherent falseness in the medium and how this falseness may reveal something deeper to the film.

Kellen LoweOctober 25, 2023Comment

In Deep Focus: Adventureland

Kellen Lowe takes a look at a pivotal scene in Adventureland and muses on the passion inherent in being an artist in the latest installment of In Deep Focus.

In Deep FocusKellen LoweOctober 17, 2023Comment

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