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Month: December 2022

Children of Men: A Cautionary Tale

  By Matt Levine December 30, 2022 December 30, 2022 Into the 21st-Century Dystopia
A graphic of a man wearing a dark shirt (Clive Owen from the film Children of Men) with text reading "a cautionary tale" covering his eyes and red imagery of New York Times articles and protest signs in the background. At the top is text reading "Children of Men"; at the bottom is the logo for the Trylon Cinema.

|Justin Ayd| In a grim, not-so-distant future in which the world’s population has suffered generations of infertility, a former activist reluctantly agrees to transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea. Looking back on humanity’s long and broad history… Continue reading

Tagged   Alfonso Cuaron, dystopia, science fiction

Squirrel Fever: The Screwball Oddity Ball of Fire

  By Matt Levine December 21, 2022 December 21, 2022 Prototypes for the Rom-Com
A black-and-white image of a woman in a sequined dress (Barbara Stanwyck) leaning against a man in a tuxedo (Gary Cooper).

|Matt Levine| At first glance, Ball of Fire seems like a prototypical screw-ball comedy. Directed by Howard Hawks, who helmed at least three classics of the subgenre, Ball of Fire throws two mismatched paramours together and observes their squabbling before love conquers all. Continue reading

Tagged   Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Cooper, Howard Hawks, screwball comedy

A Higher Calling: How to Be a Cinema Snob

  By Matt Levine December 18, 2022 December 18, 2022 Uncategorized
Unspooled celluloid on yellow, orange, and purple background.

|Jay Ditzer| Do you have strong opinions about subtitles? Do words and phrases like “revisionist,” “mise en scène,” and “pre-code” frequently pop up in your conversations? Can you correctly pronounce Krzystof Kieślowski? If you answered yes to those questions… Continue reading

Tagged   Cinema Snob, humor

The Trylon Best Films of All Time Poll

  By Matt Levine December 10, 2022 June 13, 2023 Lists
A blond woman (played by Naomi Watts) lies on her back, looking upward, as palm trees are superimposed over her.

|Trylon Staff| On December 1, Sight and Sound magazine published their once-a-decade list of the greatest movies of all time. So we at the Trylon wanted to follow suit and publish our own list of the greatest movies of all time, as selected by our staff of about 30 volunteers. Continue reading

Tagged   Greatest Movies of All Time, List
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