Author Archives: Eric Thirteen

Donkey Skin + The Brothers Grimm

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Eric Thirteen
Donkey Skin + The Brothers Grimm

Lang’s Fairy Books meet Grimms’ Fairy Tales.

Blowup + Barry Lyndon

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Eric Thirteen
Blowup + Barry Lyndon

A very British double feature. Well, a somewhat British double feature. Ok so like, half a British double feature anyways.

Force Majeure + The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Eric Thirteen
Force Majeure + The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Two tense films about survival in family dynamics in two very different genres. One, Force Majeure, about an impulsive barrel of the gun decision. The other, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, a film at the extreme end of premeditation.

Tangerine + Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Eric Thirteen
Tangerine + Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Living your identity! Tangerine is deeper than you may have heard. At least this once, let’s make sure we all know the full title of Priscilla Queen of the Desert is actually The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

Moneyball + Betting on Zero

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Eric Thirteen
Moneyball + Betting on Zero

Narratives vs numbers.

Climax + The Beach Bum

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Eric Thirteen
Climax + The Beach Bum

Maybe Gaspar Noé and Harmony Korine can be friends.

The Verdict + Doubt

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Eric Thirteen
The Verdict + Doubt

The writing and cinematography adventure gets difficult! The Verdict and Doubt. The David Mamet, writer, and Roger Deakins, cinematographer, Year 12 journey continues. Even Mamet gets demands for rewrites. Convoluted plots that may not really matter without the core character. Writing a courtroom drama. Classic three-act structure. Deakins does what a film needs him to do. The things that happened on screen. Semi-ambiguous pedophilia returns to Double Feature. Foreground versus background. Subtle camera work allowing the story to advance. Revisiting the hypothesis. Ghosts versus sledgehammers.

Assassination Nation + Hail Satan

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Eric Thirteen
Assassination Nation + Hail Satan

Change through antagonism! A delightful experience with Assassination Nation and Hail Satan? Everybody who saw Assassination Nation died. Deliberately antagonizing people without just being a bigot. The trailer for Assassination Nation. A misunderstood teenager of a film. A Trojan horse full of challenging ideas for the audience. Check out this article. Hey Man, Nice Shot. The satanic church. Pink masses and turning the dead gay. The case for and against evangelism. When all your costume just amounts to wearing a fedora. Michael’s glad for the guy dressed as squirtle next to him in the theater, but doesn’t covet him. Satanic panic is dumb, but did lots of harm. On dismantling systems from within. Pigs heads are scary. Sign up for the Patreon and tell Eric and Michael what films you want them to cover.

Space Jam + The World’s End

Posted on December 26, 2019 by Eric Thirteen
Space Jam + The World’s End

Double Feature ends the decade with a very personal look at nostalgia. Mike’s Special Episode to close out the Year of Our Lord 2019 feat. the exploitation of nostalgia via Space Jam and The World’s End. The retroactive viewing of Space Jam. The differences 25 years makes. Michael Jordan used to be huge; now he’s just tall. The belief that things were better back when. Eric is still optimistic about the world. And loves Edgar Wright’s The World’s End. Darkwave and New Wave. Wanting to relive your past versus wanting to live forever. Nostalgia and the Internet. Michael’s message of hope: there is no God and it sucks for everyone right now. Death to Double Feature. Chip in a few bucks to keep Double Feature alive.

Blade of the Immortal + L’Atalante

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Eric Thirteen
Blade of the Immortal + L’Atalante

1v100. Takashi Miike returns to Double Feature with his hundredth film, Blade of the Immortal. French pronunciation secrets and Jean Vigo’s first and only film, L’Atalante. Eric and Michael ignore Alec Baldwin’s roles in both films and talk about bigger things. Having too much information. Someone who seems to still love his job, 100 films in. Barge life and dull synopses. L’Atalante is about feeling and is fucking amazing as a very early piece of cinema. Actual fucking cats. Michael presents a history of basic things invented after L’Atalante was filmed. Eric explains French New Wave and some of the art that followed in the footsteps of L’Atalante.