The Twentieth Century (2020)

Published: April 15, 2021, noon

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Apparently not through with winter, the Crit Club has fled to the Great White North, home of Wizard Chris himself, to learn about Canadian history from Matthew Rankin\'s deeply weird film The Twentieth Century. Telling the story of former Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, who was apparently something of a weirdo himself, this surrealist acid trip lovingly chides the chilly country with humor, fetishes, and disappointment. Did we gain a greater appreciation of the world\'s second largest country, or did we have a bad trip? Come find out!

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Other things we mentioned: 

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- El Topo

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- Dogville

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- My Winnipeg

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- Holy Motors

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- First Contact

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- Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell

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- State & Main

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Next week, it\'s Coire\'s pick and we hope to finally have a take on Cassavetes, by watching John Cassavetes 1974 film A Woman Under the Influence. Will we think he\'s a genius, misogynist, messiah, alcoholic, or all of the above? Wait and see!

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