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ICYMI: @InRO launched a podcast today! In Review On Mic is now available on our Substack or wherever else you get your podcasts. Listen to our debut episode (about some of our writers' favorite debut films) here: api.omarshehata.me/substack-…
Book proposal research going well (watched two films, scribbled incoherent notes, come up with about seven different variations on essentially the same subject, bookmarked some articles)
Btw, any academics want to give me their JSTOR login info? 🥺🥺
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Thank you @WeAreDN
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Our Lee Chang-dong retrospective continues today with an essay by Padaí Ó Maolchalann on Lee's third feature "Oasis". Paid subscribers can read the essay in full, so if you aren't subscribed, now is a great time to do so!
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Our Lee Chang-dong retrospective continues today with an essay by Padaí Ó Maolchalann on Lee's third feature "Oasis". Paid subscribers can read the essay in full, so if you aren't subscribed, now is a great time to do so!
api.omarshehata.me/substack-…
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Check out the latest @InRO On Mic episode!
@HugoEmmerzael, @connor_sen_w, and I discuss two avant-garde horror films from 1989: E. Elias Merhige's Begotten and Stephen Sayadian's Dr. Caligari.
Listen here: tinyurl.com/534v9bfh
ICYMI: This was a great episode on some left-of-field horror films from @HugoEmmerzael, @connor_sen_w, and @MikeThornWrites. It means a lot if you listen, subscribe, and give our pod a (good) rating! Perfect for some Halloween entertainment.
In Review On Mic #3: Outré Horror. Join host @HugoEmmerzael, filmmaker @connor_sen_w, and horror scholar and critic @MikeThornWrites for a conversation about E. Elias Merhige's newly restored BEGOTTEN and Stephen Sayadian DR. CALIGARI. @InRO api.omarshehata.me/substack-…
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In Review On Mic #3: Outré Horror. Join host @HugoEmmerzael, filmmaker @connor_sen_w, and horror scholar and critic @MikeThornWrites for a conversation about E. Elias Merhige's newly restored BEGOTTEN and Stephen Sayadian DR. CALIGARI. @InRO api.omarshehata.me/substack-…
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a joy to talk BEGOTTEN with @HugoEmmerzael and @MikeThornWrites
thank you for having me @InRO
listen here: inreviewonline.substack.com/…
In Review On Mic #3: Outré Horror. Join host @HugoEmmerzael, filmmaker @connor_sen_w, and horror scholar and critic @MikeThornWrites for a conversation about E. Elias Merhige's newly restored BEGOTTEN and Stephen Sayadian DR. CALIGARI. @InRO api.omarshehata.me/substack-…
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Coming out December 8th in a limited edition 4K UHD + Blu-ray combo pack!
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BEGOTTEN (1989)
Kino Classics
Limited Edition of 5,000 Units
DISC 1 (4K UHD)
•New 4K SDR Restoration and New 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound Mixes Overseen by Filmmaker E. Elias Merhige
DISC 2 (BD)
•New HD Master Derived from the 4K SDR Restoration with new 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound Mixes Overseen by Filmmaker E. Elias Merhige
•Implosion (1983, 39 Min.)
•Polia & Blastema: A Cosmic Opera (2020, 39 Min.)
•2026 Teaser Trailer
•2026 Theatrical Trailer
• Limited Edition 6-Panel Digipak inside Soft Touch Slipcase
B&W / 72 Minutes / 1.33:1 / Not Rated
When it debuted in 1989, E. Elias Merhige’s Begotten fascinated and shocked those who witnessed it. Never before had the screen depicted such a primal, existential drama, and it became one of the must-see films of the 1990s. The intervening decades have not diminished the power of this unique motion picture experience. This new 4K restoration reveals the full photographic body of Begotten, preserving its otherworldly organic texture and retaining its visceral impact, a previously unknown life form captured in cinematic amber.
Restoration personally supervised by filmmaker E. Elias Merhige. Restored from the original 16mm negative and optical soundtrack. It was scanned and restored in 4K, and final grading was performed at filmscan & more in Munich, Germany.
carlos you're cool but please stop beating up my boyfriend
Carlitos in GOD MODE 🎮
@carlosalcaraz delivers a stunning first-set performance to lead Basilashvili 6-1!
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In Review On Mic #3: Outré Horror. Join host @HugoEmmerzael, filmmaker @connor_sen_w, and horror scholar and critic @MikeThornWrites for a conversation about E. Elias Merhige's newly restored BEGOTTEN and Stephen Sayadian DR. CALIGARI. @InRO api.omarshehata.me/substack-…
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A Halloween-adjacent episode of In Review On Mic drops in 2 hours. In this episode, two special guests join @HugoEmmerzael for a conversation about two outré horror films with recent restorations....E. Elias Merhige's BEGOTTEN and Stephen Sayadian's DR. CALIGARI. Stay tuned...
A Halloween-adjacent episode of In Review On Mic drops in 2 hours. In this episode, two special guests join @HugoEmmerzael for a conversation about two outré horror films with recent restorations....E. Elias Merhige's BEGOTTEN and Stephen Sayadian's DR. CALIGARI. Stay tuned...
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Our Lee Chang-dong retrospective continues with an essay by @BrndnStrssng on PEPPERMINT CANDY, a grueling story of capitalist degradation told in reverse. Paid subscribers can read every essay in our retrospective...so, you know what to do. api.omarshehata.me/substack-…
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I wrote about Peppermint Candy as part of In Review Online’s Lee Chang-dong retrospective. Really proud of this one. You can read it here:
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you know people can see this right?
Well, as I said, I've never felt compelled to hunt them down. There were a whole host of "sensitive, woman's stories" being told in the late '60's/early '70s, to my mind purely reflective of a forgotten cultural moment. (The most important takeway IMO is that Neil Young met a wife that way.)
A lot of Cassavetes looks to fall into the same bag for me, hence my lack of interest.